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Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
by Andrea Riemenschnitter- 4.7
Approx. 14 hours to complete
In this course, featuring many researchers from the University of Zurich and international institutions, we will introduce you to some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, protection, and rehabilitation that currently circulate in the Asian hemisphere. Module 4: Environmental debates tackling religious concepts and social practices and the problem of waste disposal in India....
Introduction to Sustainability
by Dr. Jonathan Tomkin- 4.7
Approx. 25 hours to complete
This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history....
Introduction to Sociology
by Joanna Hadjicostandi- 0.0
6 Weeks
The course material provides a fresh, new look at societies and cultures—more objective, full of inquiry and analysis, striving towards social justice and change. Sociology urges us to draw connections between public issues and personal problems, to see the strange as familiar and the familiar as strange, and to examine biography in a historical and social context....
$139
Planning for Climate Change in African Cities
by Veronica Olivotto , Dr. Shuaib Lwasa , Prof. Andy Gouldson , Marcus Mayr , Dr. Stelios Grafakos , Dr. David Dodman , Dr. Diana Reckien , Dr. Nathalie Jean Baptiste- 4.8
Approx. 22 hours to complete
Climate change poses a threat to economic growth and long-term prosperity of many countries around the world. These climate change impacts and climate variability can further produce social and political problems, such as rural-urban migration and water resource disputes. How is climate change and urban resilience conceptualized and applied in practice?...
Representations of HIV/AIDS
by Ann M. Fox , David R. Wessner , Allison Dulin , Kristen Eshleman- 0.0
4 Weeks
We believe that scientists and cultural critics can learn valuable lessons from one another, even as they create their own responses to HIV/AIDS. In such a timely moment, it is essential for us to connect across the "two cultures" as we consider the social and scientific implications of HIV/AIDS. What the arts and sciences have in common in creating knowledge...
$50
The History of Modern Israel - Part II: Challenges of Israel as a sovereign state
by Professor Eyal Naveh , Professor Asher Susser- 4.8
Approx. 12 hours to complete
This course deals with the Israeli politics, economy, society and culture, since its creation in 1948 till today. We will focus on key events and essential components that shaped the Israeli society from the fifties till the present. Security Threats and Military Operations Israeli society Probes, Challenges, The social protest and its results...
Intro to Psychology
by Susan Snycerski , Greg Feist , Lauren Castellano- 0.0
Approx. 4 months
identify and analyze the social dimension of society as a context for human life, the processes of social change and social continuity, the role of human agency in those processes, and the forces that engender social cohesion and fragmentation. lesson 3 The biology of behavior Introducing Matt Sputnik and genetics. Timeline of humans and human evolution....
Free
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Arts and Heritage Management
by Andrea Rurale- 4.7
Approx. 16 hours to complete
Five sections are dedicated to specific aspects and themes of managing cultural institutions, while the sixth section is dedicated to individual interviews of prominent cultural institution managers on specific topics. RATIOS: HEDONIC CONSUMPTION AND THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE 2 #Satisfaction: The Evaluation of Cultural Experience and the Gap Model 6 #valuechain: Social and Economic Impact of Heritage Funding...
Medical Cannabis for Pain Control
by Elon Eisenberg- 4.5
Approx. 12 hours to complete
Cannabis is a group of flowering plants that has been long used for industrial, recreational and medical purposes. Nowadays, Medical Cannabis involves multiple medical disciplines such as neuroscience, pain, pharmacology, oncology, psychiatry and more. History of medical cannabis and early human contact with cannabis Interactions between cannabis and our body Cannabis and headache...
Understanding the Australian Health Care System
by Cherri Ryan , Mieke van Driel , Allyson Mutch- 0.0
9 Weeks
Understand and navigate the complexities of Australia’s world-leading health care system by following patient journeys. By following in the footsteps of patient journeys, you will gain an experiential understanding of how this multi-layered system operates in the context of the geographic, social and cultural landscapes of Australia and how to successfully navigate within this system....
$59