Degrees

For more than two decades, Charles “Chuck” Allias built his career in emergency medical services (EMS). As an educator and program director, he trained the next generation of paramedics and EMTs, designing programs that met national standards, coaching students through tough exams, and finding new ways to boost their success rates. Data was always part…

Moe Obeidat knows data. Based in the Chicago area, he works as a data analyst at a Fortune 500 company, where reporting, visualization, and SQL are part of his everyday toolkit. But like many working professionals in the field, Moe was eager to take the next step: moving from analysis into advanced roles in data…

Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois has been honored with the Trailblazer Award at the September 2025 Coursera Connect conference, recognizing its bold leadership in reshaping online education. From launching the very first degree with Coursera to pioneering tools like Coursera Coach and AI avatars, Gies has consistently pushed the boundaries of…

After 36 years in the workforce, Belgium-based Laurence De Raet had already built a dynamic double career, as an employee in a university and working freelance as a psychologist, consultant, and organizational specialist. She had earned a Master’s degree in psychology, had completed specialized certification in Business Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and HR analytics & HR…

As a single mom of four, Chelsea Doman knew that going back to school would take more than ambition; it would take a program that truly suited her busy life. She’d built a career spanning pipeline operations, a decade of data analysis, launching a nonprofit for educational advocacy, and corporate analytics in the automotive industry.…

When you enroll in Dartmouth’s online Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (MEng-CE), you don’t just gain technical expertise; you gain the ability to learn, adapt, and grow as an engineer in any environment. And that’s by design. Assistant Professor Michael Kokko, who brings nearly a decade of experience as a robotics engineer and senior…

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer Today, I’m excited to share new partners, several career-focused Professional Certificates and Specializations, and two industry-aligned degrees that have launched over the past few months.  With rapid technological and environmental shifts transforming the job market, six in ten workers will need retraining by 2027. Together with our partners,…

By Marni Baker-Stein, Chief Content Officer Today, I’m excited to share new partners, several career-focused Professional Certificates and Specializations, and two industry-aligned degrees that have launched over the past few months.  With rapid technological and environmental shifts transforming the job market, six in ten workers will need retraining by 2027. Together with our partners, we’re…

When you picture a machine learning class, you might imagine a sea of code, dense math, and a professor droning on in a dark lecture hall. But for Professor Peter Chin, the experience is anything but that. It’s personal, dynamic, and rooted in a belief that learning should be rigorous and human. As one of…

Daniel Acuna has always wanted to talk to computers. Long before large language models, before Python and GPUs, he was a curious student in Chile trying to build a chatbot, without formally knowing how to program. “I thought I could interact with the computer,” he says. “And somehow, I got it to respond to a…