Degrees

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera The demand to earn degrees online is here to stay. University leaders say, on average, 60% of students are more interested in online learning this year than last year. To better serve learners, we’ve expanded our degree portfolio by over 40% since last year and now…

The brand new University of London’s Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Marketing is designed for you, that is looking for analytical skills to advance in your marketing career, but that is also interested in ethical issues associated with over-consumption, environmental crisis and inequality.  This degree has been created with the understanding that marketing can play…

From its early days of punch-card machines and calculators, IBM continuously evolves and innovates to develop essential business tools like personal computers, storage media, programming languages, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud computing.   So, when IBM CEO Ginny Rommetty talks about “what’s next” in tech, the world’s business leaders sit up and listen. Her 2019…

Coursera has made incredible strides in increasing access to education for learners all over the world. From open courses and Specializations to MasterTrack™ Certificates and full degree programs, we work with more than 190 top universities and industry partners to help more than 40 million learners gain the knowledge, skills, and credentials they need to…

by Ekaterina Zinkovskaya, eLearning Office, HSE University  Earn a master’s degree from HSE University in key career fields like data science, business analytics, computer vision, and more. As the employment landscape continues to rapidly evolve in response to unprecedented technological, economic, and environmental disruptions across the globe, universities are playing a critical role in adapting…

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,…

While Africa’s high infectious disease burden has drawn the most attention from the international public health community, the continent is also facing rising impacts from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes. Similarly, crises of food insecurity in the region have obscured the risks of obesity accompanying Africa’s increasing economic growth and urbanization.  This is changing, however,…

With technology and global markets evolving at an unprecedented pace, today’s most successful business leaders are the ones who recognise new strategic opportunities — and seize them — before their competitors do. This is why Macquarie University is moving beyond focusing solely on traditional business metrics and financial analytics. Instead, Macquarie puts strategising at the…

When preparing to apply for an online MCS, students often ask the essential question – am I prepared for this degree program? In part two of this three part “Getting an MCS” series, we will be going in-depth on how to prepare for the MCS program once you have applied. Once you have applied to…

Earning a degree while juggling work and personal commitments can be a daunting task but as a retired Marine, Mack has experience in meeting difficult challenges. With the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (BLS) from Georgetown University, Mack has found the flexible, affordable, and supportive program he needs in order to pursue his career…