UCT offers 19 courses hosted on Coursera that are free and that anyone can join. There are no entry requirements and these are not for university credit. You can choose to purchase a certificate, and in some cases financial aid is available.
Four UCT courses that were previously hosted on the FutureLearn platform have been retired. These were Medicine and the Arts, What is a Mind, Extinctions: Past and Present and Education for All. The video lectures from these courses can be accessed through the OpenUCT public repository, search using the MOOC name.
Popular courses for everyone
Introduction to Social Innovation
Learn about, or improve the quality of your social innovation knowledge.
Dr Francois Bonnici, A/Prof Warren Nilsson & Dr Marlon Parker
Bertha Centre, Graduate School of Business
6 weeks, on Coursera
Courses for research and development professionals
Developing Countries
Challenges you to consider how one might lift societies out of poverty while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Professor Harald Winkler
Energy Research Centre
6 weeks, on Coursera
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This course focuses on climate change impacts across Africa, dealing with concepts of vulnerability, adaptation, sustainable development and
climate-resilient development.
Professor Mark New
African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI)
6 weeks, on Coursera
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Assessment and Management
This course introduces the concepts and tools for assessing and managing Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs).
A/Prof Coleen Moloney
Biological Sciences (with NOAA, IW:LEARN, GEF, UNDP, UNESCO-IOC)
6 weeks, on Coursera
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Learn a set of principles and practices that will make your research more impactful.
Prof Mark New & Mr Jesse DeMaria-Kinney
African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) with Oxfam, UK
6 weeks, on Coursera
Courses focused on innovation and technology
Innovative Finance:
Hacking finance to change the world
Design and build innovative finance strategies to catalyse social impact in a business or community.
Ms Aunnie Patton Power
Bertha Centre, Graduate School of Business
5 weeks, on Coursera
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Fintech Regulation in Emerging
Markets and the Rise of Fintech Companies
Learn about the major financial crises and fintech regulation in emerging markets using case studies.
A/Prof Co-Pierre Georg
African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management
4 weeks, on Coursera
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How Entrepreneurs in Emerging
Markets can master Blockchain
Technology
Discover the potential of blockchain and artificial intelligence for start-ups in emerging markets.
A/Prof Co-Pierre Georg
African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Building Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets
Offers steps to get going on your entrepreneurial journey in the Fintech field, with basic business planning tools and interviews with a variety of start-up companies.
A/Prof Co-Pierre Georg
African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management
4 weeks, on Coursera
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An introduction to a new programming language developed specifically for high-performance scientific computing.
Dr Henri Laurie & Dr Juan H Klopper
Mathematics & Surgery
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery & Development
Learn about the different stages of drug discovery and development, including the tools and technologies influencing how we think about new medicines.
Dr Susan Winks
4 weeks, on Coursera
Understanding Clinical Research:
Behind the Statistics
If you have ever skipped the results section of a medical paper because terms like ‘confidence interval’ or ‘p-value’ go over your head, then this is the course for you.
Dr Juan H Klopper
Surgery
6 weeks, on Coursera
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Doing Clinical Research: Biostatistics with the Wolfram Language
With no prior coding experience, you can learn how to do biostatistical analysis for clinical research by programming with the Wolfram Language.
Dr Juan H Klopper
Surgery
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Organ Donation: From Death to Life
Learn about the science behind death determination and when it is possible for deceased organ donation to take place.
Dr David Thomson
Surgery
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Writing your World: Finding yourself
in the academic space
This course is not just about writing skills, it is also about engaging with the world through the concepts of identity, mobility and culture.
Dr Aditi Hunma & Dr Gideon Nomdo
Language Development
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Disability Inclusion in Education:
Building Systems of Support
This course explores the support that teachers need to meet the learning needs of children with severe to profound hearing, visual or intellectual disability.
A/Prof Judith McKenzie
Disability Studies with the Christoffel-Blinden Mission (CBM)
5 weeks, on Coursera
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Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher
Gain knowledge and skills to provide quality and holistic education to Deaf children.
Odette Swift and Tara Kuhn
Clinical Educator, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability: Circles of Care and Education
This course is about informing and empowering parents, caregivers, therapists and others involved in caring for and educating children with severe to profound intellectual disability by exploring what intellectual disability entails, learning about support needs, how to plan learning activities and build relationships of care and respect.
A/Prof Judith McKenzie
Disability Studies with the Christoffel-Blinden Mission (CBM)
4 weeks, on Coursera
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Teaching Children with Visual Impairment: Creating Empowering Classrooms
This course empowers teachers to create classrooms that are inclusive, accessible, and attuned to children with visual impairment.
Dr Brian Watermeyer
Disability Studies scholar and Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks, on Coursera
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