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Business English for Cross-cultural Communication (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/cross-cultural-communication-business This course aims to prepare you for working in an cross-cultural Business setting. We'll learn about common cross-cultural theories and how they are relevant to everyday business practices in a globalised world. By combining all of your vocabulary, reading, speaking, and writing skills that you acquired in the previous three courses, you will learn how language plays an important role in cross-cultural communication. You will also enhance your cross-cultural understanding and will be able to use |
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Business English: Basics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/business-english This course aims to improve your Business English language skills by developing your vocabulary and reading skills and your understanding of tone, style and knowledge of communication methods. We'll also cover how these language skills can enhance audience analysis, business case analysis and basic business communication strategies. Skills learned in this course will often be referred to and needed to complete the speaking, writing and cross-cultural communications courses of this Specialization |
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Business-Englisch für Nicht-Muttersprachler (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/business-english-speakers Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Enhance Your Business English Communication. Master your proficiency in ... |
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China’s Economic Transformation Part 1: Economic Reform and Growth in China (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/econtransform1 In 1978, after nearly 30 years of socialist planning under Mao Zedong, China was one of the world’s poorest countries, saddled with an inefficient, inward-looking economy. Today, China is an upper-middle income country and the world’s largest trading nation, contributing more to global economic growth than any other nation. How could such a remarkable transformation take place? This course will examine in detail the reforms that have contributed to China’s economic development and the current |
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Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/chinesepolitics1 This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that highlights the intersection of politics and economics. It shows that rather than develop into a full blown market economy, state and party officials at all levels of the political system maintain significant influence in economic development. Such a “political” economy has had both positive and negative outcomes, which we will assess in detail. We also look at the origins, views, backgrounds and relations among leaders, and h |
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Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/chinese-politics-2 One of the most significant changes in the world in the past 30 years is the opening of China to the outside world and its engagement with that world. In the initial years of the opening, external forces influenced China’s economy, regional balances, bureaucracy, as well as the political authority of local leaders in the coastal areas. More recently, the world is feeling the effects of a rising China which seeks resources and talent from all around the globe and uses its financial wealth to stre |
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Developing Android Apps with App Inventor (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/app-inventor-android The course will give students hands-on experience in developing interesting Android applications. No previous experience in programming is needed, and the course is suitable for students with any level of computing experience. MIT App Inventor will be used in the course. It is a blocks-based programming tool that allows everyone, even novices, to start programming and build fully functional apps for Android devices. Students are encouraged to use their own Android devices for hands-on testing an |
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Differential Equations for Engineers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/differential-equations-engineers This course is all about differential equations and covers both theory and applications. In the first five weeks, students will learn about ordinary differential equations, while the sixth week is an introduction to partial differential equations. The course includes 56 concise lecture videos, with a few problems to solve after each lecture. After each major topic, there is a short practice quiz. At the end of each week, there is an assessed quiz. Solutions to the problems and practice quizzes |
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English for Effective Business Writing (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/english-for-business-writing This course aims to improve your Business English writing skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, understanding of different business writing genres, and your ability to write professional business documents. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to produce the professional business documents in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: - write business emails - write an executive |
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English for Effective Business Speaking (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/business-english-vocabulary This course aims to improve your Business English speaking skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, spoken communication skills within a Business context, and your ability to deliver professional business speeches for specific purposes. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to deliver the professional business presentation in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: |
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Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fibonacci Learn the mathematics behind the Fibonacci numbers, the golden ratio, and their relationship to each other. These topics may not be taught as part of a typical math curriculum, but they contain many fascinating results that are still accessible to an advanced high school student. The course culminates in an exploration of the Fibonacci numbers appearing unexpectedly in nature, such as the number of spirals in the head of a sunflower. Download the lecture notes from the link https://www.math. |
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FinTech Disruptive Innovation: Implications for Society (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fintech-disruption This course “FinTech Disruptive Innovation: Implications for Society” help you understand how disruptive innovations create opportunity in finance industry and its impact to society especially your career. You would be able to examine and analyse how FinTech innovations would affect companies that relates to FinTech services and how it might affect your career in finance. You will learn about how peer to peer lending disrupt finance industry in different countries, the diversity of impact by Fi |
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FinTech Foundations and Overview (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fintech Our primary goal is to help you to understand FinTech and to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make recommendations to executives within the finance industry regarding how to react to these changes. This FIRST MOOC ON FINTECH IN ASIA-PACIFIC offered by HKUST presents the insight of several professors from the top business school in Asia as well as perspectives from industry professionals. HKUST has been ranked for many years as the No.1 EMBA program in the wor |
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FinTech Risk Management (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/fintech-risk-management This course “FinTech Risk Management” help you understand risk management and corporate governance in finance industry with the disruption by FinTech and RegTech. You will become more confident to analyse and make recommendations to develop business strategies balancing the risks in operation, reputation and the stability of finance firms. You will learn about new challenges of compliance with financial requirements and government regulations and how you can deal with these changes, strategies |
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FinTech Security and Regulation (RegTech) (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/regtech This course "FinTech Security and Regulation (RegTech)" help you to understand RegTech and to become more confident and persuasive in your ability to analyze and make recommendations to executives within the finance industry regarding how to react to these changes, e.g. Regulations to cryptocurrencies like BitCoin & Initial Coin Offering (ICO). It presents the views of several professors from the top business school in Asia as well as perspectives from industry professionals. You will learn abo |
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FinTech: Finance Industry Transformation and Regulation (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/fintech Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Develop your knowledge and skills in FinTech. Equip yourself to FinTech ... |
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Health Concepts in Chinese Medicine (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/health-concepts-chinese-medicine Course Overview: https://youtu.be/L0-cZt1Hw7c Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine are two distinct medical systems, yet they both aim at the prevention and treatment of human diseases. With this in mind, we should understand the practice of Chinese Medicine in the context of Modern Medicine. In this course, we explore the basic theories underlying the practice of Chinese Medicine, compare and contrast the use of Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine in Preventive Health, and discuss how to res |
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Information Systems Auditing, Controls and Assurance (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/information-systems-audit The course is awarded The Best Free Online Courses of All Time, and Best Online Courses of the Year (2021 Edition) by Class Central (http://www.classcentral.com). --- Information systems (IS) are important assets to business organizations and are ubiquitous in our daily lives. With the latest IS technologies emerging, such as Big Data, FinTech, Virtual Banks, there are more concerns from the public on how organizations maintain systems’ integrity, such as data privacy, information security, th |
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Intimacy of Creativity: Entering the Minds of Composers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/intimacy-creativity-entering-minds-composers Bright Sheng guides us through three works — by Brahms, Beethoven, and Sheng — for an intimate look inside the composer's mind. This course strives to give students a new appreciation of music, based on an understanding of the craft behind each work. This class is perfect for those wanting to gain a unique perspective on the creative process of music composition, while challenging traditional notions of how composers approach formal structure, melody, and harmony. Week 1 focuses on the questio |
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Introduction to Computers and Office Productivity Software (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-computers-and-office-productivity-software In this course, you will learn the following essential computer skills for the digital age: Major hardware components of a computer system Different types of software on a computer system Photo Editing using GIMP Word processing applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint |
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Introduction to Indoor Air Quality (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-indoor-air-quality Course Overview: https://youtu.be/LLVb4FOn4uU This course provides a basic knowledge of an emerging area – Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in buildings. Learners will realize the importance of maintaining proper IAQ. Characteristics associated with indoor air contaminants (IAC) are demonstrated, such as • Particulate matters (PM2.5, PM10) • Radon • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) • Asbestos • Bio-aerosols, and more Safe exposure levels, resulting health effects, measurement techniques, mitigate a |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/mastering-statics Course Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdom7zBIfkE Statics is the most fundamental course in Mechanics. In this course, you will learn the conditions under which an object or a structure subjected to time-invariant (static) forces is in equilibrium - i.e. the conditions under which it remains stationary or moves with a constant velocity-. You will also learn how to calculate the reaction forces as well as the internal forces experienced throughout the structure so that later you c |
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Mathematics for Engineers (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/mathematics-engineers Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Learn the mathematics needed to become an engineer. Study matrix algebra, ... |
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Mathematics for Engineers: The Capstone Course (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/mathematics-engineers-capstone Mathematics for Engineers: The Capstone Course provides a capstone project for students who are completing the Mathematics for Engineers specialization. Students will first learn some basic concepts in computational fluid dynamics, and then apply these concepts to compute the fluid flow around a cylinder. Access to MATLAB online and the MATLAB grader is given to all students who enroll. Before enrolling, students should have already taken courses in matrix algebra, differential equations, |
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Matrix Algebra for Engineers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/matrix-algebra-engineers This course is all about matrices, and concisely covers the linear algebra that an engineer should know. The mathematics in this course is presented at the level of an advanced high school student, but it is recommended that students take this course after completing a university-level single variable calculus course. There are no derivatives or integrals involved, but students are expected to have a basic level of mathematical maturity. Despite this, anyone interested in learning the basics |
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Monetary Policy in the Asia Pacific (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/monetary-policy-asia-pacific Watch the introduction video to the course here: https://youtu.be/U7dQzqtIFVg The Asia-Pacific region contains some of world’s most dynamic economies. Economies around the globe rely on credible monetary policy implemented by central banking institutions. Monetary policy governs the liquidity available to the payment systems that underlie trade and finance. Smooth adjustment of liquidity can minimize instability in money and foreign exchange markets and keep inflation and growth on a secure fo |
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Numerical Methods for Engineers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/numerical-methods-engineers This course covers the most important numerical methods that an engineer should know, including root finding, matrix algebra, integration and interpolation, ordinary and partial differential equations. We learn how to use MATLAB to solve numerical problems, and access to MATLAB online and the MATLAB grader is given to all students who enroll. We assume students are already familiar with the basics of matrix algebra, differential equations, and vector calculus. They should have a working knowled |
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Protecting Business Innovation (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/protecting-business-innovation Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Learn essential innovation, intellectual property, pricing and brand ... |
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Protecting Business Innovations via Copyright (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-copyright Protecting Business Innovations Via Copyright Watch Course Overview: https://youtu.be/mUja4iwbrTE Intellectual property rights (IPR) has a great impact on innovation development and society. In Science, Engineering, and Business, we seek to create wealth through innovation in products, designs, manufacturing processes, and business systems or models. However, innovation leaders often FAIL to benefit from their discoveries and inventions when they are unable to adequately protect those innovat |
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Protecting Business Innovations via Patent (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-patent Protecting Business Innovations via Patent Watch Course Overview: https://youtu.be/mUja4iwbrTE This course assumes no prior knowledge in law, business or engineering. However, students with backgrounds in all three areas will find useful concepts or ideas in the course on how to protect business innovations using patents. The approach taken in this course is practical and commercial rather than theoretical. A combination of lectures and case studies help to illustrate the concepts and make |
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Protecting Business Innovations via Strategy (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-strategy Protecting Business Innovations Via Strategy Watch Course Overview: https://youtu.be/mUja4iwbrTE Strategy can be useful for protecting business innovation when no other form of protection exist (e.g. copyright, patent & trademark). Strategy can also compliment and strengthen other forms of innovation protection. Understanding how to use strategy to protect innovation and limitation of strategy as a form of protection will be useful for business managers. This course will cover strategies fro |
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Protecting Business Innovations via Trademark (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-trademark Protecting Business Innovations Via Trademark Watch Course Overview: https://youtu.be/mUja4iwbrTE Intellectual property rights (IPR) has a great impact on innovation development and society. In Science, Engineering, and Business, we seek to create wealth through innovation in products, designs, manufacturing processes, and business systems or models. However, innovation leaders often FAIL to benefit from their discoveries and inventions when they are unable to adequately protect those innovat |
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Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-statistics-financial-analysis Course Overview: https://youtu.be/JgFV5qzAYno Python is now becoming the number 1 programming language for data science. Due to python’s simplicity and high readability, it is gaining its importance in the financial industry. The course combines both python coding and statistical concepts and applies into analyzing financial data, such as stock data. By the end of the course, you can achieve the following using python: - Import, pre-process, save and visualize financial data into pandas Data |
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Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 1 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-science-study-chinese-society This course seeks to turn learners into informed consumers of social science research. It introduces concepts, standards, and principles of social science research to the interested non-expert. Learners who complete the course will be able to assess evidence and critically evaluate claims about important social phenomena. It reviews the origins and development of social science, describes the process of discovery in contemporary social science research, and explains how contemporary social scien |
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Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 2 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-science-research-chinese-society This course is intended as a first step for learners who seek to become producers of social science research. It is organized as an introduction to the design and execution of a research study. It introduces the key elements of a proposal for a research study, and explains the role of each. It reviews the major types of qualitative and quantitative data used in social science research, and then introduces some of the most important sources of existing data available freely or by application, wor |
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Software Engineering (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/software-engineering Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Getting Started as a Software Engineer. Master techniques and skills to plan, ... |
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Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/software-engineering-implementation-and-testing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the implementation and testing phases of SDLC, and you will examine different software development processes for large software systems development, and understand the strengths (pros) and weaknesses (cons) of different software development processes. You will also encounter defensive programming techniques t |
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Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/software-engineering-modeling-software-systems-using-uml Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the requirement analysis phase of SDLC, and you will learn how to use UML models to capture the system requirements and to facilitate communication between client/users and developers. UML is a general purpose visual modeling language for systems. It can be used to highlight different aspects of the system th |
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Software Engineering: Software Design and Project Management (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/software-engineering-software-design-and-project-management Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the project planning and analysis/design phases of SDLC, and you will learn about different architectural patterns and design patterns to solve common problems in software design. It covers project planning, scheduling, and cost estimating, which are the principal tasks of software project managers. Basic ob |
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The Science of Gastronomy (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/gastronomy This course introduces several basic scientific principles underpinning the methodology of cooking, food preparation, and the enjoyment of food. All topics covered have a strong basis in biology, chemistry, and physics application. Among others, they include the consumption of cooked food, the physiological and evolutionary implications of the senses, geographic and cultural influences on food, and the rationale behind food preparation. We will also discuss issues such as coupling of senses to i |
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Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 1 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-1 The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history. Current understandings of human history a |
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Understanding China, 1700-2000: A Data Analytic Approach, Part 2 (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-china-history-part-2 The purpose of this course is to summarize new directions in Chinese history and social science produced by the creation and analysis of big historical datasets based on newly opened Chinese archival holdings, and to organize this knowledge in a framework that encourages learning about China in comparative perspective. Our course demonstrates how a new scholarship of discovery is redefining what is singular about modern China and modern Chinese history. Current understandings of human history a |
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Understanding Modern Physics I: Relativity and Cosmology (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-modern-physics-1-relativity-and-cosmology Course Overview: https://youtu.be/xyF-MmGNxd0 The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum mechanics emerged. This course is the first course in the Understanding Modern Physics series, which covers an introduction to special relativity, general relativity and cosmology. We will find: (i) How space and time |
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Understanding Modern Physics II: Quantum Mechanics and Atoms (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-modern-physics-2-quantum-mechanics-and-atoms Course Overview: https://youtu.be/xyF-MmGNxd0 The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum mechanics emerged. This course is the second course in the Understanding Modern Physics series, which covers an introduction to quantum mechanics, atomic physics and quantum information. We will find (i) How the quantu |
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Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/understanding-modern-physics-3-simplicity-and-complexity The 20th century was known as the century of physics. In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels. New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum mechanics emerged. This course is the third course in the Understanding Modern Physics series, which covers an introduction to action principle, fundamental particle physics, entropy & information and complexity. This course offers a broad view between simplicity a |
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Vector Calculus for Engineers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/vector-calculus-engineers This course covers both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Vector Calculus. During the first week, students will learn about scalar and vector fields. In the second week, they will differentiate fields. The third week focuses on multidimensional integration and curvilinear coordinate systems. Line and surface integrals are covered in the fourth week, while the fifth week explores the fundamental theorems of vector calculus, including the gradient theorem, the divergence th |