The University of Alberta has a ton of FREE courses you can take this winter

New year, new you! 2024 has arrived and with it – the motivation to lean into a new hobby or learn something new! Luckily, because schooling can cost a pretty penny, the University of Alberta offers a ton of FREE-to-attend classes ranging from space and dinosaurs to Indigenous history.

Whether your goal is to become a scholar or just improve your social game, expanding your mind is as easy as expanding your internet history.

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Interested in signing up? In cooperation with Coursera, The University of Alberta has been able to develop 18 different programs in a wide range of topics – because knowledge is power!

These are the courses that you can enroll in now!

• 21st Century Energy Transition
• Arctic: Development
• Arctic: Economy
• Astro 101: Black Holes
• Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions
• Dino 101
• Indigenous Canada
• Introduction to the Arctic: Climate
• Mountains 101
• Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles
• Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution
• Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs & the Origin of Birds
• Problem Solving, Python Programming, and Video Games
• Reinforcement Learning (Specialization)
• Science Literacy
• Software Design & Architecture (Specialization)
• Software Product Management (Specialization)
• Understanding Video Games

Which ones will you take, Alberta?

For more information on classes offered at the U of A or to see how some of these classes can actually be used to better teach young adults between grades 7 – 12 (here’s looking at you, parents and teachers) please visit their official website, and get scrolling!

As we’ve mentioned, these classes are totally FREE and will get the gears going, so check it out.