100,000 Students Sign up for HSE Courses at Coursera
At the moment, the HSE offers twelve courses on its page with Coursera. Courses taught in Russian include Financial Markets and Institutions, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, History of Economic Thought, Microeconomics Principles, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Introduction to LaTeX. Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions, Public Economics, Core Concepts in Data Analysis, and Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication are among the courses taught in English.
‘Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions’ is a course that addresses the foundations of neuroeconomics, the neuroanatomy of the brain, and decision theory. Students will also study the balance between rationality and emotion, as well as how groups and the social environment interact with individual decision-making.
The course in Public Economics deals with the economic role of the state and explores factors that affect government performance. Both normative economic theories of the state and positive analysis of government’s involvement in the private sector will be presented.
Core Concepts in Data Analysis is an unconventional course in modern Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Data Mining. Its content is heavily influenced by the idea that data analysis should help enhance and augment knowledge of the domain as represented by the concepts and statements of relations between them.
The main focus of the course ‘Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication’ is to look at interrelations between different types of contexts (cultural, institutional, professional, social, interpersonal and others) within the intercultural communication process using Russian – Western communication as an example.
Coursera is an educational website offering massive open online courses. It was founded in 2011 by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University and topped TIME's best educational websites list in 2012. Coursera has more than 6 million users, who are offered about 600 courses in biology, computer science, economics, education, electronics, humanities and social sciences, mathematics, medicine, and life sciences from more than hundred universities. The Higher School of Economics joined the project on October 23, 2013 as one of the first Russian universities to partner up with Coursera.
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Applications to Speak at eSTARS 2021 Conference Accepted Until November 15
HSE University and Coursera are bringing together the world’s leading researchers, professionals, education and technology leaders, and business community representatives for the fourth international research conference eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2021 (eSTARS). This topic of this year’s summit, which will run from December 1–2, 2021,is ‘Digital Transformation: Global Challenges to the Education System’.
Master of Computer Vision: New Online Programme on Coursera
In September 2021, HSE University’s Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics and Computer Science at HSE Nizhny Novgorod launched the new applied degree programme Master of Computer Vision. Developed in collaboration with leading experts in the field of computer vision - Huawei, Itseez3D, Intel, Harman, and Xperience.ai – the programme is available on the Coursera platform and open to applicants from all over the world. Andrey Savchenko, Academic Supervisor of the new programme, talked to The HSE Look about how it came to be and what are its advantages.
HSE Faculty of Computer Science Launches Digital Literacy Course on Coursera
A new Digital Literacy course created as part of the university-wide Data Culture project has been launched on Coursera. The syllabus includes ten modules developed by experts in relevant fields. Eleven authors worked on this English-taught course.
European Values: From the Discovery of America to the First World War
The English-language course ‘Europe and the World, ca. 1500 to 1914’ has launched on Coursera. Its author, Andrey Iserov, Deputy Dean for International Affairs at the HSE Faculty of Humanities, examines a historical span of four centuries during which European states reached the peak of their economic, military, and political power. Students of the course will learn how the independence of Hispanic America by the mid-1820s influenced China, what caused the religious schism in Western Christianity in the 16th century, and how European colonial policy developed.
HSE University’s Online Master of Business Analytics Offers New Opportunities
The English-taught fully online Master of Business Analytics is offered by HSE University on Coursera in partnership with the AICPA Association. The first cohort will start their classes in September 2021. The programme aims to train a new generation of finance leaders. Working together with AICPA Association allows HSE University to significantly expand the range of educational options available to students.
HSE University Launches New Master’s Programmes on Coursera
HSE Master’s programmes in four new specializations are now available on Coursera in the fields of business analysis, finance, and computer science. Each specialization consists of a series of courses and a practice-oriented final project, says the HSE eLearning Office.
HSE Launches Master of Finance Programme on Coursera with CFA-Based Curriculum
The HSE Banking Institute is launching a new Master of Finance programme on Coursera. The online programme is English-taught and based on the CFA certification requirements. Professor Vasily Solodkov, the director of the Banking Institute and the academic supervisor of the programme is discussing the programme features.
HSE University Course in Programming Ranks Among the Top 5 Coursera Courses of the Year in Russia
Coursera has listed the most popular courses in 2020 among users from Russia. ‘Basics of Programming in Python’ by HSE Unviersity is among the top five.
HSE University Announces Four Master’s Degrees on Coursera
Degrees in business, technology, and data science will enable students around the world to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. HSE University and Coursera today announced four new online degree programmes at global higher education conference, eSTARS. With upcoming English-language master’s programmes in business analytics, computer vision, data and network analytics, and finance, HSE now has five fully online degrees on the Coursera platform.
‘It’s Cool to See So Many International Participants from Different Backgrounds’
The students of the second cohort in HSE University’s Master of Data Science have started their classes. This English-taught programme is offered entirely online on Coursera and is the first of its kind in Russia.