In this course, you will learn how to characterize the energy state of a system and the mechanisms for transferring energy from one system to another. These are the tools necessary to understand stationary and transportation power systems from small scale, like batteries, to large scale, like nuclear power plants.
Energy
Start Date: Jun 3rd 2013
Start Date: Jun 3rd 2013
In this course you will evaluate more sustainable ways to use and supply energy. Then, using this common understanding and your unique background, you will practice creating innovations for more sustainable energy. At a minimum, you will develop your technical and creative ability to innovate for a sustainable energy future. Some of you will create innovations as a direct result of this course. For as many of you as possible, I hope this course will be a life-changing experience.
Start Date: May 20th 2013
Climate Literacy tackles the scientific and socio-political dimensions of climate change. This course introduces the basics of the climate system, models and predictions, human and natural impacts, mitigative and adaptive responses, and the evolution of climate policy.
Start Date: May 20th 2013
Explore motion in the real world using modern tools and techniques (video capture and analysis, computer modeling) guided by fundamental physics principles.
Start Date: Self Paced Course - Start anytime
In this course, we will study physics from the ground up, learning the basic principles of physical laws, their application to the behavior of objects, and the use of the scientific method in driving advances in this knowledge. This first course of the three-course series (the subsequent courses in the series are Introduction to Electromagnetism and Introduction to Modern Physics) will cover the area of physics known as classical mechanics.
Start Date: Mar 11th 2013
This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability.
Start Date: Mar 4th 2013
This introduction to fundamental chemical concepts of atomic and molecular structure will emphasize the development of these concepts from experimental observations and scientific reasoning.
Start Date: Jan 28th 2013
As a society and individually, we use energy every moment of our lives to improve our quality of life.
