Plan for taking coursera courses 1F 2014

3个月前 7 分钟

This is not a post for you - it's only my own plans. These are the courses I'm currently interested and will put an eye on it. The probability to execute them all is less than 50%.

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Past courses:

The First Step in Entrepreneurship

URL: https://class.coursera.org/innovativeideas-004/lecture

Syllabus

Entrepreneurial Perspective
Entrepreneurial Mindset, Motivations and Behavoirs
Industry Understanding
Customer Understanding
Business Modeling
Business Planning

Time

Feb 3rd
6 weeks
5-7 hours of work / week
English subtitles

Data Analysis and Statistical Inference

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/statistics

suggested reading: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr9e177a4yziqih/os2.pdf

Syllabus

Introduction to data
Probability and distributions
Foundations for inference
Finish up Unit 3 + Midterm
Statistical inference for numerical variables
Statistical inference for categorical variables
Introduction to linear regression
Multiple linear regression
Review / catch-up week
Final exam

Time

Feb 17th
10 weeks
6-8 hours of work / week
English subtitles

Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/friendsmoneybytes

Syllabus

What makes CDMA work for my smartphone?
How does Google rank webpages?
How does Netflix recommend movies?
Why do AT&T and Verizon Wireless charge me $10 a GB?
How does traffic get through the Internet?
Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion?
Why is WiFi faster at home than at a hotspot?

Time

March 1st
9 weeks
8 hours of work / week
English subtitles

Machine Learning

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/ml

Syllabus

n/a

Time

March 3rd
10 weeks
5-7 hours of work / week
English subtitles

An Introduction to Operations Management

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/operations

Syllabus

Introduction
Process analysis
Productivity
Responsiveness
Quality
Product variety

Time

March 3rd
8 weeks
5-7 hours of work / week
English subtitles

Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II

Previous course: https://class.coursera.org/growtogreatness-002/lecture

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/GTG

Syllabus

The Entrepreneur Must Grow, Too!
The “Secret” of High Performance is High Employee Engagement
Growth Is Much More Than a Strategy—It Requires a SYSTEM
The Surprising Difficulties in Building a Senior Management Team

Time

March 17rd
4 weeks
4-6 hours of work / week
English subtitles

Introduction to Public Speaking

URL: https://www.coursera.org/course/publicspeak

Syllabus

Design and deliver basic arguments clearly.
Design and deliver informative presentations clearly.
Design and deliver complex arguments persuasively.
Speak confidently with appropriate rate, projection, movement, and vocal variety.
Evaluate and critique speeches insightfully.

Time

March 31th
10 weeks
3-5 hours of work / week
English subtitles