Coursera ♡ NYC! Summer Courses from Our NYC Partners

This Spring, we announced our partnership with the New York Public Library as a Learning Hub host.

Now it’s summertime in the City, so let’s do an homage on what’s hot on Coursera from NYC!

Coursera ♡ Our New York Partners

Featured Summer Courses from some of New York’s–and the world’s–top educational institutions…
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Integrate topics like cloning, genetic enhancement, and ownership of genetic information into the classroom. Starts this week!

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New economic thinking by reviving and updating some forgotten traditions. Starts this week!

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Intended for primary and secondary levels, delve into activity-based strategies to empower students. Starts this week!

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Positive psychology meets K-12 pedagogy. Starts this week!

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Introduction to Computational Arts
State University of New York (SUNY)
Multidisciplinary intro and exploration of electronic media in the arts (with some software tutorials.)

NYPL Learning Hub Featured Course

Learn something new during your Summer in the City! The NYPL is offering in-person weekly discussions for a select group of Coursera courses. These discussion groups provide a space to further explore the online material with fellow New Yorkers taking the course. (Plus, they have air conditioning.)

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This short course is an introduction to use of images and other media as historical evidence in the twentieth century, issues of authenticity and manipulation, and the place of film and historical adoptions as public history.

New Yorkers ♡ Coursera

3 Reasons Why New Yorkers Love Coursera…

1. It keeps them forever young


“Curiosity is the anti-aging vitamin for those of us over 60 who want to stay relevant.”

– Mary Lou Russell, received her Masters in Public Administration from NYU; retired NYC public policy researcher. Like all great things, she discovered Coursera via a New York Times article.

2. It makes them stand out in the crowd


“My work encompasses accounting, economics, and corporate finance. Having done well in the course demonstrates that I take initiative and responsibility for my own learning”

– Luis Miguel Ochoa, Strategic Planning at Capital Capable Media. Downloads course videos on Coursera’s app for iPhone to watch on daily subway commute.


3. It reminds them directness is a virtue…


On Wharton’s “Financial Accounting”: “This course gives me a better understanding on how investment managers value equity. I’ve been able to ask more direct questions related to financial statements to investment managers.”


– Bill, Investor. That’s all you need to know.

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