Top Coursera Governance And Society Courses by Reddit Upvotes
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It’s a place where you can find groups of like-minded people. Reddit calls these groups subreddits, and they cover different topics, including niche interests, politics, hobbies, and thousands of other topics people want to talk about.
Since its launch in 2005, the site has become one of the most popular social media sites with millions of monthly active users.
We've conducted analyses to find the best of Coursera from the depths of Reddit. This analysis has been conducted over 2.7 million Reddit upvotes.
Table of Contents
Top Governance And Society courses
Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Critically Analyze Research and Results Using R University of Amsterdam | 0 reddit posts 44 mentions |
Moral Foundations of Politics When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? This course explores the main Yale University | 0 reddit posts 19 mentions |
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Terrorism has arguably been one of the defining factors of our age Universiteit Leiden | 1 reddit posts 7 mentions |
Understanding Europe Regardless of where you live, the European Union not only affects your life, but may also transform it HEC Paris | 2 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Sports and Society Sports play a giant role in contemporary society worldwide Duke University | 1 reddit posts 4 mentions |
The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness Learn how social factors promote mental health, influence the onset and course of mental illness, and University of Toronto | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
Global Diplomacy – Diplomacy in the Modern World The Global Diplomacy course is a unique offering to the MOOC environment University of London | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Soul Beliefs Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | 2 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases This course offers an introduction to the U University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Time to Reorganize! Understand Organizations, Act, and Build a Meaningful World. We are in constant relationship with many organizations HEC Paris | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Jewish Diaspora in Modern China Jewish Diaspora in China is a unique experience for world Jewry, as China is the only country in Far East Nanjing University | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
Understanding Korean Politics This course will select six most outstanding issues in contemporary Korean politics and will engage in an Yonsei University | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Paradoxes of War The Paradoxes of War teaches us to understand that war is not only a normal part of human existence, but is Princeton University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Political Economy of Institutions and Development This course is part of the SDG initiative addressing the UN Sustainable Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
Corruption You can't understand the world today if you don't understand corruption University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Understanding economic policymaking This is the first of the three courses part of the Globalization, Economic Growth and Stability IE Business School | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Introduction to Communication Science Since Antiquity, scholars have appreciated the importance of communication: as social beings, we cannot University of Amsterdam | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
America's Written Constitution An introduction to the main themes of the American Constitution—popular sovereignty, separation of powers, Yale University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens This is a course in basic journalism skills, designed for the many people who are now taking The University of Melbourne | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Social Computing People are social creatures and the modern Internet reflects that University of California San Diego | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1 This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1, introduces discussions about the public health Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
Introduction to the Orbital Perspective The goals of this course are to develop the student’s critical thinking skills, global awareness, and ability to work as an integral part of University of Arizona | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
Gender, Family, and Social Change in Contemporary South Korea This course examines the transformation of Korean society beginning around the turn of the 20th century to Yonsei University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
The City and You Welcome to The City and You: Find Your Best Place University of Toronto | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Unraveling the Cycling City Obscured by its apparent simplicity, cycling is a complex phenomenon University of Amsterdam | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Political Governance and Public Policy in Russia The course is designed to study the features of the political structure of modern Russia Saint Petersburg State University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Cities are back in town Urbanization is reaching a new peak in the contemporary world with the rise of mega cities Sciences Po | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures Learn about Smart Cities within the context of management of urban infrastructures École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Classical Sociological Theory This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will offer the participants an introduction into the most University of Amsterdam | 0 reddit posts 10 mentions |
Genre Ce cours propose une introduction au champ interdisciplinaire des études sur le genre, qui depuis 40 ans University of Geneva | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Understanding International Relations Theory The course is for: • Those who are interested in international relations • For students in International HSE University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
EU policy and implementation People have become more critical of EU policy and often seem to prefer local policy solutions in response to Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World One of the most significant changes in the world in the past 30 years is the The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
From Freedom Rides to Ferguson The Modern Civil Rights Movement is a significant landmark in United States history Emory University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
Chinese Politics Part 1 – China and Political Science This course offers a conceptual framework for understanding China that The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
Qualitative Research Methods In this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social University of Amsterdam | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Global Diplomacy The course offers a well-researched and broad-ranging primer to the United Nations system University of London | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
Social Norms, Social Change I This is a course on social norms, the rules that glue societies together University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
The Changing Global Order How are international power relations changing and how can global peace and stability be maintained? This Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Health, Housing, and Educational Services Course 5 discusses policies in four areas: housing, education, healthcare, and immigration, with an optional Columbia University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
International Security Management In this MOOC you will learn about the colorful and diverse international security landscape, and Erasmus University Rotterdam | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Understanding Violence We are so pleased to have you join us as we investigate this crucial topic Emory University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Discussing Politics and Debates Teach-Out This Teach-Out serves a guide to help you better for understand the 2020 United States presidential University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Network Dynamics of Social Behavior How do revolutions emerge without anyone expecting them? How did social norms about same sex University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Global Arctic The GlobalArctic MOOC introduces you the dynamics between global changes and changes in École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1 Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people University of Manchester | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Anti-Racism I Anti-Racism I is an introduction to the topic of race and racism in the United States University of Colorado Boulder | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics Geopolitics is all around us, it happens every day HSE University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
From Climate Science to Action Each part of the world faces specific vulnerabilities to climate change and has different opportunities to The World Bank Group | 1 reddit posts 2 mentions |
The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) University of Copenhagen | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
Our methodology
We conducted this analysis by "ranking things based on social signals"
It's the result of mining Reddit posts and comments. The analysis looked at all (url-based) posts and comment mentions of Coursera courses on Reddit, ranking each course based on Reddit score, and showing each course with its top Reddit mentions.
Course Score is calculated with a slightly modified version of a simple popularity / age calculation.
course_score = sum(mention_scores) / course_age
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