Top 100 Coursera Life Sciences 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.
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Top 100 Life Sciences courses
| COVID-19 Contact Tracing The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring | Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 89 mentions |
| Buddhism and Modern Psychology The Dalai Lama has said that Buddhism and science are deeply compatible and has encouraged Western scholars | Princeton University | 10 reddit posts 145 mentions |
| Everyday Parenting Everyday Parenting gives you access to a toolkit of behavior-change techniques that will make your typical day | Yale University | 1 reddit posts 120 mentions |
| Bioinformatics Journey to the Frontier of Computational Biology | University of California San Diego | 1 reddit posts 106 mentions |
| Systems Biology and Biotechnology Expertise for Professionals and Students in Biotechnology and Biomedical Data Sciences | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 1 reddit posts 21 mentions |
| Medical Neuroscience Medical Neuroscience explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous | Duke University | 1 reddit posts 47 mentions |
| Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being offered simultaneously to new students at | Duke University | 5 reddit posts 43 mentions |
| Writing in the Sciences This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises | Stanford University | 1 reddit posts 30 mentions |
| Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology This free Teach-Out is for anyone who has been curious about how we identify and measure outbreaks like | Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 20 mentions |
| Ebola Virus Disease Learn about the evolving Ebola epidemic and its various aspects including disease prevention, management and | Emory University | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Psychological First Aid Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: | Johns Hopkins University | 2 reddit posts 20 mentions |
| Moralities of Everyday Life How can we explain kindness and cruelty? Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Why do people so | Yale University | 3 reddit posts 21 mentions |
| Understanding the Brain Learn how the nervous system produces behavior, how we use our brain every day, and how neuroscience | The University of Chicago | 0 reddit posts 14 mentions |
| Dog Emotion and Cognition Dog Emotion and Cognition will introduce you to the exciting new study of dog psychology, what the latest | Duke University | 2 reddit posts 28 mentions |
| Introduction to Reproduction Do you have questions about sex hormones or menstrual cycles? This is a crash-course in human | Northwestern University | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
| A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment What are the determinants of a happy and fulfilling life? This is surely one of life’s biggest | Indian School of Business | 1 reddit posts 25 mentions |
| Mind Control Never in the history of humanity have so many people been feeling intense anxiety related to COVID-19 and | University of Toronto | 1 reddit posts 26 mentions |
| Synapses, Neurons and Brains These are very unique times for brain research | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 0 reddit posts 24 mentions |
| Child Nutrition and Cooking Eating patterns that begin in childhood affect health and well-being across the lifespan | Stanford University | 3 reddit posts 10 mentions |
| Introductory Human Physiology In this course, students learn to recognize and to apply the basic concepts that govern integrated body function | Duke University | 2 reddit posts 17 mentions |
| Introduction to Psychology This course will highlight the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, discussing the | University of Toronto | 0 reddit posts 20 mentions |
| Stanford Introduction to Food and Health Around the world, we find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and other | Stanford University | 0 reddit posts 23 mentions |
| Social Psychology Ever wonder why people do what they do? This course—which includes more than $1,000 of video and reading | Wesleyan University | 2 reddit posts 21 mentions |
| Dino 101 Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 19 mentions |
| Understanding Plants - Part I For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early | Tel Aviv University | 3 reddit posts 22 mentions |
| The Science of Gastronomy This course introduces a number of basic scientific principles underpinning | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2 reddit posts 15 mentions |
| The Addicted Brain This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors | Emory University | 4 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| Finding Hidden Messages in DNA (Bioinformatics I) Named a top 50 MOOC of all time by Class Central | University of California San Diego | 0 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| EDIVET This course is for anyone interested in learning more about Veterinary Medicine, giving a “taster” | The University of Edinburgh | 0 reddit posts 16 mentions |
| Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease | The Pennsylvania State University | 0 reddit posts 13 mentions |
| Epidemiology Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 0 reddit posts 16 mentions |
| Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys This course will cover the basic elements of designing and evaluating questionnaires | University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
| Animal Behaviour and Welfare Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes | The University of Edinburgh | 2 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Positive Psychology This course discusses research findings in the field of positive psychology, | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Bugs 101 Of all the animals on earth, which are the strongest for their size? What about the fastest? Who were the | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 10 mentions |
| Fundamentals of Immunology Learn basic concepts and vocabulary in immunology | Rice University | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
| Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression While the human genome sequence has transformed our understanding of human biology, it isn’t just | The University of Melbourne | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
| Visual Perception and the Brain Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide | Duke University | 1 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Introduction to Systems Biology This course will introduce the student to contemporary Systems Biology focused on | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Gut Check Imagine if there were an organ in your body that weighed as much as your brain, that affected your health, your weight, and even your | University of Colorado Boulder | 3 reddit posts 17 mentions |
| Psychology of Popularity The level of popularity you experienced in childhood and adolescence is still | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Paleontology Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds is a five-lesson course teaching a comprehensive | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 12 mentions |
| The Horse Course There are over 100 million horses, donkeys and mules in the world today and owners of these animals can be | University of Florida | 1 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| The Brain and Space This course is about how the brain creates our sense of spatial location from a variety of sensory and motor | Duke University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Become an EMT EMT Medical and Trauma Emergency Care | University of Colorado System | 0 reddit posts 11 mentions |
| Chicken Behaviour and Welfare This course explains the general principles of chicken behaviour and welfare, and the behavioural | The University of Edinburgh | 3 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Understanding Medical Research How can you tell if the bold headlines seen on social media are truly touting the next big thing or if the | Yale University | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
| Diabetes - a Global Challenge Diabetes and obesity are growing health problems in rich and poor countries alike | University of Copenhagen | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| The Bilingual Brain This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in | University of Houston | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Science of Exercise Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of | University of Colorado Boulder | 0 reddit posts 15 mentions |
| Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials Clinical trials are experiments designed to evaluate new interventions to prevent or treat disease in | Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Experimental Methods in Systems Biology Learn about the technologies underlying experimentation used in systems biology, with | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Unethical Decision Making in Organizations This course 'Unethical decision making in organizations : A seminar on the dark side of the force' will | University of Lausanne | 2 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Bioinformatic Methods I Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using | University of Toronto | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| Positive Psychology Learn how to incorporate resilience interventions into your personal and professional life with Dr | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 13 mentions |
| Mindware Most professions these days require more than general intelligence | University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 9 mentions |
| Paleontology Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 8 mentions |
| Paleontology Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution is a four-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the | University of Alberta | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Preventing Chronic Pain Chronic pain is at epidemic levels and has become the highest-cost condition in health care | University of Minnesota | 1 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Bioinformatic Methods II Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using | University of Toronto | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Reducing Gun Violence in America Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change is designed to provide learners with the best | Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 37 mentions |
| Music as Biology The course will explore the tone combinations that humans consider consonant or dissonant, the scales we use, | Duke University | 0 reddit posts 6 mentions |
| Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings Welcome to Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings | Rice University | 0 reddit posts 7 mentions |
| An Introduction to Global Health This course will provide you with an overview of the most important health challenges facing the world | University of Copenhagen | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students Understanding the clinical terms and abbreviations commonly used during verbal or written communication | University of Pittsburgh | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis We will introduce methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials | Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Getting started in cryo-EM This class covers the fundamental principles underlying cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) starting with the basic | Caltech | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics Behavioral genetic methodologies from twin and adoption studies through DNA analysis will be described | University of Minnesota | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Dynamical Modeling Methods for Systems Biology An introduction to dynamical modeling techniques used in contemporary Systems Biology | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Network Analysis in Systems Biology An introduction to data integration and statistical methods used in contemporary Systems | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Drug Development The University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | University of California San Diego | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management Learn about the impact of infectious disease on sustainable animal-based food | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Chemicals and Health This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health | Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Stanford's Short Course on Breastfeeding Stanford's Short Course on Breastfeeding was designed for new mothers and the people who support them | Stanford University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| The New Nordic Diet - from Gastronomy to Health The New Nordic Diet is a new food culture developed in 2009-13 with key emphasis on gastronomy, health, | University of Copenhagen | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Confronting Gender Based Violence This course introduces participants from the healthcare sector to gender based violence (GBV), | Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
| Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology) To acquire an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genomics and biotechnology, and | University of Maryland, College Park | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Systems Science and Obesity Systems science has been instrumental in breaking new scientific ground in diverse fields such as | Johns Hopkins University | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
| Data Management for Clinical Research This course presents critical concepts and practical methods to support planning, collection, storage, and | Vanderbilt University | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Clinical Epidemiology Evidence forms the basis of modern medicine | Utrecht University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| The Truth About Cats and Dogs What is your cat revealing to you when she purrs? What is your dog expressing when he yawns or wags | The University of Edinburgh | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Genomics What is a genome? A genome contains all of the information that a cell needs to | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Everyday Chinese Medicine This course aims to serve as an education platform on Chinese medicine (CM) for the general | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 1 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Sleep The objective of this course is to give students the most up-to-date information on the biological, | University of Michigan | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Genome Sequencing (Bioinformatics II) You may have heard a lot about genome sequencing and its potential to usher in an era of | University of California San Diego | 0 reddit posts 4 mentions |
| Stories of Infection This course introduces learners to a variety of infectious diseases using a patient-centered, story-based | Stanford University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Lactation Biology Lactation and especially milk, which is the product of that unique mammalian process, | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1 reddit posts 0 mentions |
| Schizophrenia The main goal of this class is to gain an introductory exposure to the nature of the psychiatric disorder | Wesleyan University | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis; a journey from basis to clinic. In this anatomy course you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic | Universiteit Leiden | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Classical papers in molecular genetics You have all heard about the DNA double helix and genes | University of Geneva | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Positive Psychology Learners discover how apply to research methods to their study of Positive Psychology | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Epidemics “If history is our guide, we can assume that the battle between the intellect and will of the human | The University of Hong Kong | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Gender and Sexuality What is sex? What is gender? What is sexuality? What do we mean by LGBTQIA? How are these concepts | University of Pittsburgh | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Introduction to the Biology of Cancer Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying every year from | Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness. Renowned exercise physiologists Martin Gibala and Stuart Phillips of McMaster University teach the | McMaster University | 0 reddit posts 5 mentions |
| Evolution How are all of the species living on Earth today related? How does understanding evolutionary | American Museum of Natural History | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| From Disease to Genes and Back Human genetics explores the genetically determined similarities and differences between human | Novosibirsk State University | 0 reddit posts 1 mentions |
| Positive Psychology Dr | University of Pennsylvania | 0 reddit posts 3 mentions |
| Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging Neuroimaging methods are used with increasing frequency in clinical practice and basic research | Johns Hopkins University | 0 reddit posts 2 mentions |
| General Pathophysiology Dear listeners | Saint Petersburg State University | 0 reddit posts 2 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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