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Understanding Emotional Mastery
This psychology and counselling course examines the science of emotions and explains how to harness various theories and techniques to control human feelings.
Understanding Environmental Law
Learn how green laws drive sustainable development and protect the natural world at the local, national and global level in this environmental law course.
Understanding Epilepsy
Study the history of epilepsy and understand its pathology, causes, classifications and treatment with this free online course that trains you to use an EEG.
Understanding Ethical Dilemmas in Video Games
This course explores ethical ambiguity within the gaming industry and discusses strategies for creating games prioritising enjoyment and well-being of players.
Understanding Fashion Psychology
Discover the key to creating stylish clothing by delving into the potential of fashion psychology.
Understanding Feline Behaviour and Psychology
This pet care course examines feline psychology, behaviour and body language to help you communicate with cats and understand their needs and motivations.
Understanding Feminist Poetry
This free online poetry course places key feminist poets in their historical context and explains their continued impact on art and society.
Understanding Financial Analysis
This business course explains how to analyse financial statements and data to evaluate a company’s performance and guide business and investment decisions.
Understanding Food Technology
This food science course examines current and emerging methods used to optimise food production and preservation through applied microbiology and biotechnology.
Understanding Geopolitics
Learn geopolitical theory in this international relations course to appreciate the impact of geography on the balance of power in today’s and tomorrow’s world.
Understanding Metaphysical Poetry
Understanding metaphysical poetry will enable you to read and unpack other poetic forms and appreciate the relationship between the world and our minds.
Understanding Methamphetamine Addiction Disorder
This substance abuse course examines the worldwide problem of methamphetamine addiction and lays out its causes, symptoms, impact and various treatment options.
Understanding Microcontroller Interfacing Using Different Elements
Learn how to interface different electronic elements, such as LCD displays, and LED lights to your PIC Microcontroller along with the programming code required.
Understanding Monopolies in Economics
Learn about Monopolies in Economics. Learn about how monopolies optimize prices, how they differ from Oligopolies and learn terms such as marginal revenue.
Understanding Mortgages
Learn about mortgage products, documentation, and all other compliances to help you acquire the skills to become a mortgage advisor.
Understanding Mortgages and Home Equity
Learn about the concepts of assets, liabilities and equity in relation to obtaining a mortgage from a financial institution to purchase a house.
Understanding Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases
Learn about the spread, diagnosis, treatment and effective preventive and control measures for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, Zika virus and others.
Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Insights and Strategies
Study the dynamics of narcissistic personality disorder in this mental health course and acquire strategies to manage its symptoms and impact on relationships.
Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This psychology explains the causes and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and explains how treatments like CBT can make life easier for those with OCD.
Understanding Optical Sources in Fiber-Optic Communication
Learn how fiber-optic cables work in this physics course that explains how fiber-optic optical sources drive today’s communication and medical technology.
Understanding Organisational Disciplinary Procedures
Learn about the principles that underpin fair and effective disciplinary processes, disciplinary policy development, implementation, and effective monitoring.
Understanding Othering in Antisemitic Discourse
Explore the origins and evolution of stereotypes portraying Jews as evil or threatening and the features and impact of the blood libel myth.
Understanding PASTRY and Tapestry in Networking
Learn about peer-to-peer multicasting infrastructure for distributed applications with this free computer networking course on PASTRY and Tapestry.
Understanding Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Business
Turn your love of animals into a business with this pet care course that explains how to start and manage a professional pet sitting and dog walking service.