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University of Johannesburg Free Online Short Learning Course

University of Johannesburg Free Online Short Learning Courses.

UJ Offer free online courses called “Massive Open Online Courses” or M00Cs for short. They are designed to give people access to high-quality educational content that they can complete on their own schedule, without having to enroll in a formal Degree program.

Short Courses offered are:
  • African Insights 2023
  • Artificial Intelligence in the 4IR 2023

  • Financial Literacy Be Money Wise 2023 2nd Intake

  • Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals 2023 2nd Intake

African Insights 2023
About this course

By the time you complete African Insights, you will have an appreciation of Africa, including its riches, inheritances and great ideas and knowledge systems. You will have conceptual tools to think critically about the issues of contemporary significance to Africa, and you will have interacted with some of the many African thinkers and writers through their texts.

This short learning programme is self-paced. Work on your own terms, at the times and speeds that are most convenient for you. The course is designed to be completed in about 50 hours. For example, you can complete it over five weeks by engaging in the course for ten hours per week or complete it over eight weeks by spending about 6 hours per week.

A digital certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course that may be viewed and shared with third parties or possible employers through the UJ Digital Certificate platform.

 

You will have until 30 November 2023 to complete this course.

Goals & Objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Interact with a selection of text (fiction and non-fiction) from African thinkers and respond thoughtfully to these readings.
  • Share an informed appreciation of the role of Africa in the world and its inheritances.
  • Explain key historical and political concepts (e.g., slavery, colonialism, neo- and post-colonialism, and ubuntu).
  • Link South African experiences with other African experiences.
  • Respond to the voices of Africa’s women, LGBTIQ+ communities, refugees and migrants in Africa, in ways that reflect an appreciation of South Africa’s Bill of Rights enshrined in the South African Constitution. 
  • Foundationally understand African epistemologies.

Should you have any queries related to the course, please email africaninsights@uj.ac.za.

  • Category: African Thought, Decoloniality
  • Level of Effort: More than 8hrs
  • Duration: 180
  • Completion Window: 1 to 3 months

 

Artificial Intelligence in the 4IR 2023
About this course

Artificial Intelligence in the 4IR introduces you to artificial intelligence (AI), its applications, and its implications for society and the future of work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

 

You will have until 30 November 2023 to complete this course.

A digital certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course that may be viewed and shared with third parties or possible employers through the UJ Digital Certificate platform.

Specific Requirements

This short learning programme is self-paced. Work on your own terms, at the times and speeds that are most convenient for you. The course is designed to be completed in about 50 hours. For example, you can complete it over five weeks by engaging in the course for ten hours per week or complete it over eight weeks by spending about six hours per week.

 

Goals & Objectives

Artificial Intelligence in the 4IR comprises of eight units aimed to help you develop a conceptual model of a world with AI. Completion of this short learning programme will enable you to:

  • Develop an understanding of the 4IR and automation.
  • Understand the evolution of AI.
  • Discuss foundational concepts and techniques of AI and their application to real-life problems.
  • Explore advances in AI research, application and commercialisation in the United States and the West.
  • Explore advances in AI research, application and commercialisation in China.
  • Unpack the implications of AI for the future of the world of work.
  • Be aware of social and ethical considerations of AI technology.
  • Reflect on the future of AI for society.

Should you have any queries regarding this course, please email ai2support@uj.ac.za.

  • Category: 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR)
  • Level of Effort: More than 8hrs
  • Duration: 180
  • Completion Window: 1 to 3 months
Financial Literacy Be Money Wise 2023 2nd Intake

About this course

Decisions about finances and personal financial management is a matter that involves everyone. Financial literacy is a lifelong skill, which will not only help you during a financial emergency, but will assist you with your daily financial decisions to enrich your financial future and ensuring balance in your everyday life. Financial knowledge is an investment in human capital with crucial implications for an individual’s financial wellbeing. The programme is designed to equip you with effective strategies to manage your money, which will enforce your ability to make sound financial decisions.

You will have from 17 July until 30 November 2023 to complete this course.

A digital certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course that may be viewed and shared with third parties or possible employers through the UJ Digital Certificate platform.

Specific Requirements

This short learning programme is self-paced. Work on your own terms, at the times and speeds that are most convenient for you. The course is designed to be completed in about 50 hours. For example, you can complete it over five weeks by engaging in the course for ten hours per week or complete it over eight weeks by spending about 6 hours per week.

Goals & Objectives

This course comprises of four units, namely:

  • Budgeting, to understand the importance of setting financial goals and drawing up a budget.
  • Wealth creation, including the understanding of the basic strategies.
  • Basic economics, understanding the basic concepts of economics and how it applies to your daily life.
  • Money management, understanding the strategies and techniques.

Should you have any queries related to the course, please email bemoneywise@uj.ac.za.

  • Category: Financial Literacy
  • Level of Effort: More than 8hrs
  • Duration: 180
  • Completion Window: 1 to 3 months

 

Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals 2023 2nd Intake

About this course

The course introduces you to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is an introductory interdisciplinary short-learning programme to provide you with a basic understanding of and context to the SDGs (from South African and African perspectives), the reasons for their existence, how they fit together in a comprehensive framework, as well as critiques levelled against the SDG Agenda. The 17 SDGs will be engaged in four groupings: social, economic, biophysical SDGs and SDG implementation.

You will have from 17 July until 30 November 2023 to complete this course.

A digital certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course that may be viewed and shared with third parties or possible employers through the UJ Digital Certificate platform.

Specific Requirements

This short learning programme is self-paced. Work on your own terms, at the times and speeds that are most convenient for you, over a semester window. The course is designed to be completed in about 50 hours. For example, you can complete it over five weeks by engaging in the course for ten hours per week or complete it over eight weeks by spending about 6 hours per week.

Goals & Objectives

On completion of this SLP, students should be able to:

  • Explain the origin, development and current context of the SDG Agenda.
  • Discuss what the various SDGs are.
  • Illustrate the interdependence between the social, economic and biophysical intentions of the SDGs, whilst also recognising the trade-offs.
  • Recognise the institutional infrastructure in place to implement the SDGs.
  • Reflect on the progress made with the implementation of the SDG Agenda thus far, the challenges to achieve the SDGs, as well as criticism against it.
  • Relate the SDGs to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and South Africa’s National Development Plan.

Should you have any queries related to the course, please email sdg-support@uj.ac.za.

  • Category: Sustainable Development
  • Level of Effort: More than 8hrs
  • Duration: 180
  • Completion Window: 1 to 3 months

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By Boloka Matome

2 Replies to “University of Johannesburg Free Online Short Learning Course”

  2. Morning

    I just found out about these courses this morning, thank you for the opportunity, I would like to enrol for the Artificial Intelligence course.

    regards
    Lerato

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