Professional Microcredentials
Seize targeted learning opportunities to help you bridge unexpected knowledge gaps.
Professional Microcredentials allow you to benefit from a Johns Hopkins education in a bite-sized format. Whether you seek to boost your understanding of a very specific topic to address an immediate need, or you want to stack these laser-focused courses to earn additional credentials, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences offers learners like you a wide variety of options.
New! Professional Microcredentials in Regulatory Affairs
Johns Hopkins’ Regulatory Affairs Microcredentials equip you with the knowledge and tools to better navigate FDA approval processes, ensuring life-saving products reach patients safely and efficiently.
Multi-Course Credentials
Algebra: Elementary to Advanced Specialization
Coursera Specialization
3 Course Series
This specialization is intended for students looking to solidify their algebra and geometry necessary to be successful in future courses that will require precalculus and calculus.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Data Literacy Specialization
Coursera Specialization
5 Course Series
This specialization is intended for professionals seeking to develop a skill set for interpreting statistical results.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization
Coursera Specialization
5 Course Series
This specialization is intended for learners seeking to develop the ability to visualize data using R.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 months to complete, 10 hours a week
Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization
Coursera Specialization
4 Course Series
This specialization provides an introduction to topics in single and multivariable calculus, and focuses on using calculus to address questions in the natural and social sciences.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Honors Algebra 2 Specialization
Coursera Specialization
3 Course Series
This Honors Algebra 2 course builds a strong foundation in advanced algebraic concepts, including exponential, logarithmic, radical, inverse, and polynomial functions.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 month to complete, 10 hours a week
Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization
Coursera Specialization
4 Course Series
This specialization builds on topics introduced in single and multivariable differentiable calculus to develop the theory and applications of integral calculus.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Leadership: An Introduction Specialization
Coursera Specialization
3 Course Series
Learn the Foundations of Leadership Studies. Engage current thinking about leadership, including basic definitions; ethical, persuasive, and creative leadership; agile leadership; and leadership and artificial intelligence.
Time: Flexible schedule, 3 months to complete, 10 hours a week
Linear Algebra from Elementary to Advanced Specialization
Coursera Specialization
3 Course Series
This specialization covers the main topics of undergraduate linear algebra – studying vectors, matrices, lines and the areas and spaces they create.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement
6 Course Series
Enrollment in this Certificate of Achievement grants you access to the five courses in the Advanced FDA Series, as well as the ‘Introduction to the FDA’ course.
Time: Flexible schedule, 55 hours to complete
Cost: $2,970
Credential: Certificate of Achievement
Courses include: Introduction to the FDA; Regulatory Pathways Overview; Regulatory Submissions and Lifecycle Management; FDA Communication and Meeting Strategies; Risk Mitigation and Regulatory Challenges; and Regulatory Trends and Future Directions.
Teaching Writing Specialization
Coursera Specialization
5 Course Series
Examine and apply theories and best practices to improve the teaching of writing to students of all grade levels and disciplines, in and out of a formal school environment.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 months to complete, 10 hours a week
Non-Credit Course Catalog
Advanced Business Analytics: Excel Optimization & Simulation
Coursera Course
This course equips learners with advanced skills in building and analyzing models using Excel to solve real-world business problems.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Advanced Data Visualization with R
Coursera Course
With a foundation using R to make many basic kinds of visualization, primarily with the ggplot2 package, you will focus on expanding your inventory of data visualization options. Drawing on additional packages to supplement ggplot2, you will make more variants of traditional figures and venture into spatial data.
This course is part of the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Algebra: Elementary to Advanced - Equations & Inequalities
Coursera Course
This course is intended for students looking to create a solid algebraic foundation of fundamental mathematical concepts from which to take more advanced courses that use concepts from precalculus, calculus, probability, and statistics.
This course is part of the Algebra: Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 10 hours to complete
Algebra: Elementary to Advanced - Functions & Applications
Coursera Course
This Specialization is intended for learners seeking to develop the ability to visualize data using R.
This course is part of the Algebra: Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 5 hours to complete
Algebra: Elementary to Advanced - Polynomials and Roots
Coursera Course
This specialization provides an introduction to topics in single and multivariable calculus, and focuses on using calculus to address questions in the natural and social sciences.
This course is part of the Algebra: Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 9 hours to complete
Applied Calculus with Python
Coursera Course
This course is designed for the Python programmer who wants to develop the foundations of Calculus to help solve challenging problems as well as the student of mathematics looking to learn the theory and numerical techniques of applied calculus implemented in Python.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Black Lives Matter
Coursera Course
The #BlackLivesMatter movement is the most significant political movement in African American life in the United States in the last fifty years. BLM leaders denounced anti-black racism, white supremacy, and police brutality and reshaped how we think about gender, sexuality, social justice, economic injustice, and crime.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Business Analytics with Excel: Elementary to Advanced
Coursera Course
A leader in a data driven world requires the knowledge of both data-related (statistical) methods and of appropriate models to use that data. This Business Analytics class introduces students to analytical frameworks used for decision making though Excel modeling.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Applying Differentiation
Coursera Course
As rates of change, derivatives give us information about the shape of a graph. In this course, we will apply the derivative to find linear approximations for single-variable and multi-variable functions.
This course is part of the Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 7 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Differentiation Rules
Coursera Course
This course continues the study of differentiable calculus by developing new rules for finding derivatives without having to use the limit definition directly.
This course is part of the Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 7 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Limits & Derivatives
Coursera Course
This course focuses on concepts of single variable calculus and will introduce the notions of limits of a function to define the derivative of a function.
This course is part of the Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 7 hours to complete
Calculus Through Data & Modeling: Precalculus Review
Coursera Course
This course is an applications-oriented, investigative approach to the study of the mathematical topics needed for further coursework in single and multivariable calculus, studying functions, including: polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions.
This course is part of the Differential Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 7 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Integration Applications
Coursera Course
This course continues your study of calculus by focusing on the applications of integration. We will expand the notion of the average value of a data set to allow for infinite values, develop the formula for arclength and curvature, and derive formulas for velocity, acceleration, and areas between curves.
This course is part of the Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Series and Integration
Coursera Course
This course continues your study of calculus by introducing the notions of series, sequences, and integration. These foundational tools allow us to develop the theory and applications of the second major tool of calculus: the integral.
This course is part of the Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 8 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Techniques of Integration
Coursera Course
In this course, we build on previously defined notions of the integral of a single-variable function over an interval. Now, we will extend our understanding of integrals to work with functions of more than one variable.
This course is part of the Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 hours to complete
Calculus through Data & Modeling: Vector Calculus
Coursera Course
This course continues your study of calculus by focusing on the applications of integration to vector valued functions, or vector fields. These are functions that assign vectors to points in space, allowing us to develop advanced theories to then apply to real-world problems.
This course is part of the Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 hours to complete
Data – What It Is, What We Can Do With It
Coursera Course
This course introduces students to data and statistics. By the end of the course, students should be able to interpret descriptive statistics, causal analyses and visualizations to draw meaningful insights.
This course is part of the Data Literacy Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Data Literacy Capstone – Evaluating Research
Coursera Course
This is the final course in the Data Literacy Specialization. In this capstone course, you’ll apply the skills and knowledge you have acquired in the specialization to the critical evaluation of an original quantitative analysis. The project will first require you to identify and read a piece of high-quality, original, quantitative research on a topic of your choosing.
This course is part of the Data Literacy Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 5 hours to complete
Data Visualization Capstone
Coursera Course
Enter this course with a well-developed set of skills making a wide variety of visualizations in R. The focus on this course will applying those skills to a unique project, drawing on publicly available data to tell a compelling story using the data visualization toolkit assembled in the previous courses.
This course is part of the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Data Visualization in R with ggplot2
Coursera Course
The focus in this course is learning to use ggplot2 to make a variety of visualizations and to polish those visualizations using tools within ggplot as well as other vector graphics editing software.
This course is part of the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
FDA Communication and Meeting Strategies
Microcredential Course
This course is designed to empower you with the tools and strategies needed to lead confident, effective conversations with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). You’ll gain practical insights and communication techniques that will prepare you for meaningful regulatory discussions and help you navigate interactions with clarity and confidence.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 11 hours to complete
Cost: $660
Credential: Certificate of Competency
Foundational Mathematics for AI
Coursera Course
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the mathematical principles that form the foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Time: Flexible schedule, 5 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Getting Started with Data Visualization in R
Coursera Course
A critical tool for data visualization is the R statistical programming language. Especially in conjunction with the tidyverse software packages, R has become an extremely powerful and flexible platform for making figures, tables, and reproducible reports.
This course is part of the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Honors Algebra 2: Algebraic, Exponential & Log Functions
Coursera Course
Students learn to analyze, interpret, and apply advanced families of functions, including exponential, logarithmic, radical, and inverse functions. Learners will develop fluency in evaluating and graphing these functions, solving equations that involve them, and applying their properties to real-world models and predictions.
This course is part of the Honors Algebra 2 Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Honors Algebra 2: Linear and Quadratic Functions
Coursera Course
This course explores the essential building blocks of algebra: linear functions, quadratic functions, and systems of equations. Through interactive lessons and real-world applications, you’ll develop a deep understanding of how equations model the world around us—from predicting trends to describing physical phenomena.
This course is part of the Honors Algebra 2 Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Honors Algebra 2: Polynomials and Complex Numbers
Coursera Course
This course explores how to analyze, graph, and transform polynomial functions, apply techniques such as factoring, division, and the Remainder and Factor Theorems to solve higher-order equations, and use the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to understand the complete set of polynomial solutions.
This course is part of the Honors Algebra 2 Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Introduction to the FDA
Microcredential Course
This foundational course introduces learners to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), focusing on its history, mission, organizational structure, and core functions. Designed to build a baseline understanding, the course provides essential insights into how the FDA operates and regulates key areas of public health.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 5 hours to complete
Cost: $300
Credential: Certificate of Completion
Linear Algebra: Linear Systems and Matrix Equations
Coursera Course
This course introduces you to the concepts of linear algebra, one of the most important and basic areas of mathematics, with many real-life applications. This foundational material provides both theory and applications for topics in mathematics, engineering and the sciences.
This course is part of the Linear Algebra from Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Determinants, & Eigenvectors
Coursera Course
This course introduces you to the concepts of linear algebra, one of the most important and basic areas of mathematics, with many real-life applications. This foundational material provides both theory and applications for topics in mathematics, engineering and the sciences.
This course is part of the Linear Algebra from Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Linear Algebra: Orthogonality and Diagonalization
Coursera Course
This course focuses on the theory and computations that arise from working with orthogonal vectors. This includes the study of orthogonal transformation, orthogonal bases, and orthogonal transformations.
This course is part of the Linear Algebra from Elementary to Advanced Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 hours to complete
Measurement – Turning Concepts into Data
Coursera Course
This course provides a framework for how analysts can create and evaluate quantitative measures. Consider the many tricky concepts that are often of interest to analysts, such as health, educational attainment and trust in government. This course will explore various approaches for quantifying these concepts.
This course is part of the Data Literacy Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Publishing Visualizations in R with Shiny and flexdashboard
Coursera Course
You should come to this course with a strong background in making visualization in R using ggplot2. Building on those skills, this course covers creating interactive visualization using Shiny, as well as combining different kinds of figures made in R into interactive dashboards.
This course is part of the Data Visualization & Dashboarding with R Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Quantifying Relationships with Regression Models
Coursera Course
This course will introduce you to the linear regression model, which is a powerful tool that researchers can use to measure the relationship between multiple variables.
This course is part of the Data Literacy Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week
Regulatory Pathways Overview
Microcredential Course
This course is your gateway to understanding the regulatory pathways that shape product oversight in the United States. You’ll explore the intricacies of the FDA’s regulatory process and gain the knowledge needed to navigate this essential field with confidence.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 11 hours to complete
Cost: $660
Credential: Certificate of Competency
Regulatory Submissions and Lifecycle Management
Microcredential Course
In this course, you’ll step confidently into the world of regulatory strategy. Designed as your guide to mastering submission types and lifecycle milestones, this learning experience will help you understand the processes that shape product oversight and approval in the United States.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 11 hours to complete
Cost: $660
Credential: Certificate of Competency
Regulatory Trends and Future Directions
Microcredential Course
If you’re aiming to stay ahead in today’s rapidly evolving regulatory environment, this course is designed with you in mind. You’ll explore how shifting regulatory trends and evolving FDA policies influence product approval and learn how to adapt your strategies to remain effective and compliant in a changing landscape.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 11 weeks to complete
Cost: $600
Credential: Certificate of Competency
Responding, Revising and Assessing Student Writings
Coursera Course
This course reviews best practices in effectively responding to student writing. You will define revision, identify how revision differs from editing, and examine strategies for teaching students how to engage in effective revision.
This course is part of the Teaching Writing Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Risk Mitigation and Regulatory Challenges
Microcredential Course
This course serves as your starting point for exploring the complex landscape of regulatory challenges and risk management. Through practical insights and structured guidance, you’ll gain the tools needed to make informed decisions and contribute effectively in this critical area.
This course is part of the Regulatory Affairs Certificate of Achievement.
Time: Flexible schedule, 11 hours to complete
Cost: $660
Credential: Certificate of Competency
Teaching Reluctant Writers
Coursera Course
This course first focuses on the reasons student writers may be reluctant and then provides learners with a variety of strategies and practices to help reluctant writers develop a greater comfort and confidence with writing.
This course is part of the Teaching Writing Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Teaching Texts and Forms
Coursera Course
This course will examine some of those more comprehensive writing tasks: personal essays; argument, analysis and other forms of transactional writing; and creative writing.
This course is part of the Teaching Writing Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Teaching Writing Final Project
Coursera Course
In this course you will select one component from each of the four courses that are among the most important things they learned from that course.
This course is part of the Teaching Writing Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
Teaching Writing Process
Coursera Course
This course demonstrates how teaching writing as process can lead to a significant increase in students’ comfort level and confidence as writers. Learners will examine methods for teaching writing as discovery, and for using low-stakes writing and reflection in their classes.
This course is part of the Teaching Writing Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
The Creative Leader
Coursera Course
This course addresses the directive functions of the creative leader. Topics include directive creative leaders in politics; directive creative leaders in haute cuisine; and directive creative leaders in the arts.
This course is part of the Leadership: An Introduction Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
The Ethical Leader
Coursera Course
This course aims primarily at post-baccalaureate students interested in leadership theory and ethical leadership. It examines the latest trends in leadership theory invoking several disciplines, including business, sociology, philosophy, history, and psychology.
This course is part of the Leadership: An Introduction Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 6 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
The Mathematics of Democracy, Politics and Manipulation
Coursera Course
This course explores the intricate landscape of democracy and decision-making.
Time: Flexible schedule, 2 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
The Persuasive Leader
Coursera Course
This course answers the question, What is persuasive leadership? Topics include persuasive vs. coercive leadership, conversation as essential to persuasive leadership, types of persuasion, elements of persuasion, and principles of persuasion.
This course is part of the Leadership: An Introduction Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 4 weeks to complete, 10 hours a week
What are the Chances? Probability and Uncertainty in Statistics
Coursera Course
This course focuses on how analysts can measure and describe the confidence they have in their findings. Starting with an overview of the key probability rules and concepts that govern the calculation of uncertainty measures, then applying these ideas to variables (which are the building blocks of statistics) and their associated probability distributions.
This course is part of the Data Literacy Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
Time: Flexible schedule, 1 week to complete, 10 hours a week