List of Online Courses and Certifications

The Genetics and Genomics certification course is structured with a student-oriented framework. This curriculum is intended to enable any biology participant who has undergone 10+2 to assimilate most of the lessons contained in this section. It continues with a quick description of genetics and genomics, followed by classical biology sessions and advanced genetics sessions. The Genetics and Genomics certification will enable the candidates to learn and understand how genetic knowledge in DNA influences what an individual appears like and how it functions. Awareness of genetics and genomics is also important for understanding the evolution of plants, habitats, and species. 

The Genetics and Genomics training will help the learners take a variety of forthcoming and much-needed post-graduate courses focused on subjects. The course will allow the students to learn about the ongoing influential topics like the principle of genetics transmission, quantitative genetics, mutation, genetic code, and translation, etc that will ultimately engage the students to their relative influence. 

When the students finish this curriculum, he/she will have a comprehensive understanding of classical and advanced genetics and will be prepared to pursue any advanced postgraduate programs focused on genetics such as medical genetics, behavioral and learning genetics, computational biology, ecological genetic factors, biotechnology, etc.

It can be scientifically interesting to research human genetics, but it also has lots of practical applications. A detailed understanding of the human genome can have significant legal, social and medical effects, from the use of DNA in court proceedings to the development of new treatments for genetic diseases. One of the most compelling reasons for researching the human genome is understanding the genetic basis behind the human illness. Early diagnosis can help improve the quality of life or even prolong the lifetime of sufferers, but many genetic conditions are not treatable.

Current genetic therapy clinical trials deliver the promise of future therapies that can provide a symptom-free life to sufferers. Diagnostic tests may help couples determine whether to risk passing on to their children particular disease related genes. Tests allow doctors of in vitro fertility to precisely pick embryos which do not bear the hazardous gene.

This Human Genetics programme from SWAYAM will be teaching it’s candidates about human genetics at an undergraduate level. This 12 weeks programme will be delivered through online and candidates will be able to do the programme at their comfort.

A four-credit course, the Principles of Genetics course by Swayam has been specially designed for undergraduates of all life science programmes. The online course aims to equip candidates with the fundamental knowledge of heredity, genetics, and inheritance. And to build a foundational understanding of the various biological principles. 

Spread over 12 weeks, the Principles of Genetics certification syllabus broadly covers the genetics' fundamentals, Mendelism and its extensions, Linkage and Extranuclear inheritance, and sex determination. Each unit, spread across three weeks, contains 15 hours of teaching for a comprehensive understanding of the concepts. 

Other core topics covered in the Principles of Genetics programme are laws of inheritances, gene functions, Mendel's principles, gene interactions, genetics' framework, among others. 

However, they can only avail of the Principles of Genetics certification after paying the certification fee and meeting the minimum marks criteria in the internal assessment and end-term exam. 

Bioethics by edX is developed by the prestigious and well-known Harvard University. It is a ten weeks-long program that will be instructed online by Harvard Law University's expert faculty. However, this is an introductory program primarily related to medicine. A student can get himself/herself enrolled in it for free. However, if the student wants certification, the only requirement is a fee.

Moreover, learners will have access to the video transcripts of the lessons. Also, they can learn at their own speed and time. This is a short-term certification that enhances your knowledge of bioethics. Furthermore, the Bioethics certification syllabus is divided into seven units, each taking you through the different aspects of bioethics.

Firstly, the students are informed about the sale and purchase of reproductive materials, and surrogacy. With the Bioethics certification course, students explore civil lawsuits about wrongful life and wrongful birth, and concepts of sperm donation, egg donation, donor anonymity, enhancement, and more. The curriculum also covers the hybridization of human and animal genetic materials and patents about them. Post the programme, the candidates will be provided with a certificate for those who joined the programme by the fee. Those who opted for auditing the programme can access it for a limited duration. 

CRISPR is among the most disruptive inventions in recent times, alongside IoT payments and blockchain. This gene-editing technology has already had an influence on industries including agriculture, biofuel, and healthcare, and its worldwide commercial potential is expanding at a rapid pace. The CRISPR: Gene-editing Applications online course gives a thorough grasp of the CRISPR Cas9 gene-editing technique, its numerous applications, and the business prospects presented by genetic engineering.

With a specific industrial emphasis and legitimate case studies, the CRISPR: Gene-editing Applications training investigates the use of CRISPR in biotechnology and explores how it can aid in enhancing food yields, creation of disease-resistant cultivars, and allow bioenergy to become a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.

Study the prospects for healing inherited genetic problems, curing viral infections, and improving cancer research. The CRISPR: Gene-editing Applications syllabus provides candidates with a comprehensive knowledge of the CRISPR environment and its future possibilities, as well as industry perception into the ethical concerns of gene editing.

The ‘Useful Genetics Part 1: How Our Genes Shape Us’ online training is organized for the students to enable them to gain insights on the various aspects of genetics and to study the effects of DNA transformation and inheriting genes in our personal and societal dimensions. This certification course is provided by the Edx online education portal and the course curriculum is designed and offered by the University of British Columbia. The students can complete the course modules in an estimated time of seven weeks with spending six to eight hours per week in the self-paced online learning program.

The instructor for this medicine course is the zoology professor, Rosemary Redfield who will guide the students into acquiring theoretical and practical perspectives of the genetic concepts. The ‘Useful Genetics Part 1: How Our Genes Shape Us’ certification course ensures the participants of the program receive a course certificate at the end of the program after finishing the study, graded assessments, and the final exam.

Spread across six weeks, FutureLearn  ’S Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree programme imparts knowledge about the beauty of exploring one’s family history. Candidates can complete this short course by dedicating only four hours per week, discovering basic genealogy techniques. These will allow them to communicate about their family history, research effectively, and to understand how intricately genealogy operates. 

The Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree online course is developed by the University of Strathclyde, one of Glasgow’s leading international technological universities. The training curriculum covers critical topics such as DNA testing, effective searching techniques, analyzing documents, documenting research, and many more. Mastering these will enable the learners to become fluent in genealogy basics, forming a sturdy foundation about its core knowledge. 

Furthermore, the Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree course by FutureLearn is a free programme, but also has payable upgrades. Opting for those will allow candidates to unlock lifetime course access, flexibility to complete it at their own pace, and various other benefits. As a part of the Study UK Campaign, students also avail the opportunity to secure a digital or printable certificate.

What is Genetic Counseling training is a short-term 6 weeks online course that is provided by FutureLearn in association with AGNC, and the University of Manchester. This online course will impart learning about all about genetic counseling, and what role it plays in the healthcare field in the genomic era. Once candidates complete 90% of the steps in the aforesaid course and the required assessments they will be able to earn a valid certificate.

What is the Genetic Counseling certification syllabus teaches who exactly a genetic counselor is, and what are the skills and knowledge that a genetic counselor requires for counseling patients? Apart from this, the course covers everything starting from why people get themselves genetic counseling, and how it has different contexts in different countries. Other than this certification also provides learning on the challenges and ethical issues that are faced in genetic counseling. It also enables students to find out the opportunities that genetic counseling can have in the future.

This is a massive open online course on the fundamentals of human genetics for the students of undergraduate level. This online program is focused on delivering insights on various diseases related to human genetics and the aspects of genotype and phenotype. This online certification course is provided by the Swayam portal in collaboration with the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC). The classes are held online for a period of six weeks and the students of this elective course will gain experiential learning.

The course instructor for this program is Prof. Md. Niamat Ali from the Environmental Science department, P. G. Centre of Microbiology at Centre of Research for Development (CORD) in the University of Kashmir. The students of this course are provided with course modules and other online resources to develop a detailed understanding of the concepts.

The ‘Basic Human Genetics’ online certification program ensures students with knowledge acquisition along with the E-Certificate and credit points for this program under the Biological Sciences & Bioengineering domain.

The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine certification is a course in Genomics of the healthcare program that is a joint effort between 3 institutions, one if FutureLearn where the course is provided, and the other 2 are St George's, University of London, and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who have made contributions to the content. This course will encourage candidates to study genomics even at the postgraduate level.

The number of learning hours for The Genomics Era: the Future of Genetics in Medicine training is only 2 hours that is free of cost, and will teach a basic level of genomic medicine. The course will also give information on the new technologies of human genetics in the field of Medicine and helping patients in their misery by correctly diagnosing, prescribing treatment, and preventing deadly diseases. In the end, the students can use the results of the genome for the benefit of the patient without making a compromise with their safety.

The Case Studies in Functional Genomics Online Course is an open online course that deals with the specialized study of RNA-seq data and DNA methylation data. The advanced level course can be opted for by students who have completed studies in Statistical Inference and Modelling for High-throughput Experiments and High-Dimensional Data Analysis.

The Case Studies in Functional Genomics Certification Course is offered on the Harvard X platform collaborated by edX and Harvard University. The course is delivered through online course materials and assignments. After the successful completion of the self-paced course, students will get a shareable certificate if they have opted for the verified track by paying the fee. Without the fee, the candidates can audit it for a limited duration. 

The Case Studies in Functional Genomics Training Course is taught over 5 weeks and coordinated by Rafael Irizarry, Michael Love, and Vincent Carey of Harvard University. The course will assist students who wish to gain proficiency and achieve a professional certificate in data analysis for genomics.

The ‘Useful Genetics, Part 2: Genes and Genetic Inheritance’ online certification course is designed for the students to focus on the challenging aspects of genetics and their impact on the health and well-being of human beings. This course of medicine lets us explore the process and factors that influence the inheritance of specific genes that lead to personal and societal traits. The intermediate-level course is provided by the Edx online education platform in collaboration with the University of British Columbia. The course classes are scheduled for an approximate period of five weeks and the candidates will have to spend six to eight hours every week to complete the course effectively.

The instructor for this self-paced online program is zoology professor, Rosemary Redfield, and the classes are organized through online learning content such as videos, online lectures, graded assignments, and quizzes.

The ‘Useful Genetics, Part 2: Genes and Genetic Inheritance’ certification course enables students to get a course certificate after finishing the course of study and the graded assignments.

Available at the UG/PG level, the Human Molecular Genetics programme on the Swayam portal provides an introductory understanding of genetic counselling and biomedical research. In just four weeks, you will cover the primary tools and techniques involved in genetic study.

The Human Molecular Genetics syllabus comprehensively touches upon the rapid advancements that define the human genome's role in understanding disease and health. Additionally, you will learn the core concepts of pedigree analysis, the inheritance of human traits, and chromosome organisation.

As the Human Molecular Genetics course progresses, you will become familiar with molecular biology tools for understanding gene structure, gene mapping, gene mutation, genome, and gene cloning strategies. The course concludes with an analysis of HapMap and the human genome project.

Besides, the Human Molecular Genetics certification course curriculum is rife with numerous learning aids. You will receive weekly lectures, books & references, and an online forum for discussions. If you meet the qualifying criteria, you can also obtain an e-certificate.

The Introduction to Bioconductor Course is an intermediate-level course offered on the HarvardX platform in collaboration with edX and Harvard University. The course will acquaint learners with different genomic features, genomic coordinates, algorithms, and the core statistical methods through interactive lectures and lab experiments.

The Introduction to Bioconductor Certification Course is an open online course taught in a self-paced manner. The course is apt for students who wish to increase their subject knowledge and specialize in data analysis and statistics. The course aims at imparting specialized knowledge and skills to students through online study materials.

The Introduction to Bioconductor Training Syllabus is prepared with the coordinated efforts of the course instructors at Harvard University, Rafael Irizarry, Michael Love, and Vincent Carey. The course constitutes graded assignments and exams as the mode of assessment for students who choose to enrol in the paid version of the course. The students will be rewarded with a certificate upon completion. For free, they can audit the self-paced course for a limited period. 

The Advanced Bioconductor Certification Course is an open online course dealing with the visualization of genome-scale data and the core concepts of reproducible research and analysis. The course aims at students who are trying to pursue a professional certificate in data analysis for genomics.

The Advanced Bioconductor Training Course offered on the HarvardX platform in collaboration with edX and Harvard University is taught in a self-paced manner over a 4-week duration. The English medium course is delivered with the help of online course materials that are available on an unlimited basis for students who opt for the paid version of the self-paced course. In the free of cost, the candidates can also audit it for a limited period. 

The Advanced Bioconductor Online Course is an advanced-level course that requires students to have completed specialized courses in Statistical Inference and Modelling for High-throughput Experiments and High-Dimensional Data Analysis. The course will be coordinated by Rafael Irizarry and Michael Love, Professors at Harvard University.

The ‘Genomics: Decoding the Universal Language of Life’ online certification course is a study of the genetic systems and the genetic structures that comprise the genome to facilitate the production of sustainable food substances, fuel products, environmental protection, and in the context of disease prevention and treatment. This health research course is provided by the Coursera online education platform for an estimated period of four weeks. The course curriculum is developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, for the students to complete the course within thirty-six hours.

In this online course, students are led by Dr. Gene E. Robinson, the Director at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, and the Swanlund Chair at the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Entomology and Neuroscience.

The ‘Genomics: Decoding the Universal Language of Life’ online training program enables students to receive the industrially significant course certificate at the end of the program. 

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution certification by Duke University, and Coursera is an 3 weeks course that is a college-level course that is offered to its participants. Irrespective of this being a certification course over a span of 25 years, candidates will be prepared to understand basic biology so that they can be prepared for the issues like clarifying misconceptions so that they are ready for advanced coursework on biological topics.

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution training gives the participants a very basic overview of principles related to the fundamental and basic concepts of genetics in biology. Everyone often comes across the term genome sequencing or kits identifying what the participant’s pre-human and human ancestry look like from DNA sequencing. Beyond completion of this programme, a certificate is guaranteed to all the participants for genetic sequencing. Also, participants can enjoy the comfort of their homes while learning this programme.

The ‘Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics’ certification course is developed by the University of Minnesota for the students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories associated with the behavioral genetic tools and techniques. This course also focuses on the practical aspects of the challenges faced regarding the behavioral aspects. This online course is provided by the Coursera education portal for an estimated period of eight weeks. The course contents are designed to be completed in three weeks and are offered with subtitles to enable easy access to the texts for those from various language backgrounds.

The candidates of this course are guided by Matt McGue, a Regents professor from the department of psychology. This online training program enables students to gain skills and knowledge based on psychology and human genetics. The ‘Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics’ online certification program ensures students of this training receive a course completion certificate at the end of the course.

The ‘Classical papers in molecular genetics’ online certification course is designed for the students to get an opportunity to engage in discussions of the famous and significant historical landmarks of classical papers that describe important biochemical and genetic experiments. The students of this course will gain knowledge about philosophy and the process of discovery behind scientific experiments.

The online course is provided by Coursera with the curriculum and classes being developed by the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The participants of this program can complete the learning within an estimated time of three weeks. The classes are conducted online and led by the course instructor, Dominique Belin from the department of pathology and Immunology at the University of Geneva.

The ‘Classical papers in molecular genetics’ online training program enable students to receive a course certificate at the end of the program which can be shared online for the benefit of the students after completing the course of study.

Genetics is the scientific study of genes and heredity, or how certain qualities or traits are transmitted from parents to offspring due to variations in the DNA sequence. A gene is a segment of DNA that contains instructions for the construction of one or more molecules that aid in the functioning of the body. The double helix structure of DNA resembles a corkscrew-twisting ladder. The two ladder rails are referred to as backbones, while the rungs are pairs of the four building blocks (adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine) known as bases. Genetics and Next Generation Sequencing for Bioinformatics online certification, which is made accessible by Udemy to individuals interested in entering the field of Bioinformatics and curious about the recent advances in DNA sequencing technology.

Genetics and Next Generation Sequencing for Bioinformatics online training consists of three hours of digital classes, one article, one downloadable resource, and lifetime access that provides a digital certificate upon course completion.

Genetics and Next Generation Sequencing for Bioinformatics online course focuses on having a strong foundation in DNA, RNA, and genetics, next-generation DNA sequencing analysis, assessing the quality of raw data, genes, and chromosomes, and usage of FastQC and trimmomatic to improve data quality

RNA-Seq (an abbreviation of RNA sequencing) is a sequencing technique that employs next-generation sequencing (NGS) to determine the presence and quantity of RNA in a biological sample at a given time, thereby analyzing the dynamic cellular transcriptome. Prior to RNA-Seq, gene expression studies were conducted using microarrays based on hybridization. Problems with microarrays include cross-hybridization artifacts, poor quantification of lowly and highly expressed genes, and the need to know the sequence beforehand. Bioinformatics: Guide to RNA-seq with No Coding Required! online certification, which is made accessible by Udemy to individuals interested in being equipped with the tools and knowledge to not only understand but perform RNA sequencing and discover how the transcriptome of cell changes throughout its growth cycle.

Bioinformatics: Guide to RNA-seq with No Coding Required! online training consists of three hours of digital classes, two articles, and course completion which is accompanied by lifetime access to four downloadable materials, and a digital certificate.

Bioinformatics: Guide to RNA-seq with No Coding Required! online course focuses on individuals where they will be given the tools and knowledge they need to not only understand but also perform RNA sequencing and discover how a cell's transcriptome changes throughout its growth cycle. To avoid the need for complex software installations, coding experience, and, in some cases, a Linux operating system, we will conduct the entire analysis using a free bioinformatics tool called Galaxy! In addition, aspirants will be utilizing the STAR pipeline, which is currently supported by the ENCODE project!

People employ genetic reproductive technology to know and choose their children's genetic makeup. Several approaches allow clinicians to analyze fetal DNA. In vitro fertilization (IVF) will enable embryos to be genetically analyzed before implantation. These reproductive technologies allow us to screen, select, and modify offspring to remove lethal or crippling disorders. Biology 101: Introduction to Reproduction and Genetics online certification is made available by Udemy to candidates who want to learn about how to define important terms in genetics, draw diagrams of genes, and explain how genes can be changed for good.

Biology 101: Introduction to Reproduction and Genetics online training consists of 2.5 hours of digital classes, 11 articles, one downloadable resource, and lifetime access with a digital certificate upon course completion.

Biology 101: Introduction to Reproduction and Genetics online course focuses on the importance of DNA as a hereditary material, comparing human reproduction and plant reproduction, the mechanism of fertilization in humans and plants, chromosomes, genetics, human production, and plant production as well.