Free Online Course: Energy 101: The Big Picture provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 weeks long, 5-7 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Energy 101: The Big Picture is taught by Sam Shelton.
6 weeks long, 5-7 hours a week
Finished
As a society and individually, we use energy every moment of our lives to improve our quality of life. Energy 101 will develop the big picture and connect the details of our energy use, technology, infrastructure, impact, and future.
Syllabus and Introduction
-Welcome
Energy, Society and Economy
-This module introduces the concepts of impact of energy issues on society, sources of energy, role of fossil fuels and issues of oil import
Natural Gas Liquids, Ethanol & Energy Independence
-This module targets issues on Energy Independence, Oil Supply and Price
Solar and Wind Power Resources
-This module explore renewable energy sources
Energy Conversion
-This module concentrates on topics in Energy Conversion
Electric Power Technologies
-This module explores topics in Power Plant Technologies and Carbon Emissions
Alternative Fueled Cars and Other Energy Issues
-This module explores Electric Car, Carbon Emission and summarizes concepts of this course
