Interested in learning about corporate finance? Statistics? Information studies?
The courses are free. They can be downloaded using the iTunes U app, a program that offers free education content. They're also available online at Open.Michigan.
Courses for download include:
- Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators
- Introduction to Information Studies
- Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
- Laboratory Methods for Clinical Microbiology
- Structures 2
The courses are part of a growing trend to offer university content free online. U-M is already participating in Coursera, an online platform that allows universities, including Stanford and Princeton, to offer free courses online to anyone. U-M also made the Epistles of St. Paul, one of the school's oldest artifacts, available for download on Apple devices.
Kellie Woodhouse covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at kelliewoodhouse@annarbor.com or 734-623-4602 and follow her on twitter.