02-19-2025, 11:52 AM
If my understanding is correct, Coursera has some courses where you can take a non-credit Coursera course first with your Coursera subscription, then enroll in the corresponding course from an RA university and that latter course will ultimately be RA credit on the university's transcript.
The Coursera course will count towards some of the coursework of the RA course, but not nearly all. In the programs I know about, the RA course also follows a term schedule for assignments; that portion is not self-paced.
I think the master's programs through Coursera from UIUC Gies (business and accounting) and CU Boulder (computer science and related) work this way.
I don't know whether Coursera offers anything like this on a course-by-course basis at the bachelor's level.
The Coursera course will count towards some of the coursework of the RA course, but not nearly all. In the programs I know about, the RA course also follows a term schedule for assignments; that portion is not self-paced.
I think the master's programs through Coursera from UIUC Gies (business and accounting) and CU Boulder (computer science and related) work this way.
I don't know whether Coursera offers anything like this on a course-by-course basis at the bachelor's level.