George Washington University Courses

Get Data Off the Ground with Python

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This first module in Engineering Computations (EngComp1) creates a foundation with Python programming, for complete beginners. You learn to handle core data types (strings, lists) and also n-dimensional arrays. The first three lessons have essentially no mathematics, to focus on the programming patterns. The fourth lesson deals with creating and operating on arrays. The final lesson is a worked example of linear regression with real data.The target audience is first-year engineering students, but the course would be equally useful to students in any science or technology field.

Patent Law & Policy

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Patent law and policy can be intriguing. Former Chief Justice of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Randall Radar, and GW Law School Associate Dean John Whelean will take you through patent law and policy basics as they clarify foundational elements, ask penetrating questions, and relate case studies and examples for you to consider.

Poetry: What It Is, and How to Understand It

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Why read a poem?  Why write one?  People say modern poetry as an art form is imperiled in our time, yet everywhere in the world cultures and individuals memorize, recite, and value various forms of poetry.  This course will attempt to define this genre of poetry writing, to discuss its particular attributes, to distinguish between good and bad poetry, to explain why so much writing poetry is difficult, and to isolate the sorts of truths modern poetry seems best at conveying.  Our focus will be on modern poetry, in English and in translation.

The Past, Present, and Future of the Federal Reserve

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This special open course on the Past, Present and Future of the Federal Reserve, covers the 100-year history, policies, and processes of the Federal Reserve System. The System has played a pivotal role in shaping the American economy and financial system, stretching from the Great Depression of the 1930s, the spiraling inflation of the 1970s, and most recently to the global financial crisis of 2007-2008.Frank Sesno, former anchor and Washington Bureau Chief for CNN, serves as the course moderator, joined by a team of top professors of finance, law, political science, and history to shed light on one of the most powerful, yet widely misunderstood, institutions in the world today. Lectures and interviews with key Federal Reserve figures such as former chairs Ben Bernanke and Paul Volcker enrich the course and provide you with special insight into the Fed’s approaches and policies over the years.

La empresa en una era política

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La empresa en una era política” es un curso abierto, en línea, de 7 semanas que se ofrece a través de The Graduate School of Political Managament de George Washington University. El curso, diseñado y entregado por el profesor Mark R. Kennedy, está centrado en equipar a los profesionales de las empresas con estrategias para vincularse con los moldeadores: los actores políticos, reguladores, de medios y activistas en la sociedad que moldean el entorno y las oportunidades de una organización. Al finalizar el curso, usted podrá: 1. Identificar a los actores que no son del mercado (es decir, moldeadores o shapeholders) y analizar su impacto potencial sobre una empresa; 2. Explicar el enfoque de las 7A para la vinculación con los moldeadores y cómo una empresa puede usar el marco para desarrollar una estrategia no de mercado; y 3: Planificar y ejecutar enfoques mutuamente beneficiosos para una vinculación efectiva con actores no del mercado (es decir, los moldeadores).

Leading Healthcare Quality and Safety

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeEnsuring patient safety and healthcare quality is critical and should be a key focus of everyone in healthcare practice. This course provides healthcare practitioners and others with an introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to lead patient safety and quality improvement initiatives at the micro and macro levels. Participants will explore the foundations of health care quality and the science underlying patient safety and quality improvement, design and select effective health care measures, analyze patient safety problems and processes using tools such as human factors analysis, apply systematic approaches including the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model to address quality improvement challenges, and learn strategies to lead a culture of change. The course takes a world view of patient safety and quality, linking participants to research and resources from the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Joint Commission and other international organizations. Course highlights include personal stories, lessons learned from other industries and interviews with the President of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and other leaders in quality movement.Pawlson, g. & Johnson, J. (2021). Advancing Health Care Quality:Protecting Patients, Improving Lives. DEStech Publications Inc.About The George Washington University School of NursingRanked among the top nursing schools by U.S. News & World Report, the George Washington University School of Nursing educates and inspires nurses to provide high-quality, compassionate person-centered health care. The school develops leaders actively engaged in health promotion, patient advocacy and healthcare innovation, and prepares exceptional nurse educators who pursue quality and advance the profession. The School of Nursing is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people and communities locally, nationally and globally. The school values lifelong learning and its students advance nursing practice, leadership and education as they make a difference in the world.

Tour the Dynamics of Change and Motion with Python

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This is the third module in Engineering Computations (EngComp3), building from a foundation in Python programming to develop modeling and simulation practices, and computational problem-solving. You learn to capture motion from images and videos, to compute velocity and acceleration from position data, to obtain velocity and position from accelerometer data, and to study differential models of mechanical vibrations. The target audience is second-year science and engineering students, with some background in calculus and ordinary differential equations.What You'll LearnCapture position data of moving objects from images and videoCompute velocity and acceleration from position data, using numerical derivatives (in free-fall and projectile motion)Compute velocity and position from accelerometer data, using time-stepping to solve a differential equationPose a second-order differential equation as a system in vector form, and compute the solution in state spaceVisualize direction fields and trajectories in the phase plane  

Business in a Political Age

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Business in a Political Age is a 7-week open, online course offered through the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. The course, designed and delivered by Professor Mark R. Kennedy, is centered around equipping business professionals with strategies for engaging shapeholders - the political, regulatory, media, and activist actors in society that shape an organization’s environment and opportunities. By the end of this course, you will be able to: 1. identify non-market actors (i.e. shapeholders) and analyze their potential impact on a business; 2. explain the 7As approach to shapeholder engagement and how a business can utilize the framework to develop a nonmarket strategy; and, 3. plan and execute mutually beneficial approaches to effective engagement with non-market players (i.e. shapeholders).PREREQUISITESAlthough there are no academic or professional prerequisites for this open course, the course is designed with private sector professionals in mind. Therefore, at least some level of business experience may be helpful to you, although not required.

Aerodynamics with Python

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This is a regular graduate course at The George Washington University department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The course catalog entry reads: Aero/Hydrodynamics. 3 Credits. Inviscid flows in two and three dimensions and irrotational flow theory; conformal mapping and applications. Helmoltz theorems and vorticity dynamics. Applications such as airfoil theory, finite-wing theory, panel methods, instabilities, free surface flow. That short description covers much too much content and it really is not possible to have a 3-month course that will do justice to all those topics. In designing this version of the course, we first asked: what should students of classical aerodynamics know well, that they may build on with future study? The answer we propose is: panel method solutions to flow around lifting and non-lifting bodies. We will build a solid foundation for panel method solutions, starting with be basics of potential flow, and using computations with the Python programming language to explore classical aerodynamics. This online space supplements the on-campus course with content, discussions and learning pathways. It is an open learning space. Any interested student or self-learner in the world is invited to learn with us and participate in this space. The course was not designed as a MOOC (massive open online course), but rather we decided to simply carry out our learning in the open.What You'll LearnA foundation in the classical theories of aerodynamics of ideal fluids, as they apply to aerospace engineering designCompetency in solution methods and understanding of their approximation power and sources of error  

Take off with Stats in Python

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This learning module in engineering computations (EngComp2) builds from a foundation in Python programming to develop data practices and computational problem-solving. You learn to handle data programmatically, reading data from files, cleaning and organizing data, and performing exploratory data analysis. You will use real data, learn to make pretty data visualizations, and gain insight from data.The target audience is first- or second-year science and engineering students, but only high-school-level mathematics background is assumed.What You'll LearnExploratory data analysis with real data (canned craft beers in the US, lead exposure from cosmetics, life expectancy and wealth).Handling labeled data with the pandas library: data frames and series.Visualizing quantitative and categorical data.Getting insights from data using data-frame and series methods, various plots and interactive widgets. 

Essentials in Clinical Simulations Across the Health Professions

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis 7-week course provides you with key strategies to help understand the foundation of Clinical Simulations.During each module, you will learn about 7 key components of Clinical Simulation Across the Health Professions and its' impact in your current position as a healthcare professional.Please utilize all of the Resources provided by each of the modules to support and enhance your understanding of each concept.You will learn about the following topics in this course:Module 1:Getting Started in Clinical Simulation-the FundamentalsModule 2:INACSL Standards of Best Practice:SimulationModule 3:Implementing Simulation in the CurriculumModule 4:Developing a Simulation CenterModule 5:Basics of Debriefing in SimulationModule 6:Evaluation Methods in SimulationModule 7:SPs in SimulationAbout The George Washington University School of NursingRanked among the top nursing schools by U.S. News & World Report, the George Washington University School of Nursing educates and inspires nurses to provide high-quality, compassionate person-centered health care. The school develops leaders actively engaged in health promotion, patient advocacy and healthcare innovation, and prepares exceptional nurse educators who pursue quality and advance the profession. The School of Nursing is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people and communities locally, nationally and globally. The school values lifelong learning and its students advance nursing practice, leadership and education as they make a difference in the world.For more in-depth simulation education, please see the GW Nursing Simulation Initiatives.https://nursing.gwu.edu/gw-nursing-simulation-initiatives