This is a list of high-quality courses that, for one reason or another, didn’t make it into the curriculum. The most common reasons are that the course isn’t available often enough, or that there was an alternative that fit better into the curriculum.
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Psychology (MIT OCW 9.00SC) | self-paced | 6–12 h/wk |
| Psychology 101 (UC Berkeley – YouTube playlist) | 29 lectures | — |
| Affective Neuroscience (MIT OCW 9.13) | self-paced | 6–10 h/wk |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| MIT OCW – Systems Neuroscience (9.14) | self-paced | 6–10 h/wk |
| Medical Neurobiology (UNC / Coursera) | 6 weeks | 4–6 h/wk |
| Neuroimaging and Neuroanatomy (Oxford / YouTube) | — | — |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Social Development (MIT OCW 9.85 supplemental lectures) | self-paced | — |
| Introduction to Human Development (Open University) | self-paced | — |
| Adolescent Psychology (USC – YouTube series) | — | — |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Addiction and the Brain (Emory / Coursera) | 8 weeks | 4–8 h/wk |
| Psychological Treatment of Addiction (Emory / Coursera) | 8 weeks | 4–8 h/wk |
| Introduction to Couples Therapy (University of Colorado / Coursera) | 6 weeks | 3–5 h/wk |
| CBT for Psychosis (King’s College London / FutureLearn) | 3 weeks | 4 h/wk |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Statistical Reasoning (Open Learning Initiative – Carnegie Mellon) | self-paced | 5–8 h/wk |
| Inferential Statistics (OpenStax Tutor / Rice University) | self-paced | — |
| Quantitative Methods for Psychology (YouTube – Andy Field) | — | — |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Moralities of Everyday Life (Yale / Coursera) | 6 weeks | 4–6 h/wk |
| Human Emotion (UC Berkeley – YouTube) | — | — |
| Cognitive Neuroscience (MIT OCW 9.18) | self-paced | 6–10 h/wk |
| Courses | Duration | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Learning How to Learn | 4 weeks | 2 hours/week |
| Mindshift | 4 weeks | 2 hours/week |
| Powersearching with Google | 3 weeks | 4-6 hours/week |