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25 Short courses in Family & Consumer Science

Hairdressing - UK
Want a career that puts you in contact with people and gives you an opportunity to express your creativity? The online Hairdressing - UK course from International Career Institute (ICI) - UK could be ideal for you. It offers you a flexible way to advance your knowledge and skills in this rewarding and ever-growing area of the beauty industry.
Healthcare Consumerism and Implication for Care Delivery
In this Healthcare Consumerism and Implication for Care Delivery course offered by Coursera in partnership with Northeastern University, we will examine the changing role of the consumer in healthcare. Consumers are asking for more accountability in how healthcare is delivered and paid for. Healthcare professionals must make sure that they are delivering high quality, personalized care.
Healthy Practices - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Community and Family Participation
This Healthy Practices - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Community and Family Participation offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado System is part of the School Health for Children and Adolescents Specialization.
Understanding Customers
Have you ever wondered why you sometimes emerge from the supermarket with a full trolley, having gone in for just a pint of milk? In this Understanding Customers module at The Open University UK you'll tackle questions like this to help you understand why customers buy.
The Single Family Office
The Single Family Office program offered by Northwestern University focuses squarely on the management, planning and governance skills family-office leaders must master and manage.
Data-driven Customer Experience
The Data-driven Customer Experience course offered by National University of Singapore will help you learn how to use customer analytics to make evidence-based decisions in customer service, marketing and customer relationship management.
Family Interventions in Psychosis
This one-day training in Family Interventions in Psychosis at Middlesex University aims to provide a summary of the impact of the role of the carers and the clinical needs of mental health service users with psychosis who are regularly cared for by families and friends.
How to Become a Smarter Research Consumer
This How to Become a Smarter Research Consumer course from University of Southampton will cover major topics such as common fallacies of deductive and inductive reasoning, essentials of the scientific method, and how to argue on the internet!
Human Nutrition Science
The Human Nutrition Science course of Boston University is offered at the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences.
Firm Level Economics - Consumer and Producer Behavior
The Firm Level Economics - Consumer and Producer Behavior course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois is part of the Managerial Economics and Business Analysis Specialization.
Family, Societal and Cultural Influences on Children's Mental Wellbeing
This Family, Societal and Cultural Influences on Children's Mental Wellbeing course at Anglia Ruskin University will focus on cultural, social and family influences on child and adolescent mental wellbeing, while exploring current issues in mental health from both a national and global perspective.
Domestic and Family Violence Work Practices
In this Domestic and Family Violence Work Practices course offered by CQUniversity Australia , you will learn about interpersonal and questioning skills when responding to domestic and family violence within your work context.
Consumer Psychology for Fashion
The Consumer Psychology for Fashion course from University of the Arts London (UAL), introduces you to the interrelationships between psychology and fashion and explores how an understanding of psychology can lead to a more ethical and socially responsible engagement with fashion
Forming Family Enterprise Governance
The Family Enterprise Governance program provided by Northwestern University is focused on what skills owners need to design appropriate governance architecture, lead effective decision making across all stakeholders and set a vision that will guide multi-generational continuity.
Family Enterprise Boards
The director plays a pivotal role in effectively guiding family owned businesses. The Family Enterprise Boards program, provided by Northwestern University, goes in-depth on the issues that affect current and emerging board members, such as managing the board’s strategic, fiduciary and communication functions.
Quality Assurance and Control
This interactive Quality Assurance and Control course at Massey University is a mix of theory and practical lessons. It is an introduction to how to apply sensory evaluation in the context of quality assurance for the food industry.
Customer Insights Begins With Me
The Customer Insights Begins With Me programme offered by National University of Singapore will enable participants to embark on a journey of revisiting and co-designing customer-centric strategies.
Marketing - Customer Needs and Wants
In this Marketing - Customer Needs and Wants course offered by Coursera in partnership with IESE Business School, you will explore how to identify and classify customers and the different methods that marketing professionals use to shed light on how they make purchase decisions.
Applied Sensory and Consumer Science
Approved by the Department of Food Science and Technology, the online Applied Sensory and Consumer Science program from the University of California, Davis is the only one of its kind and is continually updated to reflect current and innovative methods in the area of sensory science and consumer testing. Join our global community of sensory science professionals.
Guidance to Keep Newborn Babies Safe and Healthy
This Guidance to Keep Newborn Babies Safe and Healthy course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado System is part of the Newborn Baby Care Specialization.