Students currently enrolled in for-credit MS-DS courses are eligible for free access to non-credit versions of 200+ CU courses.
As a current student enrolled in for-credit classes, you are eligible to join the CU on Coursera learning program. This program grants you sponsored access to paid enrollments in a selected bundle of open (non-credit) courses from across the University of Colorado Coursera portfolio (including CU Boulder, CU Denver, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, and CU Colorado Springs content). Below you’ll find important details about joining CU on Coursera, and some key troubleshooting tips.
Join CU on CourseraÌý
In order to work ahead on publicly available Coursera courses without being prompted to complete a payment on Coursera.org, you will need to join the CU on Coursera program before enrolling inÌýa course on Coursera. This enables a free enrollment option for any course or specialization in the learning program collection.
- To access CU on Coursera,Ìýyour Coursera account must use your CU email address (@colorado.edu). If your Coursera account uses a different email address, go toÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýupdate your Coursera account to use your CU email. You will have the ability to add or re-add your personal email address to your account later.
- Log out of your Coursera account and close the browser.
- Open a new browser window and go to theÌýÌýhome page.
- Click Join for Free.
- Select Log in with the University of Colorado.ÌýThis will bring you to the Ping Federate portal.Ìý
- Log in with your university credentials. You will be re-directed to Coursera.org.
- Log in to Coursera with your existing Coursera account credentials (using your CU email address). This should be the same account you’ve previously linked to the degree program to access the MS-DS Onboarding Course.
Find and Enroll in Courses
Once you have joined the learning program, you can navigate to a course from the following places. When looking to start the course, you will see the option to Enroll for FreeÌýfor any course that is part of the learning program.ÌýIf you want to work ahead on Coursera courses before the start of your degree session, you can still do so as you have in the past following Coursera’s.
Open versions of MS-DS affiliated courses will be added to the CU on Coursera learning program as they are launched on a rolling basis. Check back into the program often to join courses you're interested in as they are added!
Troubleshooting and Support
If you experience an issue joining CU on Coursera, please ensure that your Coursera account is not already linked to another organization, such as Facebook.
You can reach support for any technical or account issues you experience when joining CU on Coursera. You have two contact options:Ìý