Online degree platform Coursera adds two master's courses
Online education platform Coursera has moved closer to achieving its goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programmes by the end of 2019, with the announcement of new courses at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and France’s HEC Paris. The French institution plans to offer a master’s degree in innovation and entrepreneurship, while UIUC will add a master’s degree in accounting to its existing Coursera offerings, an iMBA programme and master of computer science in data science. 

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Online education platform Coursera has set a goal of offering 15 to 20 degree programs by the end of 2019. The company took another step toward that goal Wednesday, announcing new degree offerings from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and France’s HEC Paris.

“This is our coming-out party for online degrees on Coursera,” Nikhil Sinha, Coursera’s chief business officer, said in an interview.

HEC Paris plans to launch a master’s degree in innovation and entrepreneurship. UIUC, which already offers two degrees on Coursera, will launch a third: a master’s degree in accounting. The university also offers an M.B.A., known as the iMBA program, and a master of computer science in data science. The programs will launch this fall.

UIUC has previously said the iMBA program has exceeded its expectations. Since launching in January 2016, the program now enrolls about 500 students across three cohorts, said Jeffrey R. Brown, dean of the College of Business.