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The Federal Institute Opens Hundreds of Free Courses in Distance Education. These Are Open EAD Courses for Environment and Health, Exact Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Much More!
The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) has hundreds of new free courses in distance education (EAD). In total, 198 EAD courses are being offered to the public and interested individuals must simply register online to start studying.
List of Open EAD Courses Offered by the Federal Institute
Among the free distance education courses offered by the Federal Institute are:
Environment and Health
- Waste Management;
- Caregiver for the Elderly;
- Applied Psychology for Rehabilitation;
- Is There Global Warming?;
- Occupational Health.
Exact Sciences
- Mathematics in Different Contexts – Part 2;
- Chemistry;
- Mathematics in Different Contexts – Part 3;
- Industrial Paints: Types, Applications, and Characterizations;
- Mathematics in Different Contexts – Part 1.
Human Sciences
- Geography and Geopolitics Today;
- Photographic Techniques;
- Philosophy I;
- Sociology;
- Geography I;
- General History;
- Vargas Era (1930-1945).
Education
- School Assistant (extra)
- Audiovisuals: Art, Technique, and Language;
- School Assistant;
- Didactics;
- Pedagogical Assistant;
- Brazilian Education;
- Meaningful Learning;
- School Secretary Assistant;
- Literacy and Reading Literacy.
Management and Business
- Public Accounting;
- Personal Finances;
- Finance for Entrepreneurs;
- Law: Basics;
- Ethics in the Public Service;
- Team Management;
- Financial Assistant;
- Public Finances;
- Agreements.
Languages, Languages, and Literature
- Spanish 2;
- English 1 (extra February);
- Spanish 1;
- Teaching Brazilian Portuguese as a Welcoming Language;
- Academic Textual Genres.
Informatics
- Graphic Libraries in the Context of Digital Games;
- Google Drive;
- Database 1: Fundamentals;
- Knowledge Discovery in Databases: Fundamentals;
- Computing: Fundamentals;
- Database Administrator;
- CSS: Style Sheets;
- Systems Automation.
Infrastructure
- Caretaker.
Food Production
- Baking;
- Healthy and Sustainable Eating in Schools;
- Sensory Analysis;
- Culinary Arts: Events;
- School Nutrition Agent;
- Beverages: Concepts and Types.
Natural Resources
- Environmental Education;
- Family Farmer;
- Agroforestry Farmer;
- Socio-Environmental Development Agent;
- Reproductive Aspects of Cattle.
Tourism and Hospitality
- Tourism Guide in Local Cultural Spaces;
- Ceremony Planner;
- Cultural Production Assistant;
- Reception and Reservations Agent in Hospitality;
- Travel and Tourism Agencies;
- Tourist Information Agent;
- Housekeeper in Hospitality.
Registrations for Free Distance Education Courses (EAD)
It is worth noting that there are several other EAD courses in addition to the ones mentioned above. Registrations for the Federal Institute’s courses must be done by the student themselves on the IFRS website.
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Those interested in enrolling in the free distance education courses must have a CPF or passport (if foreign) and an email account. Upon registering, students can already start attending classes. The deadline to register for most EAD courses is until July 31 of this year.
There are EAD course options in the areas of health, agriculture, pedagogy, marketing, finance, languages, and business.
The course loads, which range between 4 and 200 hours, can be completed according to the student’s available schedule. At the end, if approved, the student receives a certificate that they issue themselves. It is possible to take more than one course simultaneously. The approval criteria may differ for each program.
Get to Know the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul
The IFRS operates with the mission of offering professional, scientific, and technological education that is inclusive, public, free, and of quality, promoting the integral formation of citizens to face and overcome social, economic, cultural, and environmental inequalities, ensuring the inseparability between teaching, research, and extension and in accordance with territorial potentialities and vocations.
The Federal Institute aims to be a reference in education, science, and technology as a public, free, quality institution with a social commitment. The IFRS works valuing equity and social justice, cooperation, democracy, solidarity, ethics, among others.
