The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Science Supercourse is a project designed to network scientists and to empower educators around the world through the sharing of scientific lectures online for free. It represents an extended scope to the initial Global Health Network Supercourse project, housed at the University of Pittsburgh WHO Collaborating Centre and mirrored at Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

    The supercourse network initially started with over 58,000 registered faculty members and scientists from 174 countries and a library of over 4,200 high quality educational lectures about epidemiology and preventive health.

    The current Science Supercourse is designed to expand beyond the topics of Health and Preventive Medicine, to encompass other areas of science, namely Environment, Agriculture and Computer Engineering in addition to Public Health.

    The project is an extended joint endeavor between the Library of Alexandria in Egypt and the WHO Collaborating Centre at the University of Pittsburgh.

    Science Supercourse does not grant degrees or certificates, but is designed to be a repository of resources for teachers, professors, and other educators to use as they see fit in their teaching of science.

    The BA Science Supercourse was launched at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt in January 2009, under the direction of Dr. Ismail Serageldin, the Director of the library. In April 2010, the program has officially unveiled its new expandable online system that includes more lectures, more personalized functionalities and search features than the parent Supercourse.

    While the initial focus of the new Science Supercourse is in the areas of Health, Agriculture, Environment and Computer Engineering; the plan is to extend the scope to other scientific areas in the next several years. Each area will have a "community of practice" to stimulate the contribution of high-quality lectures and to provide guidance and review on coverage of the fields.

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