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      Tecnológico de Monterrey

      Fundamentos de la Industria de Hidrocarburos

      Skills you'll gain: Market Dynamics, Energy and Utilities, Chemical Engineering, Economics, Supply And Demand, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Socioeconomics, Production Process, Natural Resource Management, Environment and Resource Management, Recruitment

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

      Sustainable Infrastructure

      Skills you'll gain: Project Finance, Civil Engineering, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, Project Design, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Economic Development, Strategic Partnership, Environmental Engineering, Environment, Construction, Private Equity, Project Management, Natural Resource Management, Socioeconomics, Stakeholder Engagement, Capital Markets, Innovation, International Finance, Environmental Policy

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Trustworthy AI: Managing Bias, Ethics, and Accountability

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Business Ethics, Accountability, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Ethical Standards And Conduct, Risk Analysis, Compliance Management, Risk Mitigation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Diversity Awareness, Strategic Decision-Making, Social Sciences, Algorithms

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Xi'an Jiaotong University

      系统平台与计算环境

      Skills you'll gain: Operating Systems, General Networking, Network Architecture, Computer Systems, Computational Logic, Computer Networking, Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Thinking, OS Process Management, Network Protocols, Computing Platforms, Computer Architecture, Computer Hardware, Data Storage, File Management

      3.9
      Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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      35 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Rastreamento de contato da COVID-19

      Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Epidemiology, Interpersonal Communications, Infectious Diseases, Investigation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Medical Privacy, Interviewing Skills, Rapport Building, Public Health, Medical Science and Research, Community Health

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      140 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Universidad de Palermo

      Data Science & Inteligencia Artificial aplicados a negocios

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Predictive Modeling, Business Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Leadership, Data Science, Business Analytics, Organizational Change, Innovation, Strategic Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Strategic Decision-Making, Applied Machine Learning, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Computer Vision, IT Service Management

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      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

      Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Disaster Risk

      Skills you'll gain: Failure Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Modeling, Risk Management, Project Risk Management, Analysis, Disaster Recovery, Systems Analysis, Vulnerability Assessments, Simulation and Simulation Software, Qualitative Research, Resilience

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      40 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Royal Holloway, University of London

      Security Management and Governance

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Security Incident Management, Cyber Governance, Incident Management, Incident Response, Security Management, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Security Policies, Human Factors (Security), Security Awareness, Cybersecurity, ISO/IEC 27001, Cyber Risk, Security Strategy, Risk Management Framework, Human Factors

      4.8
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      33 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      C++ Data Structures in the STL

      Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Data Structures, Data Store, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Data Validation, Data Integrity

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      48 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of California, Irvine

      Cluster Analysis, Association Mining, and Model Evaluation

      Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Mining, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Statistical Modeling, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Machine Learning, Correlation Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Scatter Plots, Market Analysis, Supervised Learning, AI Personalization, Cross Selling

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      GenAI Chatbots: Create and Deploy OpenAI-Powered Chatbots

      Skills you'll gain: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Back-End Web Development, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development, Web Applications, Python Programming, UI Components

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Vanderbilt University

      Microservice Architectures

      Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Application Deployment, Software Architecture, Scalability, Service Oriented Architecture, Java Programming, Distributed Computing, Load Balancing, Continuous Deployment, Software Design, Maintainability, Dependency Analysis, Interoperability

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular political science courses

    • Fundamentos de la Industria de Hidrocarburos: Tecnológico de Monterrey
    • Sustainable Infrastructure: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
    • Trustworthy AI: Managing Bias, Ethics, and Accountability: Johns Hopkins University
    • 系统平台与计算环境: Xi'an Jiaotong University
    • Rastreamento de contato da COVID-19: Johns Hopkins University
    • Data Science & Inteligencia Artificial aplicados a negocios: Universidad de Palermo
    • Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Disaster Risk: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
    • Security Management and Governance: Royal Holloway, University of London
    • C++ Data Structures in the STL: Coursera Project Network
    • Cluster Analysis, Association Mining, and Model Evaluation: University of California, Irvine

    Why Learn Political Science?

    Political science explores power, governance, public policy, and global affairs—examining how decisions are made and how they affect people’s lives. It combines critical thinking, research, and communication to understand political systems and social change. Learning political science can help you engage more deeply in civic life, pursue careers in law or policy, and analyze issues shaping the world today.

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