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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Strategic Planning for Social Media

      Skills you'll gain: Social Media Strategy, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Strategic Communication, Paid media, Content Strategy, Digital Media Strategy, Earned Media, Owned Media, Brand Strategy, Content Performance Analysis, Content Creation, Shared Media, Customer Relationship Building, Customer Engagement, Target Audience, Brand Management, Aesthetics

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Black Performance as Social Protest

      Skills you'll gain: Performing Arts, Social Justice, Advocacy, Art History, Culture, World History, Music, Cultural Diversity, Storytelling, Creativity

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Davis

      Computational Social Science Capstone Project

      Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Data Wrangling, Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping, Databases, Social Sciences, Trend Analysis, Data Collection, Simulations, Big Data, Machine Learning, Computational Thinking, Data Visualization Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

      4.7
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      40 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Kennesaw State University

      Social Media & Marketing - Jagdish Sheth

      Skills you'll gain: Marketing, MarTech, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Effectiveness, Content Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Digital Marketing, Branding, Digital Media Strategy, Digital Advertising

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys

      Skills you'll gain: Survey Creation, Interviewing Skills, Research Design, Data Collection, Qualitative Research, Research, Research Methodologies, Quantitative Research

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      458 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Capstone: Analyzing (Social) Network Data

      Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Graph Theory, Technical Communication, Data Structures, Algorithms, Analysis, Computer Science, Research

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Increase Engagement to your Instagram Business Profile

      Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Content Creation, Scheduling, Branding

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      356 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Amsterdam

      Classical Sociological Theory

      Skills you'll gain: Sociology, Social Studies, Social Sciences, Socioeconomics, Culture, Political Sciences, Economics, Qualitative Research, Research Methodologies, Science and Research

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Social Media Automation using Python

      Skills you'll gain: Email Automation, Automation, Application Programming Interface (API), Scripting, Python Programming, Web Scraping, Data Import/Export, Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

      Acción Comunitaria. Enfoques para la transformación social

      Skills you'll gain: Community Organizing, Social Justice, Community Development, Community and Social Work, Social Sciences, Policy Analysis, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Public Policies, Community Health, Media and Communications, Research Methodologies

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Applied Social Network Analysis in Python

      Skills you'll gain: Network Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Graph Theory, Data Analysis, Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Predictive Analytics, Unsupervised Learning, Matplotlib, Python Programming, Data Import/Export, Algorithms

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Digital Marketing Institute

      Social Media and Digital Marketing Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Digital Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Social Media Content, Social Media, Content Creation, Marketing Strategies, Digital Content, Social Media Strategy, Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Behaviour, Digital Transformation, Content Strategy, Scheduling, Target Audience, Customer Analysis

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular social welfare courses

    • Strategic Planning for Social Media: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Black Performance as Social Protest: University of Michigan
    • Computational Social Science Capstone Project: University of California, Davis
    • Social Media & Marketing - Jagdish Sheth: Kennesaw State University
    • Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys: University of Michigan
    • Capstone: Analyzing (Social) Network Data: University of California San Diego
    • Increase Engagement to your Instagram Business Profile : Coursera Project Network
    • Classical Sociological Theory : University of Amsterdam
    • Social Media Automation using Python: Packt
    • Acción Comunitaria. Enfoques para la transformación social: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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