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      Coursera Project Network

      SQLServer for Beginners: Database Design & CRUD Operations

      Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Development, Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Database Management, Databases, Business Requirements, Web Applications

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      21 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Arizona State University

      Electrical Properties and Semiconductors

      Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Electronic Components, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electronics, Materials science

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      39 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)

      Introduction to Acoustics (Part 2)

      Skills you'll gain: Vibrations, Engineering Design Process, Engineering Analysis, Engineering Calculations, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations, Mechanics, Calculus, Physics

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      46 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Front-End Developers

      Skills you'll gain: Front-End Web Development, Responsible AI, Generative AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Code Review, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Prompt Engineering, Software Documentation, Test Automation, HTML and CSS

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      31 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Snowflake

      Building Generative AI Apps to Talk to Your Data

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, LLM Application, Snowflake Schema, Prompt Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Unstructured Data, Application Development, Data Pipelines, User Interface (UI), Data Processing, Application Programming Interface (API), SQL, Front-End Web Development

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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively

      Skills you'll gain: Deductive Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Computational Logic, Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Methods

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      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      400 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Supervised Text Classification for Marketing Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Deep Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Text Mining, Predictive Modeling, Marketing Analytics, Python Programming, Feature Engineering, Regression Analysis, Google Cloud Platform, Data Processing, Artificial Neural Networks, Performance Metric

      Build toward a degree

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      Rating, 3.1 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California, Irvine

      Life 101: Mental and Physical Self-Care

      Skills you'll gain: Stress Management, Personal Development, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, Personal Care, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Nutrition and Diet, Preventative Care, Exercise Science, Health And Wellness Coaching, Behavioral Health, Health Education, Chronic Diseases

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      271 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      Tailwind CSS

      Skills you'll gain: Typography, Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, UI Components, Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Mockups, User Interface (UI), Web Development, Debugging

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      43 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Whizlabs

      Exam Prep DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer

      Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Microsoft Azure, Data Lakes, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Modeling, Data Governance, Data Warehousing, Microsoft SQL Servers, Data Analysis, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Data Import/Export, Real Time Data, Data Transformation, Data Pipelines, Information Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Performance Tuning

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      11 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      National Academy of Sports Medicine

      National Academy of Sports Medicine Nutrition Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Nutrition Counseling, Nutrition and Diet, Nutritional Assessment, Nutrition Care Plans, Nutrition Education, Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Coaching, Public Health and Disease Prevention

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Relational Database Design

      Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Theory, Data Modeling, Unified Modeling Language, Database Management, Databases, Data Integrity, Dependency Analysis, Conceptual Design, Requirements Analysis

      Build toward a degree

      3.9
      Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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      11 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    • SQLServer for Beginners: Database Design & CRUD Operations: Coursera Project Network
    • Electrical Properties and Semiconductors: Arizona State University
    • Introduction to Acoustics (Part 2): Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
    • GenAI for Front-End Developers: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Building Generative AI Apps to Talk to Your Data: Snowflake
    • Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively: Duke University
    • Supervised Text Classification for Marketing Analytics: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Life 101: Mental and Physical Self-Care: University of California, Irvine
    • Tailwind CSS: Scrimba
    • Exam Prep DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer: Whizlabs

    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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