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      Coursera Project Network

      Canva for teachers

      Skills you'll gain: Education Software and Technology, Teaching, Graphic Design, Creativity

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      28 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Avionics and Aircraft Systems: Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards, Maintenance, Repair, and Facility Services, Control Systems, Electronic Systems, Electrical Systems, Safety Assurance, Test Equipment, Human Factors, Hardware Troubleshooting, Global Positioning Systems, Display Devices, Communication Systems, Engineering, Analysis, Operations

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      53 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      SkillUp

      Overview: Six Sigma and the Organization

      Skills you'll gain: Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Methodologies, Operational Excellence, Process Improvement, Stakeholder Management, Quality Management, Organizational Strategy, Continuous Improvement Process, Root Cause Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Compassionate Leadership Through Service Learning with Jane Goodall and Roots & Shoots

      Skills you'll gain: Community Organizing, Compassion, Community Development, Community Outreach, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation, Sustainable Development, Education and Training, Data Mapping, Initiative and Leadership, Empowerment, Curriculum Planning, Working With Children, Collaboration, Planning, Environmental Issue

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      152 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Microsoft

      Performance Optimization and Scalability

      Skills you'll gain: Load Balancing, Scalability, Performance Tuning, Software Architecture, Microsoft Copilot, Application Design, Query Languages, Redis, Performance Testing, Application Performance Management, Database Management, SQL

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Alberta

      Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles

      Skills you'll gain: Biology, Life Sciences, Taxonomy

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      1.3K reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Grow Your Cannabis

      Skills you'll gain: Environment, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Plant Operations and Management, Biochemistry, Laboratory Testing

      3.9
      Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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      10 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Arizona State University

      Crystal Structures and Properties of Metals

      Skills you'll gain: Materials science, Failure Analysis, Semiconductors, Structural Analysis, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Chemistry, Laboratory Testing

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Identity and Access Management (IAM)

      Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, Authentications, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), User Provisioning, OAuth, User Accounts, Security Controls, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Authorization (Computing), Single Sign-On (SSO), Cryptographic Protocols

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      18 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnQuest

      Capstone Project: Advanced AI for Drug Discovery

      Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Bioinformatics, Dimensionality Reduction, Predictive Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Pandas (Python Package), Drug Development, Unsupervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Manipulation, Molecular Biology, Regression Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning

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      Rating, 2.1 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Fraud detection, Machine Learning, Correlation Analysis, Scatter Plots, Market Analysis, Supervised Learning, Cross Selling

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      47 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Rust for Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)

      Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Generative AI, Rust (Programming Language), MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), AWS SageMaker, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), CI/CD, Prompt Engineering, Applied Machine Learning, Application Deployment, Natural Language Processing, DevOps, Amazon Web Services, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      12 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Canva for teachers: Coursera Project Network
    • Avionics and Aircraft Systems: Fundamentals: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Overview: Six Sigma and the Organization: SkillUp
    • Compassionate Leadership Through Service Learning with Jane Goodall and Roots & Shoots: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Performance Optimization and Scalability: Microsoft
    • Paleontology: Ancient Marine Reptiles: University of Alberta
    • Grow Your Cannabis: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Crystal Structures and Properties of Metals: Arizona State University
    • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Packt
    • Capstone Project: Advanced AI for Drug Discovery: LearnQuest

    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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