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      Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

      Women's Leadership: Boost your skills and drive change

      Skills you'll gain: Public Speaking, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Professional Development, Professional Networking, Resilience, Mentorship, Assertiveness, Coaching, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Leadership and Management, Branding, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Data Visualization using dplyr and ggplot2 in R

      Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Scrimba

      Learn CSS Grid

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

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      UBITS

      Comunicación efectiva para liderar equipos de trabajo

      Skills you'll gain: Verbal Communication Skills, Team Motivation, Communication, Trustworthiness, Relationship Building, Personal Development, Team Leadership, Professional Development, Team Building, Interpersonal Communications, Leadership, Non-Verbal Communication, Management Training And Development, Active Listening, Emotional Intelligence

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • U

      University of Colorado Boulder

      Introduction to Power Semiconductor Switches

      Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Power Electronics, Electronic Components, Electronic Systems, Electrical Engineering, Thermal Management, Simulation and Simulation Software

      3.5
      Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      G

      Google Cloud

      How Google does Machine Learning en Français

      Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Data Strategy, Tensorflow, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Data Ethics, Applied Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Jupyter, Data Processing, Data Pipelines

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      CertNexus

      Finalize a Data Science Project

      Skills you'll gain: Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Stakeholder Engagement, Data Presentation, Stakeholder Communications, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Web Applications, Project Closure, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Solution Delivery, Data Pipelines, Automation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Packt

      Incident Response and Risk Management

      Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Computer Security Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Risk Management Framework, Cybersecurity, Threat Management, Risk Management, Security Strategy, Network Security, Investigation, Security Controls, Security Testing, Cloud Technologies, Vulnerability Assessments, Virtualization and Virtual Machines

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      U

      University of California San Diego

      Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays

      Skills you'll gain: Java, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design, Computer Programming, Program Development, Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, Data Structures, Algorithms

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • D

      DeepLearning.AI

      Réseaux neuronaux convolutifs

      Skills you'll gain: Computer Vision, Keras (Neural Network Library), Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Tensorflow, Dimensionality Reduction, Applied Machine Learning, Network Architecture, Algorithms

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Scrimba

      Responsive Web Design

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Mobile Development, Front-End Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Application Deployment, User Interface (UI) Design, Design Elements And Principles

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      19 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Insper

      Gestão de Dados Científicos

      Skills you'll gain: Data Sharing, Data Management, Information Management, Data Storage, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Collection, General Science and Research, Data Literacy, Technical Communication

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      32 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Women's Leadership: Boost your skills and drive change: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
    • Data Visualization using dplyr and ggplot2 in R: Coursera Project Network
    • Learn CSS Grid: Scrimba
    • Comunicación efectiva para liderar equipos de trabajo: UBITS
    • Introduction to Power Semiconductor Switches: University of Colorado Boulder
    • How Google does Machine Learning en Français: Google Cloud
    • Finalize a Data Science Project: CertNexus
    • Incident Response and Risk Management: Packt
    • Learn to Teach Java: Writing Classes and Arrays: University of California San Diego
    • Réseaux neuronaux convolutifs: DeepLearning.AI

    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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