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      CVS Health

      Call Center Customer Service

      Skills you'll gain: Call Center Experience, Growth Mindedness, De-escalation Techniques, Data Entry, Greeting Customers, Teamwork, Inbound Calls, Customer Inquiries, Time Management, Customer Complaint Resolution, Customer Service, Customer Data Management, Personal Development, Performance Metric, Verbal Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Problem Solving, Communication

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      The Outcomes and Interventions of Health Informatics

      Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Decision Support Systems, Solution Design, Health Technology, Health Care, Health Information Management, Usability Testing, Requirements Elicitation, Electronic Medical Record, Data Capture, User Centered Design, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      103 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Red Hat

      Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift

      Skills you'll gain: OpenShift, Application Deployment, Kubernetes, Containerization, Docker (Software), Cloud-Native Computing, CI/CD, YAML, Configuration Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Package and Software Management, Data Storage, Command-Line Interface

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      40 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing in Data Science Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Data Ethics, Statistical Analysis, Quantitative Research, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Sample Size Determination, Sampling (Statistics)

      Build toward a degree

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      50 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Data Science Methods for Quality Improvement

      Skills you'll gain: Process Capability, Sampling (Statistics), R (Software), Correlation Analysis, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Statistical Visualization, R Programming, Statistical Process Controls, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Data Visualization, Statistical Methods, Data Science, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Quality Improvement, Process Engineering

      Build toward a degree

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      52 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Dartmouth College

      Population, Food, and Soil

      Skills you'll gain: Demography, Environment, Environmental Science, Environmental Issue, Nutrition and Diet, Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Management, Sustainability Standards, Cultural Diversity, Trend Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      54 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Amsterdam

      Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Research, Research Reports, Data Analysis, Research Design, Data Collection, Research Methodologies, Surveys, Qualitative Research, Experimentation, Descriptive Statistics, Survey Creation

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      63 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EIT Digital

      Web of Data

      Skills you'll gain: Semantic Web, Query Languages, Data Management, Data Integration, Data Access, Data Sharing, Data Mining, Data Transformation, Interoperability, Web Services, Data Modeling

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      Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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      93 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      National Academy of Sports Medicine

      Nutrition and Weight Management for Fitness Professionals

      Skills you'll gain: Nutrition and Diet, Nutrition Counseling, Preventative Care, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Nutritional Assessment, Health And Wellness Coaching, Exercise Science, Physiology, Biology, Anatomy, Communication

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      38 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Pennsylvania

      Optimizing Diversity on Teams

      Skills you'll gain: Diversity Programs, Diversity Training, Diversity and Inclusion, Diversity Awareness, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Cultural Diversity, Team Management, Team Building, Workplace inclusivity, Intercultural Competence, Team Performance Management, Conflict Management, Cultural Sensitivity, Culture

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      179 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice

      Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Storyboarding, 3D Assets, Programming Principles, Computer Graphics, Computer Programming, Scripting

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      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      42 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Geneva

      Classical papers in molecular genetics

      Skills you'll gain: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biology, Life Sciences, Laboratory Research, Microbiology, Experimentation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      240 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Call Center Customer Service: CVS Health
    • The Outcomes and Interventions of Health Informatics: Johns Hopkins University
    • Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes and OpenShift: Red Hat
    • Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing in Data Science Applications: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Data Science Methods for Quality Improvement: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Population, Food, and Soil: Dartmouth College
    • Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project: University of Amsterdam
    • Web of Data: EIT Digital
    • Nutrition and Weight Management for Fitness Professionals: National Academy of Sports Medicine
    • Optimizing Diversity on Teams: University of Pennsylvania

    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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