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      University of Michigan

      The Influence of Social Determinants on Health

      Skills you'll gain: Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Determinants Of Health, Community Health, Public Health, Health Policy, Health Promotion, Health Assessment, Social Justice, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Epidemiology, Socioeconomics, Health Systems, Cultural Responsiveness, Stress Management, Health Care, Mental and Behavioral Health, Data Collection, Preventative Care, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      72 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Applied Bioinformatics

      Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Diagnostic Tests, Computational Thinking, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Informatics, Network Analysis, Medical Science and Research, Biochemistry, Data Mining, Scientific Visualization, Life Sciences, Tree Maps, Microbiology, Biology, Data Analysis Software, Pharmacology, Science and Research

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      65 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      IoT Communications

      Skills you'll gain: Internet Of Things, Telecommunications, Communication Systems, Distributed Computing, Wireless Networks, Digital Communications, General Networking, Network Routing, Network Protocols

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      64 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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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)

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      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      50 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Codio

      Object-Oriented C++: Inheritance and Encapsulation

      Skills you'll gain: C and C++, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C++ (Programming Language), Data Validation, Object Oriented Design, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Computer Science

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      225 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      How to create presentations using Canva

      Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Multimedia, Web Content, Infographics, Visual Design, Graphical Tools, Graphic Design

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      144 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Microsoft

      Back-End Development with .NET

      Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, Microsoft Copilot, .NET Framework, Application Programming Interface (API), Middleware, Server Side, Restful API, C# (Programming Language), Back-End Web Development, Application Frameworks, JSON, Routing Protocols, Debugging

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      36 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EIT Digital

      Data Science for Business Innovation

      Skills you'll gain: Data Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Big Data, Data Science, NoSQL, Data Modeling, Data Storage Technologies, Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Ethics, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Regression Analysis, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      266 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Prompt Engineering with GPT: Programming for Custom Content

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Scripting, LLM Application, Python Programming, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Development, Machine Learning, Software Engineering

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      60 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Duke University

      Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

      Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Pandas (Python Package), Generative AI, OpenAI, LLM Application, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Jupyter, Database Development, Python Programming, Machine Learning

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      43 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      IBM

      Fundamentals of Building AI Agents

      Skills you'll gain: LangChain, Tool Calling, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Generative AI Agents, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Application Development, Software Development

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      26 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universidad de los Andes

      Analítica de Procesos: Optimización desde los Datos

      Skills you'll gain: Process Analysis, Process Improvement, Business Process, Process Optimization, Business Process Modeling, Data Transformation, Performance Analysis, Data Mining, Simulation and Simulation Software, Automation

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      90 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • The Influence of Social Determinants on Health: University of Michigan
    • Applied Bioinformatics: University of California San Diego
    • IoT Communications: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing in Data Science Applications: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Object-Oriented C++: Inheritance and Encapsulation: Codio
    • How to create presentations using Canva: Coursera Project Network
    • Back-End Development with .NET: Microsoft
    • Data Science for Business Innovation: EIT Digital
    • Prompt Engineering with GPT: Programming for Custom Content: Coursera Project Network
    • Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): Duke University

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