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      U

      University of Rochester

      Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics

      Skills you'll gain: Basic Electrical Systems, Music, Electronic Components, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Hardware, Electronic Systems, Vibrations, Mechanics

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      586 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Strategic Leadership and Management

      Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Conflict Management, Corporate Strategy, Trustworthiness, Organizational Structure, Organizational Strategy, Strategic Leadership, Governance, Leadership Development, Business Modeling, Stakeholder Management, Team Building, Team Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Innovation, Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Business Leadership, Leadership, Negotiation

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      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      10K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google

      Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes

      Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Wireframing, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Centered Design, Mobile Development, User Interface (UI), Usability, Figma (Design Software), UI/UX Research, Design Elements And Principles

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      9.4K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Michigan State University

      Art for Games

      Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Storyboarding, Animations, Color Theory, Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, Video Game Development, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Adobe Photoshop, Computer Graphics, Game Design, Design Elements And Principles, Conceptual Design, Autodesk Maya, Prototyping, Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Environment, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Data Import/Export

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      410 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      C

      California Institute of the Arts

      Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, User Experience, Web Design, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Design Strategies, Functional Requirement, User Research, Usability Testing, Agile Methodology, Web Applications, Persona Development, Target Audience

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      1.2K reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google

      Google Prompting Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Prompt Engineering, Data Presentation, Graphing, ChatGPT, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, AI Personalization, Spreadsheet Software, Concision, Artificial Intelligence, Ideation, Report Writing, Business Correspondence, Complex Problem Solving, Document Management, Solution Design, Critical Thinking, Human Centered Design, Machine Learning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      2.2K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Technology Consultant

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Software Development Life Cycle, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Operational Excellence, CI/CD, AWS CloudFormation, Software Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Scripting, Amazon DynamoDB, Professional Networking, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Extract, Transform, Load, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Network Troubleshooting, Cloud Management, Data Management, Problem Solving, Teamwork

      Build toward a degree

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.7K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Free Trial
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      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Solutions Architect

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Data Lakes, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, Serverless Computing, Load Balancing, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Storage, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Scalability, User Accounts, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

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      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.8K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Free Trial
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      DeepLearning.AI

      Natural Language Processing

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Markov Model, Supervised Learning, Large Language Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Text Mining, Artificial Neural Networks, Dimensionality Reduction, Deep Learning, Regression Analysis, Feature Engineering, Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning Algorithms, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Artificial Intelligence, Data Processing

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      6.1K reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Using Databases with Python

      Skills you'll gain: Database Design, SQL, Relational Databases, Databases, Database Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Processing, Application Programming Interface (API), Python Programming

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      21K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Meta

      Introduction to Front-End Development

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), HTML and CSS, Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design, Web Development Tools, User Interface (UI), Full-Stack Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, General Networking

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      13K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      IBM Systems Analyst

      Skills you'll gain: Requirements Elicitation, Business Process Modeling, Data Storytelling, Business Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Pivot Tables And Charts, Process Mapping, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Dashboard, Requirements Analysis, Computer Systems, Process Flow Diagrams, Software Testing, Cloud Computing, Application Deployment, Agile Methodology, Database Management

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      4.6K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular game design courses

    • Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics: University of Rochester
    • Strategic Leadership and Management: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes: Google
    • Art for Games: Michigan State University
    • Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture: California Institute of the Arts
    • Google Prompting Essentials: Google
    • AWS Cloud Technology Consultant: Amazon Web Services
    • AWS Cloud Solutions Architect: Amazon Web Services
    • Natural Language Processing: DeepLearning.AI
    • Using Databases with Python: University of Michigan

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