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      The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

      Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World

      Skills you'll gain: International Relations, World History, Diplomacy, Political Sciences, Leadership, Talent Recruitment, Economics, Economic Development, Talent Acquisition, Policy Development, Governance

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      Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

      Patenting in Biotechnology

      Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals, Product Development, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Writing, Medical Science and Research, Commercialization, Analysis

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      LearnQuest

      Scrum Master Certification: Scaling Agile and the Team-of-Teams

      Skills you'll gain: Scaled Agile Framework, Agile Methodology, Behavior-Driven Development, Agile Product Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Scalability, Agile Project Management, Sprint Planning, Software Development, Solution Delivery, Test Automation, Virtualization, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Hardware Architecture

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      Google Cloud

      Machine Learning Operations (MLOps): Getting Started

      Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Google Cloud Platform, DevOps, Continuous Deployment, CI/CD, Machine Learning, Continuous Monitoring, Automation, Data Pipelines

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      Google Cloud

      Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer Professional Certificate en Español

      Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Data Processing, Data Pipelines, Real Time Data, Data Lakes, Data Quality, Process Optimization, Data Warehousing, Data Infrastructure, Big Data, Data Modeling, Cloud Storage, Extract, Transform, Load, Tensorflow, Data Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Unstructured Data, Machine Learning, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations)

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science

      Skills you'll gain: Unix Commands, Bioinformatics, Unix, Data Management, Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Molecular Biology, Big Data, File Management, Data Analysis Software, Data Processing

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Semiconductor Physics

      Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Components, Physics, Electronics, Applied Mathematics

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      University of California, Davis

      Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Natural Language Processing, Big Data, Research Methodologies, Social Sciences, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Algorithms

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Exploring Our Responses to Climate Change

      Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Mitigation, Business Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Issue, Environment, Corporate Sustainability, Persuasive Communication, Community Development, Water Resources, Natural Resource Management, Scientific Methods, Energy and Utilities, Vulnerability, Civil Engineering, Political Sciences, Policy Analysis, Environmental Science

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      UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

      Remote Sensing Image Acquisition, Analysis and Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Image Analysis, Unsupervised Learning, Geospatial Information and Technology, Geospatial Mapping, Computer Vision, Feature Engineering, Spatial Analysis, Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Deep Learning, Supervised Learning, Probability & Statistics, Artificial Neural Networks

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      Google Cloud

      API Development on Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform

      Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, API Design, Continuous Deployment, CI/CD, Restful API, Application Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Continuous Integration, Middleware, Application Performance Management, JSON, Software Versioning, Proxy Servers, Scalability, Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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      Board Infinity

      Fundamentals of Java Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Eclipse (Software), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java Programming, Object Oriented Design, Java, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Algorithms, Virtual Machines

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Chinese Politics Part 2 – China and the World: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    • Patenting in Biotechnology: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
    • Scrum Master Certification: Scaling Agile and the Team-of-Teams: LearnQuest
    • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps): Getting Started: Google Cloud
    • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer Professional Certificate en Español: Google Cloud
    • Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science: Johns Hopkins University
    • Semiconductor Physics: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics: University of California, Davis
    • Exploring Our Responses to Climate Change: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Remote Sensing Image Acquisition, Analysis and Applications: UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

    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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