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      Technical University of Munich (TUM)

      Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities

      Skills you'll gain: Experimentation, Program Evaluation, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Research, Human Centered Design, Culture, Cultural Diversity, Design Strategies, Case Studies, Critical Thinking

      4.8
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Bash (Scripting Language), Version Control, Jupyter, Linux Commands, Git (Version Control System), Shell Script, Linux, Web Scraping, Linux Administration, Data Manipulation, MySQL, Microservices, AWS SageMaker, SQL, JSON, Cloud Engineering, Python Programming, Big Data, Data Science

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors

      Skills you'll gain: Investments, Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Finance, Return On Investment, Behavioral Economics, Equities, Financial Market, Asset Management, Performance Analysis, Income Tax, Financial Trading, Tax Management, Decision Making, Benchmarking

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      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      879 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      SAS

      Preparing for the SAS Programming Certification Exam

      Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Access, Data Import/Export, SAS (Software), Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Data Validation, Debugging

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      139 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDHEC Business School

      Python and Machine Learning for Asset Management

      Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Financial Modeling, Supervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Risk Management, Feature Engineering, Unsupervised Learning, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Science, Dimensionality Reduction

      3.1
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      330 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      American Museum of Natural History

      Genetics and Society: A Course for Educators

      Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Medical Science and Research, Education and Training, Teaching, Interactive Learning, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, Medical Privacy, Biology, Food and Beverage

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      171 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unity Games

      Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C# (Programming Language), Software Design Patterns, Event-Driven Programming, Computer Programming, UI Components, Data Import/Export, Debugging, File Management

      4.6
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      327 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Kennesaw State University

      DFSS for the 6 σ Black Belt

      Skills you'll gain: Process Improvement, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Six Sigma, Knowledge Transfer, Continuous Improvement Process, Lean Manufacturing, Quality Management, Product Design, Statistical Methods, Design and Product, Probability & Statistics

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      38 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Building the Business Model for Corporate Entrepreneurs

      Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Customer Analysis, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Customer Insights, Value Propositions, New Business Development, Target Market, Sustainable Business, Product Development, Innovation, Interviewing Skills

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Erasmus University Rotterdam

      Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration

      Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Analysis, Market Opportunities, Business Modeling, Sustainable Development, New Business Development, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Sustainable Business, Systems Analysis, Financial Analysis, Systems Thinking, Business Architecture, Innovation, Case Studies

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Diagnosing Health Behaviors for Global Health Programs

      Skills you'll gain: Health Promotion, Behavioral Health, Mental and Behavioral Health, Health Education, Cultural Sensitivity, Public Health, Health Policy, Community Health, Social Sciences, Program Evaluation, Learning Theory

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      94 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      AI for Web Developers

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Anthropic Claude, Responsible AI, Cloud Applications, Multimodal Prompts, LLM Application, OpenAI, HTML and CSS, Cloud API, ChatGPT, Application Deployment, Mobile Development, API Gateway, Web Applications, Generative AI, Data Ethics, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Debugging, Artificial Intelligence

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular chinese for beginners courses

    • Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient cities: Technical University of Munich (TUM)
    • Python, Bash and SQL Essentials for Data Engineering: Duke University
    • Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Preparing for the SAS Programming Certification Exam : SAS
    • Python and Machine Learning for Asset Management : EDHEC Business School
    • Genetics and Society: A Course for Educators: American Museum of Natural History
    • Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unity Games: University of Colorado System
    • DFSS for the 6 σ Black Belt: Kennesaw State University
    • Building the Business Model for Corporate Entrepreneurs: University of Maryland, College Park
    • Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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