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      University of New Mexico

      Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Mind, Energy & Spirit

      Skills you'll gain: Trauma Care, Music, Mental and Behavioral Health, Cultural Sensitivity, Compassion, Health Care, Mindfulness, Cultural Diversity

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Global Strategy I: How The Global Economy Works

      Skills you'll gain: Global Marketing, International Relations, Business Strategy, World History, Business Management, Cultural Diversity, Political Sciences, Economics, Risk Management, Investments, Business Development, Regulation and Legal Compliance

      Build toward a degree

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      University of Lausanne

      Challenging Forensic Science: How Science Should Speak to Court

      Skills you'll gain: Criminal Investigation and Forensics, Legal Proceedings, Laboratory Reports, Scientific Methods, Statistical Analysis, Report Writing, Probability & Statistics, Research, Technical Communication, Case Studies, Molecular Biology

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      Universiteit Leiden

      Risk in Modern Society

      Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Business Risk Management, Operational Risk, Risk Analysis, Safety and Security, Environmental Issue, Cyber Security Strategy, Decision Making, Public Health

      4.7
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      223 reviews

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      O.P. Jindal Global University

      Foreign Policies of Great, Middle, and Small Powers

      Skills you'll gain: International Relations, Diplomacy, Political Sciences, World History, Public Policies, Social Sciences, Policy Analysis, Economics, Case Studies, Governance, Security Strategy, Analytical Skills

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      University of California, Davis

      Social Network Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Data Wrangling, Social Sciences, Graph Theory, Statistical Visualization, Data Manipulation, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Simulations

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      IE Business School

      Understanding economic policymaking

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Policy, Public Policies, Economics, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Tax, International Finance, Policy Analysis, Crisis Management, Fiscal Management, Financial Systems, Supply And Demand, Financial Market

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      Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

      Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organizations

      Skills you'll gain: Quality Improvement, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Quality Assurance, Value-Based Care, Health Policy, Data Quality, Spreadsheet Software, Analysis, Patient-centered Care, Data Analysis Software, Public Health

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      University of Pennsylvania

      Healthcare Law

      Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Medical Privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Systems, Personally Identifiable Information, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Information Privacy, Primary Care, Health Care Administration, Medicaid, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Medicare, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Managed Care, Compliance Management, Health Policy, Regulation and Legal Compliance

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      Campus BBVA

      The ABC of sustainability

      Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Development, Sustainability Reporting, Sustainable Business, Corporate Sustainability, Social Justice, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Environment and Resource Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Finance, Economics, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Critical Thinking

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      Imperial College London

      How Vaccines Work

      Skills you'll gain: Immunology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Drug Development, Climate Change Programs, Health Disparities, Clinical Trials, New Product Development, Manufacturing Processes

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      Sciences Po

      Cities are back in town : sociología urbana para un mundo globalizado

      Skills you'll gain: Social Sciences, Socioeconomics, Economic Development, Sociology, Sustainable Development, Social Justice, Cultural Diversity, World History, International Relations, Economics, Demography, Political Sciences, Public Policies, European History, Case Studies, Governance, Qualitative Research

      4.7
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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular public relations courses

    • Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Mind, Energy & Spirit: University of New Mexico
    • Global Strategy I: How The Global Economy Works: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Challenging Forensic Science: How Science Should Speak to Court: University of Lausanne
    • Risk in Modern Society : Universiteit Leiden
    • Foreign Policies of Great, Middle, and Small Powers: O.P. Jindal Global University
    • Social Network Analysis: University of California, Davis
    • Understanding economic policymaking: IE Business School
    • Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organizations: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
    • Healthcare Law: University of Pennsylvania
    • The ABC of sustainability : Campus BBVA

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