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    University of California San Diego

    Human-Centered Design: an Introduction

    Skills you'll gain: Interaction Design, Usability, Human Centered Design, Mockups, Storyboarding, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, User Research, Interviewing Skills

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Yale University

    Age of Cathedrals

    Skills you'll gain: Art History, European History, Social Studies, Liberal Arts, Architecture and Construction, World History, Higher Education, Economics, Storytelling, Architectural Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    498 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Duke University

    Programming Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Algorithms, C (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Problem Solving

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnQuest

    Foundations of Computer Science

    Skills you'll gain: Visual Basic (Programming Language), Database Management, System Software, Databases, Relational Databases, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Network Security, Computer Hardware, SQL, Computer Science, Computer Networking, Computer Programming, Network Protocols, Programming Principles, Software Development, Automation, Analysis, Cloud Computing, Debugging

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    111 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Applied Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Plotly, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Matplotlib, Pandas (Python Package), Predictive Modeling, Data Science, Web Scraping, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Machine Learning

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    60K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    NVIDIA

    Introduction to Networking

    Skills you'll gain: OSI Models, TCP/IP, Data Centers, Network Protocols, Network Infrastructure, Local Area Networks, General Networking, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, Network Switches, System Requirements

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    629 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: Nand to Tetris Part II (project-centered course)

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Architecture, Computer Programming, System Programming, Virtual Machines, Operating Systems, Software Architecture, Algorithms, Software Design, Program Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Computer Graphics

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    529 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    The University of Sydney

    Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Innovation, Service Design, Prototyping, Ideation, Product Development, Design, Case Studies, User Feedback

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    2.3K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    AI Infrastructure: Cloud GPUs

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Hardware Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Computer Hardware, Cloud Computing Architecture, Performance Tuning, Cloud Platforms, Artificial Intelligence

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    IBM Relational Database Administrator

    Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Linux Commands, Database Design, SQL, Database Administration, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Security

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

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    IBM

    IBM Full Stack Software Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Software Development Life Cycle, Istio, Software Architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Deployment, React Redux, Application Design, Cloud Services, Node.JS, Responsive Web Design, Restful API, Django (Web Framework), Object-Relational Mapping, Git (Version Control System), Cloud Computing, Data Import/Export, Engineering Software

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    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Pearson

    A+ Core 1 V15 - Pearson Cert Prep: Unit 3

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Hardware, Hardware Architecture, Peripheral Devices, Networking Hardware, Hardware Troubleshooting, USB, System Configuration, Desktop Support, Computer Networking, Computer Architecture, Data Storage Technologies, General Networking

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computer architecture courses

  • Human-Centered Design: an Introduction: University of California San Diego
  • Age of Cathedrals: Yale University
  • Programming Fundamentals: Duke University
  • Foundations of Computer Science: LearnQuest
  • Applied Data Science: IBM
  • Introduction to Networking: NVIDIA
  • Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: Nand to Tetris Part II (project-centered course): Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Innovation Through Design: Think, Make, Break, Repeat: The University of Sydney
  • AI Infrastructure: Cloud GPUs: Google Cloud
  • IBM Relational Database Administrator: IBM

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