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      Johns Hopkins University

      Understanding Prostate Cancer

      Skills you'll gain: Patient Education And Counseling, Radiation Therapy, Diagnostic Tests, Oncology, Pain Management, Preventative Care, Pathology, Urology, Patient Treatment, Treatment Planning, Surgery, Care Management, Clinical Trials, Risk Analysis, Pharmacotherapy, Medical Imaging

      4.8
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Macquarie University

      Professional development: Improve yourself, always

      Skills you'll gain: Self-Awareness, Leadership Development, Personal Development, Lifelong Learning, Adaptability, Willingness To Learn, Self-Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Change Management, Goal Setting

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      885 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Davis

      DevOps Culture and Mindset

      Skills you'll gain: DevOps, CI/CD, Process Mapping, Culture Transformation, Continuous Improvement Process, Lean Methodologies, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Organizational Structure, Kanban Principles, Operational Efficiency, User Feedback, Systems Thinking

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      584 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

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

      Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Data Lakes, Systems Design, Dataflow, Big Data, Data Warehousing, Dashboard, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Cloud Storage, Extract, Transform, Load, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Tensorflow, Data Architecture, Unstructured Data, Data Modeling, Data Visualization Software

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      812 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Advanced Data Structures in Java

      Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Data Structures, Java Programming, Java, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Network Routing, Computational Thinking, Application Development, Debugging

      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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      University of Alberta

      A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)

      Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Simulations, Performance Testing, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Markov Model, Algorithms, Performance Tuning

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      648 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California San Diego

      Number Theory and Cryptography

      Skills you'll gain: Cryptographic Protocols, Cryptography, Key Management, Encryption, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Arithmetic, Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Algebra, Python Programming

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      607 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Healthy Practices: Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Community and Family Participation

      Skills you'll gain: Nutrition Education, Community Health, Nutrition and Diet, Health Education, Health Promotion, Public Health, Child Health, Working With Children, Physical Therapy, Family Support, Student Engagement, Community Outreach, Student Support and Services

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      861 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Yale University

      Introduction to Medical Software

      Skills you'll gain: Clinical Trials, Software Development Life Cycle, Medical Devices, Usability, Software Development, Medical Privacy, Human Computer Interaction, Regulatory Affairs, Verification And Validation, Regulatory Requirements, Quality Management Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Risk Management, Software Design, Health Technology, Software Testing, Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), User Research, Probability & Statistics

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      278 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Cape Town

      Julia Scientific Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Jupyter, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Plot (Graphics), Scientific Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Science, Other Programming Languages, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Computer Programming, Mathematical Modeling, Package and Software Management

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      434 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Rice University

      Introduction to Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Biodiversity

      Skills you'll gain: Biology, Environment, Microbiology, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Environmental Issue, Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Management, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Cell Biology, Anatomy, Climate Change Adaptation, Estimation, Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Methods, Climate Change Mitigation, Experimentation, Case Studies

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      230 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Data Mining Project

      Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Text Mining, Unstructured Data, Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Technical Writing, Algorithms

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      48 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Understanding Prostate Cancer: Johns Hopkins University
    • Professional development: Improve yourself, always: Macquarie University
    • DevOps Culture and Mindset: University of California, Davis
    • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer Professional Certificate en Español: Google Cloud
    • Advanced Data Structures in Java: University of California San Diego
    • A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone): University of Alberta
    • Number Theory and Cryptography: University of California San Diego
    • Healthy Practices: Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Community and Family Participation: University of Colorado System
    • Introduction to Medical Software: Yale University
    • Julia Scientific Programming: University of Cape Town

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