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      Alteryx Mastery: Data Analytics & Workflow Automation

      Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Alteryx, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data Governance, Workflow Management, Operational Efficiency, Data Cleansing, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, Business Process Automation, Data Integration, Automation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Developing RAG Apps with LlamaIndex and JS

      Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, JavaScript Frameworks, Node.JS, Application Development, Data Maintenance, Restful API, Web Applications, Development Environment, Large Language Modeling, OpenAI, Generative AI, API Design, Application Deployment, Data Storage, Artificial Intelligence

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      GenAI for Financial Controllers: Boosting Budget Accuracy

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Forecasting, Dashboard, Budgeting, Financial Management, Predictive Modeling, Forecasting, Power BI, Generative AI, Tableau Software, Business Intelligence, Financial Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis, Data Visualization Software

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Web Security, Social Engineering & External Attacks

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Application Security, Network Security, Security Awareness, Malware Protection, Vulnerability Assessments, Secure Coding, Web Applications, Javascript

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      在 Google Cloud 打造生成式 AI 應用程式

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Cloud Applications, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Development, Application Development, Large Language Modeling

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Master Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Interactive Data Visualization, Text Mining, Data Processing, Unstructured Data, Scalability

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      Cloud Run for AI Inference

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Google Cloud Platform, Serverless Computing, Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Applications, Containerization, Machine Learning Methods, Performance Tuning, Scalability

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Snowflake

      Snowflake Data Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Database Management, Data Manipulation, Databases, Data Transformation, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, DevOps, Data Integration, SQL, Cloud Applications, CI/CD, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Real Time Data, Data Import/Export, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Stored Procedure, Command-Line Interface

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      From Concept to Critique: Prototyping with Sketch

      Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Design Reviews, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Mockups, UI/UX Research, Wireframing, Usability Testing, User Flows

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Harnessing LLMs & Text-Embeddings API with Google Vertex AI

      Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud API, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Visualization, Unsupervised Learning, Natural Language Processing, Applied Machine Learning, Scalability

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Como criar apps de IA generativa no Google Cloud

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Cloud Applications, Large Language Modeling, Google Cloud Platform, Prompt Engineering, Application Development, Application Deployment, Natural Language Processing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Prototyping, Solution Architecture

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Macquarie University

      Identity Access Management (IAM) and Secure Authentication

      Skills you'll gain: Authentications, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign-On (SSO), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Multi-Factor Authentication, User Provisioning, OAuth, Threat Modeling, Authorization (Computing), IT Security Architecture, Zero Trust Network Access, Systems Architecture, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Vulnerability Assessments, Cryptography

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Alteryx Mastery: Data Analytics & Workflow Automation: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Developing RAG Apps with LlamaIndex and JS: Packt
    • GenAI for Financial Controllers: Boosting Budget Accuracy: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Web Security, Social Engineering & External Attacks: Packt
    • 在 Google Cloud 打造生成式 AI 應用程式: Google Cloud
    • Master Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Systems: Packt
    • Cloud Run for AI Inference: Google Cloud
    • Snowflake Data Engineering: Snowflake
    • From Concept to Critique: Prototyping with Sketch: Coursera
    • Harnessing LLMs & Text-Embeddings API with Google Vertex AI: Packt

    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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