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      Duke University

      Business Impact

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Operational Efficiency, Business Acumen, Business, Finance, Business Strategies, Business Metrics, Financial Management, Business Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Performance Analysis

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Financial Statements, SEC Filings and Ratio Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Analysis, Balance Sheet, Financial Forecasting, Accounting, Income Statement, Trend Analysis, Critical Thinking, Business Valuation, Securities (Finance), Cash Flows

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      24 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Animals, Self, and Society

      Skills you'll gain: Social Studies, Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, Media and Communications, Cultural Diversity, Environment and Resource Management

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      142 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Macquarie University

      Cyber Security: Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Security Awareness, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Risk, Mobile Security, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Governance, Malware Protection, Cyber Security Policies, Cyber Security Assessment, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Data Security, Cyber Threat Hunting, Human Factors (Security), Email Security, Identity and Access Management, Security Management, Security Strategy, Multi-Factor Authentication, Cloud Security

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      9 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Illinois Tech

      Industrial Psychology

      Skills you'll gain: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Job Analysis, Talent Management, Leadership and Management, Team Leadership, Team Building, Performance Analysis, Leadership, Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion, Occupational Safety And Health, Employee Performance Management, Organizational Development, Workforce Development, Employee Engagement, Stress First Aid, Performance Management, Research, Scientific Methods, Employee Training

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Semantic Segmentation with Amazon Sagemaker

      Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Image Analysis, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Applied Machine Learning, Application Deployment, Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      93 reviews

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Advanced Project Management and Leadership

      Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Project Portfolio Management, Negotiation, Agile Methodology, Product Roadmaps, Project Management, Agile Project Management, Project Performance, Product Lifecycle Management, Project Risk Management, Innovation, Auditing, Resource Allocation, New Product Development, Team Leadership, Leadership

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      Intellectual Change in Early China: Warring States and Han

      Skills you'll gain: Culture, Social Sciences, Liberal Arts, World History, Ancient History, Research, Political Sciences, Psychology, Economics, Governance

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      124 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      LearnKartS

      Models, Methods, and Artifacts

      Skills you'll gain: Project Documentation, Team Leadership, Project Coordination, Organizational Leadership, Management Reporting, Communication

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      43 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

      Data for Machine Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Quality, Data Processing, Supervised Learning, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, Machine Learning Methods, Test Data, Data Transformation, Verification And Validation, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Predictive Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming, Computer Programming, Linear Algebra, Statistical Analysis

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      98 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Concepts in Python: Loops, Functions and Returns

      Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Python Programming, Scripting, Computer Programming, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Scripting Languages, Software Development

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt

      Skills you'll gain: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Methodology, Quality Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement Process, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Process Analysis, Business Analysis, Benchmarking, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Project Management

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

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular critical thinking courses

    • Business Impact: Duke University
    • Financial Statements, SEC Filings and Ratio Analysis: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Animals, Self, and Society: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Cyber Security: Essentials: Macquarie University
    • Industrial Psychology: Illinois Tech
    • Semantic Segmentation with Amazon Sagemaker: Coursera Project Network
    • Advanced Project Management and Leadership: Johns Hopkins University
    • Intellectual Change in Early China: Warring States and Han: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Models, Methods, and Artifacts: LearnKartS
    • Data for Machine Learning: Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

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