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    University of Minnesota

    Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics

    Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Health Technology, Telehealth, Interoperability, Clinical Informatics, Informatics, Electronic Medical Record, Health Care, Health Information Management, Community Health, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Data Sharing, Dental Informatics, Public Health, Data Ethics, Nursing, Data Visualization, Graph Theory

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Data Science as a Field

    Skills you'll gain: Data Presentation, Technical Communication, Statistical Reporting, Data Storytelling, Data Science, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Ethics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Exploratory Data Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science

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    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    38 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    3D Data Visualization for Science Communication

    Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Storytelling, Scientific Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Spatial Data Analysis, Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Graphical Tools, Video Production

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California, Davis

    Computational Social Science Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Social Sciences, Network Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computational Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Simulations, Big Data, Scientific Methods

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    349 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Illinois Tech

    Data Analytics and Big Data

    Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Management, NoSQL, Database Systems, Machine Learning Algorithms, Databases, SQL, Database Development, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, MySQL, Transaction Processing, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Database Theory, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Apache Spark, Stored Procedure

    Build toward a degree

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidad de Palermo

    Data Science & Inteligencia Artificial aplicados a negocios

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Predictive Modeling, Organizational Leadership, Business Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Leadership, Data Science, Business Ethics, Business Analytics, Innovation, Strategic Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Strategic Decision-Making, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, IT Service Management

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Clemson University

    Applied Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Regression Analysis, Data Science, Keras (Neural Network Library), Dimensionality Reduction, Tensorflow, Matplotlib, Data Analysis, Artificial Neural Networks, Data Mining, Data Wrangling, Statistical Analysis, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Analytics, Data Visualization, Predictive Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Northeastern University

    Healthcare Data Management and Information Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Medical Privacy, Health Informatics, Health Information Management, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Digital Transformation, Health Care, Clinical Informatics, Emerging Technologies, Information Privacy, Data Management, Technology Strategies, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Security Strategy, Innovation, Data Integration

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Davis

    Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Natural Language Processing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Research Methodologies, Social Sciences, Responsible AI, Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Case Studies, Algorithms

    4.6
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Intermediate Data Manipulation and Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Dimensionality Reduction, Statistical Analysis, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Random Forest Algorithm, Feature Engineering, Data Manipulation

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Applied Information Extraction in Python

    Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Machine Learning Methods, Data Mining, Python Programming, Machine Learning Algorithms, Supervised Learning, Data Manipulation

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Science Decisions in Time: Information Theory & Games

    Skills you'll gain: Game Theory, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Algorithms, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics : University of Minnesota
  • Data Science as a Field: University of Colorado Boulder
  • 3D Data Visualization for Science Communication: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Computational Social Science Methods: University of California, Davis
  • Data Analytics and Big Data: Illinois Tech
  • Data Science & Inteligencia Artificial aplicados a negocios: Universidad de Palermo
  • Applied Data Science: Clemson University
  • Healthcare Data Management and Information Systems: Northeastern University
  • Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics: University of California, Davis
  • Intermediate Data Manipulation and Machine Learning: Packt

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