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      Coursera Instructor Network

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      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Containerization, .NET Framework, Application Development, C# (Programming Language), Development Environment, Application Performance Management, Web Applications

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Meta

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      Dartmouth College

      Inquiries Into Bipedalism

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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      American Psychological Association

      Measures of Central Tendency

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      Scrimba

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      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      École Polytechnique

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      Packt

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      Duke University

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      University of Leeds

      Explore Digital Tech Careers: Introduction to Click Start

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

    • .NET & .NET Core Mastery: Cross-Platform Development: Coursera Instructor Network
    • HTML وCSS بالتفصيل: Meta
    • Inquiries Into Bipedalism: Dartmouth College
    • Measures of Central Tendency: American Psychological Association
    • Build a Movie Recommendation App with OpenAI: Scrimba
    • Vers l'infiniment petit: École Polytechnique
    • Microsoft Defender Cloud Compliance - Secure Azure Services: Microsoft
    • Natural Language Processing - Transformers with Hugging Face: Packt
    • Python Decorator Functions: Duke University
    • Master C# and SQL by Building Applications: 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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