Political Science courses can help you learn about government structures, political theories, international relations, and public policy analysis. You can build skills in critical thinking, data interpretation, and effective communication, that support analyzing political systems and crafting informed arguments. Many courses introduce tools like statistical software for analyzing political data, simulation models for understanding electoral processes, and case study methods to evaluate policy impacts.

University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Scientific Methods, Science and Research, General Science and Research, Research Methodologies, Research, Research Design, Peer Review, Experimentation, Media and Communications, Correlation Analysis, Journalism, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Institutional Review Board (IRB), Clinical Trials, Health Policy, Health Disparities, Clinical Research, Clinical Research Ethics, Health Equity, Public Health, Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Pre-Clinical Development, Policy Analysis, Research, and Development, Medical Science and Research, Community Health, Policy Development, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Health Systems, Policy Analysis, Advocacy, Drug Development, Research
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Data Storytelling, Social Network Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Machine Learning, R (Software), Bayesian Statistics, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Data Analysis, Machine Learning Methods, Data Preprocessing, Statistical Programming, NumPy, File I/O, Statistical Modeling, Linear Algebra
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Jupyter, Data Preprocessing, Data Wrangling, Business Analysis, Model Deployment, Model Evaluation, Data Modeling, Data Processing, Business Research, Data Science, Analysis, Data Collection, Analytical Skills, Data Analysis, Model Training, Data Mining
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Research, Scientific Methods, Science and Research, General Science and Research, Liberal Arts, Biology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Technical Communication, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Scientific Visualization, Technical Writing, Data Visualization Software, Technical Documentation, Data Ethics, Data Cleansing, Persuasive Communication, Data Science, Writing, Editing, Graphic and Visual Design
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Employee Onboarding, Data Management, Team Motivation, Technical Communication, Data Analysis, Project Management, Interviewing Skills, Data Science, New Hire Orientations, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Strategy, Project Coordination, Organizational Leadership, Team Management, Data Literacy, Leadership, Communication
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Fractal Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Database Design, Data Manipulation, Data Presentation, Power BI, Data Visualization, Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering, Model Deployment, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Human Centered Design, SQL, Machine Learning, Problem Solving, Python Programming
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Liberal Arts, Science and Research, Anthropology, Biology, World History, Scientific Methods, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Deductive Reasoning, Physics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Clinical Data Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Clinical Research, R (Software), Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Medical Privacy, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, Database Design, Data Mapping, Clinical Informatics, Google Cloud Platform, Data Quality, Natural Language Processing, grep, Informatics, Text Mining, R Programming
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Model Training, Predictive Modeling, Data Science, Analytical Skills, Data Analysis, Model Optimization, Data Presentation, Data Processing, Data Collection, Data Modeling, Data Cleansing, R Programming, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Data Validation, Data Management, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Algorithms, Social Impact, Bayesian Statistics, Policy Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months