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.

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Photo Editing, Instagram, Social Media Content, Social Media, Content Creation, Social Media Marketing, Photography, User Accounts, Dashboard, Graphic Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Estimation, Risk Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Software, Return On Investment, Statistical Analysis, Sample Size Determination, R (Software), Data Analysis, Business Risk Management, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Project Estimation, Business Analysis
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, JSON, Server Side, Web Development Tools, Back-End Web Development, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Servers, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Javascript, Web Development, Package and Software Management, Routing Protocols, Software Design Patterns, Maintainability, Servers
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Data Preprocessing, Data Visualization Software, Real Time Data, Node.JS, Data Analysis, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, JSON, Javascript
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Data Preprocessing, Applied Machine Learning, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Performance Tuning, Python Programming, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Operational Databases, System Monitoring, Scalability, Performance Tuning, Configuration Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: LangChain, AI Workflows, LLM Application, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Hugging Face, Prompt Engineering, Embeddings, AI Security, Model Deployment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Food and Beverage, Sustainable Development, Nutrition and Diet, Environment, Water Sustainability, Sustainability Standards, Sustainable Technologies, Climate Change Mitigation, Waste Minimization, Environmental Science, Pollution Prevention, Emerging Technologies, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Web Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, React.js, LLM Application, Web Development, Javascript, Tool Calling, Generative AI Agents, Data Persistence, Query Languages
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Google Analytics, Campaign Management, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Customer Analysis, Marketing Automation, Performance Analysis, Social Media Campaigns, Customer Insights, Data Ethics, Personalized Service, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Cloud Deployment, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Deployment, Predictive Modeling, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Processing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Liberal Arts, Social Justice, Research, Policy Analysis, Science and Research, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Discussion Facilitation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks