Advanced Social Science Courses
Advanced social science courses can help you learn qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis techniques, and social theory applications. You can build skills in critical thinking, survey design, and statistical interpretation. Many courses introduce tools like SPSS, R, or NVivo, which facilitate data management and analysis, enabling you to apply your skills in real-world research projects.
Popular Advanced Social Science Courses and Certifications
Status: PreviewStanford Online
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Social Sciences, Sociology, Socioeconomics, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Bayesian Statistics, Probability
Status: Free TrialUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Program Evaluation, Childhood Education and Development, Program Standards, Education and Training, Child Development, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Curriculum Planning, Goal Setting, Self-Awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Pedagogy, Social Skills, Human Development, Empathy
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, LangGraph, Agentic Workflows, LangChain, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Prompt Patterns, Tool Calling, Agentic systems, Multimodal Prompts, Model Context Protocol, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, AI Security, Vector Databases, AI Integrations, OpenAI API, Software Development
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Fine-tuning, Generative Model Architectures, Deep Learning, Autoencoders, Generative AI, Model Optimization, Artificial Neural Networks, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Applied Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Model Training, Network Architecture, Model Evaluation, Anomaly Detection, Computer Vision, Predictive Modeling
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Interactive Data Visualization, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Logistic Regression, Decision Tree Learning, Advanced Analytics, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Statistical Inference, Applied Machine Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Supervised Learning, Workflow Management, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Data Cleansing, Data Structures, Interviewing Skills, NumPy, Professional Development
What brings you to Coursera today?
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialArizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Critical Thinking, English Language, Psychology, Science and Research, Social Sciences, Oral Expression, Language Competency, Oral Comprehension, Writing, Sociology, Vocabulary, Cultural Diversity
Status: Free TrialCorporate Finance Institute
Skills you'll gain: Classification Algorithms, Data Preprocessing, Matplotlib, Feature Engineering, Data Visualization, Model Evaluation, Data Import/Export, Exploratory Data Analysis, Plot (Graphics), Pandas (Python Package), Data Presentation, Data Science, NumPy, Regression Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Structures, Data Wrangling, Correlation Analysis, Portfolio Management, Predictive Analytics
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Fine-tuning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Embeddings, Hugging Face, Computer Vision, Supervised Learning, Classification Algorithms, Data Preprocessing, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Data Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Machine Learning Algorithms
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Data Modeling, Stakeholder Engagement, Dashboard, Business Intelligence, Tableau Software, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Warehousing, Database Systems, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Data Pipelines, Interviewing Skills, Business Process, Business Analysis, Database Design, Data Mart, Applicant Tracking Systems, Data Analysis, SQL, Stakeholder Communications
Status: Free TrialUniversity of Toronto
Skills you'll gain: Computer Vision, Convolutional Neural Networks, Image Analysis, Control Systems, Robotics, Deep Learning, Simulation and Simulation Software, Software Architecture, Simulations, Safety Assurance, Global Positioning Systems, Hardware Architecture, Systems Architecture, Network Routing, Graph Theory, Estimation, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialMicrosoft
Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Data Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Star Schema, Dataflow, Interviewing Skills, Extract, Transform, Load, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Professional Development, Dependency Analysis, Power BI, Transaction Processing, Microsoft Power Platform, Transact-SQL, PySpark, Presentations
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Model Deployment, Data Ethics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Unsupervised Learning, Data Presentation, Tensorflow, Application Deployment, Dimensionality Reduction, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Model Training, Probability Distribution, Apache Spark, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Design Thinking, Market Opportunities, Data Science, Machine Learning, Python Programming
What brings you to Coursera today?
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular social science courses
- Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis:Â Stanford Online
- SEL for Students: A Path to Social Emotional Well-Being:Â University of Colorado Boulder
- IBM RAG and Agentic AI:Â IBM
- Deep Learning and Modern AI Architectures:Â Coursera
- Google Advanced Data Analytics:Â Google
- English for Social Analysis:Â Arizona State University
- Practical Data Science for Data Analysts:Â Corporate Finance Institute
- Generative AI for NLP with PyTorch:Â IBM
- Google Business Intelligence:Â Google
- Self-Driving Cars:Â University of Toronto
