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California Institute of the Arts
Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone
As the final course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization, learners will build upon their fundamental skills from courses 1-4 to develop a fully fleshed out business plan, brand and financial model for their real freelancing business, or one they develop just for the purpose of determining whether or not they will be able to launch a new business venture. Once they have developed their plan, they will be able to submit them for peer review and completion of the specialization. CalArtians who do not see a "Sponsored by CalArts" notice when enrolling are encouraged to access this course and the specialization by joining through the Coursera for CalArts program linked in the course/specialization FAQ.
University of Rochester
Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics
In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, basic electronics, and applications of these basic principles in amplifiers and speaker design.
EC-Council
Secure Full Stack MEAN Developer
MEAN stack development is a modern approach to building dynamic web applications. It is an open-source JavaScript framework that harnesses four major technologies: MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js. Given the ever-increasing demand for full-stack JavaScript developers, this course will help you master both front-end and back-end development. The course will begin with teaching you how to build your own application with plain JavaScript and the fundamentals of web development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). You will understand how Node can be used to execute JavaScript code at the back end and the powerful applicability of Node when used with the Express framework and MongoDB. Further, you will learn how to use the front-end framework with Angular for building client applications and user interfaces. Later, you will become familiar with building REST APIs with tools such as Postman and SoapUI. By the end of this course, you will be able to successfully build secure web applications with the most advanced and updated JavaScript frameworks.
Coursera
Fundamentals of Management: Leading Teams to Success
In this course, you’ll gain the essential tools and frameworks to step confidently into a leadership role, whether you were promoted last week or are preparing for your first team. Built around the People → Process → Performance framework, this fast-paced, practical course helps you build trust, drive execution, and coach for growth—all in under an hour. You’ll learn how to foster psychological safety, shift from individual contributor to team leader, and implement trust-building strategies like a 30-60-90 onboarding plan. You’ll also design lean systems using OKRs, meeting cadences, and decision-rights models to create clarity and momentum without micromanagement. Finally, you’ll develop the skills to diagnose performance issues, deliver motivating feedback using the DESBO model, and ignite progress with targeted 30-day improvement experiments. This course is designed for newly promoted managers and team leads—especially those working in tech, product, or cross-functional project environments—who need a fast, practical ramp-up into leadership. It's equally valuable for individual contributors on the cusp of their first supervisory role, helping them avoid common early pitfalls. HR and L&D professionals building manager-onboarding programs will find actionable frameworks, while startup founders and small-business owners will gain lightweight, scalable systems for team leadership. Even experienced managers can benefit from a concise refresh on trust-building, delegation, and performance coaching. There are no formal prerequisites for this course—any motivated learner can enroll. However, the course is most impactful for those currently working with a team, project group, or peer circle where they can immediately apply the tools and techniques. Learners with upcoming team responsibilities will also benefit from the opportunity to prepare and practice foundational leadership strategies in real-world contexts. By the end of this course, learners will be able to create psychologically safe team environments that encourage trust, inclusion, and open communication. They will implement practical systems like OKRs, meeting rhythms, and delegation frameworks to drive focus and execution. Learners will also develop diagnostic skills to address performance challenges using models like the Skill-Will matrix and conduct effective feedback conversations. Finally, they will learn how to sustain motivation through meaningful recognition and a culture of continuous improvement.
Packt
Excel Charts and Pivot Tables
Unlock the power of data visualization and analysis with Excel! In this course, you will learn how to create various types of charts and pivot tables to turn raw data into actionable insights. From basic column and pie charts to complex combination and gauge charts, you’ll gain the skills to represent data visually in a way that tells a compelling story. As you progress, you will also master pivot tables, including techniques for grouping, filtering, and creating multi-level data analysis to enhance your decision-making. Throughout the course, you will follow a structured journey, first mastering Excel’s charting tools, including column, line, bar, and scatter charts. You’ll then delve into advanced chart options such as combination and gauge charts, and learn how to add trendlines and error bars for more in-depth analysis. The course also covers pivot tables in detail, where you will learn to structure and filter data, create calculated fields, and use slicers to make data analysis more dynamic. By the end, you will be capable of confidently navigating Excel’s powerful features and applying them to real-world data analysis tasks. This course is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their Excel skills for data visualization and analysis. It is suitable for beginners looking to learn the basics as well as intermediate users wanting to deepen their knowledge of Excel's advanced charting and pivot table functions. No prior advanced Excel knowledge is required, but familiarity with basic Excel functions is helpful. The course is designed to accommodate all skill levels. By the end of the course, you will be able to create and customize various chart types, build and update pivot tables, use slicers for interactive data filtering, and generate advanced visualizations that inform key business decisions.
INSEAD
Blockchain e Negócios: Aplicativos e Implicações
A Blockchain trará mudanças profundas nos negócios e em sua própria natureza. Essa tecnologia revolucionará o modo como as empresas são financiadas e gerenciadas, como criam valor e até como desempenham funções básicas, como marketing e contabilidade. Neste curso, você aprenderá como a tecnologia blockchain penetrará nas estruturas das organizações. Você explorará como a blockchain transformará os papéis do C-Suite e como a blockchain pode ser usada para gerenciar e proteger a propriedade intelectual. Você será capaz de identificar as diferentes camadas da pilha da tecnologia blockchain e explicar como isso afeta a governança dos sistemas blockchain. Além disso, você será capaz de identificar sete qualidades que uma região do mundo precisa para atrair startups de tecnologia e construir um ecossistema vibrante de blockchain.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Procesamiento de Imágenes
En este curso se estudiarán los fundamentos teóricos básicos que son aplicados en el área de Procesamiento de Imágenes, tales como formación de imágenes, mejoramiento de las imágenes en el dominio del espacio y de la frecuencia, filtros digitales, restauración de imágenes, procesamiento morfológico y segmentación tanto en imágenes en blanco y negro como a color. Los fundamentos teóricos aprendidos serán aplicados a problemas prácticos probando y programando algoritmos de procesamiento de imágenes en Python. Con estos conocimientos, los estudiantes serán capaces de implementar algoritmos que procesen imágenes (ya sea en blanco y negro, binarias o a color), con el fin de mejorar su calidad o bien para extraer información relevante a partir de procesos automáticos.
SAS
Managing Machine Learning Models
This applied, hands-on course teaches you how to manage models through their useful life cycle. After creating a modeling project, you add and compare models to it so that you can identify a champion model. The course uses models that are created using SAS Advanced Analytics capabilities, Python, and R. The course also shows how to implement workflow to ensure that model governance and oversight approval is being followed. You learn how to test a model in the production environment in which it will be deployed. After the model test completes successfully, you learn how to schedule a model scoring job so it can run automatically. Further, the course shows how to measure and monitor the ongoing model performance over time. The performance monitoring process will also be scheduled to run automatically in class. An optional lesson shows how to register and score Text Analytics models. This course is appropriate for anyone involved in data preparation and production model scoring; modelers who create and test models; business analysts who are consumers of the model; and business analysts or consultants who are responsible for integrating models, business rules, and rule flows into operational processes
SkillUp
Get Started with Android App Development
In today's digital age, mobile applications are essential tools that drive connectivity and innovation. Whether you are an aspiring mobile developer, user experience (UX) or user interface (UI) designer, mastering Android app development skills is essential. The hands-on experience you gain in this course will help build a solid foundation in creating Android apps. Android app development involves creating innovative mobile applications for a diverse user base. This course teaches you how to create user-friendly interfaces, use Android Studio for app development, and implement essential features in your apps. Additionally, you will learn about Android Emulator, UI design, and enhancing app interactivity within your app. The final project will hone your app development skills through a real-world-inspired challenge where you will build and test an Android fitness tracker app. You will require your own Windows, Linux, or macOS laptop or desktop. You need to be able to run Android Studio to complete the hands-on labs and final project in this course. This micro-course will only take a few hours to complete. It is suitable for beginners and experienced developers and does not require any prior programming experience. So, enroll today to gain the practical experience that employers look for and boost your resume!
National Taiwan University
Introduction to Psychology
This online course is designed to introduce you to the diverse topics and key issues within the scientific field of psychology. Throughout the course, you will develop a fundamental understanding of influential theories and research related to essential aspects of psychology. By exploring the knowledge accumulated by psychologists, you will gain insights that may enhance your academic pursuits, interpersonal relationships, overall well-being, and other crucial areas of your life.
Pearson
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH): Unit 4
This course is covers network vulnerabilities and defense strategies. You will explore critical concepts such as sniffing, social engineering, denial-of-service attacks, and session hijacking. Gain hands-on experience in identifying and exploiting network weaknesses while learning to implement countermeasures. You will learn how to evade Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), firewalls, and honeypots, and understand how these technologies are used to detect and mitigate cyber threats. By the end of this course, you will be equipped with advanced techniques to safeguard networks against cyber threats.
EDUCBA
Apply Advanced PROC SQL Techniques for Data Analysis
By the end of this course, learners will be able to design advanced PROC SQL queries, apply conditional logic, build reusable views, optimize query performance, and troubleshoot complex SQL workflows within the SAS environment. This course provides an in-depth, hands-on exploration of advanced PROC SQL concepts, moving beyond basic querying to focus on real-world data manipulation, reporting, automation, and performance optimization. Learners will progressively develop skills in creating derived data, managing character and numeric transformations, implementing CASE logic, enforcing data integrity with constraints and keys, and designing efficient joins and indexes. The course also covers advanced topics such as debugging techniques, query tuning, subqueries, and matrix-style SQL solutions for multi-dimensional analysis. By completing this course, learners gain practical expertise required for data analyst, SAS programmer, and reporting specialist roles, enabling them to write efficient, maintainable, and scalable SQL code. What makes this course unique is its end-to-end PROC SQL focus—combining logic, performance, automation, and troubleshooting—supported by structured modules, practice quizzes, and graded assessments aligned to real enterprise use cases. This course is ideal for learners who want to apply, analyze, and optimize PROC SQL for professional data analysis and reporting workflows.
Coursera
Advanced Contract Testing with Pact and Beyond
Ensure reliable microservice communication and prevent integration failures with Advanced Contract Based Testing with Pact and Beyond. This course equips backend developers, QA engineers, and DevOps professionals with advanced skills to design and implement consumer-driven contracts using Pact, integrate automated validations into CI/CD pipelines, manage contract versioning and backward compatibility, and validate asynchronous messaging interactions at scale. Through real-world case studies, hands-on activities, and project-based learning, you will build a robust contract testing strategy that enhances service stability, deployment confidence, and team collaboration across large microservice ecosystems.
Packt
Advanced Object-Oriented & Generic Programming in C++
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This advanced course focuses on object-oriented and generic programming in C++, emphasizing the core principles and techniques that every experienced developer should master. The course will guide you through advanced inheritance, exception handling, file input/output operations, and template programming, equipping you with the knowledge to write clean, efficient, and reusable C++ code. You’ll also explore C++11/14/17 features such as lambda expressions, type traits, and advanced STL usage. The course starts by enhancing your object-oriented programming skills with in-depth discussions on inheritance, composition, and polymorphism, along with practical examples and real-world applications. You will also explore advanced topics like virtual functions, dynamic casting, and multiple inheritance, ensuring a solid understanding of complex object hierarchies. Exception handling will be tackled next, where you will learn advanced techniques such as stack unwinding, nested exceptions, and using the noexcept keyword for performance improvements. As you progress, the course introduces the power of generic programming through templates, exploring topics like template argument deduction, perfect forwarding, variadic templates, and class template specialization. You will learn how to optimize code and improve flexibility with these tools, enabling you to build robust, reusable components. The course then dives into C++'s powerful Standard Template Library (STL), where you'll master containers such as std::vector, std::map, and std::unordered_map, and learn the performance nuances with Big-O notation. This course is designed for intermediate to advanced programmers who want to refine their C++ skills and gain expertise in complex C++ features. A basic understanding of C++ syntax and object-oriented programming is recommended, and the course will be most beneficial to those aiming to develop high-performance applications or work with large, complex systems.
Google Cloud
Service Accounts and Roles: Fundamentals
This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to create and manage Service Accounts
Coursera
Amazon Q for beginners: Software Development with GenAI
This Guided Project was created to help software developers seamlessly integrate Amazon Q into their workflow, enhancing their coding efficiency and accuracy. In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to set up Amazon Q in Visual Studio Code, utilize its chatting function, enhance the AI assistant by indexing your entire workspace, and leverage its capabilities to interact with AWS tools. You'll also apply these techniques to a new workspace, performing code explanations, suggestions, and utilizing Amazon Q's scanning feature to identify and fix errors and security concerns. To achieve this, you will create a fully functional development environment powered by Amazon Q by working through practical scenarios and real-world coding challenges. This project is unique because it offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI tools directly integrated into your development environment. To succeed in this project, you should have a basic understanding of coding, software development and familiarity with using IDEs.