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Featured programs and courses

Key Strategies for Business Sustainability

Learn to align sustainability with operations, understand risks, and leverage opportunities. Ideal for leaders aiming to implement or enhance sustainability and ESG in their organizations.

$699.00

Next start date: March 12, 2025

ISC2 Official CISSP Certification Training

Self-paced training to prepare you for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

$1,249.00

Start anytime!

Supervised Machine Learning

Gain practical, hands-on experience using Python to implement and evaluate supervised learning algorithms to draw relevant insights and solve problems.

$799.00

Next start date: February 24, 2025

Data Science

Learn advanced statistical modelling, machine learning, and big data tools. Course content covers the seven domains of INFORMS' Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) certification.

Four-course program

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Operationalizing Generative AI: Executive Insights and Applications

Learn everything you need to know about generative AI to position your organization in this rapidly-evolving space.

$849.00

Next start date: December 4, 2024

CompTIA Network+

This eight-week course will help you prepare for your CompTIA certification exam and gain core networking skills while building your ability to establish, maintain, troubleshoot, configure, manage, and secure networks in any environment.

$2,495.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

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Basics of Modern Statistics and Analysis

Understand hypothesis testing and multivariate regression models. Learn to conduct statistical analysis through the construction of scripts using R. Great for professionals who are new to coding.

$895.00

Next start date: April 14, 2025

Behavioural Insights, Modelling, and Predictive Analytics

Discover multivariate regression models, forecasting, and better understand the data analysis tools needed for effective, well-informed decision-making. Some prior knowledge of R and statistics is recommended.

$895.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Big Data Management Systems and Tools

Gain hands-on experience using up-to-date database management systems and tools. Learn about NoSQL technologies and big data tools including Hadoop, Spark, and Cassandra.

$995.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

ChatGPT and the LLM Revolution

Join Dr. Jimmy Lin for this three-part executive sprint where you will learn about large language models (LLMs) and the transformative impact they can have on your organization. Unlock the full potential of LLMs by understanding where, when, and how LLMs can be applied to your organization.

$849.00

Next start date: n/a

Data Analytics for Behavioural Insights

Establish foundational knowledge in statistical analysis and gain essential programming skills with Python and R. Designed for beginners with no prior coding or analytics experience.

Three-course program

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Data Science

Learn advanced statistical modelling, machine learning, and big data tools. Course content covers the seven domains of INFORMS' Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) certification.

Four-course program

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Digital Transformation

This eight-week course addresses the impact that technology is having on our workforce, and helps you discover new technologies and develop a plan for their integration into your workplace

$2,195.00

Next start date: April 25, 2025

Foundations of Data Science

Understand the basic techniques, evolution, and promise of data science. Build hands-on skills in programming languages such as Python and SQL. Prior experience with Python is recommended.

$995.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Foundations of Large Language Models

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest techniques, tools, and applications of LLMs so you can build better applications or processes. Prior experience with Python, API endpoints, and machine learning libraries is required.

$1,450.00

Next start date: n/a

ISC2 Official CISSP Certification Training

Self-paced training to prepare you for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

$1,249.00

Start anytime!

Key Strategies for Business Sustainability

Learn to align sustainability with operations, understand risks, and leverage opportunities. Ideal for leaders aiming to implement or enhance sustainability and ESG in their organizations.

$699.00

Next start date: March 12, 2025

Machine Learning

Equip yourself with basic machine learning and AI tools for mining datasets, and extracting insights for decision-making.

$995.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Python I

Designed for beginners or professionals! Take this course if you want to learn Python as a stepping stone for future learning and development goals.

$599.00

Next start date: February 24, 2025

Python for Machine Learning: The Essential Starter Kit

Perfect for beginners and professionals! This course is designed to introduce you to machine learning tools in Python.

$499.00

Next start date: January 13, 2025

Python and Public Data

Learn modern technologies and programming techniques in Python and discover how to use data to draw meaningful insights. Great for beginners.

$895.00

Next start date: April 14, 2025

Secure Coding

Learn key concepts for securing software applications so you can protect sensitive data, prevent security breaches, and ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of software products.

$1,099.00

Next start date: March 24, 2025

Statistics for Data Science

Explore probability and descriptive statistics, and cover data analysis from both classical and contemporary viewpoints. Learn to extract insight from datasets.

$995.00

Next start date: January 27, 2025

Supervised Machine Learning

Gain practical, hands-on experience using Python to implement and evaluate supervised learning algorithms to draw relevant insights and solve problems.

$799.00

Next start date: February 24, 2025

Unsupervised Machine Learning

Explore three key concepts and practices of unsupervised machine learning—dimensionality reduction, association rules, and clustering and learn how they can be used to discover patterns and similarities in unlabelled data sets without human intervention.

$499.00

Next start date: January 20, 2025

AI and Business Strategy

Join Dr. Joël Blit, Dr. Jimmy Lin, and Dr. J. Mark Weber for this three-part executive sprint to learn how the AI landscape is evolving and the implications this will have for the future of work and organizational strategies at large.

$995.00

Next start date: February 12, 2025