Research Skills Courses

Career Certificate

Leadership and Negotiation Skills

227 ratings at Coursera

Develop negotiation and communication skills: analyze the social side of negotiation, practice assertiveness and empathy, and choose negotiation styles and strategies based on desired outcomes.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Negotiation Skills and Effective Communication

91 ratings at Coursera

Learn to negotiate using BATNA, ZOPA and anchoring, manage emotions in communication, shift from positions to interests, and defuse the conflict spiral by reframing.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research

233 ratings at Coursera

Work through the research cycle for urban studies: formulate problem statements and research questions, operationalize concepts, choose strategies like surveys and case studies, then collect and analyze data.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

People and Soft Skills Assessment

356 ratings at Coursera

Test your soft skills against real-life inspired scenarios in practice and graded quizzes covering presentations, agile working, team collaboration, communication, and problem solving.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills

410 ratings at Coursera

Learn traditional and agile project management: project life cycle and planning, control with Earned Value and risk analysis, digital agile projects, and agile-as-a-culture beyond Scrum.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Career Certificate

IBM Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) with AI Skills

6 ratings at Coursera

Build driver-based budgets and Excel models in IBM Planning Analytics, run variance and predictive forecast analysis, design scenario views, and present findings to executives using generative AI.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 7 courses

Communication skills for engineering scholars

34 ratings at Coursera

Learn the canons of rhetoric, argumentation strategies and fallacies, public speaking technique, grant proposal structure, and how to write a scientific paper and abstract.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera Career Certificate

Career Readiness & Leadership Skills in the Modern Workplace

1432 ratings at Coursera

Build executive presence, sharpen active listening and interview communication, apply business ethics and emotional intelligence, and plan a career in technology-based roles.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 8 courses

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate II

8533 ratings at Coursera

Master advanced Excel: build data validation rules, nested IF logic, VLOOKUP/INDEX/MATCH lookups, audit formulas, model scenarios with Goal Seek, and record macros.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate I

17741 ratings at Coursera

Build intermediate Excel skills: combine data across multiple worksheets and workbooks, use date, text and COUNTIFS functions, named ranges, tables, pivot tables, charts and slicers.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NIST and UL Fire Behavior Research

6 ratings

Explore NIST and UL research on fire behavior, fire dynamics, live-fire experiments, case studies, and fireground tactics.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Research Methodology

6 ratings

Master scientific thinking, logical reasoning, hypothesis testing, statistical methods, mathematical modeling, and ethical research practices for rigorous academic inquiry.

• YouTube
• 1 day 6 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GravesAndThyroid

Understanding Clinical Research

6 ratings

Explore the fundamentals of clinical research, its importance, and how to participate in trials for Graves' disease and thyroid conditions.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CrashCourse

Business Soft Skills by CrashCourse

6 ratings

In 17 episodes, Evelyn From The Internets will teach you soft skills for business and everyday life! This course is based on a college-level curriculum, with a variety of management and organizational psychology reference texts.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

User Research Methods and Practices

Learn user research methods: conduct audits and competitive analysis, stakeholder and expert interviews, contextual inquiry and focus groups, then analyze findings with affinity analysis and decision trees.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course