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    Understand actuarial science for careers in insurance and finance. Study risk assessment, probability, and financial mathematics.

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      University of Zurich

      An Intuitive Introduction to Probability

      Skills you'll gain: Probability, Probability Distribution, Probability & Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Methods, Applied Mathematics, Risk Analysis, Finance

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Data Science for Professionals

      Skills you'll gain: Predictive Modeling, Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Data Science, Pandas (Python Package), Data Visualization Software, Statistics, Data Wrangling, Data Cleansing, Data Processing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analytics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning

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      18 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Macquarie University

      Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel

      Skills you'll gain: Interactive Data Visualization, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Microsoft Excel, Correlation Analysis, Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Excel Formulas, Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Descriptive Statistics, Data Analysis, Business Analytics, Statistical Inference, Box Plots, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Visualization

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI in Insurance: Automating Claims & Risk Mitigation

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Insurance, Decision Support Systems, Expense Management, Data Ethics, Insurance Policies, Underwriting, AI Personalization, Operational Efficiency, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Claims Processing, Financial Services, Personalized Service, Business Process Automation, Automation, Risk Management, Customer experience improvement, Analytics, Prompt Engineering, Digital Transformation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Data Science Foundations: Statistical Inference

      Skills you'll gain: Probability, Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics), Bayesian Statistics, Data Ethics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, A/B Testing, Data Analysis, Quantitative Research, Descriptive Statistics, Artificial Intelligence

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      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      325 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Columbia University

      Financial Engineering and Risk Management

      Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Investment Management, Financial Systems, Asset Management, Credit Risk, Actuarial Science, Mortgage Loans, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Financial Trading, Financial Modeling, Risk Modeling, Financial Services, Regression Analysis, Market Liquidity, Capital Markets, Statistical Methods

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      390 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Data Science Decisions in Time

      Skills you'll gain: Precision Medicine, Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Clinical Trials, Bioinformatics, Image Analysis, Analytics, Markov Model, Bayesian Statistics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Science, Strategic Decision-Making, Anomaly Detection, Computational Thinking, Probability Distribution, Cybersecurity, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning Methods, Algorithms

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Accounting Data Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Visualization, Jupyter, Tableau Software, Matplotlib, Data Visualization Software, Unsupervised Learning, Pandas (Python Package), Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Manipulation, Machine Learning, Excel Macros, Text Mining, Applied Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Data Processing, Analytics, SQL, Python Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      566 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      What is Data Science?

      Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Mining, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Data Science, Digital Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      77K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Probability Foundations for Data Science and AI

      Skills you'll gain: Probability, Probability & Statistics, Probability Distribution, Bayesian Statistics, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence

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      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      256 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Statistical Modeling for Data Science Applications

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, R Programming, Data Ethics, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Probability & Statistics, Advanced Analytics, Correlation Analysis, Forecasting, Data Science, A/B Testing, Machine Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Linear Algebra

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      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      53 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Data Science: Statistics and Machine Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Shiny (R Package), Rmarkdown, Regression Analysis, Leaflet (Software), Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Inference, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Machine Learning Algorithms, Plotly, Interactive Data Visualization, Probability & Statistics, Data Visualization, Feature Engineering, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, R Programming, Data Science, Machine Learning, GitHub

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular actuarial science courses

    • An Intuitive Introduction to Probability: University of Zurich
    • Data Science for Professionals: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel: Macquarie University
    • GenAI in Insurance: Automating Claims & Risk Mitigation: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Data Science Foundations: Statistical Inference: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Financial Engineering and Risk Management: Columbia University
    • Data Science Decisions in Time: Johns Hopkins University
    • Accounting Data Analytics: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • What is Data Science? : IBM
    • Probability Foundations for Data Science and AI: University of Colorado Boulder

    Skills you can learn in Probability And Statistics

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    Regression Analysis (10)
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