Short online courses for beginners

These popular courses for beginners are all top rated, can be completed in under 15 hours, and are among the most-completed courses on Coursera in 2019.

Short online courses for beginners

These popular courses for beginners are all top rated, can be completed in under 15 hours, and are among the most-completed courses on Coursera in 2019.

Top beginner courses under 15 hours, sorted by recent completions

You can start and finish one of these popular beginner courses in under 15 hours! Check out the list below.

AI For Everyone

DeepLearning.AI

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 37847 reviews

What is Data Science?

What is Data Science?

IBM Skills Network

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 61774 reviews

Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness.

Hacking Exercise For Health. The surprising new science of fitness.

McMaster University

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 733 reviews

Python for Data Science, AI & Development

Python for Data Science, AI & Development

IBM Skills Network

Rated 4.6 out of five stars. 30969 reviews

Stanford Introduction to Food and Health

Stanford Introduction to Food and Health

Stanford University

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 28568 reviews

First Step Korean

First Step Korean

Yonsei University

Rated 4.9 out of five stars. 46480 reviews

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

California Institute of the Arts

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 16102 reviews

Design Thinking for Innovation

Design Thinking for Innovation

University of Virginia

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 8165 reviews

Modern Art & Ideas

Modern Art & Ideas

The Museum of Modern Art

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 6073 reviews

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

IBM Skills Network

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 10499 reviews

Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

McMaster University

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 12300 reviews

Learn to Speak Korean 1

Learn to Speak Korean 1

Yonsei University

Rated 4.9 out of five stars. 9882 reviews

Child Nutrition and Cooking

Child Nutrition and Cooking

Stanford University

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 9593 reviews

Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking

Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking

Institute for the Future

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 1010 reviews

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments

Duke University

Rated 4.6 out of five stars. 2803 reviews

Data-driven Decision Making

Data-driven Decision Making

PwC

Rated 4.6 out of five stars. 5858 reviews

AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications

AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications

Amazon Web Services

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 2896 reviews

Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management

Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management

University of Virginia

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 8205 reviews

Agile with Atlassian Jira

Atlassian

Rated 4.7 out of five stars. 7726 reviews

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer

Introduction to the Biology of Cancer

Johns Hopkins University

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 6880 reviews

Supply Chain Logistics

Supply Chain Logistics

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Rated 4.8 out of five stars. 9660 reviews

Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing

Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing

Yale University

Rated 4.9 out of five stars. 2626 reviews

Social Norms, Social Change I

Social Norms, Social Change I

University of Pennsylvania, Unicef

Rated 4.6 out of five stars. 1954 reviews

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