Computer fundamentals courses can help you learn basic hardware and software concepts, operating systems, networking, and cybersecurity principles. You can build skills in troubleshooting, system maintenance, and understanding data management practices. Many courses introduce tools like Windows, Linux, and various programming languages, showing how these skills apply in everyday computing tasks and professional environments.

Peking University
Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Authorization (Computing), Operating Systems, Security Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems Security, Infrastructure Security, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Data Integrity, Database Management Systems
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, User Accounts, Apache, Web Servers, System Configuration, Command-Line Interface, Firewall, Linux, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Selenium (Software), Web Applications, Java, JUnit, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Software Testing, Application Development, Agile Software Development, Database Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Secure Coding, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Software, Security Testing, Cybersecurity, Collaborative Software, Threat Modeling, Debugging, Systems Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Microsoft Copilot, Software Development Tools, Prompt Engineering, Software Documentation, Artificial Intelligence, Code Review
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Software Development, Development Environment, Software Documentation, Data Validation, Javascript, Debugging, Maintainability, Data Structures, Software Design, Computer Programming, Data Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Python Programming, Programming Principles, User Interface (UI), Computer Programming, Scripting, Software Engineering, Performance Tuning, Scripting Languages, File Management, Web Development, Computational Thinking, Debugging, Software Development, Web Development Tools
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, C (Programming Language), Data Structures, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Data Store, Problem Management, Program Development, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Research, Wireframing, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Emerging Technologies, Prototyping, Software Development Life Cycle
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of London
Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Programming Principles, Program Development, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Debugging
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, CI/CD, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Continuous Integration
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Prompts, Application Deployment, Open Source Technology, Applied Machine Learning, Image Analysis, User Interface (UI), Computer Vision
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours