Computer graphics courses can help you learn 2D and 3D modeling, rendering techniques, animation principles, and visual effects. You can build skills in texture mapping, lighting design, and character rigging, along with understanding color theory and composition. Many courses introduce tools like Blender, Adobe After Effects, and Unity, showing how these applications are used to create immersive visual experiences in gaming, film, and virtual reality.

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Data Wrangling, Natural Language Processing, Web Scraping, Social Sciences, Data Ethics, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Simulations, Data Processing, Big Data, Systems Thinking, Social Studies, Trend Analysis, Data Science, AI Enablement, Research Methodologies, Agentic systems
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Dataflow, Data Processing, Scripting, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Scripting Languages, Data Migration, Cloud Storage
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Virtual Networking, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Persistence, Cloud Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Proxy Servers, Capacity Management, Application Performance Management, CI/CD, Key Management, Network Security, API Gateway, Network Routing, YAML, Application Deployment, Disaster Recovery, Scalability, Large Language Modeling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Firefly, Photo Editing, Adobe Creative Cloud, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Creative Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Animations, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Education Software and Technology, AI Personalization, Prompt Engineering, AI Product Strategy, Scripting, AI Workflows, Storyboarding
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Terraform, Load Balancing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Computing, Managed Services, Solution Architecture, Virtual Machines, Network Infrastructure, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Blockchain, Software Installation, Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), User Accounts, Cloud Deployment, Operating System Administration, Application Deployment, Build Tools, Systems Administration
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Event Monitoring, Incident Response, Security Management, Cyber Security Policies, Command-Line Interface, System Monitoring, Configuration Management, Object Oriented Design, User Interface (UI), Computer Displays, Simulations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Software Development Life Cycle, Program Development, Computer Programming, Development Environment, Software Development, Integrated Development Environments, Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google App Engine, Authentications, Application Deployment, Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Applications, Authorization (Computing), User Accounts, Cryptography, Python Programming
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Front-End Web Development, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Responsive Web Design
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Color Theory, Typography, Web Design, Design, Usability, HTML and CSS, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks