Character design courses can help you learn anatomy, color theory, personality development, and storytelling through visual elements. You can build skills in sketching, digital painting, and creating character backstories that resonate with audiences. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, and Blender, that support bringing your characters to life and refining your artistic style. You'll also explore techniques for character animation and how to effectively convey emotions through design.

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, Game Design, Video Game Development, 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Aesthetics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Selenium (Software), Test Tools, Test Case, Software Testing, Test Execution Engine, Test Data, Apache Maven, Automation, Application Frameworks, Java, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Import/Export
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Linux Commands, Unix Shell, Scripting, Linux, Unix Commands, Command-Line Interface, User Interface (UI), IT Automation, Interactive Design, Programming Principles, Debugging, OS Process Management, File Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Transaction Processing, Verification And Validation, Integration Testing, Data Integration, System Testing, Data Validation, Development Testing, Middleware, Systems Integration, Databases
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Metadata Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Data Pipelines, Business Logic, Java, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation, Software Documentation, MySQL, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Data Import/Export, Graphics Software, File Management, Computer Graphic Techniques, Computer Graphics, Graphical Tools
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Social Network Analysis, Data Processing, Program Development, Distributed Computing, Java, Text Mining, Graph Theory, File Systems, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, OpenAI, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Tool Calling, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Development Environment, Application Deployment, JSON, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Integrity
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Mapping, IBM WebSphere MQ, Middleware, Verification And Validation, Business Process Automation, Process Driven Development, Data Integration, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Test Case, Development Testing, Java, Data Validation, Software Testing, Java Programming, System Configuration, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Debugging, File Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Test Case, Test Planning, Test Automation, System Testing, Continuous Integration, Acceptance Testing, Test Tools, CI/CD, Software Quality Assurance, Continuous Delivery, Regression Testing, Quality Assurance, Selenium (Software), Software Development Tools, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Organizational Change, Engineering Management, Sustainable Development, Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, Leadership, Innovation, Complex Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Vulnerability
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months