Business fundamentals courses can help you learn financial analysis, marketing strategies, operations management, and organizational behavior. You can build skills in effective communication, critical thinking, and strategic planning. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for data analysis, CRM software for customer management, and project management platforms to streamline workflows, showing how these skills apply in real business environments.

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Engineering and Restoration, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Development, Natural Resource Management, Business Modeling, Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Science, Case Studies, Complex Problem Solving, Cost Benefit Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Partnership
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

New York University
Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Machine Learning, Financial Trading, Reinforcement Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Financial Services, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Portfolio Management, Python Programming, Artificial Neural Networks
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: End User Training and Support, Problem Management, Data Preprocessing, Data Storage
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Back-End Web Development, PostgreSQL, Python Programming, Restful API, SQL, API Design, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Management, Databases, Data Validation, Development Environment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Certified Public Accountant, Labor Law, Commercial Laws, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Bankruptcies, Organizational Structure, Business, Legal Writing, Contract Management, Sales
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, Cloud Services, Microsoft Azure, Collaborative Software, Microsoft Teams, Security Controls, Endpoint Security, Cloud Solutions, Zero Trust Network Access, Microsoft Office, Cloud Computing, Threat Management, Information Privacy
Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Real Time Data, Dataflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Business Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Logo Design, Style Guides, Marketing Design, Branding, Marketing Materials, Brand Management, Organizational Skills, Marketing, File Management, Graphic Design, Business, Digital Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, AI Enablement, Generative AI Agents, Data Integration, Data Strategy, Business Analysis, Data Quality, Technology Roadmaps, Business Solutions, Business Transformation, Business Strategy, Stakeholder Communications, Decision Making, Stakeholder Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Budgets, Target Audience, Campaign Management, Facebook, Sales Pipelines, Google Ads, Online Advertising, Instagram, Performance marketing, Digital Advertising, Paid media, Advertising Campaigns, E-Commerce, Advertising, Budget Management, Social Media Campaigns, Account Management, Apple iOS
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Management, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Account Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Palo Alto Networks
Skills you'll gain: Zero Trust Network Access, Network Security, Endpoint Security, Network Administration, General Networking, TCP/IP, Cybersecurity, Network Infrastructure, Firewall, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Protocols, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Encryption, Authentications, Network Analysis, Software As A Service
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months