Design courses can help you learn graphic design principles, user interface design, branding strategies, and visual storytelling techniques. You can build skills in color theory, typography, layout composition, and creating user-centered designs. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma, that support bringing your design concepts to life and collaborating effectively with teams.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Requirements Elicitation, Software Design Documents, Requirements Analysis, Security Requirements Analysis, Mockups, Interviewing Skills, User Requirements Documents, Storyboarding, Functional Requirement, Goal Setting, Software Development Methodologies, Software Documentation, Agile Methodology, Business Requirements, Unified Modeling Language, Risk Management Framework, System Requirements, Meeting Facilitation, Prototyping, Software Development Life Cycle
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

Universidade de São Paulo
Skills you'll gain: Project Schedules, Cost Estimation, Project Performance, Project Controls, Work Breakdown Structure, Project Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Conflict Management, Stakeholder Management, Timelines, Scheduling, Project Planning, Quality Management, Project Documentation, Project Management, Estimation, Milestones (Project Management), Budgeting, Organizational Structure, Performance Metric
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics and SEO, Social Media Marketing, Brand Marketing, Brand Awareness, Branding, Digital Marketing, Marketing Design, Marketing, Content Creation, Web Design and Development
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Internet Of Things, Real-Time Operating Systems, General Networking, Wireless Networks, Information Systems Security, Application Security, Petroleum Industry, Automation, Network Protocols, Emerging Technologies, Cloud Platforms, Embedded Systems, Market Analysis, Interviewing Skills, Software-Defined Networking, Workforce Development, Platform As A Service (PaaS)
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Computer Networking, Network Infrastructure, Software-Defined Networking, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Network Routing, TCP/IP, Wide Area Networks, Data Centers, Network Switches, Virtual Machines, Python Programming
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Solution Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Security, Cloud Solutions, Amazon CloudWatch, Serverless Computing, Amazon DynamoDB, Network Architecture, Scalability, Disaster Recovery
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Software Design, C++ (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Programming Principles, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Maintainability, Prototyping, Database Application
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Software Design, Java, Java Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Structures, Algorithms, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Application Security, Software Design, Programming Principles, Debugging, Vulnerability Assessments, C (Programming Language), Software Development Methodologies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Program Evaluation, Training Programs, Qualitative Research, Teaching, Health Assessment, Psychosocial Assessments, Curriculum Development, Psychological Evaluations, Educational Materials, Clinical Assessment, Education and Training, Instructional and Curriculum Design, Curriculum Planning, Survey Creation, Data Analysis Software, Student-Centred Learning, Higher Education, Instructional Strategies, Case Studies
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of London
Skills you'll gain: Computer Science, Computer Systems, Web Applications, Computer Literacy, Network Security, Computer Networking, Computational Thinking, Debugging, Web Design and Development, Cybersecurity, Problem Management, Software Architecture, Data Storage
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks