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.

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Gemini, Google Docs, Proofreading, Google Workspace, LLM Application, AI Enablement, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Applications, Performance Tuning, Computer Architecture, Development Environment, System Design and Implementation, Programming Principles
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Fudan University
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), Mobile Development, Video Game Development, C# (Programming Language), 3D Assets, Animations, Application Deployment, Scripting, Cross Platform Development, Virtual Environment, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), HTML and CSS, Web Design, Figma (Design Software), Typography, Front-End Web Development, Web Design and Development, Maintainability, Mockups, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, UI Components, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Layout Design, Web Development, Usability, Prototyping, Web Development Tools, Software Engineering
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Heriot-Watt University
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Computer Programming, Application Development, Programming Principles, Computational Logic, Software Development, Debugging, Data Structures
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Amazon Web Services, Data Warehousing, Data Processing, System Requirements, Extract, Transform, Load, Performance Tuning, Security Controls, Cloud Computing, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Debugging, Go (Programming Language), C (Programming Language), Program Development, Integrated Development Environments, Data Structures, Computer Programming, Algorithms
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Meta
Skills you'll gain: Restful API, SQL, React Native, Databases, Data Persistence, Mobile Development, Data Storage Technologies, JSON, Data Management, Network Model, Application Development, Authentications
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Data Integrity, Encryption, Authentications, Information Assurance, Data Security, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Internet Of Things, Telecommunications, Communication Systems, Distributed Computing, Wireless Networks, General Networking, Network Routing, Embedded Software, Network Protocols
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Debugging, ChatGPT, Pseudocode, AI Enablement, Web Development, Code Review, Web Development Tools, Artificial Intelligence, Web Applications, Software Development, Programming Principles, Software Engineering
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: MySQL, Java, Database Application, Database Development, Databases, Software Development, Data Storage, Program Development, Computer Programming
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours