Self-defense courses can help you learn situational awareness, basic striking techniques, and effective escape strategies. You can build skills in defensive tactics, conflict de-escalation, and personal safety planning. Many courses introduce tools like pepper spray, personal alarms, and self-defense keychains, demonstrating how these items can enhance your safety and confidence in various environments.

The Expert Academy
Skills you'll gain: Workplace inclusivity, Diversity and Inclusion, Organizational Leadership, Leadership, Leadership and Management, Influencing, Team Leadership, Change Management, Business Leadership, Intercultural Competence, Organizational Change, Leadership Development, Persuasive Communication, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Psychology, Stakeholder Management, Business Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Geneva
Skills you'll gain: Physics, electromagnetics, Laboratory Research, Laboratory Equipment, Physical Science, Radiation Protection, Science and Research, Experimentation, Laboratory Techniques, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Tax, Tax Planning, Benefits Administration
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, Agentic Workflows, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, LangChain, LLM Application, Responsible AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Software Development, Python Programming, Data Science
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Case Western Reserve University
Skills you'll gain: Coaching, Empathy, Employee Coaching, Compassion, Leadership Development, Rapport Building, Culture Transformation, People Development, Active Listening, Emotional Intelligence, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Development, Self-Awareness, Personal Development, Organizational Change, Leadership, Relationship Building, Change Management, Neurology, Self-Motivation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Influencing, Relationship Building, Professional Networking, Persuasive Communication, Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Structure, Relationship Management, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Decision Making, Social Network Analysis, Proactivity, General Networking, Self-Awareness
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Empathy, Active Listening, Compassion, Workplace inclusivity, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Recognizing Others, Non-Verbal Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Studies, Employee Engagement, Leadership and Management, Verbal Communication Skills, Employee Retention, Communication Strategies, Follow Through, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: IT Service Management, Technical Support and Services, Technical Support, Service Level, Service Management, Help Desk Support, Customer Service, End User Training and Support, Remote Access Systems, Issue Tracking, Technical Communication, Technical Documentation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Oral Expression, Follow Through, Communication, Business Writing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Risk Analysis, Risk Mitigation, Decision Intelligence, Generative AI, Risk Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, AI literacy, Strategic Decision-Making, Scenario Testing, Root Cause Analysis, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Prompt Engineering, Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence, Problem Solving, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Process Improvement
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Mainframe Computing, COBOL (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Development Life Cycle, Mainframe Technologies, z/OS, Unit Testing, Systems Analysis, Job Control Language (JCL), IBM DB2, Systems Development, Agile Software Development, Debugging, Pseudocode, Program Development, Software Development Methodologies, Virtualization, Agile Methodology, Software Development, File I/O
Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Vector Databases, Data Migration, Performance Tuning, Agentic systems, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Model Deployment, AI Security, Containerization, Large Language Modeling, Embeddings, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), System Monitoring
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months