Graphic design courses can help you learn typography, color theory, layout design, and branding strategies. You can build skills in creating visual content for both print and digital platforms, as well as developing a keen eye for aesthetics and composition. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, that support executing design projects and bringing your creative ideas to life.

Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, Data Modeling, Data Structures, Scripting, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Python Programming, Software Design, Computer Programming, Software Engineering
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Debugging, C++ (Programming Language), Software Documentation, API Design, Program Development, Pseudocode, Software Architecture, Software Design, Maintainability, Computational Thinking, System Programming, Data Structures, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Generative AI Agents, Integrated Development Environments, Technical Documentation, Generative AI, Application Development, Data Validation
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

University of Washington
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Web Design, GitHub, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Version Control, Web Design and Development, Usability, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, Javascript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Browser Compatibility, User Story, Front-End Web Development, Web Development, Mobile Development, Semantic Web, Git (Version Control System)
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, Mockups, Collaborative Software, Web Design, Usability, User Interface (UI) Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of London
Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Programming Principles, Program Development, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Debugging
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design Software
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), Interaction Design, UI Components, Mockups, Wireframing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Data Persistence, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Software Testing, Object-Relational Mapping, Hibernate (Java), Application Security, Authentications, JSON, Authorization (Computing), Dependency Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Devops Tools, DevOps, Agile Methodology, Application Deployment, Docker (Software), Agile Project Management, Project Management, Technical Communication, Needs Assessment, Prometheus (Software), Business Requirements, Jira (Software), Python Programming, Natural Language Processing, Collaboration, Communication, Professional Networking, Interviewing Skills
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Web Development, Database Design, Relational Databases, Web Development Tools, Databases, Full-Stack Web Development, Application Deployment, HTML and CSS, Cloud Deployment, Back-End Web Development, Application Development, Front-End Web Development, JavaScript Frameworks, Application Servers, Web Servers, Scripting, Javascript, Network Protocols, Cloud Computing
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Development Testing, Application Deployment, LLM Application, Multimodal Prompts, Artificial Intelligence, Test Case, Agentic systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Application Programming Interface (API), Natural Language Processing, Technical Documentation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Data Persistence, Data Store, Interactive Data Visualization, Computer Programming, Data Management, Software Installation, Data Structures, Data Modeling
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months