Visual design courses can help you learn color theory, typography, layout principles, and visual hierarchy. You can build skills in creating compelling graphics, designing user interfaces, and developing branding strategies. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma, that support executing design projects and collaborating with teams. Additionally, you may explore methods for conducting user research and applying design thinking to solve visual communication challenges.

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: User Story, Persona (User Experience), Agile Product Development, Design Thinking, Agile Methodology, Product Development, User Research, Persona Development, Usability Testing, Team Building, User Centered Design, Value Propositions, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Usability, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Application Design, Python Programming, Application Development
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Event-Driven Programming, Software Development Tools, Game Design, User Interface (UI), Scripting, Software Design, Package and Software Management, Object Oriented Design, C# (Programming Language), Version Control, File Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Virtual Environment, Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Game Design, Conceptual Design, Image Quality, Performance Tuning, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Selenium (Software), Test Tools, Test Case, Software Testing, Test Execution Engine, Test Data, Apache Maven, Automation, Application Frameworks, Java, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Import/Export
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Software Design, Predictive Modeling, Algorithms, Data Structures, Performance Tuning, Performance Testing, Debugging, Application Programming Interface (API), Development Testing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Collateral, Marketing Materials, Canva (Software), Promotional Materials, Business Marketing, Marketing Design, Marketing, Creative Design, Business, Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Design Elements And Principles
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Social Network Analysis, Data Processing, Program Development, Distributed Computing, Java, Text Mining, Graph Theory, File Systems, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Plot (Graphics), Scientific Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Ball State University
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Authentications, Cybersecurity, Data Encryption Standard, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Email Security, Network Security, Information Systems Security, Key Management, Application Development, Public Key Infrastructure, Data Integrity
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, OpenAI, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Tool Calling, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Development Environment, Application Deployment, JSON, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Authorization (Computing), Azure Active Directory, Cloud Infrastructure, Authentications, Cloud Security, Event Monitoring, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Infrastructure Security, Identity and Access Management, System Monitoring, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Management, Application Design, Network Monitoring, Data Governance, Personally Identifiable Information, Security Management, Information Management, Solution Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks