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.

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Brainstorming, Design Thinking, Innovation, Ideation, Stakeholder Analysis, Creative Thinking, User Research, Journey Mapping, Human Centered Design, Stakeholder Engagement, Design Research, Project Scoping, Planning, Persona Development, Design Strategies, Project Planning, Value Engineering, Creative Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking, Creativity
★ 4.6 (292) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Development Tools, Javascript, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design and Development, Debugging, Web Language, Front-End Web Development, Verification And Validation, Web Development, Interactive Design, Event-Driven Programming, Web Frameworks, Application Frameworks
★ 4.7 (35K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Typography, Layout Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Design Reviews, Branding, Design Elements And Principles, Design, Game Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Computer Graphics, Color Theory, Image Quality, Scalability
★ 4.6 (16) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Layout Design, Visual Design, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Design Strategies, Visual Storytelling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Story, Information Architecture, UI/UX Research, User Research, Persona (User Experience), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Thinking, Agile Software Development, UI/UX Strategy, Scrum (Software Development), User Centered Design, Design Research, Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI), Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, User Experience, Adobe XD, Responsible AI, Prototyping
★ 4.8 (2.9K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Infographics, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic and Visual Design, Diagram Design, Graphic Design, Visual Design, Typography, Layout Design, Design Elements And Principles, Visual Storytelling, Graphical Tools, Storytelling, Color Theory
★ 4.6 (960) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

IBM
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Data Presentation, Data Wrangling, Plotly, Data Visualization Software, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, SQL, Plot (Graphics), Unsupervised Learning, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Jupyter, Data Literacy, Generative AI, Professional Networking, Python Programming
★ 4.6 (150K) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Color Matching, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Layout Design, Graphics Software, Image Quality
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Color Theory, Color Matching, Graphic Design, Image Quality, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design, Graphics Software, Design Elements And Principles, Digital Design, File Management
★ 4.7 (595) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Layout Design, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Storytelling, Creative Design, Visual Storytelling, Design Strategies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Surveys, Qualitative Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, Usability Testing, User Research, Design Research, User Story, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Survey Creation, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Interactive Design, Ideation, A/B Testing, Conceptual Design, Persona (User Experience)
★ 4.7 (2.3K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Style Guides, Art History, Design Elements And Principles, Design, Layout Design, Visual Design, Logo Design, Design Reviews, Research and Design, Creative Design, Design Research, Public History, Brand Strategy
★ 4.7 (2.5K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks