Design Courses
Design courses can help you learn graphic design principles, user interface design, branding strategies, and visual storytelling techniques. You can build skills in color theory, typography, layout composition, and creating user-centered designs. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma, that support bringing your design concepts to life and collaborating effectively with teams.
Popular Design Courses and Certifications
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Course Development, Instructional Design, Learning Theory, Brainstorming, Design, Needs Assessment, Motivational Skills, Prototyping, Student-Centred Learning, Analysis, Communication, Collaboration
University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Product Management, Product Development, Financial Statements, Product Design, Financial Statement Analysis, Prototyping, Competitive Analysis, Agile Product Development, Financial Modeling, Value Propositions, Financial Reporting, Proposal Development, Proposal Writing, Team Performance Management, Innovation, Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Target Market, Ideation, Entrepreneurship
California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Animations, Game Design, Design, Technical Design, Conceptual Design, Design Strategies, Design Elements And Principles, Creative Design
University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Maintainability, Code Reusability, Software Design Documents, Application Design, Conceptual Design, Diagram Design, Design Elements And Principles
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Instructional Design, Learning Theory, Design, Design Thinking, Education Software and Technology, Professional Development, Human Centered Design, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Technology Strategies, Collaboration
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Failure Analysis, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Engineering, Materials science, Engineering Analysis, Mechanics, Engineering Calculations, Biomedical Engineering, Problem Solving
Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Drawings, Prototyping, Assembly Drawing, Product Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, Product Development, Hardware Design, Technical Drawing
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Database Development, Relational Databases, Database Theory, Database Systems, Databases, Database Management, Data Modeling, Diagram Design, Informatics, Dependency Analysis
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
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Content Creation, Digital Publishing, Multimedia, Video Production, Media Production, Data Sharing, Marketing
University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Agile Product Development, User Story, Design Thinking, Product Improvement, Agile Methodology, Agile Software Development, Product Development, Sprint Retrospectives, Usability Testing, Agile Project Management, User Centered Design, User Research, Persona Development, Innovation, Product Management, Discussion Facilitation, Storytelling, Software Development, Testability
Skills you'll gain: Design Software, Diagram Design, Technical Design, Design, Open Source Technology, Software Installation, Data Import/Export
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular design courses
- Learning Experience Design: Theories and Frameworks: University of Michigan
- Product Ideation, Design, and Management: University of Maryland, College Park
- Character Design for Video Games: California Institute of the Arts
- Object-Oriented Design: University of Alberta
- Learning Experience Design: Orientation to the Profession: University of Michigan
- Machine Design Part I: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Engineering and Product Design Processes: Arizona State University
- Relational Database Design: University of Colorado Boulder
- Ideas from the History of Graphic Design: California Institute of the Arts
- Building Digital Media using Graphic Design in PowerPoint: Coursera
