Functional programming courses can help you learn concepts like first-class functions, immutability, and higher-order functions, along with practical techniques for managing state and side effects. You can build skills in recursive problem-solving, data transformation, and leveraging pure functions for cleaner code. Many courses introduce tools such as Haskell, Scala, and JavaScript, showcasing how these languages facilitate functional programming principles and enhance software development practices.

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, R (Software), Statistical Analysis, R Programming, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Inference, Correlation Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Exploratory Data Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Statistics, Predictive Modeling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Software Development Methodologies, JUnit, Requirements Analysis, Version Control, Application Development, Software Development Life Cycle, SQL, Full-Stack Web Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Software Development, Restful API, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Database Management, MySQL, Digital Transformation, Relational Databases, Java Programming, Generative AI
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Agile Product Development, User Story, Continuous Delivery, Persona Development, Agile Software Development, Sprint Planning, Peer Review, Agile Methodology, Product Testing, Agile Project Management, Team Performance Management, Team Management, Design Thinking, Team Building, Customer Analysis, Analytics, Product Development, Business Analytics, Persona (User Experience)
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Selenium (Software), Test Automation, Functional Testing, Test Case, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Application Frameworks, Javascript and jQuery, Web Scraping, Automation, Python Programming, UI Components, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Responsible AI, Logo Design, Digital Design, Generative AI, Graphic Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Productivity Software, Visual Design, File Management, Process Design, Design Reviews, Prompt Engineering, Image Analysis, Presentations, Client Services, Content Creation, Branding, Storytelling
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: DevOps, Agile Methodology, Cloud-Native Computing, CI/CD, Test Driven Development (TDD), Scrum (Software Development), Behavior-Driven Development, Performance Metric, Accountability, Team Oriented, Culture Transformation, Microservices, Cross-Functional Collaboration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Generative AI Agents, Software Development Tools, Code Review, Computer Programming Tools, Unix Commands, Secure Coding, Debugging, Software Installation, Servers, Configuration Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Algorithms, C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Graph Theory, Data Structures
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Software Documentation, Open Source Technology, Tidyverse (R Package), Package and Software Management, Web Scraping, Data Manipulation, Data Visualization Software, Leaflet (Software), R Programming, Data Visualization, Technical Documentation, Datamaps, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Cleansing, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), GitHub, Debugging
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, Data Processing, Unstructured Data, Feature Engineering, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Python Programming, Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Supervised Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Algorithms, Pseudocode, Computational Thinking, Analysis, Big Data, Probability & Statistics, Computer Programming, Python Programming
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks