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Software Design Courses

Software design courses can help you learn programming principles, design patterns, user interface design, and system architecture. You can build skills in code refactoring, version control, and creating scalable applications. Many courses introduce tools like Git for version control, Figma for UI/UX design, and various integrated development environments (IDEs) to streamline the coding process. By engaging with these topics and tools, you can enhance your ability to create efficient, user-friendly software solutions.


Popular Software Design Courses and Certifications


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    University of Minnesota

    Software Development Lifecycle

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Agile Software Development, Software Design Patterns, Design Thinking, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design, Agile Methodology, Agile Project Management, Process Mapping, Software Engineering, Kanban Principles, Kaizen Methodology, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Quality Assurance, Agile Product Development, Application Security, Security Architecture Review, Scrum (Software Development), Object Oriented Design, Software Architecture

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Pearson

    System Design Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Architecture, Software Architecture, Systems Design, Software Design, System Design and Implementation, Functional Design, Systems Development, Service Oriented Architecture, Verification And Validation, Maintainability, Systems Analysis

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Generative AI: Elevate your Software Development Career

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Software Design Documents, Software Design, AI Integrations, Software Architecture, Agentic Workflows, Continuous Integration, Software Development, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Application Security, Software Engineering, Code Review, Debugging, DevSecOps

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California, Santa Cruz

    C, Go, and C++: A Comprehensive Introduction to Programming

    Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Go (Programming Language), File I/O, Data Structures, C and C++, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Programming Principles, Software Design Patterns, Debugging, Computer Programming, Unit Testing, C (Programming Language), Software Design, Program Development, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Software Testing, Computer Science, Computational Logic

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Alberta

    Software Architecture

    Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Unified Modeling Language, Systems Architecture, Software Design, Software Design Documents, Software Visualization, Product Family Engineering, Software Development, Software Documentation, Diagram Design, Software Technical Review, Application Deployment, Data Storage

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Santa Cruz

    Coding for Everyone: C and C++

    Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), C and C++, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Programming Principles, Software Design Patterns, Computer Programming, Algorithms, C (Programming Language), Software Design, Program Development, Graph Theory, Code Reusability, Computational Logic, Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, Memory Management, File I/O, Simulations

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidad de los Andes

    Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®

    Skills you'll gain: Continuous Integration, User Story, Unified Modeling Language, Software Testing, Test Automation, Version Control, Test Driven Development (TDD), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Agile Methodology, Usability, Maintainability, Software Architecture, Angular, Test Script Development, Regression Testing, Software Design, JavaScript Frameworks, Test Data, Application Frameworks, Software Design Patterns

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    Mastertrack · 6 - 12 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Object-Oriented Analysis & Design

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, JUnit, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unified Modeling Language, Software Design Patterns, Software Testing, Java, Software Engineering, Java Programming, Computer Programming, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Unit Testing, Software Design, Software Architecture, API Design, Model View Controller, Software Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Conceptual Design, Databases

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Duke University

    Introductory C Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, File I/O, Memory Management, Programming Principles, Maintainability, Software Testing, Program Development, C (Programming Language), Development Testing, Algorithms, Test Planning, Simulations, System Programming, Systems Development Life Cycle, Computer Programming, Data Structures, C and C++, Software Engineering, Problem Solving, Software Design

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Python 3 Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, JSON, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), File I/O, Software Design, Debugging, Object Oriented Design, Data Processing, Diagram Design, Unit Testing, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Data Import/Export, Data Wrangling, Restful API, Image Analysis, Software Visualization, Data Manipulation, Jupyter, Computer Programming

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    23K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Colorado System

    Software Design Methods and Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, Unit Testing, Software Design, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), Software Engineering Tools, Software Engineering, Software Development Tools, JUnit, Software Testing, Diagram Design, Design, Data Ethics, Test Automation, Dataflow

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    159 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Generative AI for Mobile App Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Data Ethics, Generative AI Agents, AI Personalization, Mobile Development, AI powered creativity, Software Design Documents, Software Design, Prompt Engineering Tools, Anthropic Claude, Mobile Development Tools, LLM Application, AI literacy, iOS Development, Machine Learning Software, Software Development

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    12K reviews

    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software design courses

  • Software Development Lifecycle: University of Minnesota
  • System Design Fundamentals: Pearson
  • Generative AI: Elevate your Software Development Career: IBM
  • C, Go, and C++: A Comprehensive Introduction to Programming: University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Software Architecture: University of Alberta
  • Coding for Everyone: C and C++: University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Principios de ingeniería de software automatizada y ágil Certificado MasterTrack®: Universidad de los Andes
  • Object-Oriented Analysis & Design: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Introductory C Programming: Duke University
  • Python 3 Programming: University of Michigan

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