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.

Multiple educators
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Data Storytelling, Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Business Strategies, Sustainable Business, Brand Strategy, Business Solutions, Business Planning, Innovation, Presentations, Market Opportunities, Business Modeling, Business Risk Management, Design and Product, Branding, Strategic Thinking, Process Design, Digital Transformation, Persuasive Communication
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Research, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), User Experience Design, User Experience, Design Research, Linux Commands, Usability, Debugging, User Interface (UI), Software Versioning, Software Visualization, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Pseudocode, JavaScript Frameworks, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Javascript, Web Applications, Event-Driven Programming, Unit Testing, Application Programming Interface (API)
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, User Centered Design, User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Software Documentation, Mockups, Wireframing, Design Software, User Interface (UI) Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Duke University
Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Java Programming, Software Design, Debugging, Software Engineering, Javascript, Computer Programming, Event-Driven Programming, Encryption, Algorithms, Image Analysis, AI Personalization, Program Development, Data Processing, Statistical Analysis, Data Import/Export, Predictive Modeling, Integrated Development Environments, Data Analysis, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: API Design, Restful API, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Application Lifecycle Management, Proxy Servers, Software Documentation, Application Deployment, Authentications
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Universidade de São Paulo
Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Wireframing, Information Architecture, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Research, Design Research, Style Guides, Design Elements And Principles, Responsive Web Design, Verification And Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Data Warehousing, Data Storytelling, SQL, Data Visualization, Database Design, Data Security, Data Migration, Data Governance, Descriptive Statistics, IBM DB2, Cloud Storage, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Management, MySQL, Databases, Exploratory Data Analysis, Excel Formulas, Data Architecture, Business Intelligence
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Design and Development, Usability, Semantic Web, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Hosting, Web Servers, Data Validation, File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Database Design, Data Integration, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Star Schema, Relational Databases, Snowflake Schema, Business Intelligence, SQL, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Mart, PostgreSQL, Data Transformation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: MarTech, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Online Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Web Analytics and SEO, Customer Insights, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Automation, Marketing Channel, Content Strategy, Digital Advertising, Performance Analysis, AI Personalization, Consumer Behaviour, Driving engagement, Marketing Planning, Digital Transformation, Data Visualization, Emerging Technologies, Experimentation
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Creative Problem-Solving, New Product Development, Ideation, Business Transformation, Product Management, Technology Strategies, Innovation, Creativity, Product Lifecycle Management, Strategic Thinking, Product Improvement, Case Studies, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Analysis, Leadership and Management, Marketing, Storytelling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Conceptual Design, Animation and Game Design, Virtual Environment, Storytelling, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Design Strategies, Aesthetics, Design Research, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks