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.

Skills you'll gain: Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Serial Peripheral Interface, Electronic Hardware, Internet Of Things, Embedded Systems, Digital Communications, Computer Architecture, Software Development Tools, System Design and Implementation, Software Installation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Cleansing, Power BI, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Data Validation, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Import/Export, Data Storage
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Integrated Development Environments, Microsoft Visual Studio, AI Enablement, Test Driven Development (TDD), Software Development Tools, GitHub, Debugging, HTML and CSS, User Interface (UI), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Software Installation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Graphical Tools, Web Content, Design, Creative Design, Graphic Design, Marketing Design, Event Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, Figma (Design Software), Usability, User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience Design, Wireframing, Mockups, Collaborative Software, UI Components, Software Design, Web Design, Design Software
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Marketing Materials, Workflow Management, Graphic Design, Design Strategies, Customer Engagement, Layout Design, Design, Digital Publishing, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Design Elements And Principles, Business
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Histogram, Data Visualization, Data Literacy, Data Presentation, Descriptive Statistics, Data Storytelling, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Visualization, Sampling (Statistics), Data Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Digital Design, Graphics Software, Creativity, Design and Product, Marketing Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Application Design, Application Development, UI Components, Event-Driven Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Java Programming, User Interface (UI), Java, Software Design
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, AI Workflows, Virtual Environment, UI Components, Cloud API
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Theory, Data Modeling, Unified Modeling Language, Database Management, Databases, Data Integrity, Diagram Design, Dependency Analysis, Conceptual Design, Requirements Analysis
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Extensible Markup Language (XML), Ajax, Extensible Languages and XML, Web Design, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Data Validation, Web Applications, Scripting, Javascript and jQuery, Web Development, Android Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Middleware, Model View Controller, Hibernate (Java), Visualization (Computer Graphics), Interoperability, Java, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Mobile Development
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months