Material science courses can help you learn about the properties of materials, material selection, nanotechnology, and the principles of thermodynamics. You can build skills in analyzing material behavior, conducting experiments, and applying statistical methods to interpret data. Many courses introduce tools such as scanning electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, and software for modeling material properties, that support practical applications in industries like aerospace, electronics, and biomedical engineering.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Adaptability, Sustainable Development, Crisis Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Change Management, Resilience, Organizational Change, Business Continuity, Organizational Effectiveness, Systems Thinking, Infrastructure Security, Leadership, Vulnerability, Collaboration
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic Design, System Configuration, Design Software, Knowledge of Apple Hardware, Creative Design, Adobe Photoshop, Graphics Software, Computer Hardware, Peripheral Devices
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Restful API, Software Design, JSON, Software Testing
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Financial Trading, Technical Analysis, ChatGPT, Financial Analysis, Benchmarking, AI Enablement, Portfolio Management, Performance Measurement, Equities
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Reporting, Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Asset Management, Tax, Investment Management, Tax Compliance, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Fundraising
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Trustworthiness, Business Ethics, Personal Integrity, Professionalism, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Organizational Leadership, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Decision Making, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills, Strategic Leadership, Leadership, Compassion, Social Impact, Culture Transformation, Influencing, Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Transformation, R Programming, Text Mining, Data Validation, Generative AI, Anomaly Detection
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Selenium (Software), Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Jenkins, Test Automation, CI/CD, Test Data, Test Script Development, Test Tools, Software Testing, IntelliJ IDEA, Test Case, Development Environment, Application Frameworks, Apache Maven, Maintainability, Debugging
Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Visual Studio, Python Programming, Software Installation, Computer Programming, Development Environment, Integrated Development Environments, System Configuration
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Data Pipelines, Scripting, Computer Programming, Data-oriented programming, Scripting Languages, Software Engineering
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Public Cloud, Command-Line Interface, Middleware, DevOps
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design and Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Debugging, Web Applications, No-Code Development, Front-End Web Development, Development Environment, Microsoft Visual Studio
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months