Food science courses can help you learn about food safety, nutrition, sensory evaluation, and food processing techniques. You can build skills in recipe formulation, quality control, and understanding food chemistry. Many courses introduce tools like statistical software for analyzing taste tests, laboratory equipment for testing food properties, and food modeling software to predict shelf life, allowing you to apply these skills in real-world food production and innovation.
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Graphing, Spreadsheet Software, Pivot Tables And Charts, Excel Formulas, Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Scatter Plots, Histogram, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Application Deployment, Development Environment, Hibernate (Java), OAuth, Back-End Web Development, Eclipse (Software)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Design, Human Centered Design, Environmental Regulations, Sustainability Standards, Design Thinking, Sustainable Business, Product Development, Product Design, Corporate Sustainability, Product Lifecycle Management, Regulatory Requirements, Design Strategies, Design Research
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, OpenAI API, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), ChatGPT, Generative AI Agents, Hugging Face, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Autoencoders, Applied Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering, Application Programming Interface (API), Transfer Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Preprocessing, Model Evaluation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Applied Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Amazon Web Services, No-Code Development, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Cloud Platforms, Predictive Modeling, Amazon S3, Version Control, Data Preprocessing, Model Deployment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Packaging and Labeling, Competitive Analysis, Presentations, Product Design, Design Strategies, Design, Marketing Design, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design, Branding, Adobe Photoshop, Creative Thinking
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Teradata SQL, Stored Procedure, Performance Tuning, Database Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Solution Design, Data Import/Export, Database Design, System Implementation, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, Emerging Technologies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, No-Code Development, HTML and CSS, Web Content, Open Source Technology, Creativity, Web Development, Usability
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, AI Workflows, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Development Environment, Automation, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Persona (User Experience), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Mockups, Storyboarding
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C++ (Programming Language), Data Structures, Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Programming Principles, Data Persistence, Algorithms, Simulations
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Disaster Recovery, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Firewall, Network Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Cloud Solutions, Scalability, Security Controls, Network Troubleshooting, Amazon CloudWatch, Network Administration, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks