Machine design courses can help you learn about mechanical components, system dynamics, and material selection. You can build skills in creating detailed design specifications, conducting stress analysis, and optimizing performance through simulations. Many courses introduce tools like CAD software for drafting and modeling, as well as finite element analysis (FEA) tools to evaluate design integrity. You'll also explore manufacturing processes and prototyping techniques, allowing you to apply your knowledge in practical settings.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, User Experience Design, Stakeholder Engagement, Design Thinking, Creativity, Research and Design, Ideation, Stakeholder Analysis, Surveys, Data Collection, Storytelling, Design Strategies, Collaboration, Innovation, User Research, Presentations, Communication, Goal Setting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Requirements Management, Design Reviews, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, User Requirements Documents, Requirements Analysis, Systems Design, Business Requirements, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Leadership, Engineering Design Process, Performance Measurement, Manufacturing and Production, Coordination, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Decision Making
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, Selenium (Software), Apache Maven, CI/CD, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), JUnit, Java, Software Design Patterns, Test Automation, Software Testing, Maintainability, Test Case, Browser Compatibility, Software Design, Test Execution Engine
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Disabilities, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Education and Training, Adaptive Equipment, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Instructional Design, Visual Impairment Education, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Microsoft Office, Advocacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, Human Computer Interaction, Usability Testing, Design Research, Embedded Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Unified Modeling Language, Persona Development
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Components, UI Components, Web Analytics and SEO, User Interface (UI), Usability, Semantic Web, Animations
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Payment Systems, User Interface (UI), UI Components, MySQL, Application Design, Database Application, Python Programming, Transaction Processing, Application Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Database Management, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Model Deployment, Unstructured Data, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Big Data, Data Pipelines, Cloud Deployment, Jupyter, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Learning Management Systems, Instructional Design, Disabilities, Visual Impairment Education, Document Management, Technical Communication, Microsoft Office, Image Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), Visualization (Computer Graphics), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Computer Graphics, Color Theory, Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Environment, Geospatial Mapping, C# (Programming Language), Data Structures, Computational Logic
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Parsons School of Design, The New School
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Market Opportunities, Business Risk Management, Design and Product, Strategic Thinking, Process Design, Human Centered Design, Innovation, Design, User Experience, Business Modeling, Customer experience strategy (CX), Ethical Standards And Conduct
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Responsible AI, Tensorflow, Model Deployment, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data Quality, Embeddings, Data Strategy, Machine Learning, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Cloud Deployment, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Dataflow, Data Analysis, Artificial Neural Networks
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months