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.

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Calculus, Integral Calculus, Applied Mathematics, Graphing, Numerical Analysis, Python Programming, Mathematical Software, Algebra, Derivatives, Model Optimization
★ 4.9 (46) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Requirements Analysis, Security Requirements Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Goal Setting, User Requirements Documents, Unified Modeling Language, Meeting Facilitation, Conflict Management, Discussion Facilitation, System Requirements, Risk Management Framework, Negotiation, Security Awareness
★ 4.7 (66) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Environment, Environmental Issue, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Biology, Environmental Resource Management, Environment and Resource Management, Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Social Studies, Economics
★ 4.6 (48) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Lakes, Data Storage Technologies, Analytics, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Data Management, Data Analysis, Big Data, Data Storage, Amazon Web Services, Machine Learning
★ 4.3 (72) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Angular, JavaScript Frameworks, Application Deployment, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UI Components, Application Frameworks, Frontend Performance, Data Transformation, Server Side, User Interface (UI), Dataflow, Front-End Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Restful API, Code Reusability, Web Applications, Network Routing, Software Architecture, Maintainability, Web Development
★ 4.2 (64) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: C (Programming Language), Memory Management, System Programming, Computer Architecture, Embedded Software, Programming Principles, Code Reusability, Computer Programming, Linux
★ 4.8 (62) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Fine-tuning, Generative Model Architectures, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Application Deployment, Unstructured Data, Application Development, Natural Language Processing
★ 4.7 (51) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, R (Software), Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, R Programming, Data Science, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Management, File Management, Data Visualization
★ 4.4 (54) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Hibernate (Java), Object-Relational Mapping, CI/CD, Spring Boot, Restful API, Java Programming, Integration Testing, Continuous Integration, Database Development, Cloud Deployment, Application Security, Java, Containerization, Spring Framework, SQL, NoSQL, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Test Driven Development (TDD), Object Oriented Design
★ 4.5 (51) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Vector Databases, Embeddings, OpenAI API, Data Import/Export, Pandas (Python Package), Generative AI, Application Programming Interface (API), Large Language Modeling, Data Processing, Data Management, Python Programming, Machine Learning
★ 4.4 (51) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

ISAE-SUPAERO
Skills you'll gain: Hazard Analysis, Risk Control, Vibrations, Safety Standards, Mechanics, Mathematical Modeling, Engineering Calculations
★ 4.7 (76) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: PySpark, Apache Spark, Scala Programming, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Pipelines, Customer Analysis, Apache Hadoop, Data Processing, Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Apache Maven, Statistical Modeling, Data Engineering, Text Mining, Customer Insights, Data Transformation, Data Analysis, MySQL, Apache, Python Programming
★ 4.6 (105) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months