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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Data Integration, R Programming, Data Preprocessing, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Management
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, User Interface (UI), Prototyping, Virtual Environment, Virtual Reality, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Simulations, Artificial Intelligence, User Interface (UI) Design, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Debugging
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Whizlabs
Skills you'll gain: Puppet (Configuration Management Tool), Devops Tools, YAML, Software Installation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), System Configuration, DevOps, Configuration Management, IT Automation, Database Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Pittsburgh
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Tableau Software, Spatial Analysis, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Network Model, Dashboard, Matplotlib, Infographics, Heat Maps, Seaborn, Geospatial Information and Technology, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Network Analysis, Geospatial Mapping
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Code Review, Technical Documentation, Software Documentation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Data Dictionary, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Data Manipulation, Data Access, Data Processing, Computational Logic, Scripting, File I/O, Debugging, Computational Thinking, Jupyter, Maintainability, Computer Programming Tools, Scripting Languages
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Unit Testing, IntelliJ IDEA, Apache Maven, Software Testing, Test Case, Testability, Test Tools, Java, Mockups
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Real Time Data, Data Analysis, AI Workflows, Data Processing, Pandas (Python Package), Automation, Data Validation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Generative AI, Multimodal Prompts, Large Language Modeling, Embeddings, Application Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Software, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Algorithms, Business Modeling, Complex Problem Solving, Spreadsheet Software
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Ajax, JSON, Application Programming Interface (API), Javascript, Event-Driven Programming, Data Validation, Web Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C (Programming Language), Algorithms, File I/O, System Programming, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Secure Coding, Scaled Agile Framework
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months