Computer programming courses can help you learn coding languages like Python, Java, and JavaScript, along with concepts such as algorithms, data structures, and software development principles. You can build skills in debugging, version control, and writing efficient code. Many courses introduce tools like Git for version control, integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, and frameworks such as React or Django, that support developing applications and enhancing your programming capabilities.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Arithmetic, Algorithms, Applied Mathematics, Probability, Computer Science
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Logical Operations
Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Adobe Photoshop, Image Quality, File Management, Adobe Creative Cloud, Photography, Graphics Software, Design Elements And Principles, Editing, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Color Matching, Computer Graphic Techniques, Productivity Software, User Interface (UI)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Development Environment, Computer Programming Tools, Prompt Engineering
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Peer Review, Cross Platform Development, User Interface (UI), C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Animations, Scripting, Creativity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Hardware Architecture, Cloud Applications, Performance Tuning, Computer Architecture, Development Environment, System Design and Implementation, Programming Principles
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Python Programming, Algorithms, Debugging, Development Environment
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), GitHub, C# (Programming Language), Secure Coding, HTML and CSS, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Git (Version Control System), User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Debugging, Mockups, Microsoft Copilot, Authentications, Front-End Web Development, Programming Principles, UI Components, Javascript
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, AI Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, Model Deployment, AI Security, Decision Making
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Application Security, C and C++, Verification And Validation, Linux, Vulnerability Assessments, Unix, User Accounts, Data Validation, Cryptography, File Systems, C (Programming Language), File Management, OS Process Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Software Design, Software Testing, Application Development
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, Vector Databases, Tool Calling, Database Architecture and Administration, AI Security, Database Application, Google Cloud Platform, Generative AI Agents, SQL, Databases, Query Languages, Semantic Web, Secure Coding, Embeddings, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic systems
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, LangChain, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic Workflows, Tool Calling, LangGraph, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Multimodal Prompts, Model Context Protocol, Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, Vector Databases, OpenAI API, Model Deployment, Embeddings, Responsible AI, Software Development
Advanced · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months