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      University of Michigan

      User Experience Research and Design

      Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, Surveys, Qualitative Research, Usability Testing, User Experience Design, User Research, User Experience, User Story, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Centered Design, Survey Creation, Sampling (Statistics), Design Research, Interaction Design, Ideation, A/B Testing, Conceptual Design, Web Analytics, User Interface (UI)

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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      The University of Sydney

      Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Business Modeling, Product Design, Service Design, Product Development, Business Strategy, Strategic Communication, Market Research, Corporate Strategy, User Feedback, Product Testing, Customer Insights

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Generative AI as a Learning Design Partner

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Ideation, Education Software and Technology, ChatGPT, Instructional Design, Persona Development, Artificial Intelligence, Design, Design Strategies, Content Creation, Data Ethics, Creative Design, Professional Development, Information Privacy

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      56 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      The Museum of Modern Art

      Fashion as Design

      Skills you'll gain: Cultural Diversity, Aesthetics, Innovation, Design, Art History, Environmental Issue, Research, Sociology, Design Thinking, Creativity, World History

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      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Fundamentals of UI/UX Design

      Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Centered Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Research, Information Architecture

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      350 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IE Business School

      Making Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Architectural Design, Storytelling, Creativity, Design Thinking, Design Elements And Principles, Photography, Design

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Graphic Design

      Skills you'll gain: Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Design, Visual Design, Typography, Adobe InDesign, Design Reviews, Adobe Photoshop, Design Elements And Principles, Peer Review, Color Theory, Editing, Creativity

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding

      Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Browser Compatibility, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Javascript, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Verification And Validation, Web Development, Web Design and Development, Interactive Design, Application Frameworks, Usability, Code Review, Event-Driven Programming

      4.7
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Google

      Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate

      Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Persona (User Experience), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Story, Usability, User Research, Human Factors, Human Centered Design, Ideation, User Flows, Competitive Analysis, Mockups

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Alberta

      Software Design and Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Model View Controller, Unified Modeling Language, Object Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, API Design, Systems Architecture, Web Services, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Microservices, Restful API, Software Visualization, Code Review, Solution Architecture, Software Systems, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Java

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      California Institute of the Arts

      Introduction to Game Design

      Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity, Peer Review

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Blueprint to Brilliance Through Interior Design

      Skills you'll gain: Architectural Design, Design, Design Strategies, Design Elements And Principles, Creativity, Systems Of Measurement, Aesthetics, Spatial Analysis, Project Management

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      138 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular design courses

    • User Experience Research and Design: University of Michigan
    • Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship: The University of Sydney
    • Generative AI as a Learning Design Partner: University of Michigan
    • Fashion as Design: The Museum of Modern Art
    • Fundamentals of UI/UX Design: Microsoft
    • Making Architecture: IE Business School
    • Graphic Design: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding: University of Michigan
    • Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate: Google
    • Software Design and Architecture: University of Alberta

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