Computer graphics courses can help you learn 2D and 3D modeling, rendering techniques, animation principles, and visual effects. You can build skills in texture mapping, lighting design, and character rigging, along with understanding color theory and composition. Many courses introduce tools like Blender, Adobe After Effects, and Unity, showing how these applications are used to create immersive visual experiences in gaming, film, and virtual reality.

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Creative Cloud, Editing, Data Import/Export, Graphic and Visual Design, Color Theory
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Ajax, Javascript, Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Development, Development Environment, Web Development Tools, Web Design and Development, JSON, Web Applications, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Scripting, Browser Compatibility, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Event-Driven Programming, User Experience Design
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Restful API, Web Services, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Data Manipulation, Software Installation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Computer Programming, Data Structures, General Mathematics, Computer Graphics, Arithmetic, Trigonometry, Graphing, Linear Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Algorithms
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Premiere, Video Production, Video Editing, Adobe Creative Cloud, Post-Production, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Editing, Image Analysis, Content Creation, Music, Data Import/Export, Graphic and Visual Design, Color Theory
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Animations, File Management
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Washington
Skills you'll gain: Software Installation, Programming Principles, Other Programming Languages, Functional Design, Computer Programming, Ruby (Programming Language), Theoretical Computer Science, Software Design, Computational Thinking
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Excel Macros, Programming Principles, Visual Basic (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Spreadsheet Software, Problem Solving, Automation, Algorithms, Debugging, Data Management, Data Cleansing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Plot (Graphics), Swift Programming, Apple iOS, Interactive Data Visualization, Apple Xcode, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Color Theory, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Animations, Data Management, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Network Analysis, Data Structures, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Algorithms, Mathematical Theory & Analysis, Theoretical Computer Science, Program Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Java Programming, Java, File I/O, Eclipse (Software), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment, Software Design, Computer Programming, Application Frameworks, Programming Principles, Virtual Machines, Web Development, Data Persistence, Debugging, Package and Software Management, Data Structures
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AutoCAD, Architectural Drawing, Architectural Design, Engineering Drawings, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Computer-Aided Design, Building Design, Technical Drawing, Drafting and Engineering Design, Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Structural Analysis, Functional Design, Traffic Flow Optimization, Building Codes, Spatial Analysis, Safety Standards
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks