Food science courses can help you learn about food safety, nutrition, sensory evaluation, and food processing techniques. You can build skills in recipe formulation, quality control, and understanding food chemistry. Many courses introduce tools like statistical software for analyzing taste tests, laboratory equipment for testing food properties, and food modeling software to predict shelf life, allowing you to apply these skills in real-world food production and innovation.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Data Integrity, Encryption, Authentications, Information Assurance, Data Security, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Systems Thinking, Strategic Leadership, Leadership, Team Leadership, Team Building, Team Management, Leadership and Management, Visionary, Time Management, Prioritization, Planning, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development, Self-Awareness, Goal Setting, Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Product Demonstration, Web Content, Video Production, Presentations, Marketing Materials, Graphic Design, Data Visualization, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Video Editing, Web Design, Team Oriented, Storytelling, Content Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

New York University
Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Derivatives, Market Liquidity, Finance, Market Dynamics, Risking, Financial Modeling, Market Data, Credit Risk, Machine Learning
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Accident Prevention, Safety and Security, Infrastructure Security, Medical Science and Research, Threat Management, Physical Science, Environmental Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring, Risk Analysis, Physics
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Skills you'll gain: System Design and Implementation, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Computational Logic, Computer Systems, Computer Hardware, Hardware Architecture, Verification And Validation, Algorithms
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Fractal Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, AI Security, Threat Modeling, AI Workflows, Secure Coding, LLM Application, Enterprise Architecture, Generative AI Agents, Security Controls, Interoperability, Agentic systems, Generative AI
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Governance, Marketing Analytics, Data Visualization, Business Analytics, Data Literacy, Accounting, Infographics, Data Management, Data Collection, Data Quality, Data Visualization Software, Internal Controls, Classification Algorithms, Business Analysis, AI Personalization, Analytics, Data Analysis, Power BI, Machine Learning
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: File I/O, C and C++, Communication Systems
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Decision Tree Learning, Data Preprocessing, Data Transformation, Supervised Learning, Feature Engineering, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Classification Algorithms, Model Evaluation, Pandas (Python Package)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Analysis, SPSS (Software), Correlation Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Research Methodologies, Analysis, Data Analysis, Dimensionality Reduction
Mixed · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Fractal Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, AI Enablement, Data Ethics, Large Language Modeling, Technical Communication, Critical Thinking
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks