Sustainable development courses can help you learn frameworks for social, economic, and environmental progress. You can build skills in policy evaluation, community planning, climate resilience, and measuring development outcomes. Many courses introduce tools for sustainability indicators, data analysis, and impact assessment to support informed decision-making across global contexts.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: TypeScript, Javascript, React.js, Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, Web Development Tools
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Google App Engine, Kubernetes, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Microservices, Cloud Development, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Applications, API Design, Containerization, Cloud Computing, Application Deployment, Cloud Management, Serverless Computing, Terraform, Prompt Engineering, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Deployment
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Skills you'll gain: Employee Engagement, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Social Justice, Compensation Strategy, Case Studies, Compensation and Benefits, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Economic Development, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Governance, Business Modeling, Leadership and Management, Business Transformation, Succession Planning, Research, Business Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Goal Setting, Interviewing Skills, Negotiation, Workforce Planning, Professional Development, Compensation and Benefits, Recruitment, Technical Consulting, Communication, Verbal Communication Skills
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Diagram Design, Data Import/Export, Collaborative Software, Technical Documentation, User Accounts
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Skills you'll gain: Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Infrastructure Architecture, Cloud Management, Program Development, Programming Principles, Cloud Platforms, Data Security, Version Control, File Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidade de São Paulo
Skills you'll gain: Respiration, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology, Behavioral Health, Health Care, Human Development, Biology, Anthropology, Neurology, Physiology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, Human Computer Interaction, Usability Testing, Design Research, Embedded Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Unified Modeling Language, Persona Development
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, LangChain, Large Language Modeling, Embeddings, Query Languages, Vector Databases, Data Storage, Semantic Web, Unstructured Data, Graph Theory
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Social Justice, Environmental Issue, Sustainable Development, Environmental Policy, Health Equity, Environmental Laws, Legal Proceedings, Environmental Regulations, Community and Social Work, Cultural Responsiveness, Community Development, Advocacy, Climate Change Adaptation, Policy Analysis, Research, Collaboration, Case Studies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Software Architecture, .NET Framework, Distributed Computing, Scalability, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object-Relational Mapping, Microservices, Debugging, MongoDB, Data Access, Model View Controller, Performance Tuning, Computer Programming, Maintainability, NoSQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

American Museum of Natural History
Skills you'll gain: Health Disparities, Social Determinants Of Health, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Pathology, Microbiology, Mathematical Modeling, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Cell Biology, Diagnostic Tests, Clinical Trials
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months