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.

Peking University
Skills you'll gain: Sensory Systems Analysis, Electrophysiology, Neurology, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Cell Biology, Psychiatry, Behavioral Health, Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pain Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Sensory Systems Analysis, Experimentation, Product Testing, Acceptance Testing, Laboratory Testing, Laboratory Research, Laboratory Experience, Laboratory Procedures, Case Studies, Research Design, Employee Training, Data Collection, Research Reports, Data Analysis, Recruitment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Health Equity, Health Disparities, Social Determinants Of Health, Nutrition and Diet, Health Policy, Public Health, Food and Beverage, Policy Development, Public Policies, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Social Justice, Program Evaluation, Advocacy
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Text Mining, Unstructured Data, Big Data, Datamaps, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Preprocessing, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Technical Writing, Algorithms
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard Creation, Data Presentation, Data Wrangling, Plotly, Data Visualization Software, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Plot (Graphics), Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Model Evaluation, Data Science, Programming Principles, File I/O, Python Programming, Machine Learning
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Clinical Data Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Clinical Research, R (Software), Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Medical Privacy, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, Clinical Research Ethics, Database Design, Clinical Informatics, Data Quality, Natural Language Processing, grep, Informatics, Text Mining, Data Processing, R Programming
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Environment, Environmental Issue, Environmental Science, Environment and Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Biology, Hydrology, Life Sciences, Climate Change Programs, Water Quality, Pollution Prevention, Physical Science, Systems Thinking, Energy and Utilities, Chemistry
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Mining, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Data Science, Digital Transformation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Materials science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Physical Science
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

IBM
Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard Creation, Data Presentation, Data Wrangling, Plotly, Data Visualization Software, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, SQL, Plot (Graphics), Dashboard, Unsupervised Learning, Interactive Data Visualization, Jupyter, Model Evaluation, Data Literacy, Generative AI, Professional Networking, Programming Principles
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Environment, Environmental Issue, Environmental Science, Demography, Energy and Utilities, Environment and Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Biology, Hydrology, Life Sciences, Climate Change Programs, Water Quality, Land Management, Nutrition and Diet, Oil and Gas, Pollution Prevention, Petroleum Industry, Sustainable Systems, Electric Power Systems, Nutrition Education
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: SQL, Jupyter, Data Literacy, Data Mining, R (Software), Data Modeling, Database Management, Relational Databases, Stored Procedure, R Programming, Model Deployment, Databases, Data Science, Big Data, Query Languages, GitHub, Software Development Tools, Data Visualization Software, Cloud Computing, Python Programming
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months