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.

University of Minnesota
Skills you'll gain: Social Determinants Of Health, Scatter Plots, Health Policy, Environmental Science, Data Analysis, Health Equity, Regression Analysis, Systems Thinking, Public Health, Sustainable Development, Health Informatics, Community Organizing, Forecasting, Environmental Policy, Climate Change Adaptation, Data Visualization
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, Javascript and jQuery, Front-End Web Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Event-Driven Programming, Development Environment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Water Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, Water Quality, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Policy, Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental Regulations, Sustainable Development, Environment and Resource Management, Environmental Laws, Community Development, Governance
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Performance Management, Smart Goals, Employee Performance Management, Performance Review, Management Training And Development, People Development, Generative AI Agents, Goal Setting, Performance Analysis, Performance Measurement, Employee Coaching, HR Tech, Workforce Development, Employee Engagement, Constructive Feedback, Driving engagement, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Prompt Engineering, Coaching, Analytics
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Command-Line Interface, Apache, Data Pipelines, Java, Enterprise Application Management, Real Time Data, Distributed Computing, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: SQL, Relational Databases, Database Management, Databases, Database Design, Data Visualization, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Processing, Data Modeling, Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Data Structures, Application Programming Interface (API)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

PepsiCo
Skills you'll gain: Water Sustainability, Water Resource Management, Water Resources, Hydrology, Water Quality, Stormwater Management, Corporate Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, Natural Resource Management, Environment and Resource Management, Supply Chain Management, Economic Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Workforce Planning, Professional Networking, Computer Science, LinkedIn, Talent Sourcing, Technology Strategies, Recruitment, Adaptability, Information Technology, Branding, Continuous Improvement Process, Software Development, Communication
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Mathematical Software, Scripting Languages, Scripting, Statistical Analysis, Software Installation
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, Application Design, User Interface (UI), Program Development, Development Environment, Data Integration
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Content, Social Media Management, Social Media, Content Creation, Social Media Marketing, Content Performance Analysis, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Campaigns, Content Management, Instagram, Drive Engagement, Digital Media Strategy, Content Strategy, Facebook, Brand Management, Customer Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Persistence, JSON, User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Database Development, Databases, Interactive Data Visualization, Debugging, Database Management, Application Development, Mobile Development, Real Time Data, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks