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 Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Scaled Agile Framework, Systems Engineering, Scrum (Software Development), Agile Methodology, Agile Project Management, Kanban Principles, Business Leadership, Process Driven Development, Unified Modeling Language, Backlogs, Scalability, Engineering Management, Organizational Change, Waterfall Methodology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Project Design, Program Evaluation, Project Management Life Cycle, Process Flow Diagrams, Project Management, Diagram Design, Project Management Software, Program Development, Agile Methodology
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Data Pipelines, Scripting, Computer Programming, Data-oriented programming, Scripting Languages, Software Engineering
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Skills you'll gain: Public Safety and National Security, Security Management, Program Evaluation, Governance, Social Justice, Social and Human Services, Policy Analysis, Policy Development, Public Policies, Criminal Investigation and Forensics, Community Development, Social Sciences
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Azure, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Cloud Applications, Cloud Development, Cloud Deployment, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Active Directory, Cloud Services, Identity and Access Management, Application Development, Data Store, Application Deployment, Authentications, Data Integration, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Storage, Debugging, Data Persistence, File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Web Design, Web Design and Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Animations, Typography, Color Theory
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Database Design, Workflow Management, Project Management Software, Client Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Productivity Software, Project Management, Collaborative Software, Process Improvement and Optimization
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Social Determinants Of Health, Health Promotion, Food Safety and Sanitation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition and Diet, Policy Development, Health Policy, Public Policies, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universitat Politècnica de València
Skills you'll gain: SQL, MySQL, Database Management, Relational Databases, Databases, Database Systems, Database Design, Database Development, Query Languages, Oracle SQL Developer, Secure Coding, Data Access, Data Manipulation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, JUnit, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Java, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Java Programming, Software Architecture, Model View Controller, Data Modeling, Conceptual Design
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Skills you'll gain: Caregiving, Care Management, Home Health Care, Long Term Care, Compassion, Patient Education and Support, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Stress Management, Chronic Diseases, Emotional Intelligence, Adaptability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Postman API Platform, Flask (Web Framework), MySQL, Databases, Software Versioning, Software Development, Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks