Art & Design Courses and Certifications

First Nights - Handel's Messiah and Baroque Oratorio

4 reviews

Discover Handel's Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

First Nights - Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra

4 reviews

Explore Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Harvard University's 3-week course. Learn musical form, analysis, and the symphony's historical context. No prior musical experience needed.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart

4 reviews

Explore 18th-century operas by Handel & Mozart in this 5-week course from Harvard University. Dive into their artistry, history, and cultural impact.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Film Experience (Fall 2013)

5 reviews

This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 21 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

First Nights - Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera

3 reviews

Explore the birth of opera with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in this 3-week course by Harvard University. Learn operatic form, analysis, and history with no prior musical experience required.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Information Design

567 ratings at Coursera

Learn to transform your ideas into beautiful and effective user interfaces. This course covers visual design principles and strategies for creating user interfaces, including typography, layout, color, and more. Offered by University of California, San D…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UX (User Experience) Capstone

50 ratings at Coursera

Gain hands-on UX design experience with a multi-stage project in this 6-week course by the University of Michigan. Learn to conduct research, design, and communicate actionable findings.

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

First Nights - Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

2 reviews

Learn about Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique , an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative "program music."

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Cameras, Exposure, and Photography

6 reviews

Learn the basics of photography, from camera functions to creative framing, in this 4-week course offered by Michigan State University.

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

First Nights - Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots

1 review

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring , one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer, Wagner, & Verdi

1 review

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots , Das Rheingold , and Otello.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to 3D Modeling

Learn 3D modeling with Rhino software in a 4-week course from the University of Michigan. Gain design skills and create your own 3D objects, from basic shapes to complex designs. No prior experience needed.

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UX Design: From Concept to Prototype

263 ratings at Coursera

Explore UX design with the University of Michigan's 6-week course. Learn to transform user needs into compelling experiences through sketching, storyboarding, wireframing, and prototyping.

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing

176 ratings at Coursera

Explore UX research methodologies with the University of Michigan's 8-week course. Learn to design surveys, analyze web data, conduct A/B tests, and report on large-scale user experience studies.

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

User Experience & Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XR

118 ratings at Coursera

Learn to design user experiences for XR technologies with the University of Michigan's 4-week course. Gain a design thinking mindset, create XR applications, and prototype on XR devices.

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)