Engineering Courses for Beginners
Beginner engineering courses can help you learn basic principles of mechanics, electrical systems, and materials science, along with essential problem-solving techniques. You can build skills in project planning, technical drawing, and basic programming, which are crucial for engineering tasks. Many courses introduce tools like CAD software for design, simulation programs for testing prototypes, and programming languages for automation, showing how these skills and tools work together in real-world engineering projects.
Popular Beginner Engineering Courses and Certifications
Status: Free TrialUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Model Based Systems Engineering, Failure Analysis, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Requirements Management, Scope Management, Design Reviews, Project Scoping, Root Cause Analysis, Program Management, Requirements Analysis, User Requirements Documents, Test Engineering, Cost Management, Contract Management, Systems Design, Business Requirements, Systems Thinking, Project Risk Management, Risk Management
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Context Management, Decision Making
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Software Design, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design Patterns, Development Environment, Unified Modeling Language, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Application Deployment, Programming Principles, Front-End Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Software Documentation, Computer Programming, Python Programming
Status: Free TrialRice University
Skills you'll gain: Project Scoping, Communication Planning, Cost Management, Scope Management, Project Estimation, Project Schedules, Earned Value Management, Scheduling, Team Management, Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Management, Work Breakdown Structure, Risk Management, Organizational Structure, Procurement, Project Risk Management, Project Documentation, Requirements Management, Project Management, Planning
Status: Free TrialArizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Drawings, Prototyping, Product Design, Product Development, Hardware Design, Research and Design, Design Specifications, Ideation, User Feedback
Status: Free TrialVanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Productivity, OpenAI, AI Enablement, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, Creativity, Problem Solving, Context Management, Verification And Validation
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Status: Free TrialKhalifa University
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Management Systems, Environment Health And Safety, Environmental Monitoring, Accident Reporting, Safety Training, Fire And Life Safety, Accident Prevention, Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER), Environmental Regulations, Occupational Health, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Laws, Environmental Resource Management, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Environmental Engineering and Restoration, Risk Analysis, Environment and Resource Management, Engineering Management, Engineering
Status: Free TrialDartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Structural Analysis, Structural Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Building Design, Vibrations, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Construction, SketchUp (3D Modeling Software), Mechanics, Engineering Analysis, Engineering Calculations, Mathematical Modeling, Engineering Design Process, Design, Simulation and Simulation Software, Experimentation, Materials science, 3D Modeling
Status: PreviewUniversity of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Management, Requirements Elicitation, Product Lifecycle Management, Problem Solving, Product Design, Product Development, Engineering Practices, New Product Development, Product Requirements, Conceptual Design
Status: Free TrialStatus: AI skillsSkills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, NoSQL, Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Web Scraping, Database Administration, Apache Hadoop, Database Design, Relational Databases, Linux Commands, Data Pipelines, SQL, IBM Cognos Analytics, Database Management, Generative AI, Professional Networking, Data Import/Export, Python Programming, Data Analysis, Data Science
Status: Free TrialUniversity of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Mechanics, Engineering, Physics, Trigonometry, Calculus, Chemical Engineering, Mathematical Modeling, Electrical Power
Status: Free TrialStatus: AI skillsSkills you'll gain: User Story, Cloud Deployment, CI/CD, Software Development Life Cycle, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Continuous Integration, Istio, Linux Commands, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Deployment, Test Driven Development (TDD), Kubernetes, Restful API, Git (Version Control System), DevOps, Grafana, Software Engineering, Data Import/Export, Application Development
What brings you to Coursera today?
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular engineering courses
- Introduction to Systems Engineering:Â University of Colorado Boulder
- Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics:Â IBM
- Introduction to Software Engineering:Â IBM
- Engineering Project Management:Â Rice University
- Engineering and Product Design Processes:Â Arizona State University
- Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT:Â Vanderbilt University
- Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Engineering:Â Khalifa University
- The Engineering of Structures Around Us:Â Dartmouth College
- Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design:Â University of Leeds
- IBM Data Engineering:Â IBM
