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If you’ve looked into taking a class online, odds are good you’ve run into Udemy. The popular e-learning site has around 204,000 courses on topics spanning everything from character drawing to machine learning.
Unlike competitors like Coursera or Skillshare, Udemy lets you purchase individual courses rather than pay a monthly subscription fee for access. (Though, if you prefer, you can also try its $29.99/month subscription plan to access over 6,000 select courses.)
Udemy courses typically include hours of self-paced video, articles, downloadable resources, and a certificate of completion — with lifetime access to the materials, even after you finish the course. And if you buy a course and aren’t satisfied, it can be refunded within 30 days of purchase.
Although listed prices can look daunting, frequent sales mean Udemy courses can often be purchased at a much lower cost, typically ranging from $12-$30, so it’s worth checking back if a course is currently listed at its original price. Thanks to these sales, Udemy is actually one of the most affordable online learning options.
Buy or gift the course for $139.99
Students: 1,596,834
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Udemy’s Python Bootcamp teaches you how to use Python 2 and Python 3 professionally. You learn how to create games with Python and object-oriented programming. Complex topics like decorators, the Jupyter Notebook, and .py files are also covered.
Buy or gift the course for $129.99
Students: 1,088,690
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
This course is built to take you from beginner to Excel pro. Using Microsoft Excel 2010, 2013, 2016, Excel 2019, and Office 365, students learn how to create everything from dynamic reports with PivotTables to dynamic formulas with IF, VLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH functions.
Buy or gift the course for $84.99
Students: 892,267
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This course teaches students how to create machine learning algorithms in Python and R from two data science experts. Students learn which machine learning model to use for each type of problem as well as how to handle advanced techniques like Dimensionality and Reduction.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 816,808
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
This Web Developer Bootcamp teaches web development such as HTML, CSS, JS, Node, and more. Students learn how to write Javascript functions and web apps with full authentication, translate between jQuery and vanilla JS, and use NodeJS to write server-side JavaScript.
Buy or gift the course for $119.99
Students: 747,534
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
The Web Development Bootcamp will teach you how to build a website. Students learn how to use Node for backend development, React for frontend development, and learn frameworks and technologies such as Javascript ES6, Bootstrap 4, and MongoDB. By the end, they should have a portfolio of websites to apply for junior developer jobs.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 702,117
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
This digital marketing course covers strategies, social media marketing, SEO, YouTube, email tactics, Facebook marketing tricks, and analytics that can help grow a business online. It’s meant to be suitable for various businesses, including digital products, physical products, services, B2B, and B2C.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 674,269
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Even if you have no prior programming experience, this JavaScript bootcamp walks you through all the fundamentals of Java (variables, if/else, operators, boolean logic, functions, arrays, objects, loops, strings, and more) and gives you six projects to complete for your portfolio.
Buy or gift the course for $129.99
Students: 622,416
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
For those with some JavaScript knowledge, this beginner, 40+ hour React.js course teaches you how to develop fast, reactive web apps using React code.
Buy or gift the course for $89.99
Students: 618,951
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
For anyone interested in learning how to build web apps, this course shows you how to use Angular 12 to build responsive, complex web applications and explore a front-end developer career.
Buy or gift the course for $94.99
Students: 524,778
Ratings: 4.6 out of 5
This data science bootcamp covers mathematics, statistics, Python, advanced statistics in Python, and machine and deep learning to master data science.
Buy or gift the course for $159.99
Students: 560,289
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
This course requires no prior technical experience and gives students the skills they need to add SQL and PostgreSQL to their resumes. Students learn how to use SQL to query a database and perform data analysis.
Buy or gift the course for $129.99
Students: 519,066
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This course teaches students ethical hacking and security, starting from a beginner’s level and working up to high-intermediate. Students use hacking tools such as Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, and SQLmap. They learn how websites work, how to exploit web application vulnerabilities, and how to secure systems from all the attacks shown.
Buy or gift the course for $119.99
Students: 488,677
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This drawing course teaches students how to draw and how to think about drawing. Students learn how to sketch the human face and figure as well as imaginary objects. The course also shows how to focus on fundamentals, realistic light and shadow, and perspective drawings.
Buy or gift the course for $109.99
Students: 446,781
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Taught by Chris Haroun, venture capital and start-up advisor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, this course is meant to condense an MBA into a single Udemy class. (Note: Taking this class does not amount to an official MBA or degree).
Students learn about macro- and micro-economics, investment banking firms, management consulting firms, and how venture capital works. They also get experience creating financial models from scratch and analyzing company financials.
Buy or gift the course for $109.99
Students: 429,499
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
If you’ve always been interested in game design, this in-depth intro course teaches you the C# programming language from scratch and assigns you playable game projects to directly practice what you learned (and eventually add to your portfolio or website).
Buy or gift the course for $159.99
Students: 354,004
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Pianoforall is designed to take you from a beginner to an intermediate level in piano in just weeks instead of years. Students learn to both read sheet music and play by ear.
Buy or gift the course for $159.99
Students: 307,670
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
This photography masterclass teaches you translatable skills like how the camera truly works, basic photography rules to compose great images, and tips for taking better photos with smartphones.
Buy or gift the course for $129.99
Students: 277,887
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
This drawing course focuses specifically on characters. Students use both traditional pencils and digital art tools to draw faces, hands, and bodies as well as characters from games, films, animation, manga, comics, and more.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 274,124
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Learn how to use Blender to create 3D models for video games, 3D printing, animation, and more, starting with the principles of modeling with basic colors.
Buy or gift this course for $124.99
Students: 255,942
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This course teaches you how to build and design business intelligence reports using Microsoft Power BI tools, from turning data into presentable dashboards to using AI visuals.
Buy or gift the course for $174.99
Students: 255,687
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This course helps beginners quickly master chords, scales, and guitar theory. Students learn how to play songs step-by-step and sharpen their chord transitioning, strumming, fretting, picking, and fingerpicking.
Buy or gift the course for $84.99
Students: 240,445
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Also taught by venture capital and Stanford start-up advisor Chris Haroun, this course helps students learn how to manage a portfolio, build financial models, pick stocks, and more.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 174,801
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
This course focuses on how to effectively build a brand or business on Instagram. Learn key skills like how to drive sales and garner long-term engagement.
Buy or gift the course for $149.99
Students: 168,179
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
This course teaches you how to perform Reiki sessions. Students learn the history of Reiki and how it’s changed over time, different methods for performing Reiki at a distance, and how to heal unwanted patterns to manifest goals.
Buy or gift the course for $169.99
Students: 167,706
Rating: 4.7 out of 5 (21,308 ratings)
The ultimate graphic design course, this masterclass covers Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and design theory (typography, color theory, layout, etc), along with branding and logo design. Students also learn a few of the upcoming design trends for 2022 and how to implement them.
Buy or gift the course for $129.99
Students: 148,100
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
This life-coaching class teaches students a practical life-coaching process that can be used for career and relationship goals. It also shows students how to structure sessions with other people.
Buy or gift the course for $109.99
Students: 95,588
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Complete with all the relevant, up-to-date information you’ll need to pass the 2022 AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam, this 14.5-hour course is for students who already passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and have AWS experience.
Buy or gift the course for $109.99
Students: 83,653
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Students learn digital painting techniques and how to create concept art in this course, learning character design, color theory, and more.
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