13 Best Computational Thinking Courses on Coursera
We compared 13 Computational Thinking courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 9 come from a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, University of California San Diego and University of Michigan. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 13
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 13 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "computational thinking" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Computational Thinking for Problem Solving
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
Computational thinking is the process of approaching a problem in a systematic manner and creating and expressing a solution such that it can be carried out by a computer. But you don't need to be a computer scientist to...
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Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education
Offered by University of California San Diego
In the 21st century, computational thinking is a skill critical for all the world's citizens. Computing and technology is impacting all our lives and everyone needs to know how to formulate problems and express their sol...
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Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking
Offered by University of Michigan
Have you ever heard that computers "think"? Believe it or not, computers really do not think. Instead, they do exactly what we tell them to do. Programming is, "telling the computer what to do and how to do it." Before y...
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Computational Thinking with JavaScript 2: Model & Analyse
Offered by University of Glasgow
This is the second course in the four‑course Computational Thinking with JavaScript Specialization. Building on the foundations from Course 1, the emphasis here is on modelling aspects of the real world using computation...
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Computational Thinking with JavaScript 4: Create & Deploy
Offered by University of Glasgow
This fourth and final course is the capstone of the Computational Thinking with JavaScript Specialization. It builds on everything you have learned so far and supports you in designing, implementing, deploying, and refle...
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Computational Thinking with JavaScript
Offered by University of Glasgow
This Specialization introduces learners to computational thinking, programming logic, and problem-solving using JavaScript. Designed for beginners with little technical background, the program helps learners understand h...
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Computational Thinking with Beginning C Programming
Offered by University of Colorado System
This specialization is designed to let you explore computational thinking and beginning C programming topics, applying those concepts to develop solutions to a variety of practical problems.The first course assumes no pr...
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Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code
Offered by University of Colorado System
This course starts you on your journey learning about computational thinking and beginning C programming. If you’d like to explore how we can interact with the world in a rigorous, computational way, and would also like...
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Introduction to Programming with Python and Java
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
This Specialization starts out by teaching basic concepts in Python and ramps up to more complex subjects such as object-oriented programming and data structures in Java. By the time learners complete this series of four...
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Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose
Offered by Princeton University
The basis for education in the last millennium was “reading, writing, and arithmetic;” now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is an essential part of the education of every student, not just in th...
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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
Offered by Goldsmiths, University of London & University of London
This specialisation covers topics ranging from basic computing principles to the mathematical foundations required for computer science. You will learn fundamental concepts of how computers work, which can be applied to...
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Data Science Foundations
Offered by IBM & University of London
Nearly one in four job postings in the US alone require some data science skills and employers are paying up to 14% more for those skills. (Report : ExcelinEd & the Burning Glass Institute). This powerful specialisation...
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Programming with Scratch
Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Learning coding is not only about understanding the programming language being used, but also developing important computational thinking skills, which are useful for problem solving across many disciplinary areas. In th...
$49.00listed price
Best Computational Thinking Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Computational Thinking for Problem Solving | Coursera | University of Pennsylvania | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education | Coursera | University of California San Diego | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Computational Thinking with JavaScript 2: Model & Analyse | Coursera | University of Glasgow | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Computational Thinking with JavaScript 4: Create & Deploy | Coursera | University of Glasgow | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Computational Thinking with JavaScript | Coursera | University of Glasgow | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Computational Thinking with Beginning C Programming | Coursera | University of Colorado System | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code | Coursera | University of Colorado System | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Introduction to Programming with Python and Java | Coursera | University of Pennsylvania | $79.00 | View → |
| 10 | Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose | Coursera | Princeton University | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Introduction to Computer Science and Programming | Coursera | Goldsmiths, University of London & University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Data Science Foundations | Coursera | IBM & University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Programming with Scratch | Coursera | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 13 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 9 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, University of California San Diego and University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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