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15 Best Decision Making Courses for Beginners

We compared 15 Decision Making courses currently listed on edX, Coursera and Udemy, priced from $9.99 to $270.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including Delft University of Technology, Stanford University and Duke University. 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
15
Price range
$9.99 – $270.00
Providers
edX, Coursera, Udemy
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Coursera, Udemy, matched to "decision making" 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 $9.99 to $270.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Introduction to Structured Expert Judgment

    Offered by Delft University of Technology

    Don't let the absence of data or the lack of appropriate data affect your decision-making. In this introductory course you will discover the theory behind Structured Expert Judgment.

    $270.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to the Natural Capital Project Approach

    Offered by Stanford University

    People depend on nature to sustain and fulfill human life, yet the values of nature are typically ignored in decisions. Mapping and modeling ecosystem services can help highlight the diverse benefits provided to people b...

    $69.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

    Offered by Duke University

    By taking Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking you will improve your ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and also to constr...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This course introduces students to the science of business analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide businesses and managers with the foundatio...

    $79.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This specialization targets learners who seek to understand the opportunities that data and analytics present for their organization and those interested in the value of and implications for data as an asset to their org...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B University-backed

    Introduction to Psychology

    Offered by Yale University

    What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, pro...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Optimization

    Offered by Seoul National University

    A self-contained course on the fundamentals of modern optimization with equal emphasis on theory, implementation, and application. We consider linear and nonlinear optimization problems, including network flow problems a...

    $54.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Heat Treatment Fundamentals for Beginners

    This course introduces you to the practical world of heat treatment, emphasizing real-world applications over dense theory. You'll engage with challenges that simulate real industrial scenarios, helping you understand ho...

    $24.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to AI Governance

    You worked hard to develop a collection of AI models and now you are ready to deploy them. Before you rush to deploy your application, let me ask you important questions.How do we sense and interpret a poorly working AI...

    $39.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Trader masterclass for beginners 5/4 Indicators in practice

    Indicators are mathematically based tools that place some kind of signal on or below the price chart and help us make trading decisions. There are many types of indicators. We will learn some of them that are most often...

    $19.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    Introduction to Behavioural Finance

    Offered by State Bank of India

    Behavioural Finance is not just another branch of finance. It is the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of human beings in their financial decision-making. It helps us in studying its subsequent effects...

    $99.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    The Complete C# Programming Course for Beginners

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C Lowest price here

    Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible

    Offered by Amazon Web Services

    The Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible course introduces the concept, use cases, and the importance of generative AI in a business context. This course focuses on business leaders and other decision-make...

    $9.99
    listed price
  14. 14
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Introduction to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Offered by University of California, Riverside

    The solid foundation provided in this introductory course in SEL teaches you how to help students practice self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, self-control, responsible decision making, and develop authent...

    $59.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Introduction to Probability Management

    Offered by Stanford University

    Probability management is the discipline of communicating and calculating uncertainties as auditable data arrays called Stochastic Information Packets or SIPs. This course provides a basic introduction to the subject.

    $109.00
    listed price

Best Decision Making Courses for Beginners compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Introduction to Structured Expert J... edX Delft University of Technology $270.00 View →
2 Introduction to the Natural Capital Project Approach edX Stanford University $69.00 View →
3 Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Coursera Duke University $49.00 View →
4 Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $79.00 View →
5 Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $49.00 View →
6 Introduction to Psychology Coursera Yale University $49.00 View →
7 Introduction to Optimization edX Seoul National University $54.00 View →
8 Heat Treatment Fundamentals for Beginners Udemy $24.99 View →
9 Introduction to AI Governance Udemy $39.99 View →
10 Trader masterclass for beginners 5/4 Indicators in practice Udemy $19.99 View →
11 Introduction to Behavioural Finance edX State Bank of India $99.00 View →
12 The Complete C# Programming Course for Beginners Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
13 Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible Coursera Amazon Web Services $9.99 View →
14 Introduction to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) edX University of California, Riverside $59.00 View →
15 Introduction to Probability Management edX Stanford University $109.00 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $270.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $260.01. That is a wide gap for one subject. 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 edX, Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Delft University of Technology, Stanford University and Duke University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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