13 Best Ecology Courses on edX
We compared 13 Ecology courses currently listed on edX, priced from $10.00 to $340.20. 9 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Hong Kong, Maryville University and Tel Aviv 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
- 13
- Price range
- $10.00 – $340.20
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 13 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "ecology" 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 $10.00 to $340.20, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Epidemics I
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary module on COVID-19 and p...
$139.00listed price -
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Bachelor of Science in Sustainability
Offered by Maryville University
The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability focuses on preparing students to understand and address the environmental, social, and economic challenges facing our planet. Through this program, learners can expect to explore...
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Climate Change. The Science Behind the Crisis
Offered by Tel Aviv University
In this course, you will explore the scientific principles underpinning climate change and understand its impacts on our planet. You'll analyze data that highlights the severity of the crisis and discuss potential soluti...
$340.20listed price -
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Introduction to Chesapeake Bay Environmental Science and Sustainability
Offered by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Explore the history, significance, and future of the Chesapeake Bay in this self-paced online course. Learn about key events, stakeholders, environmental challenges, and personal stories that shape the watershed while ex...
$149.00listed price -
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Climate Change in Arctic Environments
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
Learn about climate change in this self-paced online course about the Arctic from America’s Arctic University. This MOOC covers modern climate science and the impacts of climate change across atmospheric, marine, terrest...
$179.00listed price -
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Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice
Offered by The University of Iceland
What do sheep, volcanoes and glaciers have in common? Take this course to see how human land uses, like sheep grazing, over just a few centuries can be an equally strong driving force of landscapes as volcanoes and glaci...
$50.00listed price -
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Environment and Natural Resources 101
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The eight-hour Environment and Natural Resources 101 training course provides learners with an overview of basic environmental knowledge, including how to recognize and report environmental degradation in real-world cond...
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Planetary Boundaries: Breakthrough Science from Frontiers Planet Prize Champions
Offered by Tel Aviv University
Explore the planetary boundaries framework through breakthrough research by Frontiers Planet Prize Champions. Learn how their science drives global solutions for biodiversity, pollution, and climate sustainability.
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Contaminants émergents : pharmaceutiques et pesticides
Offered by Université de Montréal
Nous vous proposons un cours unique portant sur les enjeux reliés à la qualité de l’eau et de l’environnement. Grâce à notre équipe de professeurs et d’experts, vous serez mieux outillés pour comprendre et analyser ces p...
$120.00listed price -
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Introduction to Environmental Science
Offered by Dartmouth College
A scientific study of the natural world and how it is influenced by people. Major topics include: food, energy, human population, biodiversity and global change.
$50.00listed price -
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Tropical coastal ecosystems
Offered by The University of Queensland
Take the challenge and understand problems and solutions to managing tropical coastal ecosystems.
$189.00listed price -
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The Living Amazon: Science, Cultures and Sustainability in Practice
Offered by SDG Academy
Learn about the importance of the Amazon at local and global scales, the threats the region faces, and how sustainable development can help save its extraordinary biodiversity and peoples for current and future generatio...
$49.00listed price -
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Zoologia
Offered by Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Comprendere gli animali e i sistemi naturali, attraverso il filo conduttore dell’evoluzione. Un viaggio da percorrere con l’entusiasmo di un bambino e la professionalità di uno studioso.
$55.00listed price
Best Ecology Courses on edX compared
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 12 priced courses on this page run from $10.00 to $340.20, with the middle of the range around $120.00 — a spread of $330.20. 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. 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 The University of Hong Kong, Maryville University and Tel Aviv University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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