20 Best Environmental Science MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online
We compared 20 Environmental Science courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $5.00 to $333.00. 16 come from a named university or institution, including O.P. Jindal Global University, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. 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
- 20
- Price range
- $5.00 – $333.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 20 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "Environmental Science" 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 $5.00 to $333.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Environmental Science
Offered by O.P. Jindal Global University
Explore the science behind the environment and develop a deeper understanding of the challenges shaping our planet. Introduction to Environmental Science is designed for learners interested in environmental studies, sust...
$49.00listed price -
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Foundations of Environmental Science: Measuring and monitoring our planet
Offered by Chalmers University of Technology
This course explores the critical aspects of environmental science, focusing on how we measure and monitor our planet's systems. You'll delve into methodologies used to assess environmental conditions and learn about the...
$268.20listed 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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Foundational Field Skills for Earth and Environmental Sciences
Offered by University of Canterbury
This course focusses on the proficiency of fundamental field skills required for most graduate degrees and entry-level jobs in the earth and environmental sciences. The course combines instructional demonstrations and sc...
$129.00listed price -
5
Tree Pruning: Principles and Practice for Healthy Trees
Offered by Transdisciplinary University
Pruning is one of the most commonly performed — and most commonly misunderstood — tree management activity worldwide. This course gives you a science-based foundation for making good pruning decisions, from the first cut...
$19.99listed price -
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Industrial Biotechnology and Industrial Fermentation
Offered by Delft University of Technology
This course delves into the fascinating world of industrial biotechnology and fermentation processes, offering insights into how these technologies can be applied in various industrial contexts. You'll explore the fundam...
$333.00listed price -
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Emotional Resilience and the Ecological Self
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Emotional Resilience and the Ecological Self explores the range of emotional and psychological responses people experience due to the ecological and climate crises and connects the importance of emotional granularity, po...
$75.00listed price -
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Environmental Impact Assessment
Offered by Adelaide University
This course focuses on providing environmental professionals, including consultants, local government employees, developers, law firms, and environmental engineers, with a comprehensive understanding of environmental imp...
$165.00listed price -
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Earth Principles; The Web of Life
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Earth Principles; The Web of Life examines the interconnected environmental operating systems that govern the planet and introduces key environmental and climate challenges related to planetary boundaries. This course al...
$75.00listed price -
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Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains - Word Development Report 2020
Offered by World Bank Group
Global value chains (GVCs) now account for almost half of all international trade. In this age of global value chains, learn how GVCs can become more sustainable and inclusive. Explore the ways in which countries can wor...
$5.00listed price -
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(Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Port city regions are at the forefront of many urgent contemporary issues such as migration, climate change, digitization, etc. Addressing these challenges and developing sustainable solutions, requires more than technic...
$169.00listed price -
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[DOD] Geospatial Science in the Arctic Domain
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course focuses on a range of remote sensing, geospatial data, and geospatial science applications in the Arctic and Antarctic domain and polar regions. Based on a brief introduction of fundamental remote sensing pri...
$189.00listed price -
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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...
$69.00listed price -
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Islamic Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Offered by Islamic Development Bank Institute
Islamic Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals Explore the foundations and principles of Islamic finance from the perspective of sustainable development. Did you know that the financing gap in developing countries...
$119.00listed price -
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Regenerative Materials and Construction
Offered by ETH Zurich
The MOOC Regenerative Materials (ReMat) introduces regenerative sustainability approaches into construction, providing an overview of alternative construction materials and techniques. It focuses on solutions suitable fo...
$50.00listed price -
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Eaux, villes et changements climatiques
Offered by Polytechnique Montréal
Vous vous intéressez aux enjeux de l’eau en contexte de changements climatiques? Ce cours, alimenté par les interventions d’une vingtaine de spécialistes de Polytechnique Montréal et de partenaires, apporte un éclairage...
$75.00listed price -
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Worldviews - From Sustainability to Regeneration
Offered by ETH Zurich
This MOOC is the first part of an interconnected series of four MOOCs on Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems (DRRS) which bring together science, design and transformative praxis as a fluid, intervention-based and s...
$50.00listed price -
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The Hidden Side of Energy Access: Clean Cooking
Offered by World Bank
This course is based on the World Bank’s “The Hidden Side of Energy Access: Clean Cooking”. This course explores the hidden side of energy access by uncovering the reality that over 4 billion people around the world curr...
$5.00listed price -
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Sustainable Corporate Financing: Application
Offered by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
The course “Sustainable Corporate Financing – Applications” emphasizes sustainability from the perspectives of equity, debt, and bank financing. Participants will gain in-depth insights on which financing options and con...
$189.00listed price -
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Resilience in the Anthropocene
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Resilience in the Anthropocene covers the basics of environmental and climate threats and the impacts we experience and must overcome through inner and community resilience building. It also explains the science behind t...
$75.00listed price
Best Environmental Science MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online 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 20 priced courses on this page run from $5.00 to $333.00, with the middle of the range around $75.00 — a spread of $328.00. 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 Coursera, edX 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. 16 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including O.P. Jindal Global University, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science — 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.