15 Best Functional Programming Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Functional Programming courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $29.00 to $79.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including University of Washington. 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
- $29.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 5 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "functional programming" 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 $29.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Functional Programming in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Discover how to write elegant code that works the first time it is run. This Specialization provides a hands-on introduction to functional programming using the widespread programming language, Scala. It begins from the...
$49.00listed price -
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Programming Languages, Part C
Offered by University of Washington
[As described below, this is Part C of a 3-part course. Participants should complete Parts A and B first -- Part C "dives right in" and refers often to material from Part A and Part B.] This course is an introduction to...
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3
Introduction to Python and Google Colab Fundamentals
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...
$49.00listed price -
4
Learn React Hooks: Build a Tic Tac Toe Game
Offered by Scrimba
In this comprehensive course, you will build a functional game using React components, gaining hands-on experience with key concepts in web development. The lessons cover the creation of both simple and advanced componen...
$49.00listed price -
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Java Coding Problems
Offered by Packt
Modern Java continues to evolve with powerful language features, APIs, and runtime improvements that enable developers to build more maintainable, efficient, and scalable applications. This Specialization provides a stru...
$49.00listed price -
6
Lodash Essentials 2026 - Practical Utility Library Guide
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...
$49.00listed price -
7
Effective Programming in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Scala is an expressive, versatile, and safe programming language. In this course, you will learn how to get the most out of Scala to solve common programming tasks such as modeling business domains, breaking down complex...
$79.00listed price -
8
Learn Spring Boot in 100 Steps - Beginner to Expert
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now 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 yo...
$49.00listed price -
9
Scala Fundamentals
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...
$49.00listed price -
10
Learn Java from Scratch - A Beginner's Guide
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...
$49.00listed price -
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Parallel programming
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
With every smartphone and computer now boasting multiple processors, the use of functional ideas to facilitate parallel programming is becoming increasingly widespread. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of pa...
$79.00listed price -
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Advanced JavaScript
Offered by LearnKartS
You know basic JavaScript. But as projects grow, things start breaking in ways you cannot explain. This course helps you move from writing JavaScript to building with it confidently. Here is what you will build skills in...
$49.00listed price -
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Apply Java Programming & Maven Build Automation
Offered by EDUCBA
This Specialization provides a comprehensive, hands-on pathway to mastering Java programming and Maven-based build automation for real-world application development. Learners progress from core Java fundamentals and obje...
$49.00listed price -
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Advanced Programming in Kotlin
Offered by Meta
In this course, you will expand your Kotlin fluency by exploring the advanced concepts used by many Kotlin programmers. You will learn the more advanced features of Kotlin that are required to build a robust, functional...
$49.00listed price -
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Functional Program Design in Scala
Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
In this course you will learn how to apply the functional programming style in the design of larger Scala applications. You'll get to know important new functional programming concepts, from lazy evaluation to structurin...
$79.00listed price
Best Functional Programming Courses on Coursera 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Washington — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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