8 Best History Courses on Coursera
We compared 8 History courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including University of Washington, University of California, Santa Cruz 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
- 8
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "history" 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 $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Ukraine: History, Culture and Identities
Offered by University of Washington
Explore the history, culture and society of the people of Ukraine from the Middle Ages to the present in this introductory course developed by the Ukrainian Institute, educational studio EdEra, and the National Universit...
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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry is an adaptation of an on-campus course that has been co-taught by Murray Baumgarten, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Literature Department)...
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Sports and Society
Offered by Duke University
Sports play a giant role in contemporary society worldwide. But few of us pause to think about the larger questions of money, politics, race, sex, culture, and commercialization that surround sports everywhere. This cour...
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The Making of Modern Ukraine
Offered by Yale University
Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 February 2022, else Ukrainians would not have collectively resisted Russian invasion the next day. What does it mean for a nation to exist? Is this a matter of stru...
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Moneyball and Globalization
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This course will explore baseball’s historical connections to money and globalization, two of the most powerful forces in the modern era. Baseball may be a child’s game, but it has been inextricably intertwined with mone...
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Feminism and Social Justice
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz
"Feminism and Social Justice" is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina Aptheker's long-running course at UC Santa Cruz. In the course, Professor Aptheker presents a broad definition of feminism that serves to...
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Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings
Offered by The Chinese University of Hong Kong
An introductory yet trenchant exploration of select Chinese classic texts that cover the domains of classical literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts.
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Egypt before and after pharaohs.
Offered by Sapienza University of Rome
History of Ancient Egypt. Before and after the Pharaohs: From the birth of the State (c. 3000 BCE) to the early Christian communities (4th century CE).
$49.00listed price
Best History Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Ukraine: History, Culture and Identities | Coursera | University of Washington | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry | Coursera | University of California, Santa Cruz | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Sports and Society | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Making of Modern Ukraine | Coursera | Yale University | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Moneyball and Globalization | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Feminism and Social Justice | Coursera | University of California, Santa Cruz | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings | Coursera | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Egypt before and after pharaohs. | Coursera | Sapienza University of Rome | $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 8 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. 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. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Washington, University of California, Santa Cruz and Duke 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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