12 Best Physics Courses on Coursera
We compared 12 Physics courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 6 come from a named university or institution, including University of Virginia, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) and University of California, Irvine. 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
- 12
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "physics" 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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Unity Advanced Game Development, Physics & GUI
Offered by EDUCBA
This specialization equips learners with advanced Unity skills to design physics-driven games, build immersive simulations, and develop interactive GUI systems. Through hands-on projects, you will apply Newtonian mechani...
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How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics
Offered by University of Virginia
An introduction to physics in the context of everyday objects.
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Intro to Acoustics (Part 1)
Offered by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
This course introduces acoustics by using the concept of impedance. The course starts with vibrations and waves, demonstrating how vibration can be envisaged as a kind of wave, mathematically and physically. They are rea...
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Emergent Phenomena in Science and Everyday Life
Offered by University of California, Irvine
Before the advent of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, most scientists believed that it should be possible to predict the behavior of any object in the universe simply by understanding the behavior of its cons...
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The Discovery of the Higgs Boson
Offered by The University of Edinburgh
The discovery of a new fundamental particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN is the latest step in a long quest seeking to answer one of physics’ most enduring questions: why do particles have mass? The experimen...
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Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
Offered by Rice University
This specialization is for learners who are interested in first-year, university-level physics. Through four courses, you will gain a foundation in electromagnetism and circuits including charge, forces, fields, potentia...
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Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change
Offered by The University of Chicago
This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans’ impact on Earth’s climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings to...
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Getting started in cryo-EM
Offered by Caltech
This class covers the fundamental principles underlying cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) starting with the basic anatomy of electron microscopes, an introduction to Fourier transforms, and the principles of image forma...
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9
Unity C# Scripting — Complete C# for Unity Game Development
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...
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Foundations of AI in Game Development
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...
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11
Master Inventory System – Unity 6 & Blender
Offered by Packt
This specialization 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 throug...
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Game Development with MonoGame: 2D & 3D Projects
Offered by EDUCBA
This Specialization provides a complete pathway to mastering game development with MonoGame, covering both 2D and 3D design. Learners begin by installing and configuring the framework, then progress to designing interact...
$49.00listed price
Best Physics 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 12 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. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Virginia, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) and University of California, Irvine — 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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