15 Best Advocacy Courses on edX
We compared 15 Advocacy courses currently listed on edX, priced from $5.00 to $309.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including Columbia University, Harvard University and University of Alaska Fairbanks. 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
- $5.00 – $309.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "advocacy" 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 $309.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Ending Violence Through Human Rights Advocacy
Offered by GRÓ GEST
Learn how to end violence through advocacy. This course explores how violence is shaped by militarisation, inequality, and gender norms, and how global and regional frameworks such as CEDAW and the Women, Peace and Secur...
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Public Health Advocacy Academy
Offered by PHAA
Public health is under attack. Billions of dollars in public health funding have been cut, crucial laws have been revoked–yet public health students aren’t always taught how to understand and create policy change. Until...
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Menstruation in a Global Context: Addressing Policy and Practice
Offered by Columbia University
Recently, menstruation has attracted attention as an important public health issue, resulting in the proliferation of new research, programs, and policies aimed at tackling menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) challenges f...
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Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice
Offered by Harvard University
Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.
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Introduction to Social Work
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This Introduction to Social Work course offers a foundational overview of the field, focusing on the core principles, practices, and ethical considerations involved in social work. You'll explore the various roles social...
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Small States and Leadership
Offered by The University of Iceland
Do you want to learn about leadership in small states? Join our course, where we explore how small states can use clever leadership to transform smallness into an asset when promoting their interests at home and abroad.
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Autism and Neurodiversity: Building Your Child's Strengths
Offered by Curtin University
Learn to recognise concerning behaviours, understand the diagnosis process, create a plan, build on strengths, and successfully advocate for your child.
$99.00listed price -
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Sustainability in Practice: Education, Research and EcoCampus Development
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Learn how to promote sustainability through education, training, and research & innovation on your campus, business park, or public space.
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Nonprofit Skills®: Communications
Offered by MindEdge
The mission of a nonprofit is the driving force behind its existence, and being able to articulate that mission clearly to staff, volunteers, board members, funders, and the general public is imperative to the organizati...
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Master of Social Work
Offered by Case Western Reserve University
The Master of Social Work course provides a deep exploration into the various aspects of social work, preparing students to tackle societal challenges effectively. This program offers insights into theoretical frameworks...
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Doctorate of Social Work
Offered by Simmons University
In the Doctorate of Social Work course on edX, you'll engage with advanced concepts and practices in social work that are essential for addressing social issues and advocating for vulnerable populations. The program is d...
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Bachelor of Social Work
Offered by Maryville University
This Bachelor of Social Work program offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles and practices essential to the field of social work. You'll engage with topics such as human behavior, social welfare policies, an...
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Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution
Offered by Pepperdine University
This Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution explores legal frameworks and strategies for managing conflicts effectively. Participants will gain insight into various dispute resolution mechanisms and enhance their skills in...
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Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War
Offered by Columbia University
Learn about the emergence of women's history and its impact on the study of history as a whole. Then, examine the experiences of women in Colonial America. We will learn the ways that women struggled to loosen the constr...
$50.00listed price -
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We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy
Offered by Harvard University
Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy and understand how to encourage others to explore their own civic paths, while in parallel crafting your own civic voice and identity.
$149.00listed price
Best Advocacy 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 10 priced courses on this page run from $5.00 to $309.00, with the middle of the range around $149.00 — a spread of $304.00. 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 edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Columbia University, Harvard University and University of Alaska Fairbanks — 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 18 September 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.