10 Best Science Communication Courses on Coursera
We compared 10 Science Communication courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 5 come from a named university or institution, including Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 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
- 10
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 10 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "science communication" 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 $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Science Communication: Communicating Trustworthy Information in the Digital World
Offered by Erasmus University Rotterdam
In a world of information overload, how does one find reliable information? Science is supposed to be the answer to our society's complicated challenges. However, as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted, not understanding w...
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Data-Driven Animation for Science Communication
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz
In this course each student will create a scientific animation that tells a story with data to better communicate scientific results – along the way they will learn programming, science writing, and technical animation s...
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3D Data Visualization for Science Communication
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course is an introduction to 3D scientific data visualization, with an emphasis on science communication and cinematic design for appealing to broad audiences. You will develop visualization literacy, through being...
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The Softer Side of Science Communication
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In this course, you will continue to explore how to develop and implement evidence-based methods for science communication. Here we’ll be looking at the softer but no less important side of science communication. We’ll c...
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The Harder Side of Science Communication
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In this course, you will explore how to develop and implement evidence-based methods for science communication. We’ll discuss major theories of human learning, cognitive phenomena like bias and motivated reasoning that c...
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Designing Effective Science Communication
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Evidence-based effective science communication is increasingly necessary. In this specialization, learn how to engineer science communication activities using evidence from the learning sciences. We'll also discuss best...
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How Science Turns Data Into Knowledge
Offered by University of Michigan
How Science Turns Data Into Knowledge teaches you how to evaluate scientific claims critically, address experimental limitations, and recognize the roles of trust and responsibility within research. During the course, yo...
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Biology Everywhere
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Where have you experienced biology today? Journey through the science of life through the lens of our daily lives. This specialization is intended to bridge the gap between traditional biology classes and the practical b...
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Understanding Data: Navigating Statistics, Science, and AI
Offered by University of Michigan
Understanding Data: Navigating Statistics, Data, and AI equips you with the knowledge to engage with data from a more nuanced perspective and increase your impact as a decision-maker in an increasingly data-driven world....
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The Solar System
Offered by American Museum of Natural History
This course provides an overview of what we know about the Solar System: how it began and evolved, its components and their properties, and how these elements interact as a system. However, much of our knowledge remains...
$49.00listed price
Best Science Communication Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Science Communication: Communicating Trustworthy Information in the Di... | Coursera | Erasmus University Rotterdam | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Data-Driven Animation for Science Communication | Coursera | University of California, Santa Cruz | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | 3D Data Visualization for Science Communication | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $79.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Softer Side of Science Communication | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | The Harder Side of Science Communication | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Designing Effective Science Communication | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $79.00 | View → |
| 7 | How Science Turns Data Into Knowledge | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Biology Everywhere | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Understanding Data: Navigating Statistics, Science, and AI | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | The Solar System | Coursera | American Museum of Natural History | $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 10 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. 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. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — 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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