6 Best Society Courses on edX
We compared 6 Society courses currently listed on edX, priced from $39.00 to $267.30. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Stellenbosch University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and RWTH Aachen 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
- 6
- Price range
- $39.00 – $267.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "society" 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 $39.00 to $267.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Media and Digital Policy in Africa
Offered by Stellenbosch University
This course explores the intricate landscape of media and digital policy within Africa, focusing on how digital technologies influence governance, society, and economics in the region. You'll gain insight into the challe...
$88.20listed price -
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Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and Interaction
Offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
This course explores the rich tapestry of Chinese culture, examining its traditions, transformations, and the interactions that have shaped it over time. You'll gain insights into how historical events and modern influen...
$267.30listed price -
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Facettenreicher Islam – Religionswissenschaft
Offered by RWTH Aachen University
In diesem MOOC soll ein solides Basiswissen über den Islam vermittelt werden. Dabei geht es aber nicht nur um Basisthemen wie „Die fünf Säulen des Islams“ oder „Die sechs Glaubensartikel“, sondern auch um Themen wie „Isl...
$59.00listed price -
4
The Evolution of Civilization
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
What made our species succeed? Why did we grow our own food or settle in towns? How did we escape high child mortality and poverty? Will we run out of resources? What’s our future? Explore these in this short course, The...
$50.00listed price -
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Religion und Naturwissenschaft
Offered by RWTH Aachen University
Der Kurs analysiert die Herausforderungen, die sich aus den Erkenntnissen der modernen Naturwissenschaften für religiöse Überzeugungen ergeben, und beschreibt so gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse der Moderne.
$39.00listed price -
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Global Politics
Offered by Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Join us on a cosmopolitan adventure through politics, society, conflict and nature, and ask yourself, as we look to the future of humanity, whether there is one global order that is sufficiently complex to be both lastin...
$49.00listed price
Best Society Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Media and Digital Policy in Africa | edX | Stellenbosch University | $88.20 | View → |
| 2 | Chinese Culture: Tradition, Transformation and Interaction | edX | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | $267.30 | View → |
| 3 | Facettenreicher Islam – Religionswissenschaft | edX | RWTH Aachen University | $59.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Evolution of Civilization | edX | The University of Hong Kong | $50.00 | View → |
| 5 | Religion und Naturwissenschaft | edX | RWTH Aachen University | $39.00 | View → |
| 6 | Global Politics | edX | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | $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 6 priced courses on this page run from $39.00 to $267.30, with the middle of the range around $59.00 — a spread of $228.30. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Stellenbosch University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and RWTH Aachen University — 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.