8 Best Systems Thinking Courses on edX
We compared 8 Systems Thinking courses currently listed on edX, priced from $50.00 to $169.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of the Pacific and Imperial College London. 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
- $50.00 – $169.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "systems thinking" 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 $50.00 to $169.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Beyond Systems Thinking
Offered by ETH Zurich
We need cultural and mental transformation to deal with the current global polycrisis. This MOOC is the second of four MOOCs to hybridize science, design, and transformative praxis. This joint learning journey is a fluid...
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Embracing the Whole Person in Social Work
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course will explore trauma and wellness from a holistic, systems approach, emphasizing connections, relationships, strengths-based, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and healing and wellness. Complex problems requi...
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Engineering
Offered by University of the Pacific
This Engineering course provides a solid foundation in core engineering principles. Learners will explore various topics that highlight the application of engineering concepts in real-world scenarios, fostering critical...
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Empathetic Engineer
Offered by Imperial College London
This course will enable learners, especially Hardware, Software and Systems Engineers, to combine technological innovation with a deeply empathic, human-centred approach and generate truly impactful solutions for people,...
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Performance and Motivation at Work
Offered by University of Canterbury
Learn what factors support high performance at work, including systems, processes, and interpersonal relationships, as part of the Organizational Psychology MicroMasters.
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Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society
Offered by KU Leuven
Our society today is facing many challenges: climate change, hunger, inequality,… But what is the current state of these issues? How did we get here? How are all these challenges connected? And what are different possibi...
$59.00listed price -
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Transforming Development: The Science and Practice of Resilience Thinking
Offered by SDG Academy
Explore how concepts from resilience may help us rethink and transform current development practice with Johan Rockström, Michele-Lee Moore and more than 30 instructors worldwide.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditSustainability Leadership Executive Programme
Offered by CISL
Lead with impact: Apply systems thinking to drive sustainable transformation in business and society.
Price on site
Best Systems Thinking Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Beyond Systems Thinking | edX | ETH Zurich | $50.00 | View → |
| 2 | Embracing the Whole Person in Social Work | edX | University of Alaska Fairbanks | $119.00 | View → |
| 3 | Engineering | edX | University of the Pacific | — | View → |
| 4 | Empathetic Engineer | edX | Imperial College London | $150.00 | View → |
| 5 | Performance and Motivation at Work | edX | University of Canterbury | $169.00 | View → |
| 6 | Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society | edX | KU Leuven | $59.00 | View → |
| 7 | Transforming Development: The Science and Practice of Resilience Think... | edX | SDG Academy | — | View → |
| 8 | Sustainability Leadership Executive Programme | edX | CISL | — | 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 5 priced courses on this page run from $50.00 to $169.00, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $119.00. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of the Pacific and Imperial College London — 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.