7 Best TCP Courses for Beginners
We compared 7 TCP courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $9.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Royal Holloway, University of London & University of 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
- 7
- Price range
- $9.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to this topic 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 $9.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Computer Security
Offered by Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London
The purpose of this short four-week course is to introduce the topic of computer system security. We initially look at a short basic introduction to computer system core components and functions and then extend this to c...
$49.00listed price -
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Junos Fundamentals: JNCIA-Junos Certification Guide
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...
$49.00listed price -
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Networking Fundamentals and Protocols
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...
$49.00listed price -
4
Introduction to Data Networks and the Internet - Bachelor's
Offered by Illinois Tech
This course covers current and evolving data network technologies, protocols, network components, and the networks that use them, focusing on communication to and from the Internet and Local area networks. Course content...
$49.00listed price -
5
Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems and Hardware 1b
Offered by Illinois Tech
In this course, you will study the fundamental concepts involved in interconnecting devices for communications. You will also explore protocols, network hardware, and network services. The career skills acquired in this...
$49.00listed price -
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WebSockets Mastery - Beginner to Advanced
WebSockets is a low latency duplex communication running on TCP between a client-server model which allows easy communication and programming of real-time applications like online games and chat. In this course, we'...
$199.99listed price -
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Wireshark for Beginners: Capture Packets
Offered by Coursera
In this Guided Project, Wireshark for Beginners: Capture Packets, learners will take on the role of a novice security analyst helping a company detect certain network traffic on their server by capturing and analyzing we...
$9.99listed price
Best TCP Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Introduction to Computer Security | Coursera | Royal Holloway, University of London & University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Junos Fundamentals: JNCIA-Junos Certification Guide | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Networking Fundamentals and Protocols | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Data Networks and the Internet - Bachelor's | Coursera | Illinois Tech | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems and Hardware 1b | Coursera | Illinois Tech | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | WebSockets Mastery - Beginner to Advanced | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 7 | Wireshark for Beginners: Capture Packets | Coursera | Coursera | $9.99 | 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 7 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $190.00. 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 Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Royal Holloway, University of London & University of 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.