15 Best Positive Psychology Courses Online
We compared 15 Positive Psychology courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $24.99 to $249.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Colorado Boulder. 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
- $24.99 – $249.00
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "positive psychology" 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 $24.99 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Foundations of Positive Psychology
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman welcome you to Foundations of Positive Psychology. Our five-course specialization provides you with the key theories and research in the field of positive psych...
$79.00listed price -
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Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
Learn how to incorporate resilience interventions into your personal and professional life with Dr. Karen Reivich. In this course, you are exposed to the foundational research in resilience, including protective factors...
$99.00listed price -
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Specialist Certificate in Positive Psychology
The Specialist Certificate in Positive Psychology course is our introductory training program to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to apply Positive Psychology techniques.It is designed around the model o...
$124.99listed price -
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Positive Psychology
Offered by American Psychological Association
In this course you will learn about positive psychology, the scientific study of how psychological states, such as happiness, and character strengths, such as optimism and gratitude, contribute to well-being. You will le...
$129.00listed price -
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Positive Psychology: Mastering Resilience & Mindfulness
From Stress to Flourishing: A Science-Backed CourseAre you tired of feeling like your mind never stops?Stress builds. Anxiety creeps in. You know something needs to change — but where do you even start?This course gives...
$24.99listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditPositive Psychology and Well-Being: The Psychological, Biological, and Social Aspects of Happiness
Offered by Stanford Medicine
Harness the science of happiness to live a more meaningful and abundant life.
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The Career Design Lab: Change your Job, Change your Life
Offered by University of California, Santa Cruz
If your work isn’t fulfilling, now is the time to change direction and design a life you love. This course is for people at any life stage who want a job they enjoy and a career aligned with their values. If you’re langu...
$49.00listed price -
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Creating an Intentional Life: Attention, Values, and Purpose
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Creating an Intentional Life equips learners with evidence-based frameworks for designing a life aligned with their values, reclaiming attention in a distraction-driven world, and leading themselves with clarity and purp...
$49.00listed price -
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Build Healthy Habits With Latest Neuroscience Research
Offered by Alex Genadinik
Learn fundamental and Scientific ways of looking at habits, and learn about concepts like habit strength, discipline, procedural memory identity-based goals, and Neuroplasticity as they relate to building strong and heal...
$49.00listed price -
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Let’s Get Happy: Happiness Drives Performance
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
Great leaders, create great culture, which yields great work: G3. Leadership requires skills and is in greater demand. Are you ready to lead when the call comes? Would you like to refresh your leadership skills? If so, t...
$249.00listed price -
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Be an Agent for Positive Change: Positivity Strategies
Be an Agent for Positive Change: Positivity StrategiesThis course is designed for those of you who are ready to amp up your leadership and show your passion about bringing positive changes to the world, and you're experi...
$189.99listed price -
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Stop and Spot your Negative Self Talk
Feeling overwhelmed by the inner critic? Does negative self-talk hold you back from experiencing the joy of parenthood? "Spot and Stop Negative Self-Talk" is your empowering guide to silencing self-doubt and building a m...
$39.99listed price -
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Mental Health and Wellness Practitioner (Certificate Course)
This Mental Health and Wellness training offers an in-depth exploration into the attitudes and positive psychology that enable people to live mentally healthy lives. Rather than focusing on human pathology, this course e...
$169.99listed price -
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Integrative Meditation | Level 1
Are you ready to revolutionise your mental and emotional wellbeing?Integrative Meditation is more than just a relaxation technique; it’s a comprehensive framework designed to enhance your life by rewiring your brain thro...
$49.99listed price -
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Anger & Stress Management Boot Camp for Success in Life
This anger & stress management course is designed to awake your self-consciousness, it will ignite a fire of self-actualization. You will gain control over your anger and you will be deciding when you want to be angr...
$94.99listed price
Best Positive Psychology Courses Online 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 14 priced courses on this page run from $24.99 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $94.99 — a spread of $224.01. 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, Udemy and edX. 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. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Colorado Boulder — 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.