Best social science Courses Online
We compared 12 Social Science courses currently listed on Coursera and edX, priced from $49.00 to $219.00. 6 come from a named university or institution, including University of Amsterdam, University of Michigan and University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan. 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.
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Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences
Offered by University of Amsterdam
Identify interesting questions, analyze data sets, and correctly interpret results to make solid, evidence-based decisions. This Specialization covers research methods, design and statistical analysis for social science...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Social Science Experiments
Offered by ISSE
This course offers an accessible introduction to social science experiments. The course is designed for students with a limited background in statistics or social science. Although such background is helpful, the lecture...
$150.00listed price -
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Qualitative Research Methods
Offered by University of Amsterdam
In this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social science. You will learn about data collection, description, analysis and interpretation in qualitative research. Qualitat...
$49.00listed price -
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People, Technology and the Future of Mobility
Offered by University of Michigan
Welcome to the People, Technology, and the Future of Mobility course! This course provides a lay-person’s introduction to some of the major technological innovations currently underway in the mobility space and asks lear...
$49.00listed price -
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Survey Data Collection and Analytics
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan
This specialization covers the fundamentals of surveys as used in market research, evaluation research, social science and political research, official government statistics, and many other topic domains. In six courses,...
$49.00listed price -
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Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action
Offered by University of Michigan
Are you concerned about climate change? Would you like to learn how to address and respond to this challenge? If so, this course is for you. Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action is intende...
$49.00listed price -
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Classical Sociological Theory
Offered by University of Amsterdam
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will offer the participants an introduction into the most important classical sociological readings between the 18th and 20th century. Highly influential social science scholars, su...
$49.00listed price -
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Optimizing Diversity on Teams
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
By drawing on social science perspectives, this course enables you to learn what diversity is, and how to use it to maximize team performance, innovation and creativity. You also learn how to draw out the collective wisd...
$99.00listed price -
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Climate Change and Global Affairs
Offered by Council on Foreign Relations
Climate Change and Global Affairs: Navigating a Warming World is a three-course specialization created by the Council on Foreign Relations. By completing this self-guided series, you will understand the natural and human...
$49.00listed price -
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Managing Happiness
Offered by Harvard University
Managing Happiness encourages you to explore the science of happiness, allowing you to find your truest self. Through cutting-edge survey tools, the best research, and trends in social science, positive psychology, neuro...
$219.00listed price -
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Methods for Quantitative Research in Psychology
Offered by American Psychological Association
This is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in psychology, data analysis, and quantitative research methods along with high school students and professionals with similar interests.
$49.00listed price -
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The Psychology of Criminal Justice
Offered by The University of Queensland
Learn how behavioural science can improve our criminal justice system.
$99.00listed price
What the prices here tell you
The 12 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $219.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $170.00. 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 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. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Amsterdam, University of Michigan and University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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