25 Best Humanities Courses Online
We compared 25 Humanities courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $29.00 to $299.00. 18 come from a named university or institution, including University of Zurich, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Harvard 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
- 25
- Price range
- $29.00 – $299.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 25 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "Humanities" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
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 $29.00 to $299.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
Offered by University of Zurich
In this course, featuring many researchers from the University of Zurich and international institutions, we will introduce you to some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, p...
$49.00listed price -
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Classics of Chinese Humanities: Guided Readings
Offered by The Chinese University of Hong Kong
An introductory yet trenchant exploration of select Chinese classic texts that cover the domains of classical literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts.
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China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
Offered by Harvard University
Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.
$149.00listed price -
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Manga Drawing Basic Course / Story Writing & Storyboarding
Offered by Japan Animation & Manga College
* There are no feedback from the pros in this course.In this course, the members challenge themselves to create original manga based on the Japanese folklore, "Momotaro".We had Kei Natsumi-sensei, a manga artist, draw a...
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Supplementary University Approved Certificate Course
Offered by Colombo Achievers University
This course includes the courses of the semester that bears its name and the module of that semester.To complete our entire Faculty of Psychology, a total of 8 semesters, normally over 4 years, ends in as little as 2.5 y...
$84.99listed price -
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Literature Case Studies in Drug Discovery
Offered by Davidson College
Once a person understands the ideas of drug efficacy, potency, pharmacokinetics, and safety, original research articles can be readily understood. The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Chemical Society regul...
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Language, Proof and Logic
Offered by Stanford University
The ability to reason is fundamental to human beings. Whatever the discipline or discourse it is important to be able to distinguish correct reasoning from incorrect reasoning. The consequences of incorrect reasoning can...
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Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print
Offered by Harvard University
This course expands the definition of the “book” to include scrolls and albums, focusing on the reading experience of a variety of formats in Japan. You will begin by examining rare and beautifully preserved manuscripts...
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Understanding Religious Symbolism
Offered by Seoul National University
Understanding Religious Symbolism This course aims to provide a broader and deeper understanding of how religious people have thought and practiced by introducing basic theories of religious symbolism and by demonstratin...
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Capstone: Bringing it all together
Offered by University of Cambridge
Having completed the seven other courses in the MicroMasters in Writing for Performance and Entertainment Industries, this course gives you the opportunity to put it all together. The course webinar will focus on the ass...
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Living at the Nuclear Brink
Offered by Stanford University
I have been living at the nuclear brink for all of my adult life, and throughout my career in academia, private industry, and the U.S. government, I have dealt first-hand with the evolving nuclear threat. Nuclear weapons...
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Building your Screenplay
Offered by University of Cambridge
Learn to strengthen you skills as a screenwriter, while diversifying your knowledge and understanding of the demands of global film and TV production. Find out how to become a powerful visual story-teller; understand how...
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Cosmology
Offered by University of Cambridge
Cosmology explores the origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe. In this course, learners investigate the evidence for the Big Bang, the expansion of space, and the relic radiation of the Cosmic Mi...
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Intro to the Arctic
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In this course you will first learn about the Arctic as a geographic region, the peoples the Arctic, and the long history of Arctic settlement and exploration. Attention then turns to key features of the Arctic environme...
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Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively
Offered by Duke University
Want to solve a murder mystery? What caused your computer to fail? Who can you trust in your everyday life? In this course, you will learn how to analyze and assess five common forms of inductive arguments: generalizatio...
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Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
Offered by Duke University
By taking Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking you will improve your ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and also to constr...
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Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most
Offered by University of Michigan
Welcome to Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most! In this course, you’ll learn how science, philosophy and practice all play a role in both finding your purpose and living a purposeful life. Y...
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Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively
Offered by Duke University
Deductive arguments are supposed to be valid in the sense that the premises guarantee that the conclusion is true. In this course, you will learn how to use truth-tables and Venn diagrams to represent the information con...
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Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan
Offered by The University of Tokyo
This course explores how Japanese painters, poets, novelists, and photographers of the nineteenth century collaborated to depict 'real life,' a practice distinct from their European contemporaries. Learners will gain a c...
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Intellectual Change in Early China: Warring States and Han
Offered by The Chinese University of Hong Kong
This sequence of four courses will propose a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Chinese cultural history conceived of as a succession of modes of rationality (philosophical, bureaucratic, and economic). The focu...
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Teaching Reluctant Writers
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
All educators will encounter students who struggle with writing. This course first focuses on the reasons student writers may be reluctant and then provides learners with a variety of strategies and practices to help rel...
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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...
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Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious
Offered by The University of Edinburgh
A challenging but fascinating topic on the way to achieving self-knowledge is the unconscious. For well over a century, psychologists, philosophers, and many others have posited a level of mentality that is not immediate...
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Searching for the Grand Paris
Offered by Sciences Po
What is the reasoning for the Grand Paris? What does the transformation of the relationship between Paris and its suburbs imply? “Searching for the Grand Paris” is an original MOOC featuring accounts from residents, asso...
$49.00listed price -
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After the Arab Spring – Democratic Aspirations and State Failure
Offered by University of Copenhagen
Learn why the hope and excitement of the Arab Spring is gone, why so many Arab states are falling apart, why the youth are so frustrated, why there are so many refugees, and what can be done about it. The so-called Arab...
$49.00listed price
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