15 Best Social Justice Courses on edX
We compared 15 Social Justice courses currently listed on edX, priced from $5.00 to $597.00. 12 come from a named university or institution, including University of California, Berkeley, Hamad Bin Khalifa University and University of Alaska Fairbanks. 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
- $5.00 – $597.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 31 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "social justice" 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 $5.00 to $597.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Writing for Social Justice
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
Learn to harness the power of writing to bring about about personal, social, and political changes that matter.
$169.00listed price -
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Beyond Diversity: Navigating the DEI Landscape in These Challenging Times
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
This course offers a deep exploration into the complexities of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in today's challenging landscape. You'll engage with contemporary issues and learn effective strategies for fostering...
$597.00listed price -
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Education for Sustainable Development and Peace
Offered by Hamad Bin Khalifa University
This course focuses on Education for Sustainable Development and Peace, exploring how education can contribute to a more sustainable and peaceful world. It delves into key concepts and practices that can help foster sust...
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Introduction to Social Work
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course is an introduction to the profession of social work and the human services delivery system. It examines the historical development of social work focusing on the knowledge, values, and skills that characteriz...
$119.00listed price -
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UNESCO course on Teaching and learning about violent pasts
Offered by SDG Academy
This UNESCO course helps educators teach about histories of violence to help towards building cultures of peace, empathy, and global citizenship. Through eight interactive modules, explore key concepts and pedagogical st...
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Policy and Management of Modern Energy Systems
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Gain insight into the technology, economics, governance, management, and justice of the energy system and its current transitions to combat climate change so you can take appropriate decisions and design feasible, fair p...
$185.00listed price -
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Ending Violence Through Human Rights Advocacy
Offered by GRÓ GEST
Learn how to end violence through advocacy. This course explores how violence is shaped by militarisation, inequality, and gender norms, and how global and regional frameworks such as CEDAW and the Women, Peace and Secur...
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Master of Social Work
Offered by Case Western Reserve University
The Master of Social Work course provides a deep exploration into the various aspects of social work, preparing students to tackle societal challenges effectively. This program offers insights into theoretical frameworks...
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Doctorate of Social Work
Offered by Simmons University
In the Doctorate of Social Work course on edX, you'll engage with advanced concepts and practices in social work that are essential for addressing social issues and advocating for vulnerable populations. The program is d...
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Doing Gender and Why it Matters
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Understand gendered realities through an in-depth consideration of "sex" and "gender" as cultural, social and legal phenomena impacting society and how they interact with structures of power and violence using an interdi...
$99.00listed price -
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Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Offered by Columbia University
Examine how Indigenous Peoples have been contesting norms, institutions and global debates in the past 50 years, and how they have been re-shaping and gradually decolonizing these systems at international and national le...
$50.00listed price -
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Paths to Peace and Conflict: From the Body to the International
Offered by The University of Iceland
Do you want to strengthen your understanding of peace and conflict processes? Join our course, where we explore peacebuilding with an inclusive and intersectional lens to shed light on ways we can strengthen peace proces...
$79.00listed price -
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Foundational Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Offered by University of California, Riverside
Our DEI course consists of six comprehensive modules, each designed to deepen your understanding and skills in various aspects of diversity work.
$65.00listed price -
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Providing Harm Reduction Services for Drug Users and Sex Workers
Offered by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Learn the professional and methodological competencies for working with drug users and sex workers according to the principles of human rights.
$129.00listed price -
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Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
Offered by University of British Columbia
Advancing reconciliation in classrooms, organizations, and communities through the teaching and learning of Indigenous ways of knowing.
$75.00listed price
Best Social Justice Courses on edX 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 12 priced courses on this page run from $5.00 to $597.00, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $592.00. 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. 12 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of California, Berkeley, Hamad Bin Khalifa University and University of Alaska Fairbanks — 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 31 August 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.