Social Movements Courses and Certifications

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Between the Market and the State (Live Online)

32 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the complex role of non-profit organizations within capitalist societies, examining their history, structures, and impact on social justice and inequality.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

Communication for Social Change

Critically examine how power, context, social movements, and digital interventions shape communication for social change—from India’s RTI movement to community-led infrastructures.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Indigenous Peoples' Rights

7 ratings at edX

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 internati

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Hyderabad;  UGC

Environmental Sociology

1 rating

Examines how social structures, environmental movements, resource governance, and theories of risk and sustainability shape human–nature relations, with an Indian perspective.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Available until Oct 26, 2026
• Free Online Course

Labour History

71 ratings at iversity

History is about shaping the future: analyse how labour movements confronted democracy, dictatorship, migration and capitalist crises, and allied with other social movements.

• iversity
• 5 hours 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The Future is Public

23 ratings at iversity

Examine the quality and accessibility of public services in health, energy, transport and water, and how trade unions and social movements resist commercialisation.

• iversity
• 3 hours 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Social psychology and politics

17 ratings at OpenLearn

Why are social psychologists interested in politics, and how can they help us understand things like social movements, protest and activism? This free course, Social psychology and politics, moves ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Global Social Change

Learn how everyday people in China, Bangladesh, Mexico, and the U.S. transform the world around them and advocate for social change.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

MSO-004: Sociology in India

Explore Indian society through the development of sociology in India and changing caste, family, class, tribal, religious, and social dynamics.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

MGPE-008 Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution

Explore Gandhi’s principles of truth and non-violence alongside dialogue, mediation, and satyagraha for resolving conflicts.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

MSO-003: Sociology of Development

Compare modernization, Marxian, Gandhian, dependency, and sustainable development perspectives on how societies change.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Victoria University of Wellington

Restorative Justice and Practice: Emergence of a Social Movement

Learn about the history and impact of restorative justice in Aotearoa New Zealand and its relevance to you.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Politics in India: Contemporary Issues

Explore contemporary Indian politics through institutional change, social movements, inclusion, secularism, identity, national integration, and nation-building.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 12, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Introductory Rural Sociology: Continuity and Change

An introduction to rural sociology examining continuity and change through caste, class, peasant economies, agrarian change, and farmer movements in India.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Tribal Studies in India: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches

Explores interdisciplinary approaches to tribal communities in India, connecting social organization, colonial and postcolonial politics, rights, narratives, development, and globalization.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course