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Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

An introduction to programming using Python, a popular language for general-purpose programming, data science, web programming, and more.

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

Explore the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

Learn how to protect your own data, devices, and systems from today's threats.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

This intensive course, developed by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), offers a comprehensive exploration of key topics in stem cell medicine.

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

Learn about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed, to control and eliminate malaria.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.

This course introduces learners to Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) through the lens of TinyML (Tiny Machine Learning). Learners explore best practices to deploy, monitor, and maintain (tiny) Machine Learning models in production at scale.