Courses

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

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

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

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

Power and Influence for Positive Impact, a Harvard Business School (HBS) Online course, helps individuals develop their own power to gain influence and make an impact.

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Build a viable, valuable tech venture that can profitably scale in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

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

Build a foundational understanding of AI concepts with this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

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

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

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

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

Learn how businesses thrive and grow while simultaneously solving some of the world's biggest challenges in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.