Free Courses

Discover how pathogen genomics informs public health decisions and practice.

Learn inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.

Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

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

An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.

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.

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

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

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

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

Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.  

This course picks up where CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

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

Explore how genomic patterns help us understand infectious disease transmission.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

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

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

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

Learn the significance of electrochemistry, understanding how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.