Free 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.

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

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

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.

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

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.

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

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

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

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

Learn the fundamentals of chemistry and energy, from the types of energy to atomic mass and matter to enthalpy and thermodynamics.

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

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

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.

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.

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

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.

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

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.

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

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