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

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

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

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

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.

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.

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

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.

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

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

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

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

Show what you’ve learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.

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

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about food molecules and how chemical reactions can affect food texture and flavor.

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

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

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

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.

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

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

Learn how a Culture of Health can transform your business by integrating worker, customer, community, and environmental well-being for sustainable success.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.

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

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