Free Courses

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

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

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

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

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

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.

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

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise?

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

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

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

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

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!

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

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

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

Learn how to create, read, update, and delete data with relational databases.

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

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.