Free Courses

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

Learn how to protect your own data, devices, and systems from today's threats.

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

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

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

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

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

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.

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

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

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

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

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

Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics, with the engaging “Fat Chance” approach that’s made this course a favorite among learners worldwide.

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

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

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

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

Learn to use R programming to apply linear models to analyze data in life sciences.

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

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

Learn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.

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

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

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

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