Courses

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

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

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

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

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.

This is CS50’s introduction to computer science and tech literacy for business professionals.

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

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

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

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

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

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

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

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

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

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

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.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

This intensive course, developed by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), offers a comprehensive exploration of key topics in stem cell medicine.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

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

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

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

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

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.