Free Courses

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.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

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

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 Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

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 how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

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?

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

Develop the skills to lead with courage and conviction through challenging times with this free, 35-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson.

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

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

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

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

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

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

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

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

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.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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