Free Courses

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

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

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

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

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

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

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

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

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

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

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

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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