Free Courses

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

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

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

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

This course picks up where CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.

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.

This course introduces learners to Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) through the lens of TinyML (Tiny Machine Learning). Learners explore best practices to deploy, monitor, and maintain (tiny) Machine Learning models in production at scale.

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

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

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

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

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

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

Expand your learning of chemistry and thermodynamics by exploring entropy, free energy, and equilibrium.

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.

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

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

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.

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

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