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

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

An introduction to programming using Python, a popular language for general-purpose programming, data science, web programming, and more.

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

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

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

Explore the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

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.

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

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

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

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

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

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

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 inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.

Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.

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

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

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

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

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.

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

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

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

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.