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Humanities
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Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.
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Free*
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Data Science
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Data Science: R Basics

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.
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Education & Teaching
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Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 
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Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
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Business
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Business Transformation through a Culture of Health

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

Learn the significance of electrochemistry, understanding how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.
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Humanities
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Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 
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Science
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Energy Within Environmental Constraints

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.
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Free*
Duration
10 weeks long
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Humanities
Online

Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.
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Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
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Humanities
Online

Invasions, Rebellions, and the Fall of Imperial China

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.
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Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
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Humanities
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China and Communism

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.
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Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
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Social Sciences
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HKS Executive Education Faculty Webinar: Machine Learning for Leaders

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.
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Free*
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Health & Medicine
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Building Personal Resilience: Managing Anxiety and Mental Health

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.
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Free*
Duration
6 weeks long
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Social Sciences
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CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.
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Free*
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Business
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Remote Work Revolution for Everyone

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.
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Data Science
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Principles, Statistical and Computational Tools for Reproducible 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.
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Free*
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Computer Science
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Fundamentals of TinyML

Focusing on the basics of machine learning and embedded systems, such as smartphones, this course will introduce you to the “language” of TinyML.
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Free*
Duration
5 weeks long
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Humanities
Online

Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.
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Free*
Duration
10 weeks long
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Humanities
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China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.
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Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
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Education & Teaching
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Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Interventions

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.
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Free*
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Mathematics
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Data Analysis: Basic Probability and Statistics

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.
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Free*
Duration
7 weeks long
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Science
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Energy to Electrochemistry Final Exam

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  
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Free*
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Art & Design
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18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni
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Free*
Duration
3 weeks long
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Social Sciences
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We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.
Price
Free*
Duration
7 weeks long
Registration Deadline
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Data Science
Online

Data Science: Linear Regression

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
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Social Sciences
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U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.
Price
Free*
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Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

A Darkening Horizon: Nuclear Dangers Around the World with Matthew Bunn

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Data Science
Online

Causal Diagrams: Draw Your Assumptions Before Your Conclusions

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.
Price
Free*
Duration
9 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Data Science
Online

Data Science: Inference and Modeling

Learn inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Shanghai
Humanities
Online

Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
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Business
Online

Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.
Price
Free*
Duration
7 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now

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