Free Courses

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.

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

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

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

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

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?

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

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

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

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

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

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

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

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

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

Learn to use machine learning in Python in this introductory course on artificial intelligence.

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

Learn about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

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.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.