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Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

Learn the significance of electrochemistry, understanding how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.

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.

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

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.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

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

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

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

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

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.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

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

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

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

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

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.

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

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

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

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.

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