Free Courses

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

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

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

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

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

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

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

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

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

Learn salary negotiation techniques with this free, 15-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson taught by Mike Wheeler of Negotiation Mastery.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

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

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Sentar las bases de conocimiento en R y aprender a discutir, analizar y visualizar datos.

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

Develop the skills to lead with courage and conviction through challenging times with this free, 35-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson.

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

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