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Art & Design
Online

First Nights: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”
Price
Free*
Duration
3 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Entropy and Equilibria
Science
Online

Entropy and Equilibria

Expand your learning of chemistry and thermodynamics by exploring entropy, free energy, and equilibrium.
Price
Free*
Duration
10 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Science
Online

Human Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Cases

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.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Health & Medicine
Online

Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost, and Access: Current Controversies in Context

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract

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?
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
CS50G
Programming
Online

CS50's Introduction to 2D Game Development

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.
Price
Free*
Duration
12 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
Ting qin tu ti poem song dynasty
Humanities
Online

Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

Nonprofit Financial Stewardship Webinar: Introduction to Accounting and Financial Statements

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Humanities
Online

Structure and Function of Argument: Introduction to Critical Thinking

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Art & Design
Online

Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.
Price
Free*
Duration
3 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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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.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
CS50x
Programming
Online

CS50: Introduction to Computer Science

An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.
Price
Free*
Duration
5 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Science
Online

Energy to Electrochemistry Final Exam

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  
Price
Free*
Duration
4 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Health & Medicine
Online

Foundations II: Technical Introduction to Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology: Mutations, Transmission, and Phylogenetics

Explore how genomic patterns help us understand infectious disease transmission.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Humanities
Online

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.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Illustrated page of Hindu scripture
Humanities
Online

Hinduism Through Its Scriptures

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.
Price
Free*
Duration
4 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
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
Business
Online

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.
Price
Free*
Duration
3 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online

U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Business
Online

Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Opens May 27
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Business
Online

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.
Price
Free*
Duration
9 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
CS50B
Computer Science
Online

CS50's Computer Science for Business

This is CS50’s introduction to computer science and tech literacy for business professionals.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Data Science
Online

Data Science: Probability

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
Price
Free*
Duration
8 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
A neuron
Science
Online

Fundamentals of Neuroscience Final Exam

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Humanities
Online

Buddhism Through Its Scriptures

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.
Price
Free*
Duration
4 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Health & Medicine
Online

Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.
Price
Free*
Duration
5 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Health & Medicine
Online

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed, to control and eliminate malaria.
Price
Free*
Duration
11 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Mathematics
Online

Calculus Applied!

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.
Price
Free*
Duration
10 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now

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