Free Courses

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.

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.

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

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

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.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

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

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

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

Explore how genomic patterns help us understand infectious disease transmission.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

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.

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.

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 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.

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.

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

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

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

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

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

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 probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.