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

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

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

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

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

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.

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.

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

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

Learn the fundamentals of chemistry and energy, from the types of energy to atomic mass and matter to enthalpy and thermodynamics.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

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.

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

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

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

Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

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

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

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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 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.

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”