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

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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 the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

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

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

Learn how to protect your own data, devices, and systems from today's threats.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field 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 Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.

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

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.