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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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.

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

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

This is CS50’s introduction to computer science and tech literacy for business professionals.

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

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 to use R programming to apply linear models to analyze data in life sciences.

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

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

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

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.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

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

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

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.