Free Courses

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

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

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

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

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

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.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

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

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

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

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.

This course picks up where CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

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

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

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

Show what you’ve learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

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

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

Learn to use machine learning in Python in this introductory course on artificial intelligence.

Explore the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

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

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