Free Courses

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

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.

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 skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

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.

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

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

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

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

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

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

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

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

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

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

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

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

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

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

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.

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

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