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Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

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

Learn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.

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.

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?

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

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

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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

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

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.

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

This intensive course, developed by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), offers a comprehensive exploration of key topics in stem cell medicine.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

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

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.

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

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

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

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

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

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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