Free Courses

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

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.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

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

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

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

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

Learn inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Learn salary negotiation techniques with this free, 15-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson taught by Mike Wheeler of Negotiation Mastery.

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

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.

Focusing on the basics of machine learning and embedded systems, such as smartphones, this course will introduce you to the “language” of TinyML.

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

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

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

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

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

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

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.

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

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

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

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