Free Courses

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

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

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

Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics.

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

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

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

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.

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

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.

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.

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

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about food molecules and how chemical reactions can affect food texture and flavor.

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!