Free Courses

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

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

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.

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

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

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

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

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

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

An introduction to programming using Python, a popular language for general-purpose programming, data science, web programming, and more.

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

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.

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

Sentar las bases de conocimiento en R y aprender a discutir, analizar y visualizar datos.

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

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

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.