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Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

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.

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

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

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

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

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

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.