Courses

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

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

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

Learn how to create, read, update, and delete data with relational databases.

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

Explore the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

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

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

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

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

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

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

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

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

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

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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

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!

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

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

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

Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics, with the engaging “Fat Chance” approach that’s made this course a favorite among learners worldwide.

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

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

Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.