Courses

Power and Influence for Positive Impact, a Harvard Business School (HBS) Online course, helps individuals develop their own power to gain influence and make an impact.

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.

Experts from Harvard Medical School explain how to recognize risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of cataracts as well as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and AMD (age-related macular degeneration).

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

Taught by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with insights from actor and singer Cynthia Erivo

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

Learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

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.

Gain a systematic approach for delivering standout services and experiences that provide a competitive edge and build customer loyalty in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

To address your physical fitness needs, you’ll want a mix of aerobic, strength training, and balance exercises. Learn how to create an effective workout plan in this special online course.

Taught by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel with insights from actor Michael B. Jordan

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

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

Master the tools and tactics you need to excel in decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management to move your organization forward with this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Make your Entrepreneurial dreams a reality by mastering a proven framework that entrepreneurs use to build and finance new ventures, validate concepts, and refine their strategy in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

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

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

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

Develop the entrepreneurial mindset and toolkit to create a viable, scalable business with minimal data, limited resources, and tight budgets in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

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

Think critically about social questions such as education policy, upward income mobility, and racial disparities, and understand how big data can answer these questions as well as impact policies that lead to improved outcomes around the world.

Learn the fundamentals of chemistry and energy, from the types of energy to atomic mass and matter to enthalpy and thermodynamics.

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.

Lead the strategic response to cyber risk.

Hone your negotiation skills to close deals, maximize value in the agreements you reach, and resolve differences before they escalate into costly conflicts in this online course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Design Thinking and Innovation from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges.

Learn how to effectively use data to tackle your business decisions. Designed for managers, this course provides a hands-on approach for demystifying the data science ecosystem and making you a more conscientious consumer of information.

Gain insight into the sources of back pain through this course. Harvard Health Publishing will provide strategies on how to successfully overcome and eliminate back pain.

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