Courses

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

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

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

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.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

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

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

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

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

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

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

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

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

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

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

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

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.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

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

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

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

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.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.