Courses

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

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

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

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

Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.

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

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

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

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

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!

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

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

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

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

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

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 about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

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

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