Courses

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Develop the skills to lead with courage and conviction through challenging times with this free, 35-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson.

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

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

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

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

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

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

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 how a Culture of Health can transform your business by integrating worker, customer, community, and environmental well-being for sustainable success.

Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

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