Courses

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

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

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

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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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

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

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

An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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.

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

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

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

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

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

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

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

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

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

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

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

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

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