Courses

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

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

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.

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.

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Sentar las bases de conocimiento en R y aprender a discutir, analizar y visualizar datos.

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

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed, to control and eliminate malaria.

Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.

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

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

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

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

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.

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

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

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

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

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

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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

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

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

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