Courses

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

Explore how genomic patterns help us understand infectious disease transmission.

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

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

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

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

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

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

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

This course introduces learners to Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) through the lens of TinyML (Tiny Machine Learning). Learners explore best practices to deploy, monitor, and maintain (tiny) Machine Learning models in production at scale.

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

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

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

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

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

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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.

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

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

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

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

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

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.

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

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

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