Courses

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

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

Join Join Jeff Speck, author of the best-selling Walkable City, for a comprehensive two-day course on the most effective arguments, techniques, and tools for reshaping places in support of walking, biking, and transit.

Explore the ways in which CRISPR is disrupting sectors across the economy with Harvard VPAL.

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

Elevate your leadership skills to take your organization to the next level in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Thrive in the age of digital platforms in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

This multi-course program from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will help you develop a digital-first mindset and learn critical skills you can use to elevate your career and advance your organization’s strategic goals.

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

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

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

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

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

Taught by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel with insights from actor Michael B. Jordan

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

This highly interactive and experiential executive program is designed to train executive leadership development professionals from around the world, including consultants, teachers and trainers.

With an extensive array of lectures, case discussions, and board preparation sessions, this CME program is the most comprehensive review of internal medicine offered by the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School.

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

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.

Taught by Harvard Faculty Jody Freeman with insights from comedian and actor Amy Poehler

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.

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.

Stay ahead of the rapidly expanding options to help patients with stroke, SCI, TBI, and functional and degenerative neurological diseases.

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

Discover library design best practices, tour a world-famous library, and apply your new learnings in group design exercises.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

Data Science and AI Principles is a Harvard Online course that gives you an overview of data science and AI systems with a nearly code- and math-free introduction to prediction, causality, visualization, data wrangling, privacy, ethics.

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

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.