Courses

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

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

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.

Build a viable, valuable tech venture that can profitably scale in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.

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

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

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

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

Learn how businesses thrive and grow while simultaneously solving some of the world's biggest challenges in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

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

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

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

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.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

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

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

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

Build a foundational understanding of AI concepts with this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

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