Courses

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

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.

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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

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

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

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

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

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

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

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

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 about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

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

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

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

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.

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

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

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.

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

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

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

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

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.