Courses

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

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

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

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

Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots, Das Rheingold, and Otello.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

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.

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.