Courses

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Think critically about social questions such as education policy, upward income mobility, and racial disparities, and understand how big data can answer these questions as well as impact policies that lead to improved outcomes around the world.

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

Designed for individuals and teams, this Harvard Online course taught by preeminent Harvard Professor Mahzarin Banaji teaches the science of hidden bias and strategies to counter its impact in the workplace.

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.

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

Designed for individuals and teams, this Harvard Online course taught by preeminent Harvard Professor Mahzarin Banaji teaches the science of hidden bias and strategies to counter its impact in the workplace.

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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

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

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

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

Taught by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with insights from actor and singer Cynthia Erivo

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

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

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.