Courses

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.

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

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

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.

Led by Harvard Instructors and historians, you will discover China’s return to power through political, social, and economic growth in relation to other countries.

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.

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

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

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

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

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

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.

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

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

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

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