Courses

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.

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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