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Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise?

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

This course introduces learners to Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) through the lens of TinyML (Tiny Machine Learning). Learners explore best practices to deploy, monitor, and maintain (tiny) Machine Learning models in production at scale.

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.

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

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

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

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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

This course picks up where CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.

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

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

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.

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Learn how to create, read, update, and delete data with relational databases.

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

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.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government