Courses

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.

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 risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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.

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 birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

Data Science Principles is a Harvard Online course in collaboration with Harvard Business School Online that provides an overview of data science with a code- and math-free introduction to prediction, causality, data wrangling, privacy, and ethics.

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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.

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 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.

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

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.