Courses

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

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.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

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

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

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

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

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

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 to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

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

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

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

Learn inference and modeling: two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

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.

Power and Influence for Positive Impact, a Harvard Business School (HBS) Online course, helps individuals develop their own power to gain influence and make an impact.

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.

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

Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data while applying concepts to real business problems in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

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

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

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

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

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

This three-course program from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will teach you the fundamental skills to confidently contribute to business decisions and decision-making.  

Show what you’ve learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.

Build a foundational understanding of AI concepts with this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.