Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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.

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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

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.

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.

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

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

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.

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.

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.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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.

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.

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

Learn about Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.”

An in-depth look at the 1854 London cholera epidemic in Soho and its importance for the field of epidemiology.

Data Science and AI Principles is a Harvard Online course that gives you an overview of data science and AI systems with a nearly code- and math-free introduction to prediction, causality, visualization, data wrangling, privacy, ethics.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.

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

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

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

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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.

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.

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