Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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

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 how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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

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

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

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

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

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.

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.