Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

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

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

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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.

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

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.

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.