Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

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

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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