Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

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

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

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

Explore the ways in which CRISPR is disrupting sectors across the economy with Harvard VPAL.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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.

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

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