Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.

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.

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

Learn about the development of 2D and 3D interactive games in this hands-on course, as you explore the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more.

Explore Higher Education Teaching and its practices offered by Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Learn to create a collaborative, engaging learning environment.

Led by Harvard Instructors and historians, you will discover China’s return to power through political, social, and economic growth in relation to other countries.

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.

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

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

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

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

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

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

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

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.

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

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

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

Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.

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

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

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.

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

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.

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.

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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