Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

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

Learn about Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, one of the first operas ever written.

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

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

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.

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

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

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 electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

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

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.

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

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

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

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

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

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

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.