Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

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

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

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.

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.

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.

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

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

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

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

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.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

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

Prepare your student for college-level writing now.

Lead with stories that clarify, align, and inspire action.

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

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

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

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

Facilitate Learning in the Age of AI

Facilitate Learning in the Age of AI

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.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Explore how people, businesses, and governments make decisions using core economic concepts and tools.

Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.