General Courses

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

Learn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.

Data Science Principles is a Harvard Online course in collaboration with Harvard Business School Online that provides an overview of data science with a code- and math-free introduction to prediction, causality, data wrangling, privacy, and ethics.

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

Learn how to effectively use data to tackle your business decisions. Designed for managers, this course provides a hands-on approach for demystifying the data science ecosystem and making you a more conscientious consumer of information.

Explore the risks and rewards of data privacy and collection.

This Harvard Medical School one-year, application-based certificate program helps leaders effect positive change by learning to turn patient data into actionable, transformable knowledge.