Humanities Courses

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

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

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

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

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

Gain critical communication skills in writing and public speaking with this introduction to American political rhetoric.

Study Japanese scroll art as text and as "little movies" that immerse the viewer through visual narration. 

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

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Develop a toolkit for making tough leadership decisions in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

This Harvard Medical School one-year, application-based certificate program is designed to help clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals achieve their writing career goals.

Develop a toolkit for making tough leadership decisions in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Persuasive Communication is designed to help you build a critical set of skills in writing, speaking, and presentation by providing a dynamic forum to learn, practice, and receive feedback on these essential skills.