Science Courses

Sustainable Investing, a course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online, equips people with the insights, frameworks, and skills to evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and measure and manage impact investments.

Learn the significance of electrochemistry, understanding how electrical, chemical, and mechanical energy are linked.

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

Learn the fundamentals of chemistry and energy, from the types of energy to atomic mass and matter to enthalpy and thermodynamics.

See how the immune system is being used to improve cancer treatment.

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Understand advances in drug delivery systems and approaches.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

Learn about the Earth, life, and how we can search for life elsewhere in the universe.

This advanced course offers a unique way for professionals to learn from leading Harvard Medical School faculty and industry leaders about nucleic acid therapeutics.

Learn key concepts in genetics, with an emphasis on genetic variation and inheritance of disease.

See how the immune system is being used to improve cancer treatment.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Learn how the immune system is harnessed to treat inflammation.

Dive into the different FDA categories of biomarkers and discover how they are applied in drug development and patient care.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

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

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about food molecules and how chemical reactions can affect food texture and flavor.

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

Explore recent advances in gene therapy and learn about the implications for patient care.

Explore the foundational principles of artificial intelligence (AI) and its transformative applications in medicine and biomedical research.

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

Learn how cancer treatment is evolving due to advances in genetics.

This program address the significant challenge of climate change and its impacts on the environment, as well as society and the global economy.

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

Learn key concepts in genetics, with an emphasis on genetic variation and inheritance of disease.

Learn how cancer treatment is evolving due to advances in genetics.

Dive into the mechanisms of action and exciting applications of new FDA-approved genetic medicines.

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

Learn foundational concepts in physiology and see how the material is used in taking care of patients.