Science Courses

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

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

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed, to control and eliminate malaria.

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

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.

Understand advances in drug delivery systems and approaches.

Deepen your understanding of the food and agriculture industries' challenges, innovations, and opportunities. Cultivate new ideas to drive growth.

Learn about advances in interpreting biomedical signals and the use of machine learning and deep learning to aid in analysis and diagnosis.

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

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 to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

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

The structure, annotation, normalization, and interpretation of genome scale assays.

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

Expand your learning of chemistry and thermodynamics by exploring entropy, free energy, and equilibrium.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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

Learn foundational concepts in biochemistry and gain a new appreciation for how this field applies to human health and disease.

Learn foundational concepts in genetics and gain new insight into the rapidly evolving field of genomics.

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.

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Learn how climate change is creating new risks and opportunities across business strategy, operations, and investment in this online course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

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

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.