Science Courses

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 the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

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

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

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

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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

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

Leadership for Social Change is a 3.5 day on-campus executive education program developed by faculty from the Social Innovation + Change Initiative within the Harvard Kennedy School.

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.

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

Understand advances in drug delivery systems and approaches.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

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

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

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

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

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

Discover library design best practices, tour a world-famous library, and apply your new learnings in group design exercises.

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 foundational concepts in immunology and gain a basis for understanding a broad range of medical conditions.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

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

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