Science Courses

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Learn how the immune system is harnessed to treat inflammation.

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

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

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

Prepare yourself and your organization for the business risks and opportunities created by climate change in this online course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

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

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