Science Courses

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

Learn how the immune system is harnessed to treat inflammation.

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

Learn to use R programming to apply linear models to analyze data in life sciences.

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

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

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

Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

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

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

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

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

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

Understand advances in drug delivery systems and approaches.

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.

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

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

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

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