Science Courses

Explore the ways in which CRISPR is disrupting sectors across the economy with Harvard VPAL.

Learn how the immune system is harnessed to treat inflammation.

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

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.

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

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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