Science Courses

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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

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

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.

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

Learn how the immune system is harnessed to treat inflammation.

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

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.

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

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

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

Dive into the mechanisms of action and exciting applications of new FDA-approved genetic medicines.

Understand advances in drug delivery systems and approaches.

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.