Science Courses

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

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

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

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

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

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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

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.

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.

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

Learn how a Culture of Health can transform your business by integrating worker, customer, community, and environmental well-being for sustainable success.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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