Science Courses

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 how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

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.

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

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

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.

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

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.

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

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

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

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

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

Explore genetic testing and its clinical applications.

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

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