Free Courses

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

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

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

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

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

Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

Learn how to protect your own data, devices, and systems from today's threats.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

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

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

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

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

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of world literature.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

An introduction to programming using Python, a popular language for general-purpose programming, data science, web programming, and more.

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

Explore the archaeology, history, art, and hieroglyphs surrounding the famous Egyptian Pyramids at Giza. Learn about Old Kingdom pharaohs and elites, tombs, temples, the Sphinx, and how new technology is unlocking their secrets.