Free Courses

Learn how to use decision trees, the foundational algorithm for your understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

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

  Demonstrate your chemistry knowledge in the final exam.  

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

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

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

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

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

Show what you’ve learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.

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

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

This intensive course, developed by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), offers a comprehensive exploration of key topics in stem cell medicine.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

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

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

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

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

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.