

Our Courses
Sikhism Through Its Scriptures
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.
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The Opioid Crisis in America
Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.
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12
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American Government: Constitutional Foundations
Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
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12
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U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy
Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government
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Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print
This course expands the definition of the “book” to include scrolls and albums, focusing on the reading experience of a variety of formats in Japan. You will begin by examining rare and beautifully preserved manuscripts in the Harvard Art Museums in an introduction exploring the material properties of Japanese books and scrolls, binding techniques, and important terminology. An examination of the illustrated scroll comes next, through a unit on the short story and visual storytelling in premodern Japan.
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Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
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.
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Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
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.
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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
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Cell Biology: Mitochondria
A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.
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24
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks
Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain
Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.
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12
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Justice Today: Money, Markets, and Morals
Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.
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18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart
Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni
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19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer, Wagner, & Verdi
Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots , Das Rheingold , and Otello.
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Data Science: Probability
Learn probability theory -- essential for a data scientist -- using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
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Data Science: Wrangling
Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.
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24
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Data Science: Linear Regression
Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.
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Data Science: Capstone
Show what you've learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.
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United States Health Policy
Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts.
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12
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MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe
How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed to control and eliminate malaria.
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12
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Statistics and R
An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.
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Statistical Inference and Modeling for High-throughput Experiments
A focus on the techniques commonly used to perform statistical inference on high throughput data.
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Case Studies in Functional Genomics
Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.
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Advanced Bioconductor
Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.
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Principles, Statistical and Computational Tools for Reproducible Data Science
Learn skills and tools that support data science and reproducible research, to ensure you can trust your own research results, reproduce them yourself, and communicate them to others.
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