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Human-Computer Interaction III: Ethics, Needfinding & Prototyping
Build on your knowledge of HCI’s core principles by learning to design interfaces in the real world. Begin with the ethics of human subjects research, then learn critical methods for requirements gathering and brainstorming design alternatives.
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Human-Computer Interaction IV: Evaluation, Agile Methods & Beyond
Complete your understand of the design life cycle by learning to take interface ideas, prototype them quickly, and evaluate them with real users. Finally, tie principles and methods together and learn the next steps you could take in HCI.
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Probability and Statistics IV: Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests
This course covers two important methodologies in statistics – confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Confidence intervals allow us to make probabilistic statements such as: “We are 95% sure that Candidate Smith’s popularity is 52% +/- 3%.” Hypothesis testing allows us to pose hypotheses and test their validity in a statistically rigorous way. For instance, “Does a new drug result in a higher cure rate than the old drug?"
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Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost, and Access: Current Controversies in Context
Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.
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Human Anatomy: Musculoskeletal Cases
Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.
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Innovating in Health Care
Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.
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18
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Calculus Applied!
Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.
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20
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Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs
Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.
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24
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The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life
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.
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China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.
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14
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ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China
An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.
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We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy
Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy and understand how to encourage others to explore their own civic paths, while in parallel crafting your own civic voice and identity.
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Leadership: Creating Public Value
In Leadership: Creating Public Value, learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.
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CS50's Computer Science for Business Professionals
This is CS50’s introduction to computer science for business professionals.
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CS50's Introduction to Programming with Scratch
A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.
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90
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CS50's Introduction to Databases with SQL
An introduction to databases using a language called SQL.
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CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript
This course picks up where CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.
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Digital Humanities in Practice: From Research Questions to Results
Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.
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Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation
Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale—learning how to generate innovative, scalable intervention strategies that supports early childhood development. Together, Harvard University and UNICEF bring global experience from communities to policy makers, evidence and experts from around the world.
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Energy Within Environmental Constraints
A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.
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28
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Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
Increase your quantitative reasoning skills through a deeper understanding of probability and statistics.
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30
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Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice
Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.
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15
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Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching
Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry.
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48
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Introduction to Family Engagement in Education
Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.
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