

Our Courses

Introduction to Digital Humanities
Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.
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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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40
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The Einstein Revolution
Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.
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Energy Within Environmental Constraints
A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.
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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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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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Leaders of Learning
Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.
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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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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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Religion, Conflict and Peace
Explore the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence.
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Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures
Learn how to better understand the rich and complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.
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Christianity Through Its Scriptures
Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.
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Buddhism Through Its Scriptures
Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.
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30
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Islam Through Its Scriptures
Learn about the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam, through an exploration of the rich diversity of roles and interpretations in Muslim societies.
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Hinduism Through Its Scriptures
Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.
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Judaism Through Its Scriptures
Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.
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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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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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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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Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion, Elections, Interest Groups, and the Media
Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.
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U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.
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Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics
An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.
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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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