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This course exposes the student to the basic principles of test construction and interpretation, including issues related to reliability and validity. Additionally, issues related to test administration, scoring, and reporting are explored, with emphasis…

This course examines how domestic and international legal institutions regulate the law of war, crimes against humanity, torture, and genocide, and the main legal theories that lawyers and judges use to address their violation. Students are introduced to the…

Harvard University presents an in-depth exploration of Start-Ups from the Perspective of Business and Intellectual Property Law, a pivotal course in the Emerging / Needs Review category. This program delves into the legal and business frameworks essential for…

The course examines the science of happiness and well-being through lenses of positive psychology, neuroscience, and organizational behavior. We translate findings from academic research on human flourishing into attitudes, behaviors, and practices that…

This course offers an in-depth overview of the management consulting industry and the skills required to succeed within it. Topics include the structure, conduct, and performance of the management consulting industry; firms in the industry and their…

This course is designed to foster a deep understanding of neurodiversity and equip students with the knowledge, skills, and tools to create inclusive and supportive environments for individuals with diverse neurological profiles. Students embark on a…

This course is designed for students with little or no prior instruction in ancient Greek who are committed to learning the language at rapid speed. Equivalent to the first two semesters of college-level instruction, it covers all basic grammar and vocabulary…

Speaking the language of modern mathematics requires fluency with the topics of this course: infinite series, integration, and differential equations. We model practical situations using integrals and differential equations. Students learn how to represent…

This course is designed to make students familiar with the fundamental concepts, methods, and ethics of conducting research in the field of psychopathology. Students gain an understanding of the research process, starting from the development of a research…

This course introduces students to the Arabic language. Emphasis is placed on building communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as on developing intercultural competence in relation to Arab cultures.

This course considers how culture shapes the economic aspects of our lives. That is, we seek to understand the economy not as a separate realm with its own special logic and structure but instead as embedded in the social relations, identities, and cultural…

This course examines the history of the form, including graphic novels and comic strips, and explores the building blocks necessary to create effective comics based upon personal experiences and research. Students are taught ways to access their writing and…

How would you choose the ideal worker out of 400 applicants? Is it possible to predict employee motivation? Are virtual teams more effective than in-person teams? Questions like these can be answered through the help of industrial and organizational (I/O)…

This course trains students in the skills of critically engaging the scholarly literature in their field of study. They learn how to assess the presuppositions, argumentation, methodology, evidence, and conclusions of scholarly writing in their discipline.…

Humankind faces tremendous challenges. Lives and livelihoods of civilians around the world are threatened by conflict, the health of individuals everywhere is at risk due to infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and our planet is threatened by the…

The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of mathematical formalism, proof writing, and basic proof techniques (contraposition, contradiction, induction, direct proof, and exhaustive case work). This course aids students as they…

This course is designed for students who wish to acquire a precise reading knowledge of sophisticated German prose for research, study, and/or career purposes. The course focuses on grammar topics, parsing, and translation, for which texts from a variety of…

This course helps students develop academically strong, team-based capstone proposals. It is mandatory for candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, systems engineering, who wish to register for CSCI E-599c in the coming fall term. Students develop a capstone…

This course covers machine learning techniques that can be applied to the fields of economics and finance. The techniques covered in this course include multiple linear regression, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), ridge regression,…

In this course, students not only learn practical techniques for handling high-stakes deals and partnerships, but also practice using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools to simulate real-world negotiation scenarios such as negotiating salaries, hiring…

In this course, students identify their core values, explore how to align them with daily actions, and apply the framework of design thinking to lead to meaningful change. They develop the skills to navigate ambiguity and complexity in problem-solving,…

This course immerses students in a single, real-world entrepreneurial challenge from a for-profit, nonprofit, or government organization. Across the course, students work directly with senior executives and relevant stakeholders—conducting interviews,…

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management…

Work is more than what we do; it shapes who we are and who we may become. Whether competing at the highest level, managing people and leading a company, caring for a loved one, or learning to live with health challenges, pressures that drive success can also…

Harvard University’s Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel course offers aspiring authors an immersive exploration into the craft of novel writing. Designed under the Emerging / Needs Review category, this program equips students with advanced techniques in…

Extracting actionable insights and relationships from massive complex data sets is the domain of data mining. Data mining has wide-ranging applications in science and technology. This course addresses several key aspects of data mining including the use of…

Students read varying viewpoints on controversial current issues, such as medical ethics, poverty, the environment, race, ethnicity, immigration, privacy, religion, and labor, and learn how to analyze and present conflicting opinions. They learn how to…

This section of the writers' residency is for creative writers who wish to develop craft techniques to build suspense in their work. While this section may be especially useful for students interested in writing suspense, thriller, or detective fiction, it…

This course introduces and wrestles with some of the central themes, concepts, and issues in biomedical ethics. Ethics is the study of normativity or shoulds, and biomedical ethics takes on the challenge of thinking through the normative aspects of the fact…

This course takes a case-based clinical approach towards integrating laboratory sciences across multiple biology disciplines. Each case explores a patient's clinical presentation through hands-on laboratory activities, experiments, and simulations. For…