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This course introduces economic, financial, and risk-based frameworks for managing complex engineering systems. Students learn to link economic theory with financial modeling, assess trade-offs, and optimize engineering investments. Key topics include…

This course fills a critical gap in biotechnology (biotech) education by explaining how commercial decision-making shapes the success of biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Students gain a practical understanding of how marketing, market analytics, and…

This course provides an overview of economic tools and analytic approaches available to the manager for business decision-making. It includes such topics as pricing, forecasting, demand analysis, production and cost analysis, and macroeconomic policy as it…

How do we know how humans evolved? This course investigates the evidence and methods used to reconstruct human evolution. We review eight million years of evolutionary history, focusing on the origins of defining features of our species such as bipedalism,…

This course introduces the basic principles, methods, and challenges of modern managerial accounting. It covers traditional topics such as job-order costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting and variance analysis, profitability analysis, relevant costs…

This course introduces the generally accepted principles that govern an entity's financial accounting system and the income statement and balance sheet that are the principal end products of the system. Students learn how accounting information is used to…

This course introduces students to fundamental concepts underlying the behavior of organic compounds, as well as common laboratory techniques undertaken to explore them. Emphasis is placed on physical properties (melting/boiling points, solubility, and…

In November of 1978, 909 members of the idealistic People's Temple perished in the jungles of Guyana after being pressured by their leader into drinking poison. On March 26, 1997, 39 followers of the Heaven's Gate cult died in a mass suicide, sincerely…

This is an intensive creative writing course for serious memoir writers ready to tackle one of the genre's most powerful—and difficult—topics: family. What are the ethics of writing about your parents, siblings, children, and other loved ones? How can you be…

Short films are an exciting and ever-evolving form of storytelling. This course explores the strong tradition short films have in our culture, as well as the new and innovative techniques filmmakers are currently using to tell and distribute their stories. In…

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.…

Oral histories are sources that offer perspectives, life experiences, and ways of knowing that official written records can overlook or actively seek to erase from the historical record. This course explores the methods, theories, practices, and controversies…

This course provides a holistic framework for understanding and managing systemic risks in urban environments. Drawing from integrated lenses of sustainability, disaster resilience, and public health, the course moves from foundational theory to applied…

Data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and creative systems are transforming how organizations make decisions, generate content, and interact with the world. These technologies operate across a full stack—from data collection and model development to…

Despite attempts to mitigate today's largest global challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and waste, wealth and income inequality, social polarization and geopolitical conflict, and economic precarity and financial fragility, what…

This intensive workshop-style course is for strong writers who wish to write creative nonfiction—that is, nonfiction prose that makes use of literary techniques to tell true stories—but who have little formal experience with the genre. We read exemplary works…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping management consulting, creating both unprecedented opportunities and existential challenges for the industry. This course equips students to thrive in this transformation by understanding how AI is…

Harvard University presents 'The Essay,' a foundational course in Writing & Literature designed to master the art of essay composition. Through critical analysis and practical exercises, students will enhance their writing proficiency, learning to craft…

Explore the legal landscape of commercial contracting, including contract performance, breach, and remedies. Understand key legal principles, regulations, best practices and their impact on contract management. Topics include contract formation,…

Pilates is a low-impact exercise that focuses on strengthening muscles while improving flexibility, mobility, and posture. However, it can be intimidating especially if one has been inactive or never exercised. In this course, we learn modified Pilates…

MAE C294A. Compliant Mechanism Design . (Prof. Hopkins, J.) Formerly numbered 294A. Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: linear algebra. Advanced compliant mechanism synthesis approaches, modeling techniques, and optimization tools.…

Writing for documentary is probably the most important and least taught skill set in documentary production today. Mastery of its concepts can ensure your project runs smoothly, from start to finish, and may, in the end, mean the difference between a…

In this course, we review what ideas will translate into good movies, and which ideas are better suited for television. We explore what can make you stand out from other writers before you've even written a word. By looking at the art of storytelling with…

The course provides an introduction to quality performance improvement and patient safety in a healthcare setting. This course summarizes utilization of data in order to measure impact of QI programs, setting goals based on best practices and implementing…

This course is designed to provide students the skills and knowledge to perform analytics tasks to transform data into understanding and present meaningful results to drive action. Students will learn to summarize a dataset, communicate insight through…

Gain an understanding of the creation of visual effects (VFX). Students will break down the core disciplines involved in creating VFX, examining both traditional methods and emerging AI and ML (machine-learning) methods. Topics will include general…

The second of a three-course sequence, this workshop expands on the development of story concept, worldbuilding, character, and plot explored in the first course. This second workshop focuses on critical but underemphasized aspects of compelling science…

In this introductory course, you’ll explore business modeling concepts, including enabling technologies (AI, cloud computing, etc.) and related business models (e.g., platform-based businesses, pay-as-you-go). You’ll gain an understanding of the relationship…

This specialized course for editors provides students with a comprehensive overview of grammar to establish an effective foundational structure. Appropriate for those who want to become editors or seek to write for a living, this course provides innovative…

One of the last and most crucial steps of post-production is color correction (the digital intermediate). This course will cover how color correction fits into the workflow of post, including discussion and workshops on how to complete a conform and the role…