Harvard University courses

The scientific study of sleep is an area of research that is both highly diverse and among the most interdisciplinary and unifying of topics in psychology and neuroscience. In the past several decades, exciting new discoveries on the neurobiology of sleep…

This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing…

This course is the culmination of the Master of Liberal Arts, data science, where student teams execute their capstone proposal from CSCI E-597 . It gives students the opportunity to collaborate with industry partners and other students on complex capstone…

This course is designed for students from all academic and professional backgrounds, including those new to project management or agile principles. In this course, we focus on learning techniques, methodologies, and frameworks within the field of project…

This course explores the opaque world of intelligence and international security. The course begins with a survey of disciplines and methods of analysis before reviewing intelligence requirements as a component in policy processes that drive and inform…

This is a practical design course on perspectives, tools, and methods for going from an idea for a product or service powered by a mobile and/or web application to an interactive design prototype ready for handoff to a development team. We start with…

This course covers the fundamental concepts of microeconomics at the intermediate level. Students learn about how individuals make decisions in a world of scarce resources. Students learn about how consumers choose over a range of goods and services given…

Mindfulness is a way of attending to the experience of the present moment with full awareness and without judgment or reactivity. Studies show the benefits of mindfulness include stress reduction, emotional balance, greater mental focus, and increased…

This course is designed as an in-depth exploration of the field of epigenetics and epitranscriptomics, with a focus on gaining understanding of gene regulatory mechanisms that occur without changes in the underlying DNA sequence. We extensively cover DNA and…

This course is aimed at students wishing to master the fundamentals of photography. It gives students the opportunity to learn photography using their digital camera (DSLR or mirrorless) and acquire the skills to use manual settings and use the different…

There are many options to build a website, from website builders to coding a site from scratch. Regardless of the option you choose, a solid planning process is crucial to produce an effective site. Questions such as, what is significant about the product,…

This course prepares students for advanced study, writing, and research in national security. This course explores the national security system and policy processes that drive and inform decision-making. Readings span current affairs and historical cases to…

This course is designed for people with little or no background in Japanese. It covers Lessons 1-6 of volume one of the textbook Genki , third edition. Students develop basic conversational skills as well as basic reading and writing skills necessary for…

This course provides an introductory survey of the field of finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market. Along the…

The broad goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of sustainable development including food and nutritional security, social service delivery, energy policy, water resource management, urbanization, infrastructure, human rights,…

In this course, students master the most important skills needed in modern artificial intelligence (AI) workplace. These skills include mastery of PyTorch framework for construction of deep learning models (neural networks), mastery of AI assisted Python…

This course provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental project management concepts, tools, techniques, and behavioral characteristics necessary for successfully launching, leading, and delivering projects in organizations. Students explore the project…

Why is adult learning so important? When you understand adult learning, you have the knowledge and tools needed to tailor learning, training, and even feedback, ensuring that adult learners or team members are motivated to learn, grow, and connect with the…

Harvard University's Financial Accounting Principles course delves into the foundational aspects of accounting within the Emerging / Needs Review category. Designed for aspiring professionals, this course equips learners with essential principles and…

This course covers ordinary differential equations (ODEs); continuous models; analytic, graphical, and numerical solutions; input-response formulation of linear ODEs; systems of first-order ODEs and matrix exponentials; and nonlinear systems and phase-plane…

This foundational course introduces students to the field of global development through a structured progression from theory to practice. It is designed for anyone seeking a rigorous introduction to global, economic, and sustainable development, and serves as…

The course asks how cultural products, including literature, theater, and film have captured the spirit of capitalism—fueling its fantasies, contemplating its effects, and chronicling its crises. More than just an economic system, capitalism created new…

Students learn basic French grammar, vocabulary, and conversational skills. This course features one-on-one conversations with the instructor and small group discussions with other students. Assessment is by portfolio, oral and written quizzes, and…

This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another's novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new…

Harvard University's Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations offers a foundational exploration into the dynamic field of Emerging / Needs Review. Designed for graduate students, this course delves into…

In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course…

Pursue your own undergraduate research project under the supervision of an Extension School instructor or a faculty member at another Harvard school. The reading and research course counts as four upper-level credits toward your concentration and field of…

Harvard University's course on Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution delves into the critical skills needed to navigate and resolve disputes effectively within organizational settings. As part of the Emerging / Needs Review category, this program…

This course follows LATI E-1a and LATI E-1b . Students progress from the straightforward narratives and short inscriptions of the introductory courses to more complex authentic and adapted texts. Readings are from the classical period to the middle ages and…

This tutorial helps students develop an academically strong thesis proposal. During the semester, they map critical issues of project design such as scope, background, methodology, and expected outcomes. Students are encouraged to contact their research…

This tutorial helps students develop an academically strong thesis proposal. During the semester, they map critical issues of project design such as scope, background, methodology, and expected outcomes. Students are encouraged to contact their research…

This tutorial helps students develop an academically strong thesis proposal. During the semester, they map critical issues of project design such as scope, background, methodology, and expected outcomes. Students are encouraged to contact their research…

This course explores the principles and methods of community-based, participatory, and action research. We engage with various perspectives on the process, practice, and applications of engaged inquiry, with an emphasis on diverse voices, sources, and…

This course teaches students the research and writing skills they need to write historical biography. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on the research skills of history and political science as well as narrative writing skills. We read and discuss excerpts…

Most data scientists spend 20 percent of their time building data models and analyzing model results. What do they do with the remaining 80 percent of their time? The answer is data engineering. Data engineering is a subdiscipline of software engineering that…

Psychometrics is just a fancy word for the assessment and measurement of psychological characteristics (skills, abilities, personality traits, knowledge, opinions, preferences, and attitudes). Political pollsters, survey writers, market researchers, teachers…

Translating scientific knowledge is a vital public service, and there is a large body of psychological and social science research that can have positive effects in people's lives, such as the psychology of learning and habit change, positive psychology and…

The course deals with basic economic principles that help us understand the process of decision-making by individuals and societies. We analyze the fundamental economic activities of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption at both the micro and…

This course introduces the important aspects of managing a business in a global environment. It addresses decision-making in connection with communications, marketing, human relations, managing people, corporate social responsibility and managerial ethics,…

In this course, students explore the fundamental elements of online course design and how to be practitioners of pedagogy and instructional design in a world where online learning is constantly changing. Students examine and establish the qualities of a good…

How can we make change? In this course we explore the ethical foundations, principles, methods, tools, and skill-set essential for designing strategies to advance social change. We explore various perspectives and practices for students to equip themselves…

This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of…

In this advanced screenwriting workshop, students watch films and episodic television excerpts and discuss the work of workshop members. During the course, students present two 20- to 30-page acts from their screenplays for class discussion. The final project…

This course focuses on designing, building, and sustaining secure applications across their full life cycle. Students take a fictional product from ideation through design, development, testing, deployment, and eventual end-of-life, learning how to embed…

This course explores the field of wearable devices and computer vision, two technologies experiencing a modern-day renaissance. Wearable technologies is an exciting, innovative field that has seen a flurry of recent advancements, such as the Apple Vision Pro,…

This course is designed to cover an introductory level overview of bioinformatics. It covers commonly used bioinformatics tools and algorithms as well as standard formats, with the focus on DNA/RNA sequence and sequencing data analysis. The topics include…

In today's world, data is generated at an ever-increasing rate. The analytic platforms need to match this pace of generated data, digest it, and generate useful insights. The best decisions are made with informed data and as it changes, one needs to follow…

Pursue your own undergraduate research project under the supervision of an Extension School instructor or a faculty member at another Harvard school. The reading and research course counts as four upper-level credits toward your concentration and field of…

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of motivation. It is designed to help students understand what motivation is, how it relates to needs, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. It also covers how to assess and intervene to help…

This course provides an analytic and applied overview of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. In the microeconomic portion of the course, we examine exactly how prices are determined in competitive markets and what can distort that determination. Market…