Harvard University courses

This course presents the basic analytical tools of microeconomics. We start by looking at the basic operation of a market where price and quantity of a product are determined. Then we focus on the decision-making of individual consumers and ask how these…

This course helps business professionals improve their writing so they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students consider how essential forms of business writing—memos, cover letters, proposals, presentations, and…

This course helps students develop academically strong, individual or team-based capstone proposals. It is mandatory for candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, digital media design, who wish to register for the <a href="/search/?p=DGMD%20E-599"…

This course is designed to prepare students to interpret and analyze financial statements for tasks such as credit and security analyses, lending and investment decisions, and other decisions that rely on financial data. This course explores in greater depth…

This course examines decision-making through the lens of business strategy across three critical phases: the past, present, and future. In the first segment, we journey back in time to scrutinize historical business decisions. We analyze pivotal moments like…

This is an intensive course focused on the elements of craft required to master the novel form: narration, plot, structure, chronology, and characterization. We look closely at various genres (auto-fiction, the bildungsroman, the comedy of manners, science…

This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process,…

This is an intensive workshop in the craft of writing short fiction. It is for writers who love to read short stories and want to make their own short stories come alive on the page. Students should arrive having read widely among past and contemporary…

This course is designed for students seeking preparation for <a href="/search/?p=EXPO%20E-25" data-action="result-detail" data-group="code:EXPO E-25" class="notoffered" title="This course is not being offered in the selected term.">EXPO E-25</a>, which is a…

Writing offers us seemingly endless ways to express ourselves and find our own unique voices. Why should we have to choose just one? In this course, we practice creative writing through fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, exploring the unique artistic tools each…

This advanced fiction-writing course focuses on writing thrillers—dark, engrossing, and suspenseful plot-driven stories involving the push and pull between protagonist and antagonist. The course is intended for students who want to write a thriller novel; it…

This course introduces the fundamentals of Kali Linux, a powerful operating system used for penetration testing, digital forensics, and ethical hacking. Through hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios, students learn the basics of Kali Linux installation,…

This course is designed for students seeking preparation for <a href="/search/?p=EXPO%20E-25" data-action="result-detail" data-group="code:EXPO E-25" class="notoffered" title="This course is not being offered in the selected term.">EXPO E-25</a>, which is a…

Literary narrative goes back to ancient times, but the novel, as the term is used today, did not appear until the seventeenth century, and only in the eighteenth century did it establish itself as the dominant literary form of our culture. This course…

The primary focus of this course is to understand the various aspects of economic growth, environmental protection, human development, sustainability, and their interrelationships. What does sustainable development mean? What is the difference between strong…

This course serves as a first encounter to the history, culture, and heritage of the Romans and their world. The course focuses on the period from the foundations of Rome in the archaic period down to the Arab conquest of the eastern Mediterranean and North…

Efficient production of electricity is key to a sustainable future. Efficient transportation in cars and airplanes is integral to economic activity. Efficient heating and air conditioning are necessary to human health. But how do we understand efficiency and…

This course provides an introduction to concepts, theories, and evidence in the field of comparative politics. Topics include origins of nation-states, democracy and authoritarianism, social revolutions, politics of economic development, ethnicity and ethnic…

This beginning course introduces the fundamentals of the German language typically taught in one semester. The main goal is functional competence in German, including the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge to be able to interpret oral and written…

We are now in the twenty-first century: why do we still have so much prejudice about bodies that differ from the so-called norm? What, indeed, is the norm and why is it so important to us? In this course, students are introduced to fat studies and disability…

This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and…

This course provides students with a foundational knowledge of cognitive neuroscience, a field that studies the intricate links between the mind, the brain, and behavior. Students learn basics about brain anatomy and function and the methods used to study how…

This course investigates the history of stigmatized diseases and conditions that predominantly affect—or are most commonly associated with—women. We examine the stigma around hysteria, breast cancer, menopause, abortion, obesity, and depression, among other…

This course introduces students to religion, media, and American popular culture. The course examines how religious and spiritual ideas, practices, and communities are being reshaped by television, films, the internet, mobile devices, and popular culture. How…

This course examines literatures of the Pacific. We begin with the ancestral connections between Pacific Islands, travel through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as we interrogate the entanglements of European imperialism and native Pacific…

This course begins with Friedrich Schiller's <i>Aesthetic Letters</i> and the idea that aesthetic experience is essential to moral development. From there, we explore the present: what happens to morality, depth, and imagination when life is lived as…

Popular culture is one of the strongest tools we have for thinking through social phenomena outside of the conventions of academic writing. Television series such as <i>Black Mirror</i> can provoke our thinking on topics like alienation and racism; popular…

This course is an acting workshop that explores the myriad techniques toward the invention of solo performance texts. Students learn how to portray both themselves onstage, as well as a variety of characters of their own imagining, using a theatrical…

This course provides a comprehensive analysis of the escalating rivalry between the United States and China, framed as a new cold war. Moving beyond headlines, students explore the historical roots, economic drivers, and technological dimensions of the…

Change is the new norm and global organizations must adapt to increasingly dynamic and complex environments. A thorough understanding of agile techniques and methodologies equips professionals with the skills, knowledge, and tools to ensure successful project…

This course deals with issues related to human behavior in a variety of organizational settings. Conceptual frameworks, case discussion, and skills-based activities are applied to each topic/issue. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics,…

At some point in our lives, most of us will develop a serious health condition that requires extensive medical care. We also are likely to be called on to provide care for loved ones. Moreover, as COVID-19 has made glaringly apparent, racial, economic,…

In this era of artificial intelligence (AI), it's possible to forget that there is no formula for good writing and that you can't tell a story with a bullet list. Good personal narratives and fact-based storytelling are human endeavors, and they require a…

A business model describes the way that any entity—a corporation, nonprofit, or decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)—creates and delivers value to customers and, in return, captures value from them, often in revenue. The most significant business…

An intensive introduction to basic music theory and musicianship, covering notation, keys, rhythm, meter, intervals, counterpoint, melody, chords, harmonic progressions, and small forms. Assignments include workbook exercises, music analysis, composition, ear…

This course provides instruction in writing for students considering careers or advanced study in the natural, computational, or applied sciences. Through critical reading of key examples of the genres of scientific literature, students study how scientific…

To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets—traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the…

This course covers disaster preparedness and response, as well as possible prevention and mitigation of volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, fires, landslides, hurricanes, famines, pandemic diseases, meteorite impacts, and climate fluctuations. The…

This course examines how contemporary Indigenous writers and writers of color deploy monstrosity as a powerful tool for critiquing systems of oppression and imagining decolonized futures. Through close reading of horror literature, Gothic fiction, and…

Exploring the wild, worldwide web of informal vernacular culture being created, transmitted, and adapted by online communities, this course examines the powers, potentials, and peculiarities (and dangers) of digital life in relationship to community-building,…

More than 400 years ago, William Shakespeare wrote plays for a theater in London he named The Globe. Today, Shakespeare's plays are a global phenomenon—performed, studied, and enjoyed across the world in many languages and multiple media. How did this happen?…

This course provides a dynamic exploration of social media theory and management in today's rapidly evolving digital world. Students examine the foundational theories that shape social media practice and apply them through hands-on projects such as social…

In this course, we explore the psychology of attribution—the methods our brain use to understand others—and how others use their brains to understand us. Throughout, we build a deep understanding of how we think of others compared to ourselves and learn…

This intensive course provides a comprehensive introduction to modern Russian language and culture for those who would like to speak Russian or use the language for reading and research. Designed for students without any previous knowledge of Russian, the…

This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process,…

What does freedom mean? And, if meaning is created through action, how is freedom practiced? This course explores America's most cherished ideal—freedom—as it has manifest in practice. Students examine major forms of freedom practice—from privacy to speech,…

This course helps business professionals improve their writing so they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students consider how essential forms of business writing—memos, cover letters, proposals, presentations, and…

What is a body? What makes it visible, knowable, or meaningful? How does it produce knowledge and shape what we see, experience, and understand? This course centers the body as a critical site of anthropological inquiry. Through theory and ethnography, we…

This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in <a href="/search/?p=EXPO%2025" data-action="result-detail" data-group="code:EXPO 25" >EXPO S-25</a> in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social…

This course offers a hands-on introduction to the digital media landscape, exploring the tools, technologies, and strategies shaping how stories and information are shared online today. Students learn how content creators and media organizations build…