Harvard University courses

This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and…

In a society saturated with media and technology, what makes a great learning tool stand out among the rest? This course explores the many types of informal and formal educational media being developed for children, K-12, higher education, adult learners, and…

In this course, students transition to reading more extensive passages of unadapted literature, beginning with a passage from the Vulgate (the fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible). The main texts are a mythological story of transformation from…

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…

Harvard University's Crafting the Thesis Proposal in Government, History, and International Relations Tutorial is designed to guide students through the essential steps of developing a robust thesis proposal in the dynamic field of Emerging / Needs Review.…

Offered by Harvard University, the Crafting the Thesis Proposal in Government, History, and International Relations Tutorial is designed to guide students in developing a compelling thesis proposal within the Emerging / Needs Review category. This course…

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…

This course builds on the work done in HIST E-597b . Students use the research and writing skills they have developed to produce a sample chapter of a biography, one that could be submitted as part of a book proposal or a biographical article for an academic…

This course builds upon the foundation established in PSYC E-597d by leading students through the execution of their fall term proposal plan. The final assignments for this term in completion of the capstone are: the capstone prototype (the specific product…

This course builds upon the foundation established in PSYC E-597c by leading students through the execution of their fall term proposal plan. The final assignments for this term in completion of the capstone are: the capstone prototype (the specific product…

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…

Crises challenge individuals and organizations to respond creatively to high-stakes and novel circumstances. Today not only traditional emergency responders (police, firefighters, and emergency medical teams) must be ready for crises, but also private and…

Making the sustainable investment case is a crucial skill for every type of professional, whether in the private, public, or not-for-profit sectors. This course takes lessons from the theories and practices of sustainable investment in the professional…

Climate change, as well as a host of environmental challenges like access to clean water, pose an existential threat to our planet. This course studies how politics can be both an obstacle and a solution to solving these problems. Students may not count both…

Evolutionary psychology is the application of principles from evolutionary biology to the study of human behavior. In this course, we explore the underlying theories in evolutionary psychology and how they have been applied to topics covering the range of…

Computer vision (CV) is an exciting and rapidly changing field. In a little over a dozen years, deep learning algorithms have revolutionized many aspects of CV. In the past few years, the emergence of powerful generative algorithms are having a significant…

This course examines habits and habit change at several levels of analysis, including the biological (neurobiological), psychological (emotional, cognitive, and behavioral), and socio-cultural levels. Some of the topics we cover include the definition and…

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…

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 presents 'Art Crime: Implications and Investigations,' a cutting-edge course in the Emerging / Needs Review category. This program delves into the complex world of art crime, examining its legal, ethical, and cultural implications while…

Supervised learning algorithms, such as support-vector machines, random forests, and neural networks have demonstrated phenomenal performance in the era of big data. However, they often fail in answering the question, what would happen if the world changed in…

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…

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…

Harvard University's Crafting the Thesis Proposal in Government, History, and International Relations Tutorial is a meticulously designed course in the Emerging / Needs Review category. This program equips students with advanced research methodologies,…

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 course explores how to accelerate the transition to an economy that regenerates the Earth's biosphere and sustains the ecosystem services on which all life and economic activity depend. Using the circular economy as a starting point, we examine the deep…

The course introduces students to enterprise cybersecurity through an asset-centric lens, focusing on how organizations actually design and operate security programs. Rather than emphasizing individual tools or idealized architectures, the course examines how…

Deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) models and applications have proliferated and are profoundly affecting almost every aspect of economic, social, and scientific activity. This course equips students with skills needed to engage in advanced research…

This course provides an introduction to the field of nonprofit fundraising, also called development or advancement. It is designed for nonprofit executives and managers who are unfamiliar with development, professionals wishing to transition into the…

The goal of this course is to make sense of nearly four centuries of financial crisis, from the Dutch tulip bubble of 1637 through the global financial collapse of 2008, to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023. Along the way, we identify recurring…

Harvard University's course on Psychometric Theory and Assessment delves into the intricacies of psychological measurement and evaluation within the Emerging / Needs Review category. Students will gain a thorough understanding of theoretical frameworks,…

Exercise is medicine and fundamental to good health. Given the current epidemic of disease related to sedentary behavior, it is imperative to train future health-care providers to understand the relationship between physical activity and health. There is also…

Why does it seem that some people are so resilient and content? This course looks at psychological and physical health from the perspective of positive psychology. The major focus is on mindfulness theory and its relationship to stress and coping, illness and…

Most machine learning models emphasize cross-sectional data, while traditional time-series models typically focus on a small number of variables and low-frequency data. This course develops the skills and tools needed to analyze big data that are rich in both…

Concerned about toxics in consumer products? Join this course to examine the topic from multiple perspectives: the science of hazard and risk, the factors that drive outrage, and the regulations designed to protect us. The course content is designed to…

This laboratory course allows students to gain familiarity with laboratory techniques and apparatus, and to apply their knowledge of concepts from CHEM E-1bx in a laboratory situation. Prior to each lab, students read the lab experiment and complete a…

This course helps students become aware of the factors that really influence decisions. With readings about the latest scientific research and through discussions, students get both practical and academic insights into behavioral science, nudges, and the…

This course is the second of a four-part sequence intended to introduce the student to the language and world of classical Greece. The main goal of the course is to provide the student with a comprehensive introduction to the classical Greek language.…

This course is a capstone for students earning a Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability degree. Course deliverables include a detailed, actionable, and measurable sustainability action plan (project report), as well as a presentation to be given to the class…

Building upon the material in CSCI E-109a , the course introduces advanced methods for statistical modeling, representation, and prediction. Topics include multiple deep learning architectures such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural…

Offered by Harvard University, the course on Developmental and Regenerative Biology delves into the intricate mechanisms of biological development and tissue regeneration. As part of the Emerging / Needs Review category, this program equips students with…

This course builds upon the foundation in human development established in PSYC E-597 by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the report. The prototype is the specific…

Clinical psychology is a diverse and compelling field. Clinical psychologists research, assess, and treat mental illness. They work with people to help them adjust to challenges and heal after losses. They can develop and use empirically validated treatments…

This course provides an overview of human and comparative genomic studies, genomic architecture, numerical and structural variations, and regulatory mechanisms of the genome. The course topics include current and novel practices in genome interrogations,…

This is a general course in genetics providing a broad view of gene action from the molecular to the population levels, with emphasis on eukaryotes. Topics include bacterial and viral genetics, Mendelian genetics, mutation and DNA repair, forensic DNA…

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of groups and culture. It is designed to help students understand key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and demonstrate how individuals can come together as a group and function…

Big data is everywhere. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming the new way of making progress in both industry and science. A fundamental goal across modern business and science is to use as many machines as possible, consume as much information as…

This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and…

Harvard University's Fundamentals of Academic Writing course offers a rigorous introduction to essential writing techniques for academic and professional success. This Emerging / Needs Review program equips students with the foundational skills to craft…

The writings of Albert Camus (1913-1960) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), both Nobel Prize winners, and Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), winner of the prestigious Goncourt Prize, are all representative of French existentialism and have made a lasting impact.…