Harvard University courses

Through individual and group exercises, monologues, improvisations, and scene studies, this dramatic arts workshop—eclectic in method—helps students develop their acting potential and sharpen their performing skills. Previous theater study is not required.…

This course offers a hands-on training experience in collections care, documentation, and processing at the <a href="https://hmane.harvard.edu/">Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East</a>, <a href="https://mcz.harvard.edu/">Museum of Comparative Zoology</a>,…

This course provides the intellectual framework used in the private equity process: valuation in private equity settings, creating term sheets, and the process of due diligence and deal structuring. Other learning objectives include building an understanding…

American politics, in general, and presidential campaigns, in particular, hold many lessons for leading for-profit and not-for-profit start-up ventures. Capital must be raised; a large, diverse team must be organized and deployed; and a brand must be…

This is an intensive workshop for creative writing students looking to seriously invest in their craft. Over the course of the semester, students draft four mini-essays inspired by an author or comic technique studied in class, and then expand and…

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 surveys the history of photography from its origins in 1839 to present, from Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre to Sally Mann and Dawoud Bey. We begin in France with the story of the daguerreotype and follow that narrative as it introduces not only new…

There is a saying that culture eats strategy for breakfast, meaning that no strategy can succeed if it is not supported by an organization's culture. Many senior executives want to change the culture of their organizations, yet the popular press tells us that…

Coaching is an emerging discipline that has applications in many professional fields and even to our personal lives. Navigating this new terrain with its many different approaches can be overwhelming. In this course, students learn solid practices in coaching…

What distinguishes the market for genre fiction from other literary markets? How might writers working both within and beyond existing genres learn to think with genre in order to navigate their intended marketplaces or better understand their own work? This…

Come to Harvard University for a one-week experience where students engage with industry leaders during visits to local incubators, accelerators, and companies, as well as academic research departments and institutions. The course focuses on the following…

This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover…

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 is designed for students seeking preparation for <a href="/search/?p=EXPO%2025" data-action="result-detail" data-group="code:EXPO 25" >EXPO E-25</a> and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and…

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 <a href="/search/?p=CSCI%20599C" data-action="result-detail"…

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…

An introduction to oral and written Spanish for students with little or no background in the language. Assignments involve work with an online textbook and occasional videos. Class sessions focus on additional instructor-supplied exercises, conversation,…

Conducted in Italian, this course is designed for beginners with no knowledge of Italian. The aim of the course is to develop oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. Class time is devoted to paired, group, and cultural…

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

There have always been tales of sea monsters. For as long as we humans have ventured into the ocean, our imaginations have conjured images of serpents, krakens, leviathans, and other creatures, all of whom seem bent on the destruction of those who dare set…

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…

This course offers students the overview, direction, and support for completing an individual capstone project, creatively engaging their professional and personal interests. Lectures and discussions explore challenges and opportunities in project scoping,…

As the world changes at an unprecedented pace, ambiguity is everywhere. Design thinking, innovation, agile, and many other approaches to problem solving have never been more important. But often these methods are only accessible to an exclusive club of people…

There are millions of podcasts currently available, and the number of podcasts and the audience for them continues to grow. It has become essential for journalists to gain the skills necessary to create compelling audio stories. In this course, students…

This course focuses on lifestyle medicine, which is the science and application of healthy lifestyles as interventions for the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, some neurological…

We explore the siege of Boston—from the arrival of British troops in June 1774 to their evacuation on March 17, 1776. How did Boston and the surrounding communities respond to British occupation? How did this military action turn colonial resistance into…

This course examines how the Russian state that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union defines its interests in a post-Cold War world. We explore which theaters and regions of the world matter most to modern day Russia and what tools of national power…

Case studies are a cornerstone of sustainability scholarship and practice, grounding abstract theories and concepts in real-world examples. During this course, students produce a bounded case study—a narrative focusing on a community, organization, or field…

We often say to each other today that our society has become incapable of civil debate. But perhaps this is not solely because of our increasing political and cultural polarization, but because we have forgotten the ways that formal debate and oratory were…

This course offers a hands-on training experience in collections care, documentation, and processing at the <a href="https://hmane.harvard.edu/">Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East</a>, <a href="https://mcz.harvard.edu/">Museum of Comparative Zoology</a>,…

This course helps students develop an academically strong capstone proposal. It is mandatory for candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, cybersecurity, who wish to register for <a href="/search/?p=CSCI%20599B" data-action="result-detail"…

This course considers the pivotal role of the personalities of leaders who take their nations into war—or avoid such—and the military leaders who advise those individuals and execute operations once war has commenced. In others words, this course examines the…

This is a four-day, advanced course developed by the Negotiation Task Force (NTF) for corporate leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs who seek to hone their negotiation skills in a highly realistic, immersive training program. The intensive program features an…

The iconicity of Harvard University's campus is informed by its vast memorial ecology and a constellation of public artworks, temporary and permanent exhibitions, garden statuaries, and a unique architectural identity within its historic built environment.…

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

This course provides students with the opportunity to explore how pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexican and Latina/o cultures provide vital context for understanding today's changing world. The emphasis is on the mythical and social origins, glory days, and…

This course covers both micro- and macroeconomics. The microeconomic subjects studied include the workings of the market mechanisms—how supply and demand determine the quantities and prices of goods and factors of production and international trade, and how…

This introduction to macroeconomic theory and policy emphasizes the overall performance of the national economy. Topics include economic growth, financial markets, and the causes and consequences of short-term movements in gross domestic product,…

This course is an introduction to financial accounting, its concepts, and the techniques of recording, summarizing, and reporting the flow of financial information through the entity concerned. The course offers an understanding of the information flow…

Matrices provide the algebraic structure for solving myriad problems across the sciences. We study matrices and solutions to systems of linear equations as part of understanding linear transformations and general linear spaces. Using the notions of…

This course introduces the basic concepts and theories of ethics and applies them to some of the most widely discussed issues of the day. Students examine ethical issues that arise in a biomedical context, such as euthanasia, eugenics, reproductive control,…

This course integrates financial economics concepts and their application in making financial decisions for organizations. Students examine the practices and perspectives of financial management, with reference to the foundations of modern finance: economics,…

This course is an introduction to differential and integral calculus in one variable. The course begins with a study of limits and derivatives, and culminates with the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus as well as some integration techniques. The topics covered…

This course is an intensive, comprehensive introduction to the chemistry of carbon and its importance to living systems. Topics include current ideas of bonding and structure, major reaction mechanisms and pathways, a discussion of the analytical tools used…

This course is a comprehensive survey of chemistry for the general student that emphasizes the principles underlying the formation and interaction of chemical substances: stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, atomic and molecular structure,…

This course is an introduction to multiple regression methods for analyzing data in economics and related fields. Students learn how to conduct empirical studies, as well as how to analyze and interpret results from other empirical works. The emphasis is on…

This course is an intensive introduction to the fundamental concepts of probability, statistical inference, and statistical computing necessary for a working knowledge of applied statistics. The course moves at an accelerated pace and requires a substantial…

This course is a fast-paced and rigorous introduction to computer science. The first half of the course covers foundational programming concepts such as data types, conditional execution, iteration, and recursion. It also explores the key features of…

This course explores the life history and adaptations of marine life and the ecosystems of the sea. Emphasis is placed on understanding the fragility and resilience of marine systems in the face of anthropogenically driven perturbations such as habitat…