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This online course explores handwriting’s role in the later Middle Ages as Europe was in the midst of the "paper revolution” and the quantity of documents was exploding.

This online course explores how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

This online course (MOOC) teaches the basic building blocks of R.

This online course gives an introduction to probability, as a way to understand data, randomness, and uncertainty. The course is designed for learners with some basic high...

This online course explores introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

This online course explores the role of books during the Enlightenment and how literature emerged as a modern form of culture.

In this online course, students will learn about the creation of the first centralized bureaucratic empire in 221 BC through its dissolution and restoration.

This MOOC explores Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative “program music.” Participants will learn the basics of...

Through this part of the course, students will learn matrix algebra notation, matrix algebra operations, application of matrix algebra to data analysis and linear models.

This course seeks to prepare learners to recognize and analyze emerging challenges in the humanitarian field. The course explores the ethical and professional principles that...

This online course gives an introduction to the Quran, the central sacred text of Islam. The course provides tools and perspectives for understanding the role of the Quran in...

In this course students will learn various statistics topics including multiple testing problem, error rates, error rate controlling procedures, false discovery rates, q-values...

This four-week course provides the context in which to understand the Ebola outbreak -- why now, and why did so many people suffer and die? The course lays out the global...

In this online course, students will learn about the Manchus, who conquered Ming China and established the last of the imperial dynasties; their Qing dynasty would become the...

The jury is an institution in some legal systems in which a panel of citizens weigh evidence and decide verdicts of court cases. "To jury" is, at its most basic form, to judge....

In Tangible Things, students will discover how material objects have shaped academic disciplines and reinforced or challenged boundaries between people. This course will draw on...

In this online course, students will learn about modern China, focusing on the creation of the modern Chinese state on the ruins of the Empire during the Republican era;...

Musculoskeletal AnatomyX invites students to join basic science and clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School (HMS) to learn about several musculoskeletal injuries commonly...

This online course teaches about working with practitioners in social, life and physical sciences to understand how calculus and mathematical models play a role in their work.

This online course (MOOC) explores how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.