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This online course (MOOC) explores the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence.

This introductory global health course aims to frame global health's collection of problems and actions within a particular biosocial perspective. It develops a toolkit of...

This online course addresses Einstein's engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology, and raises basic questions...

This online coures explores the literature and heroes of ancient Greece through the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, the tragedies of Sophocles, the dialogues of Plato, and more.

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...

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 explores the structure and content of the Book of Hours, as well as its role in private devotion and daily life in Medieval Europe.

In this online course, students will learn about the period from Deng Xiaoping´s rise in 1978 to the present, through the disciplines of sociology, political science and economics.

This online course gives an introduction to probability and statistics. The course is designed for beginners with some knowledge of high-school algebra.

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 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...

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 (MOOC) is the first of ten parts of a course series that collectively spans over 6,000 years of Chinese history.This first part of the series gives an...

This online course explores the dynamics of contemporary China using Chinese literature and literary analysis. The course includes direct engagement with five books and author...

This online course gives an introduction to 18th century opera by analyzing Händel’s "Giulio Cesare" and Mozart’s "Don Giovanni".

This online course explores the science behind weather systems by teaching the observational skills needed to make a forecast the without using instruments or computer models.

This course explores how to create successful global business innovations in health care that can better meet consumer and social needs. Upon conclusion, students will learn to...

This online course explores ancient Chinese philosophy and ethics, including Confucianism and Daoism. It also discusses how this might challenge Western assumptions of what it...

Super-Earths And Life is a course about alien life, how we search for it, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe.

In this online course, students will learn about how in the 13th century the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history by force of arms and yet by the end of the Ming...