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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 online course explores key concepts of urban development by examining cities around the world. It also includes a historical exploration of cities like ancient Rome.

This online course explores the development of 2D and 3D interactive games by analyzing the design of games such as Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, Angry Birds, and more. It also...

This online course provides a human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

This online course explores the scientific and technological underpinnings of malaria. It also teaches about the historical, political, social, and economic contexts of malaria...

This online course explores the process of creation, and the relationship between making and meaning, in the illuminated manuscripts of the western Middle Ages.

This online course explores how to perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

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

In this religion course, learners explore case studies about how religions are internally diverse, how they evolve and change through time, and how religions are embedded in all...

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 (MOOC) explores Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

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...

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...

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

In Leaders of Learning, students will identify and develop their personal theory of learning, and explore how it fits into the shifting landscape of learning. This isn't just...

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.

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 the poetry of the Civil War and its aftermath.

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 MOOC gives an introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.