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Open Learning at Harvard

At Harvard Extension School, free and open learning is hardly a new concept. In fact, the Extension School was founded with this mission in mind: to create an affordable way for any motivated student to take courses at Harvard. We stay true to this mission today, offering several free courses and over 700 for-credit courses at reasonable tuition rates.
Explore our series of free or low-cost courses below. In addition, you can also browse Harvard University's Digital Learning Portal, which features online learning content from across the University, both free and fee-based options.

OPEN LEARNING COURSES WITH HARVARD FACULTY

Abstract Algebra

In these free videotaped lectures, Professor Gross presents an array of algebraic concepts. To explore the lectures, visit the ABSTRACT ALGEBRA OPEN LEARNING COURSE PAGE

The American Jury: Deliberations for Social Change

This course is a call to reclaim the deliberative process as a means of generating social change. Explore the concept of jury in both theory and practice with Charles Nesson of Harvard Law School and Rebecca Nesson of the Harvard Division of Continuing Education. ​Read the THE AMERICAN JURY COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Ancient Greek Hero

A long-time offering at Harvard College and Harvard Extension School, Gregory Nagy's popular exploration of the hero motif in classic literature is offered as a course for credit at Harvard Extension School, as a course on edX, and as a series of free video lectures. See THE HERO IN ANCIENT GREEK 

American Poetry from the Mayflower through Emerson

Discover how the United States developed its own national literature with Elisa New, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. The course features conversations with public figures like writer Michael Pollan, economist Larry Summers, and Vice President Al Gore.
Watch a video, in which Elisa New discusses the design of the HarvardX course and the topics covered.

Bits

Explore how digital technologies inform issues of public policy, regulation, and law in this series of course lecture videos featuring Harry Lewis, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard. See BITS: THE COMPUTER SCIENCE OF DIGITAL INFORMATION OPEN LEARNING COURSE

China

Study the world’s largest and oldest government from its ancient beginnings to the twenty-first century. Using Harvard’s vast visual collection, Peter Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard, and William C. Kirby, Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard, show China in a new social and political light.
Watch the following video to get a sense of the tools used in the course, and visit the CHINA: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OPEN LEARNING COURSE PAGE


Copyright

Explore the current law of copyright; the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and industry; and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be reformed. Watch the welcome video with Professor 
William Fisher below, and COPYRIGHT COURSE DESCRIPTION

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