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Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.
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Modern Masterpieces of World Literature
Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.
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Masterpieces of World Literature
Embark on a global journey to explore the past, present, and future of World Literature.
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Shakespeare's Life and Work
Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.
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Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost
Explore the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
An exploration of the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
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Technology Entrepreneurship: Lab to Market
Explore how entrepreneurs build successful businesses by moving technology from lab to market.
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Cell Biology: Mitochondria
A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron
Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks
Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.
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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain
Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.
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Justice Today: Money, Markets, and Morals
Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.
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18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart
Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni
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19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer, Wagner, & Verdi
Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots , Das Rheingold , and Otello.
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Data Science: R Basics
Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.
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Data Science: Visualization
Learn basic data visualization principles and how to apply them using ggplot2.
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Data Science: Probability
Learn probability theory -- essential for a data scientist -- using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
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Data Science: Inference and Modeling
Learn inference and modeling, two of the most widely used statistical tools in data analysis.
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Data Science: Wrangling
Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.
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Data Science: Linear Regression
Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.
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Data Science: Machine Learning
Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.
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Data Science: Capstone
Show what you've learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.
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United States Health Policy
Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts.
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MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe
How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed to control and eliminate malaria.
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Statistics and R
An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.
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