Online Courses at Harvard: Fall and Spring Options

Online courses in the fall and spring

Our online courses are offered either solely online, both online and on campus, or via live web conference (no videos). The format is listed in the course description.

Spring 2012
Fall 2011

Spring term 2012

Anthropology and Archaeology

ANTH E-1179 Historical Linguistics, Ancient Inscriptions, and Archaeology
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Biological Sciences

BIOS E-102 Newsworthy Topics in Contemporary Life Sciences
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BIOS E-234 Principles of Human Disease: Cellular Metabolism
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Biotechnology

BIOT E-215 Elements of Clinical Investigation
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Computer Science

CSCI E-12 Fundamentals of Website Development
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CSCI E-50b Introduction to Computer Science Using Java II
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CSCI E-64 Visualization
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CSCI E-76 Building Mobile Applications
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CSCI E-120 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
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CSCI E-124 Algorithms and Data Structures
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CSCI E-131b Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures
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CSCI E-139 Internet Voice, Video, and Telepresence
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CSCI E-160 Java for Distributed Computing
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CSCI E-170 Security, Privacy, and Usability
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CSCI E-215 Unix/Linux Systems Programming
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CSCI E-241 Web Development Using ASP.NET MVC
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CSCI E-250 Abstraction and Design in Computation
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CSCI E-256 Oracle Database Administration
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CSCI E-268 Database and Information Management Systems
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CSCI E-275 Software Engineering
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Creative Writing

CREA E-25, section 2 Introduction to Fiction Writing
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Economics

ECON E-10a Principles of Economics
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ECON E-1010 Microeconomic Theory
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ECON E-1600 Economics of Business
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Education

EDUC E-150 Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective
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Engineering Sciences

ENSC E-155 Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics
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English

ENGL E-130 Shakespeare and Modern Culture
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ENGL E-137 Metaphysical Poetry
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ENGL E-156a Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture
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ENGL E-189 The Civil War from Nat Turner to Birth of a Nation
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ENGL E-198 Modern American Crime Narratives
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ENGL E-208/W The Expatriate Moment in Paris
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Environmental Studies

ENVR E-102 Environmental Management II
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ENVR E-105 Strategies for Sustainability Management
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ENVR E-110 Sustainable Ocean Environments
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ENVR E-116 Planning for Carbon Neutrality: Practical Methods for Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reduction
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ENVR E-130 Global Climate Change: The Science, Social Impact, and Diplomacy of a World Environmental Crisis
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ENVR E-142/W Conservation Biology and Sustainable Use of Forested Landscapes
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ENVR E-145 Introduction to Environmental Justice
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ENVR E-157 Sustainable Business and Technology
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ENVR E-159 Environmental Toxicology and Risk Management
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ENVR E-160 Critical Thinking about Environmental and Public Health Issues
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ENVR E-165 Human Health and Global Environmental Change
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ENVR E-210 Critical Analysis of Environmental Systems
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Expository Writing

EXPO E-15, section 2 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-15, section 3 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-15, section 4 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-15, section 6 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-25, section 1 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 2 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 4 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 6 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 7 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 12 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-34, section 1 Business Rhetoric
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EXPO E-48, section 1 Multimedia Communication: Digital Storytelling
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EXPO E-48, section 2 Multimedia Communication: Digital Storytelling
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French Language and Literature

FREN E-2d Online Intensive Elementary French II
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Government

GOVT E-1040 Human Rights: A Philosophical Introduction
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GOVT E-1064 Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy
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GOVT E-1310 Introduction to Congress
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GOVT E-1780 International Political Economy
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GOVT E-2001 Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology
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History

HIST E-1632/W The History of Boston
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HIST E-1852 Japan in the Twentieth Century
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HIST E-1890/W World War II through Film and Literature
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HIST E-1915 Africa and Africans: The Making of a Continent in the Modern World
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History of Art and Architecture

HARC E-178 Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form
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History of Science

HSCI E-125 Medicine and Society in America
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Information Systems Management

ISMT E-110 Internet and Integrated Productivity Software for Managers
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ISMT E-135 Simulation for Management Decision Making
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Journalism

JOUR E-110/W The Constitution and the Media
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Legal Studies

LSTU E-109 Constitutional Law
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LSTU E-120 Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control
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Management

MGMT E-1000, section 1 Financial Accounting Principles
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MGMT E-1300 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance for Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations
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MGMT E-1600 Managerial Accounting
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MGMT E-2000, section 2 Principles of Finance
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MGMT E-2720 Mergers and Acquisitions
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MGMT E-3300 Development Communications
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MGMT E-4000, section 1 Organizational Behavior
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MGMT E-4000, section 5 Organizational Behavior
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MGMT E-4170 Managing Virtual Teams
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MGMT E-4240 Human Resource Management
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MGMT E-5000, section 1 Strategic Management
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MGMT E-5095 Disaster Relief and Recovery
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MGMT E-5325 Strategy and Competition in Higher Education
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MGMT E-6620 Internet Marketing Strategies
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Mathematics

MATH E-3 Quantitative Reasoning: Practical Math
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MATH E-320 Teaching Mathematics with a Historical Perspective
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Music

MUSI E-139 A History of Blues in America
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Philosophy

PHIL E-166/W Ethical Theory
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Psychology

PSYC E-1030/W Human Development
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PSYC E-1034 Adult Development
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PSYC E-1609 Mind, Brain, Health, Education: The Sciences of Achievement in Learning and Life
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Religion

RELI E-1010/W World Religions
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RELI E-1047/W Religion, the Arts, and Social Change
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RELI E-1050 Apocalypse Now: How the World Ends (or Doesn't) in World Religions
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Statistics

STAT E-50 Introduction to Statistics
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Fall term 2011

Anthropology and Archaeology

ANTH E-1000 Pyramid Schemes: The Archaeological History of Ancient Egypt
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ANTH E-1050 Moctezuma's Mexico: Then and Now
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ANTH E-1615 The Anthropology of Arabia
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Biological Sciences

BIOS E-50 Neurobiology
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BIOS E-105 Medical Detectives
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BIOS E-172 Biological Perspectives on HIV and AIDS
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Classics

CLAS E-116/W Concepts of the Hero in Classical Greek Civilization
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Computer Science

CSCI E-1 Understanding Computers and the Internet
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CSCI E-14, section 1 Understanding and Developing Multimedia
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CSCI E-14, section 2 Understanding and Developing Multimedia
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CSCI E-30, section 1 Introduction to Web Content Management Systems Site Development
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CSCI E-30, section 2 Introduction to Web Content Management Systems Site Development
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CSCI E-50a Introduction to Computer Science Using Java I
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CSCI E-52 Intensive Introduction to Computer Science
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CSCI E-61 Systems Programming and Machine Organization
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CSCI E-119 Data Structures
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CSCI E-131b Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures
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CSCI E-153 Web Development Using XML
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CSCI E-160 Java for Distributed Computing
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CSCI E-186 Economics and Computation
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CSCI E-205 Computing Foundations for Computational Science
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CSCI E-207 Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation
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CSCI E-234 Introduction to Computer Graphics
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CSCI E-237 Programming Microsoft .NET
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CSCI E-247/W Software Design: Principles, Models, and Patterns
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CSCI E-253 Developing Web-Based Database Applications
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CSCI E-300 Randomized Analysis
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Economics

ECON E-1010 Microeconomic Theory
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ECON E-1600 Economics of Business
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Engineering Sciences

ENSC E-130 Introduction to BioMEMS
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ENSC E-150 Introduction to Nanobiotechnology: Concepts and Applications
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English

ENGL E-154a Literature and Sexuality
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ENGL E-196 American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac
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ENGL E-212/W The Vampire in Literature and Film
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Environmental Studies

ENVR E-101 Environmental Management I
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ENVR E-109 Environmental Politics
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ENVR E-115 Introduction to Sustainable Development
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ENVR E-117 Organizational Change Management for Sustainability
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ENVR E-118 Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
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ENVR E-119 Sustainable Buildings: Design and Construction
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ENVR E-120 Environmental Ethics and Land Management
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ENVR E-135 Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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ENVR E-140/W Fundamentals of Ecology
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ENVR E-151 Life Cycle and Supply Chain Sustainability Assessment
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ENVR E-210, section 1 Critical Analysis of Environmental Systems
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ENVR E-210, section 2 Critical Analysis of Environmental Systems
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Expository Writing

EXPO E-15, section 1 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-15, section 2 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-15, section 6 Fundamentals of Academic Writing
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EXPO E-25, section 1 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 2 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 5 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 6 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 7 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 10 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 11 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-25, section 12 Academic Writing and Critical Reading
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EXPO E-34 Business Rhetoric
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French Language and Literature

FREN E-1d Online Intensive Elementary French I
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Government

GOVT E-1005 Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
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GOVT E-1062 Theories of Citizenship
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GOVT E-1243 Russian Politics in Transition
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GOVT E-1886 Nuclear Weapons and International Security
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History

HIST E-1224 Britain Since 1760: Island, Europe, Empire
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HIST E-1557/W History of Russian Culture Through Film and Literature
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HIST E-1669/W History of American International Relations
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HIST E-1825 China: Traditions and Transformations
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History of Science

HSCI E-101 The Darwinian Revolution
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HSCI E-146 Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe
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Humanities

HUMA E-155 Forms in Korean Cultural History
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Information Systems Management

ISMT E-110 Internet and Integrated Productivity Software for Managers
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ISMT E-130 Spreadsheet Models for Managers
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Journalism

JOUR E-100 Graduate Journalism Proseminar: Writing and Reporting
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Management

MGMT E-1000, section 1 Financial Accounting Principles
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MGMT E-1300 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance for Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations
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MGMT E-1600 Managerial Accounting
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MGMT E-2000 Principles of Finance
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MGMT E-4000, section 3 Organizational Behavior
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MGMT E-4240 Human Resource Management
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MGMT E-5000, section 1 Strategic Management
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MGMT E-5090 Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness
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MGMT E-5330 Principles and Practices of Fundraising
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Mathematics

MATH E-300 Math for Teaching Arithmetic
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Museum Studies

MUSE E-100 Introduction to Museum Studies
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Psychology

PSYC E-1240 Abnormal Psychology
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PSYC E-1704 Creativity: Geniuses, Madmen, and Harvard Students
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Religion

RELI E-1505/W Religion, Education, and Democracy
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RELI E-1550 Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies
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Social Sciences

SSCI E-101 Education Policy Analysis and Research in Comparative Perspective
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SSCI E-125 Case Studies in Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives
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Statistics

STAT E-50 Introduction to Statistics
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Studio Arts and Film

STAR E-176 Nazi Cinema: Hitler's Hit Parade
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Distance Education

Online Courses at Harvard: Fall and Spring Options

Online courses in the fall and spring

Spring term 2012

Anthropology and Archaeology

Biological Sciences

Biotechnology

Computer Science

Creative Writing

Economics

Education

Engineering Sciences

English

Environmental Studies

Expository Writing

French Language and Literature

Government

History

History of Art and Architecture

History of Science

Information Systems Management

Journalism

Legal Studies

Management

Mathematics

Music

Philosophy

Psychology

Religion

Statistics

Fall term 2011

Anthropology and Archaeology

Biological Sciences

Classics

Computer Science

Economics

Engineering Sciences

English

Environmental Studies

Expository Writing

French Language and Literature

Government

History

History of Science

Humanities

Information Systems Management

Journalism

Management

Mathematics

Museum Studies

Psychology

Religion

Social Sciences

Statistics

Studio Arts and Film

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