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Explore the opportunities and difficulties facing widespread adoption of digital technologies in health care.

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Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

Strategy Execution for Public Leadership

Join Harvard Kennedy School faculty and former Pentagon Chief of Staff Eric Rosenbach to learn how to develop strategies for public leadership success.

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

This course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will help you drive transformation in your organization by learning how to execute for today and innovate for tomorrow.

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Over the last two decades, the digitization of medical records created opportunities for automation and data-driven clinical support for a range of routine clinical applications.

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Solve your organization’s problems by looking outside your organization.

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Data Visualization: Communicating Data and Complex Ideas Visually

Learn how the science of data visualization and the art of graphic design can help you communicate complex information more accurately and effectively.

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Learn leadership coaching strategies to help your team navigate business challenges and maximize performance.

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The Leadership in Corporate Counsel program offers in-house leaders insights into the challenges they face and the frameworks, concepts, and tools they need to succeed in their increasingly complicated roles. 

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At Harvard Extension School, our courses are the cornerstone of our academic offerings.

You may choose to take a single course — perhaps to build a new skill, explore a passion, or prepare for graduate school. Or you may decide to take courses in pursuit of a degree or certificate . The choice is yours.

Our courses are open enrollment, requiring no application to enroll. Whatever your goal, you’ll find courses that balance academic rigor with flexibility and value.

800 courses in over 60 subjects

Harvard faculty and industry-leading professionals

Flexible course formats to fit your life

High-impact learning designed for real-world application

A global community of motivated lifelong learners just like you

Stackable pathways that can lead from a course to a certificate to a degree

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You can explore over 400 online and on-campus courses offered during Harvard Summer School 2024.

Multiple Participation Options Offered Year-Round

We understand that you need flexible attendance options to balance school, career, and other life commitments.

We offer courses multiple times a year, with 3 participation options:

• Online synchronous
• Online asynchronous

Learn more about our course participations options.

Full (15-week) and half (7-week) term courses between August and mid-December

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3-week intensive courses

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Full (15 week) and half (7 week) term courses from late January to mid-May

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3- and 7-week options from June to August

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• Register for your course.
• Submit your  payment by the payment deadline.
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Returning to school as an adult student can be overwhelming. Our Harvard Extension Ready tool and Career and Academic Resource Center can help you prepare.

Harvard Extension Ready

Harvard Extension Ready is a series of online lessons on core writing skills. It is free, self-guided, and self-paced.

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Career and Academic Resource Center (CARC)

CARC provides academic webinars covering a wide variety of study and research skills you’ll need to thrive at Harvard Extension School.

Whether you want to learn some effective note-taking strategies, prepare to give a presentation, or understand how to properly cite your sources in a midterm paper, you’ll find what you need in the online CARC resource library.

Visit the CARC website to explore all of these valuable resources and more.

Experience all that Harvard Extension Has to Offer

• Receive college credit. Harvard Extension courses are credit-bearing, can be applied to related Harvard Extension certificates and degrees , and may be transferable to other universities.
• Gain access to skill-building and career webinars , student resources , and Harvard University libraries .
• Develop a diverse network of peers like you—driven, experienced, and committed to growth.

Harvard Division of Continuing Education

The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) at Harvard University is dedicated to bringing rigorous academics and innovative teaching capabilities to those seeking to improve their lives through education. We make Harvard education accessible to lifelong learners from high school to retirement.

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Our short, intensive programs — offered online or in person — provide you with the strategies you need to return to the office ready to solve today’s challenges.

Learn from industry leaders in the Harvard and Boston communities who have deep subject matter expertise grounded in the context of today's business world.

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Certificates of Leadership Excellence

Certificate of leadership excellence in management development.

Participants refine their management and leadership skills while challenging their current thinking.

Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Strategy and Innovation for Senior Leaders

Designed to equip senior leaders with tools to lead, manage change, innovate and compete in our disruptive global landscape.

Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Leading Teams

Participants will learn effective strategies to motivate, engage, and empower teams. Learn evolving best practices for leadership.

Certificate of Leadership Excellence in Executive Development

Build upon and improve your ability to bring out the best in others, develop an authentic leadership style and vision, and gain the vital skill of organizational strategy implementation.

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