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Do you want to understand how and why animals behave the way they do, and how we test hypotheses about behaviour scientifically? This biology and life sciences course provides an introduction to the complexities of wild animal behaviour, and how it is studied.

Over six weeks, learners will explore the various behaviours animals adopt in order to meet the challenges of their daily lives. We begin with how animals learn and communicate with each other, then move on to discuss how they find food, avoid predators, choose their mates, and rear their offspring.

This course is aimed at anyone looking to broaden their understanding of animal behaviour beyond nature documentaries or a typical high school education. No previous knowledge is required, only curiosity and enthusiasm for the subject.

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欢迎选修北京大学医学部MOOC课程“身边的营养学”。

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营养学是一门探讨人们在饮食生活实践中如何得到完满实现的理论、措施和方法的学科。营养学的发展与生命科学及社会意识形态的发展息息相关，随着人民群众对健康关注的日益增多，营养学也走进了每个人的生活。

在 这门“身边的营养学”网上课程中，我们将向您系统地讲授营养学的主要概念及方法。课程内容从营养学的基础开始，循序渐进，围绕蛋白质、脂类、碳水化合物、 膳食纤维、维生素、矿物质和水等几大营养素的特性和生理功能展开。进一步地，我们会利用生活中的实际案例，和您分享各类营养素的适宜摄入量、食物来源及与 常见慢性病的关系，教会您如何在全面理解各类食品的营养价值的基础上，将营养学基础知识与机体健康紧密结合，理论联系实际，解决生活中的实际膳食问题。

希望同学们通过本课程的学习，能够掌握营养学的基础知识及方法，了解膳食结构与健康及常见慢性病之间的关系，在改善自身营养状况和健康水平的同时，也能惠及身边的人，并为后续的研究和学习打下坚实的基础。

我们的课程主共有7周课，每周有两个时长为15~20分钟的课程视频，每一节课后有作业。学习者每周在此课程的投入时间需要1~2小时。

课程进行期间，助教组将于本课论坛开放学术讨论区与教务讨论区，供大家提出疑问，发表见解。教师和助教参与论坛活动安排：每周六晚上7~9点在线，欢迎大家积极参与。

本课程需要准备专门的教材么？

不需要。本课程没有专门的教材，主要参考书目有：孙长颢主编的《营养与食品卫生学（第7版）》（人民卫生出版社）和李勇主编的《营养与食品卫生学》（北京大学医学出版社），感兴趣的同学可以参阅。另外，每节课后教师会给出针对当节课内容的参考资料，包括参考书、参考文献、参考网站以及视听材料，等。

关于本课程的考核方式

本课程每次课后会有作业。作业占总成绩50%（包括7次每周练习成绩和1次同学互评成绩），期末考核占总成绩50%。另外认真思考，积极参与论坛讨论，表现突出者，会结合表现给予1~5%成绩的奖励加分。本课程达到60%的成绩即为合格，由任课教师签发北大统一的课程结业证书。

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Front-End Web Development. 

DevOps is the union of people, process and products to enable the continuous delivery of value to end users. It aims to create a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably, so you can innovate like a startup and scale for the enterprise. By taking this introductory DevOps course, you’ll be able to define DevOps, understand why you need DevOps, and learn how you can get started with DevOps. You’ll learn the key ideas and techniques to bring development and operations together to produce higher-quality software and deliver it more quickly.

This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Front-End Web Development. 

This computer science course introduces JavaScript and HTML as programming and markup languages that are used to create web applications. The learner will gain experience with each language individually and then combine them together to create compelling web application solutions. The learner will have an opportunity to use Visual Studio Code on their operating system of choice to create and test their web applications.

This course teaches basic tasks that are necessary to create web applications with a strong semantic structure, re-usable style components and custom interactive features. This course includes hands-on labs that enable the learner to build basic HTML pages that are the components of a web application used to solve real world problems.

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本课程的 教学内容包括：形式语言与自动机理论、可计算性理论、计算复杂性理论等三个部分。这些内容分别回答下列问题：（1）有哪些计算装置？它们的能力如何？ （2）什么是计算？哪些问题是（不）可计算的？（3）什么是有效计算？哪些问题是（不）可有效计算的？通过这门课程的学习，学生将了解计算理论的基础知 识，掌握有效计算的概念。
本课程的教学方式包括教学录像片段（每段录像8-20分钟，内含1-2个测验问题），教学录像之外的书面作业，以及（必须参加的）期末考试。
本课程课程的总长度为8周，每周教学录像长度大约120分钟。需要的预备知识是离散数学（集合论、数理逻辑、图论等）的基本概念。

本课程需要哪些资源才能进行学习？

答：一台联网的电脑，纸和笔，以及最重要的好奇心。

本课程最有趣的内容是什么？

答：本课程将告诉你计算机不可能做到的一些事情。

本课程需要什么先修课程？

答：离散数学的基础知识，包括集合、关系、函数、逻辑、图等。

化学与社会课程的授课对象是非科学类本科生，课程的内容涵盖了化学基础和应用的诸多方面。本课程的目标是：培养和提高非科学类学生的科学素养，使学生掌握一些基本的化学知识，对化学家思考问题、解决问题的方法有所了解，拓展学生的视野和知识面，理解当今人类社会所面临的若干重大挑战与化学之间的关联，进而有助于学生自身的职业发展。

化学与社会的主要内容包括化学基本概念、有机化学、高分子化学、材料化学、环境化学、地球化学、能源化学、生物化学、食品化学、医药化学和日用化学等。在课程的开始阶段，将简要介绍一些基本的化学概念和常识，然后依次介绍化学的一些重要分支以及它们在社会生活中的广泛应用。

化学起源于古老的神秘主义。东方道家和西方炼金术士们在追求长生不老和无尽财富的过程中奠定了实验化学的基础，发展出一套比较系统的化学实验方法和设备。尽管金丹术士们没有实现他们最初的目标，但是他们却取得了一个更为伟大的成就，那就是化学作为一门科学诞生了。

化学以理论和实验为基础，面向广阔的应用领域，经过三百多年的发展，已经成为人类文明的支柱学科。回顾人类发展史，几乎每个文明时期的标志性进展都与化学家的贡献密切相关。冶铁技术、人工合成氨技术、橡胶和塑料的合成以及纳米材料都最先出自化学家之手，因此毫不夸张地讲，化学是人类文明的基石。

化学与社会这门课的目的不是培养化学家，而是介绍化学及其成就，描述这门学科的过去、现在和未来。因此，这门课程就像是一艘“观光飞船”，带着同学们俯瞰这片神奇的领域，沿途领略化学中最具代表性的区域。通过学习化学与社会，学生不仅仅可以学到一些基本的化学知识，也可以对化学学科的历史和现状、化学与社会的关系、目前化学领域的某些热点问题以及化学的未来前景有一个轮廓式的了解。

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Teaching object non-scientific and social class undergraduate chemistry curriculum, course content covers many aspects of basic and applied chemistry. The objective of this course is to: develop and improve non-science students' scientific literacy so that students have some basic knowledge of chemistry, chemists thinking, problem solving understanding, expand their horizons and knowledge, understanding today Several major challenges facing human society association between the chemical and, thereby contribute to students' own career development.

The main content of the chemical and the basic concepts of society, including chemical, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials chemistry, environmental chemistry, geochemistry, energy, chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and household chemistry. At the beginning of the course, will briefly introduce some basic concepts and knowledge of chemistry, followed by some important branches of chemistry, and they are widely used in social life.

Chemical originated in ancient mysticism. East and West Taoist alchemists in pursuit of immortality and endless wealth in the process laid the foundation for chemistry experiments, to develop a more systematic method and apparatus for chemical experiments. Although saver warlocks do not realize their initial goal, but they made one more great achievement, it is a chemical used as a science was born.

Chemistry with theoretical and experimental basis for the broad application areas, after three hundred years of development, has become a pillar disciplines of human civilization. Recalling the history of human development, almost iconic during the progress of each civilization are closely related to the contribution of chemists. Metal fabrication technology, artificial ammonia technology, synthetic rubber and plastics and nano materials are first hand from the chemist, and therefore no exaggeration to say that the chemical is a cornerstone of human civilization.

The purpose of this course is not the culture and society of chemical chemist, but describes the chemical and its achievements, describing the discipline's past, present and future. Therefore, this course is like a "tourist spaceship", with students overlook this magical area, along a taste of the chemical in the most representative area. Through the study of chemistry and society, students can not only learn some basic knowledge of chemistry, the relationship can be the history and status quo of chemistry, chemical and society, current and future prospects of some hot issues in the field of chemistry and the chemical has a contour Formula understanding.

"本课程的主要目标是帮助学生理解国际刑法学的基本知识。我们将通过20章节的学习来实现这一目标，包括来自美国、德国、英国、瑞典和伊斯兰国家主流学者对国际刑法学的看法和观点。
这是一门为对国际刑法学感兴趣尤其是关注中国刑事司法体制发展的学生所提供的基础课程，提供了比较完整的国际刑法学的知识体系。

本课程将向同学们展现国际刑法学的系统知识。主要内容包括：国际刑法学的属性和历史发展，国际刑事法院的诞生和管辖，引渡和国际合作，国际刑法学的一般原则，刑事责任和辩护理由，国际犯罪的一般概念，规定在国际刑事法院规约中的国际犯罪和其他一些重要的国际犯罪，国际刑法学中的证据规则和诉讼程序。

本课程使用的主要教材是《现代国际刑法学原理》（中国人民公安大学出版社2009年出版），该书是司法部法治建设与法学理论研究部级科研项目成果，荣获北京市高等教育优秀教材奖。该书在系统整理美国、德国、英国、瑞典和伊斯兰国际刑法重要学者观点的基础上，系统说明了现代国际刑法的学科归属，历史发展，国际刑事法院，国际化的国内刑事法庭，国际刑法的管辖、引渡与国际合作问题，国际刑法的一般原则、刑事责任与辩护理由问题，国际犯罪的一般概念与《国际刑事法院规约》规定的灭绝种族罪、危害人类罪、战争罪、侵略罪以及其他重要的国际犯罪，国际刑法中的诉讼制度与证据规则。

"The main objective of this course is to help students understand the basic knowledge of international criminal law. We will learn through 20 chapters to achieve this goal, including from the United States, Germany, Britain, Sweden and the Islamic countries of the international criminal law scholar mainstream views and perspectives. This is an interest in international criminal law for concern, especially basic course students develop the Chinese criminal justice system offered to provide a more complete knowledge of international criminal law system. This course will show students the knowledge system of international criminal law. The main contents include: property and history, the birth of the International Criminal Court and the jurisdiction of the international criminal law, extradition and international cooperation, the general concept of the general principles of international criminal law, criminal responsibility and defenses, international crime, the provisions of the International Criminal Court Statute of the International Crime and other important international crime, international criminal law in the rules of evidence and procedure.

The main materials used in the course of "the principles of modern international criminal law" (Chinese People's Public Security University Press published in 2009), the book is the construction of the Ministry of Justice and the rule of law theory of law and ministerial research achievements, won the Beijing Higher outstanding teaching Award. Finishing the book in the United States system, basic Germany, Britain, Sweden and the important Islamic scholar of international criminal law perspective, the system shows the ownership of the modern discipline of international criminal law, historical development, the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal of the domestic and international criminal law jurisdiction, extradition and international cooperation issues, the general principles of international criminal law, criminal liability and defense issues, international general concept of crime of genocide, "the Statute of the International Criminal Court" provisions and, crimes against humanity, war crimes, the crime of aggression as well as other important international crime, litigation system and the rules of evidence in international criminal law.

This course is presented in Mandarin.

If you are having difficulty viewing this video in mainland China, you can also find it here.
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通 过此课程，学生将对民俗学有一个初步的认识，对民俗的起源、产生和发展，民俗的基本分类，民俗与文化，民俗与生活，民俗与国民性等诸多问题，以及民俗在文 化保持和传承中的重要作用有一个较为全面的了解。 此课程不需要先修课程，对民俗与文化感兴趣的学生均可选修此课程。 课程学习时间为11周。学生选修此课程需要按要求观看课程视频，阅读指定参考资料。为全面掌握课程讲述内容，学生需要花费4小时左右阅读教师布置的阅读作 业。 课程期末考核包括两部分内容，一是学生需按要求完成民俗采风的作业，二是期末参加在线考试，分别占最后成绩的50% 此课程的教材为《民俗学概论》（第二版），王娟著，北京大学出版社，2011年。

This eleven-week course will provide students with the basic knowledge of folklore, including its history, classification, function, and value. Coursework will include videos, readings, and an assignment of collecting 20 items of folklore. There will also be a final exam.

The course is one of the PKU-DeTao MOOCs, which is a joint effort by Peking University and DeTao Masters Academy. 该课程是“北大-德稻网络开放课程”中的一门，由北京大学与德稻教育联合提供。"

We are at a critical inflection point in global health. We have seen improvements in access to care, but struggle to improve human health. A key component of this equation is quality of care.

Improving access to healthcare is only as useful as the quality of care provided. Many agree that quality is important – but what is it? How do we define it? How do we measure it? And most importantly, how might we make it better?

The course is designed for those who care about health and healthcare and wish to learn more about how to measure and improve that care – for themselves, for their institutions, or for their countries. Each session will be interactive and provide concrete tools that students can use. We will empower you to raise questions, propose concrete solutions, and promote change.

We have assembled leading thinkers from around the globe – not only people who are experts – but people with real, hands-on experience running organizations, hospitals, and ministries of health. So join us – whether you are a physician, nurse, or other healthcare provider, if you are a student of medicine, public health, or health policy, or a patient who simply cares about getting good care – this course is for you.

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A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861 begins by examining how generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union.  After discussing the institution of slavery and its central role in the southern and national economies, it turns to an account of the political and social history of the 1850s. It traces how the issue of the expansion of slavery came to dominate national politics, and how political leaders struggled, unsuccessfully, to resolve the growing crisis. We will examine the impact of key events such as Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, and end with the dissolution of the Union in the winter of 1860-61.

This course is part of the X Series, Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery. It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation – the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality. This X Series will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves. One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history – how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present.

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In this macroeconomics course, you will learn to predict macroeconomic variables such as inflation, growth or consumption, and to create statistical models in economics and use them to predict responses to economic policy.

You will learn from hands-on demonstrations of model-building, forecasting and policy analysis, using data sets from a wide variety of countries. Demonstrations and applications will be conducted using EViews—a popular software for estimating and simulating forecasting models on Windows. Free, temporary licenses for EViews will be made available for the duration of the course.

Macroeconometric Forecasting is offered by the IMF with financial support from the Government of Belgium.

College Writing 2.1x is an introduction to academic writing for English Language Learners, focusing on essay development, grammatical correctness, and self-editing. The five-week course includes a review of basic grammar terminology and understanding; writing effective sentences and paragraphs; introductions and conclusions; strategies for writing longer texts; and thesis statements. The course materials will be offered via readings and videos. An optional course workbook, in ebook form, may be used for additional writing work. Students will participate in online discussions as well as peer review. Students will complete an essay for this part of the course.

In partnership with the U.S. Department of State

UC Berkeley is partnering with the U.S. Department of State to extend the reach of College Writing 2X. Participating U.S. Embassies will host in-person, facilitated discussions sessions around the course content in order to maximize the learning experience. The State Department-supported EducationUSA network will also offer facilitated discussions in some locations for students interested in pursuing higher education in the United States. This partnership is part of the English Education Alliance (E2A), a global effort of the U.S. Department of State to address the global demand for 21st century English language skills.

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以 社会学与经济学若干经典问题为载体，以计算机科学的典型思维方法为工具，学习与体会两类学科知识的交叉与互动。涉及的话题包括社会网络、关系平衡、匹配市 场、中介市场、拍卖市场、信息级联、网络效应、流行性、新事物的传播、小世界现象、表决制度等。本课程的学习目标，一是加深我们对某些生活现象的理解，二 是初步掌握一套分析研究那些现象与问题的思路与方法。

这是一门入门性质的课程，适合计算机类专业，社会学、经济学等社会科学专业的低年级本科生；同时也可供其他背景和程度的人们开阔视野。

课程的内容主要基于教材《网络、群体与市场》（译），同时在互联网上也有公开免费的英文版本

本课程采用哪本教材？

Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World  (Free Online)
"networks, groups and Markets: Principles and effector mechanisms reveal the behavior of highly interconnected world" (translation), Tsinghua University Press, 2011.

How is the human body structured? How are the different body systems interconnected with each other? If you are interested but layman to Human Anatomy, if you find the Human Anatomy textbooks are too difficult to read, or if you want to freshen up quickly your anatomy knowledge, this is the course for you.

Human Anatomy is fundamental to every medical and healthcare professional. However, the science of anatomy and effects of stroke are also extremely useful to anyone interested in understanding more about the human body. In this course, you’ll gain an understanding of the basic concepts of anatomy and learn to ‘dissect’ the human body with a logical approach through a typical clinical case of stroke.

Case-based study:
A real-life severe stroke case is adopted in this MOOC to articulate the application of Human Anatomy knowledge. This case scenario is presented by using a micro movie together with an interactive case summary and interview to arouse learners’ interest.

Module-based design:
In addition to the presentation of a stroke case scenario in Module ONE, two more modules are included. In Module TWO, general knowledge of human anatomy related to the stroke case, including organs of important body systems, anatomical orientation, skeletal and muscular system, nervous system and special senses, and cardiovascular and pulmonary system. And Module THREE is specific for healthcare professionals or learners who want to know more about the health services being provided to stroke patients. It rounds up the course with six healthcare-discipline specific role play videos and lectures given by visiting professors.

Go beyond the basics of programming to understand object-oriented methodology, the approach to modular and reusable software systems.

Topics Include:

• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
• Classes and Methods
• Polymorphism
• Inheritance
• Standard Library of C++

This course is part of the Fundamentals of Computer Science XSeries Program: 

• Programming Basics
• Foundations of Data Structures
• Implementation of Data Structures
• Algorithms

This is the third of five modules to introduce concepts and current frontiers of atomic physics and to prepare you for cutting-edge research:

8.421.1x: Resonance

8.421.2x: Atomic structure and atoms in external field

8.421.3x: Atom-Light Interactions 1 -- Matrix elements and quantized field

8.421.4x: Atom-Light interactions 2 --  Line broadening and two-photon transitions

8.421.5x: Coherence

The third module, 8.421.3x, covers how atoms interact with light. First, dipole and higher order couplings are introduced, and concrete examples for selection rules and matrix elements are given. After quantizing the electromagnetic field and introducing photons, the Jaynes-Cummings model and vacuum Rabi oscillations are presented. Coherent and incoherent time evolution are discussed, also in the framework of Einstein's A and B coefficients.

At MIT, the content of the five modules makes the first of a two-semester sequence (8.421 and 8.422) for graduate students interested in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. This sequence is required for Ph.D. students doing research in this field.

In these modules you will learn about the interaction of radiation with atoms: resonance; absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission; methods of resonance, dressed atom formalism, masers and lasers, cavity quantum electrodynamics; structure of simple atoms, behavior in very strong fields; fundamental tests: time reversal, parity violations, Bell's inequalities; and experimental methods.

Completing the two-course sequence allows you to pursue advanced study and research in cold atoms, as well as specialized topics in condensed matter physics.

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Separately, EdX has applied for a license to offer courses to learners in the Crimea region of Ukraine, but we are awaiting a determination from OFAC on that application. We are deeply sorry the U.S. government has determined that we have to block these learners, and we are working diligently to rectify this situation as soon as possible.

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Genetics permeates every aspect of the 21st century, from our doctors' offices to our judicial systems. By the end of this course, you’ll be well prepared to deal with both today’s genetic issues and new questions that are sure to arise in the future.

This challenging but very rewarding course focuses on the genetics issues that impact our health and well-being, while providing the same rigorous examination of genetics principles as a college genetics course.

The course is taught in two parts. Part 2 consists of 5 modules followed by a final exam. You’ll learn how genes are passed from parents to child, and what you do and don’t inherit from your ancestors. You’ll be able to analyze family relationships and to evaluate and explain to others claims about GMOs, epigenetics and other controversial issues.

Over thirty years ago, confident in the superiority of American military power, the United States set out to "fix" the Greater Middle East. Since that time, U.S. troops, covert operatives and proxies have engaged in costly exertions in predominantly Muslim societies everywhere from the Levant and the Persian Gulf to East Africa and Central Asia. With what result? Washington's efforts have exacted a terrible toll, squandering vast amounts of blood and treasure. In the meantime, the Islamic world has become less stable while anti-American radicalism flourishes. America’s War for the Greater Middle East has failed, and that failure is irreversible.

This course offers a history of that war, for better understanding of the factors that inspired the United States to launch the conflict and to persist in a doomed enterprise. Inviting you to learn how the war unfolded from one phase to the next, from the era of Jimmy Carter to the age of Barack Obama, it catalogs the errors of judgment and implementation made along the way. Finally, it encourages you to consider alternative approaches to policy that might have better served the interests of the United States and of the people living in countries invaded, occupied, bombed and otherwise subjected to American punishment.  

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

For each case, students visit the HMS Clinical Skills Center to observe the initial patient encounter and physical examination by an orthopedic surgeon. Following the patient encounter, students complete the interactive gross anatomy, histology and radiology learning sessions essential for understanding the case. The anatomy learning sessions include observing actual dissections in the Harvard Medical School anatomy laboratories revealing and explaining the human anatomy relevant for each clinical case.

After completing the case learning sessions, students review pertinent radiology images, commit to a tentative diagnosis from a list of differential diagnoses, and accompany the patient to a virtual operating room to observe the surgical treatment.  In the virtual operating room, students observe narrated videos of actual surgical procedures.

Clinical content for each case is developed in close collaboration with leading orthopedic surgeons and radiologists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

This course will contain videos, photographs, and other content, including anatomical images and videos showing cadaver dissection, that some people may find offensive, disturbing or inappropriate.

HarvardX requires individuals who enroll in its courses on edX to abide by the terms of the edX honor code : https://www.edx.org/edx-terms-service. HarvardX will take appropriate corrective action in response to violations of the edX honor code, which may include dismissal from the HarvardX course; revocation of any certificates received for the HarvardX course; or other remedies as circumstances warrant. No refunds will be issued in the case of corrective action for such violations. Enrollees who are taking HarvardX courses as part of another program will also be governed by the academic policies of those programs.

HarvardX pursues the science of learning. By registering as an online learner in an HX course, you will also participate in research about learning. Read our research statement : http://harvardx.harvard.edu/research-statement to learn more.

Harvard University and HarvardX are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment in which no member of the community is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination or harassment in our program. All members of the HarvardX community are expected to abide by Harvard policies on nondiscrimination, including sexual harassment, and the edX Terms of Service. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact harvardx@harvard.edu and/or report your experience through the edX contact form : https://www.edx.org/contact-us.

This philosophy course has two goals. The first goal is to introduce you to the things that philosophers think about. We will look at some perennial philosophical problems:

• Is there a God?
• What is knowledge, and how do we get it?
• What is the place of our consciousness in the physical world?
• Do we have free will?
• How do we persist over time, as our bodily and psychological traits change?

The second goal is to get you thinking philosophically yourself. This will help you develop your critical reasoning and argumentative skills more generally. Along the way we will draw from late, great classical authors and influential contemporary figures.

To help enhance your learning experience, this course offers instructor grading. If you choose to pursue a verified certificate, a professional philosopher will carefully read, grade and comment upon your work. Though all residential philosophy courses at MIT, and other major universities, offer instructor grading, this is an innovation in the world of MOOCs. Students will test their ideas against, and receive individual advice from, professional philosophers. We believe that this is the best way to learn philosophy.

Verified learners will be eligible for the MITx Philosophy Award and (for students presently in high school) the MITx High School Philosophy Award. The awards will be given for outstanding written work by the MIT Philosophy Department. In addition, award winners will be profiled on the MIT Philosophy website.

NOTE: Enrollment for instructor grading will be capped.