Reich, JustinNesterko, Sergiy O.Seaton, Daniel ThomasMullaney, TommyWaldo, JamesChuang, IsaacHo, Andrew2014-03-242014Reich, Blair Justin Fire, Sergiy O Nesterko, Daniel Thomas Seaton, Tommy Philip Mullaney, James H. Waldo, Isaac Chuang, and Andrew Dean Ho. 2014. PH207x: Health in Numbers & PH278x: Human Health and Global Environmental Change: 2012-2013 Course Report. HarvardX Working Paper Series No. 2: 1-20.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11987996In the 2012-2013 academic year, the first two Harvard School of Public Health courses were offered through HarvardX on the edX platform: PH207x: Health in Numbers and PH278x: Human Health and Global Environmental Change. They were taught by Professors Earl Francis Cook and Marcello Pagano, and Aaron Bernstein and Jack Spengler, respectively. This report describes the structure of these two courses, the demographic characteristics of registrants, and the activity of students. This report was prepared by researchers external to the course teams and is based on examination of the courseware, analyses of the data collected by the edX platform, and interviews and consultations with the course faculty and team members.en-USmassive open online courseHarvardXMITxonline learningdistance educationhigher educationpublic healthbiostatisticsepidemiologyenvironmental healthclimate changeResearch Paper or Report2014-03-24