Lorraine Stratkotter successfully completed and received a passing grade in the online course SW12.5x: China (Part 5) From Global Empire under the Mongols to a Global Economy under the Ming Dynasty, offered by HarvardX through edX. The certificate was issued on April 30, 2016 and was signed by Peter K. Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, validating Lorraine Stratkotter's completion of the course.