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Degree Requirements
To earn the ALM, students must meet the following general requirements:
- Complete 10 courses (40 credits):
- the area proseminar
- five in the field of concentration
- a seminar in the field of concentration
- two electives outside the field of concentration; one must be a seminar or writing-intensive course
- the master’s thesis
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Earn a grade of B– or higher in each course (B or higher in the three required for admission) and maintain an overall average of B in all ALM courses, which can only be earned at Harvard Extension School, Harvard Summer School, or as Special Students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
- Complete eight of the 10 courses with Harvard instructors.
Literature and creative writing concentrators: Complete CREA E-100r, four additional courses in creative writing, and three in English or any foreign literature, one of which must be a seminar.
In the fields of biology and psychology, one graduate-level course in statistics must be completed at the Extension School or the Summer School with a grade of B or higher before submission of the thesis proposal. STAT E-50, STAT E-102, or an approved Summer School course fulfills this requirement. For biology concentrators, this course may count either as a field course or an elective. Before commencing any ALM coursework, students who have already completed a graduate-level course in statistics elsewhere with a grade of B or higher may petition to waive this requirement by passing the ALM statistics exam. Those receiving a waiver may take another course as a field course or an elective.
Specific degree requirements are further detailed in this section. See the Requirements Summary for an easy reference and downloadable worksheets.
Selecting Courses
To see how current course offerings fulfill requirements, use the degree course search.
