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Requirements
The following summaries provide an overview of the requirements for each degree; in addition, you may download* and print the requirements. You can also refer to detailed AA requirements and ALB requirements.
Note: Courses often fulfill more than one requirement simultaneously. For example, RELI E-1010/W counts as an upper-level, writing-intensive, Harvard-instructor, humanities course.
AA Degree
Total credits: 64
(no transfer credits accepted; most Harvard courses are 4 credits)
Distribution
- 8 credits in humanities
- 8 credits in social sciences
- 8 credits in sciences
Expository Writing
- 8 credits (4 credits must be EXPO 25 or S-20)
Writing Intensive
- 4 credits
Quantitative Reasoning
- 4 credits
Moral Reasoning
- 4 credits
Harvard Instructor
- 32 credits
ALB Degree
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
(most Harvard courses are 4 credits); maximum 64 transfer credits
Distribution
- 8 credits in sciences
- 8 credits in humanities
- 8 credits in social sciences
- 8 credits outside the area of concentration
Expository Writing
- 8 credits (4 credits must be EXPO E-25 or S-20)
Writing Intensive
- 12 credits; must be completed at Harvard
Quantitative Reasoning
- 4 credits; must be completed at Harvard
Moral Reasoning
- 4 credits; must be completed at Harvard
Foreign Language
- 8 credits
Area of Concentration
- 40 credits; 32 credits must be completed at Harvard
(either humanities, science, or social sciences)
Field of Study (optional)
- 32 credits; must be completed at Harvard
Professional and Liberal Arts Citations (optional)
- 16 credits; must be completed at Harvard
Harvard Instructor
- 52 credits
Upper-Level Courses
- 60 credits
