See Also
This page contains content from the 2008–09 academic year. For current information, visit the Harvard Extension School website at www.extension.harvard.edu.
Course Selection
The Extension School offers a range of courses that apply toward the ALM degree, and a description of courses is below. Candidates should first review the complete degree requirements and download a requirements worksheet from Requirements Summary.
Degree Course Search
Candidates may search by the following criteria:
- How a course fulfills degree requirements, including field courses, Harvard instructor and seminar requirements, and electives
- Whether a course is offered on campus or online
- When a course is offered: term, day, or time
See the current website for the current degree course search.
About Liberal Arts Courses
Courses that count toward the 15 fields of the ALM degree are available in many areas of study, including government, history, biology, English, and psychology, and can be identified using the degree course search above for your chosen field.
Courses from some areas do not count toward ALM degrees. These areas include accounting, communication in business, computer science, education, engineering sciences, expository writing, finance, information systems management, journalism, management and operations, marketing, mathematics, museum studies, organizational behavior and human resources, physics, and speech. A few exceptions exist, and the exceptions in your field can be found in the degree course search.
Courses in creative writing may count only toward a concentration in literature and creative writing. Only the CREA courses listed in the degree course search count toward that concentration.