Program Director
Margaret Andrews
Director of Management Studies; Associate Dean of University Extension
This page contains content from the 2008–09 academic year. For current information, visit the Harvard Extension School website at www.extension.harvard.edu.
Overview
In these graduate degree and certificate programs you study five major fields of management:
- Management, marketing, and operations
- Organizational behavior and human resources
- Accounting and finance
- Information systems management
- Communication in business
Master of Liberal Arts in Management Curriculum Summary
To earn the Master of Liberal Arts in Management, you complete 12 courses: courses that meet the distribution requirement across the five fields of management, four courses in an area of concentration that you choose, and the capstone course.
Online and on-campus options. You can earn the degree through a combination of online and on-campus courses as long as you complete six on-campus-only courses at Harvard Extension School or Harvard Summer School.
See Degree Requirements.
Certificate in Management Curriculum Summary
To earn the Certificate in Management, you complete eight courses, including at least one course from each of the program’s five fields. In addition, you may focus your study by taking four courses in one of the eight concentrations.
Online and on-campus options. You can earn the certificate through a combination of online and on-campus courses as long as you complete four on-campus-only courses at Harvard Extension School or Harvard Summer School.
Getting Started: Admission to a Program
We consider success in prerequisite coursework at Harvard Extension School to be a key predictor of success in a program. Thus, to apply you must have completed three courses from the program curriculum and earned at least a B in each. One of the three courses must be from the accounting and finance field. The courses count toward your program once you are admitted.
In addition, to pursue the certificate program, some work experience, preferably one or two years, is helpful, and you should have at least two years of work experience to pursue the master’s degree. Read about admission criteria and how to apply in Admission.
Advisory Board
A board of educators and professionals from Harvard University and the Boston area advise the Extension School on curriculum development and program requirements. Members of the advisory board include the following:
- Jonathan C. Abbott, President and Chief Operating Officer, WGBH
- Patricia H. Deyton, Assistant Professor and Faculty Director of the Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons School of Management; Senior Advisor to the Council of Women World Leaders
- Carol Fulp, Vice President of Community Relations, John Hancock Financial Services
- Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration (Marketing/Communications), Emeritus, Harvard Business School
- Marilyn M. Hausammann, Vice President for Human Resources, Harvard University
- James P. Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Arnold M. Howitt, Executive Director, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- Robert B. McKersie, Professor of Management, Emeritus, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- David A. Shore, Associate Dean and Executive Director, Center for Continuing Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health; Director, Trust Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health
- David A. Spina, Retired Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation