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Spotlight
Ilavenil Subbiah, instructor of the Extension course STAR E-122 Book Art I, explains the value of art and looking behind a book’s cover.
New Fields
The following fields are new this year. Be sure to check the admission and degree requirements for each.
Clinical psychology
Clinical psychology emphasizes research on psychopathology, empirically based assessment, and psychological intervention, and applies the knowledge gleaned from academic research directly to individuals in distress. This concentration includes a field placement course that has both a classroom and a lab-based or human-services-based component, requiring 150 hours in a Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences or Harvard Medical School lab or research facility, a social services agency, or a hospital setting. While graduates would not be eligible for psychology licensure in Massachusetts based on an ALM degree, the field placement experience is intended to enhance the likelihood of securing mid-level, in-field employment, as well as admission to further graduate study.
See the frequently asked questions about this new field for more information.
International relations
This concentration studies relationships among the world’s governments, international political economy, international law, multinational corporations, non- and inter-governmental organizations, and global issues such as poverty, genocide, and the environment. Its approach is interdisciplinary. Because of the global issues now confronting us, this burgeoning field has become an important offshoot of the field of government.
Legal studies
The study of law and justice has a rich humanistic tradition, and it is from this perspective that this concentration is derived. This interdisciplinary field introduces students to legal theory, history, and ethics. It examines the impact of legal issues on a variety of fields and institutions, from museum law to mental health law. How the law functions within diverse segments of society, how concepts of justice have evolved, and the rhetoric of legal discourse are other aspects of this field.
Visual arts
This field is a retooling of the previously offered ALM concentrations in history of art and architecture and studio arts and film. This combined concentration offers students more courses—a number of which are available through Harvard Summer School—and a wider pool of instructors from which to choose. Students may select from art and architectural history (both ancient and modern), film studies, digital media, photography, and other aspects of visual culture for their research.