Enrollment
You should enroll for undergraduate credit, even in courses available for both undergraduate and graduate credit. If you choose to enroll in courses that are only available for graduate credit, you earn graduate credit and are graded by graduate standards.
You can register for up to 4 courses in fall and spring, 1 course in the January session, and 2 courses (or one 8-credit course) at Harvard Summer School. You may seek approval to register for a maximum of 5 courses in a fall or spring term by submitting a course overload petition (no overload option for January or summer courses).
Degree credit is not awarded for any course that duplicates the subject matter of a previous course for which credit has already been received. Additionally, if you have already taken a more advanced course in a subject, credit will not be given for an elementary course taken in the same subject. It is also not given for foreign language courses in your native language.
Transfer credit that has already been awarded is removed if at any point you complete a duplicate course at Harvard.
You can only count a maximum of 3 courses toward the Extension School master of liberal arts degree before earning your bachelor’s degree. You must be within 16 credits of graduation and receive approval by submitting an e-mail request to alb@dcemail.harvard.edu prior to registration. The courses will not count toward your ALB degree.
You may not repeat a course to improve your grade point average. A repeated course appears on your transcript but does not count toward the degree or grade point average unless a failing grade is earned. If you need to repeat a required course because you earned a grade below the minimum and there are no alternative courses from which to choose, both grades count toward your GPA. See Student Responsibilities for more information.
If you do not enroll for 5 consecutive years, you are withdrawn from the program. If you choose to continue your degree studies, you must reapply to the undergraduate program and will be held to any new admission and degree requirements.