Academics in Harvard Extension School

Academics in Harvard Extension School

Harvard Extension School is overseen by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. Students who wish to study must be officially admitted to the Extension School at Harvard University, but Extension offers open enrollment courses for students who wish to improve professional skills, prepare for a new career, or pursue research intellectual. Harvard Extension School offers more than six hundred on campus and online courses, taught by both teachers and instructors of the Harvard community of Greater Boston. Harvard Extension School also offers over 200 online courses in two formats: asynchronous video courses (lectures are recorded and uploaded within 24 hours of class meetings on campus), and courses, live web conference (the courses are broadcast live, and usually allow students synchronous participation through an online platform high).

Students may enroll full or part time, and classes can be taken on campus, over the Internet, or both, but in order to earn a degree, students must complete a minimum number of on-campus only Harvard credit. Students Non-degree seeking access to resources through the library of Harvard Grossman, electronic resources through the Harvard Libraries Portal and equipment installations. Candidates admitted level privileges are granted to the libraries of Harvard, and access to Harvard's museums and academic workshops. Graduates of the Extension School are alumni of Harvard University.