AAAS E-119
Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food
Carla D. Martin PhD, Lecturer on African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25963 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the sociohistorical legacy of chocolate, with a delicious emphasis on the eating and appreciation of the so-called food of the gods. Interdisciplinary course readings introduce the history of cacao cultivation, the present day state of the global chocolate industry, the diverse cultural constructions surrounding chocolate, and the implications for chocolate’s future of scientific study, international politics, alternative trade models, and the food movement. Assignments address pressing real-world questions related to chocolate consumption, social justice, responsible development, honesty and the politics of representation in production and marketing, hierarchies of quality, and myths of purity.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course African and African American Studies 119x. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Wednesdays, 3-5:00 pm starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
ANTH E-1000
Pyramid Schemes: What Can Ancient Egyptian Civilization Teach Us?
Peter Der Manuelian PhD, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25007 | Section 1
Description
How much of your impression of the ancient world was put there by Hollywood, music videos, or orientalist musings out of the West? How accurate are these depictions? Does it matter? This course examines the quintessential example of the “exotic, mysterious ancient world” ancient Egypt to interrogate these questions. Who has used ancient Egypt as a construct, and to what purpose? Did you know that pyramids, mummies, King Tut, and Cleopatra represent just the (overhyped) tip of a very rich civilization that holds plenty of life lessons for today? Combine the ancient Egyptians’ explanations of the world’s natural forces with all the social complexity of human interaction and you have a fully formed society about four millennia of accumulated experience! Can investigating the real ancient Egypt unpack our current misconceptions about the land of the pharaohs? Hardly morose, tomb-building zombies, the Egyptians embraced life in all its messy details. Piety and corruption, imperialism and isolationism, divinity and mortality all played significant roles in life along the Nile. What can we learn about the nature of politics and society in our time by seeing the parallels between the ancient past and today? We explore archaeology, modern Egyptomania, repatriation, new digital visualization technologies, and international politics. What was ancient Egyptian racism? What is archaeological racism? Who owns the past? Who needs it? We take excursions into Egyptian art, history, politics, religion, literature and language (hieroglyphs), plus examine the evolution of Egyptology as a discipline.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1099. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
ANTH E-1050
Moctezuma’s Mexico Then and Now: Aztec Empire, Race Mixture, and Finding LatinX
Davíd Carrasco PhD, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America, Harvard University
William L. Fash PhD, Charles P. Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16855 | Section 1
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore how pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexican and Latina/o cultures provide vital context for understanding today’s changing world. The emphasis is on the mythical and social origins, glory days, and political collapse of the Aztec Empire and Maya civilizations as a pivot to the study of the sexual, religious, and racial interactions of the Great Encounter between Mesoamerica, Africa, Europe, and the independent nations of Mexico and the United States. The study of the archaeology, artistic media, cosmovision, capital cities, human sacrifice, and the religious devotions of ancient Mesoamerica illuminate the Day of the Dead and Virgin of Guadalupe phenomena today. Objects at the Peabody Museum are used to examine new concepts of race, nation, and the persistence of Moctezuma’s Mexico in Latino identities in the Mexico-US Borderlands. This course empowers students to evaluate the ways the US is changing and struggling to define itself in relation to Latin America and especially the migration of peoples, ideas, arts, music, and food from and through Mexico.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1148. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ANTH E-1054
Popular Devotion: Anthropology of Images in Mexico and the Americas
Myriam Lamrani Maria PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26510 | Section 1
Description
Popular Catholicism is alive and well in Mexico, where devotees often talk about the supernatural beings present in their daily lives, often saints, simply as their images. This course examines devotion to and through images three-dimensional effigies, prayer cards, dreams, visions, art, and representations in popular culture. By examining what an image is and how it operates for devotees and other audiences, the students of this course are encouraged to explore visual methodologies and alternative modes of anthropological thinking to consider devotion in Mexico and Latin America. Such a focus on images grounds our examination in a framework where the image becomes an ethnographic object and a mode of anthropological inquiry. It also considers other types of images to ask how popular religion connects to other social issues, thus reflecting political dynamics. In an era of proliferation of visual content, the question becomes: what can an anthropology of images bring to our understanding of devotion in connection to other domains of social life? What can an anthropology of the visual offer to the anthropological study of popular religion? Foregrounding a scholarship that traverses visual, cultural, religious studies, and anthropology, this course explores themes such as popular religion, intimacy, nationalism, and political violence in Latin America. Readings draw mainly from anthropology and ethnographic works on popular Catholicism, nationalism, politics, visual studies, and cultural theory.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ANTH E-115
Class and Culture
James P. Herron PhD, Director of the Harvard Writing Project and Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26405 | Section 1
Description
It is commonplace to note that in the United States a large portion of the population self-identifies as middle class, even though our society is marked by deep, persistent, and increasing class inequality. Such self-identification, however, can obscure the complex and often contradictory ways in which we experience social class in our everyday lives. This intensive January session course explores the cultural dimensions of social class in the US from an ethnographic perspective, focusing on the everyday lives and cultures of ordinary Americans. We consider questions such as the following: what is it like to be a working class person in a society heavily invested in ideas of individual advancement and meritocracy? How do professionals (the upper middle class) define themselves and how do they view those above and below them in the class structure? How does social class shape people’s values, political views, and tastes? How are class boundaries created and maintained? The course readings are drawn mainly from anthropology and sociology. Students may not take both ANTH E-115 and SSCI E-115 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Harvard Hall 103
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details. International Students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ANTH E-118
Histories and Ethnographies of Capitalism
James P. Herron PhD, Director of the Harvard Writing Project and Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16813 | Section 1
Description
Karl Marx famously wrote that with the advance of capitalist social relations, “all that is solid melts into air.” Here Marx refers to the supposed power of capitalism to destroy pre-existing economic, social, and cultural orders. In the centuries since capitalism spread over the globe, it has indeed transformed the lifeways and cultures of peoples throughout the world. In more recent years, globalization understood as the widespread and accelerated movement of capital across national borders has radically altered the lives of many peoples, from peasants in China to industrial workers in Michigan. This course critically examines capitalism historically and ethnographically. In the first part of the course, we consider historical accounts of the origins, development, and transformation of American capitalism, focusing on the key themes of slavery, industrialization, and financialization. In the second part of the course, we consider ethnographic accounts of life under contemporary capitalism, focusing on the cultural responses of peoples experiencing the rapid social change, dislocation, opportunities, and hardships brought about by changing capitalist social relations. We consider questions such as how have people coped culturally with the demands of capitalist wage labor and work discipline? How have capitalist social relations transformed communities, families, and senses of ethnic and national identity? Students may not take both ANTH E-118 and SSCI E-118 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ANTH E-1180
Archaeology of Inequality
Jess Beck PhD, College Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16786 | Section 1
Description
In 2018, Oxfam reported that the 26 richest people on the planet had the same net worth as half of the global population. The rampant wealth disparities in the modern world lead us to ask whether inequality is an inescapable component of all societies. Through its unique access to the deep time of human prehistory, archaeology allows us to question myths and just-so stories about the origins and inevitability of inequality. In this course, we examine how different ways of making a living, from food procurement to economic and political organization, have worked to either amplify or diminish inequalities in human communities. This course covers topics that resonate in the past and present including how do elites justify their monopolization of power and resources? Are there alternatives to hierarchy in large-scale communities? What strategies have past people used to evade the inequitable demands of states and empires? This course explores how archaeologists draw upon multiple lines of evidence including material culture, architecture, and the remains of ancient plants, animals, and people to develop a holistic understanding of inequality in past societies.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ANTH E-1410
The Storyteller in Flight: Migrant Narratives, Refugee Camp Cultures, and the Arts of Displacement
Lowell A. Brower PhD, Lecturer on Folklore, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26306 | Section 1
Description
What are the effects of displacement on tradition, storytelling, and cultural belonging? How does forced migration influence narration, creative expression, and imagination? What are the powers and potentials of artistic communication after existential rupture? What is the role of the storyteller in flight? This course explores expressive cultures in motion, amid crisis, and out of place, and asks how tradition bearers and creative innovators adapt when the communities in which their preexisting cultural practices had once flourished are destroyed, uprooted, transformed, or dispersed. It also asks how researchers, aid workers, activists, and other outsiders might engage in ethical and beneficial ways with individuals and communities in exile. In examining the impacts of forced migration on cultural production, transmission, and innovation, we put classical theories of refugee and migration studies in conversation with recent ethnographies and folklore collections, as well as memoirs, novels, songs, and films by and about displaced persons. With case studies ranging from colonial Africa, to post-war Europe, to contemporary America, we explore what, if anything, holds together the refugee experience, while also interrogating our own neighborly obligations and scholarly commitments as we navigate what has famously been deemed the century of the migrant.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
ANTH E-1645
Money and Power: Cultural Approaches to Economic Life
James P. Herron PhD, Director of the Harvard Writing Project and Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26215 | Section 1
Description
This course considers how culture shapes the economic aspects of our lives. That is, we seek to understand the economy not as a separate realm with its own special logic and structure but instead as embedded in the social relations, identities, and cultural practices of everyday life. Our major course themes include exchange, money, debt, commodification, markets, and labor. We consider questions such as, how do the different kinds of exchanges we engage in gift exchanges versus market exchanges, for instance shape our relationships with others? We explore the social meaning of money and the role of the market in our lives. In a world where it is possible to rent a family, does money destroy love and intimacy? What aspects of our lives are governed by the logic of capitalism and what aspects escape capitalism’s grip? Why does it feel shameful to be in debt, and how has this shame been manipulated for political purposes? Why in the US do we consider work to be sacred and morally purifying even though many of us have tedious jobs? The course readings include theoretical and empirical works drawn mainly from the fields of anthropology, economic sociology, and heterodox economics. Our key texts include David Graeber’s Debt, Viviana Zelizer’s The Social Meaning of Money, and Sidney Mintz’s Sweetness and Power.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ANTH E-1660
Anthropology and Human Rights
Theodore Macdonald, Jr. PhD, Affiliate of the Department of Social Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26048 | Section 1
Description
This course combines an introduction to the formal, theoretical, and normative structures of human rights with analyses of contemporary case studies. It illustrates several critical human rights issues, debates, and practices that demonstrate the increasing significance of ethnographic field methods and related interpretive analysis. Accepting that agreement on and realization of human rights often require negotiation and compromise, the course illustrates why, and suggests how, realization of many broadly-defined human rights require specific contextualization.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ANTH E-1667
The Opioid Epidemic
Jason Bryan Silverstein PhD, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine and Co-Director, Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health Program, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16797 | Section 1
Description
More people die every year from opioid overdoses than gunshot wounds and car accidents, and the crisis appears to be worsening and rapidly changing. Making matters worse, understanding the crisis in real time is notoriously difficult, especially since most who overdose do not go to hospitals and death certificates are often unreliable. And while everyone agrees something must be done, what that something is leads us into heated debates over health care spending and harm reduction. While most medical research focuses on the biology of disease, this course takes a biosocial approach to unmask how social factors, economic insecurity, and the availability of massive amounts of pharmaceuticals have become an overdose crisis. We read social scientists, journalists, public health scholars, and first-hand accounts in order to understand the chronic emergencies (such as de-industrialization and despair) behind this acute crisis. By investigating the opioid epidemic in this way, students are encouraged to think boldly and creatively beyond the traditional boundaries of medicine: perhaps someone’s best medicine is a housing voucher, or a testing strip to detect fentanyl. By the end of the course, students understand the social roots of the opioid epidemic and how solutions may be implemented.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
APMA E-115
Mathematical Modeling
Zhiming Kuang PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26062 | Section 1
Description
Mathematical models are ubiquitous, providing a quantitative framework for understanding, prediction, and decision making in nearly every aspect of life, ranging from the timing of traffic lights, to the control of the spread of disease, to resource management, to sports. They also play a fundamental role in all natural sciences and increasingly in the social sciences as well. This course provides an introduction to modeling through in-depth discussions of a series of examples, and hands-on exercises and projects that make use of a range of continuous and discrete mathematical tools.
Prerequisites: MATH E-21a and MATH E-21b or permission of instructor. Knowledge of some programming language is helpful, but not necessary, as we introduce Matlab to those with no previous experience. Students must have Matlab installed on their computers. Students proficient in Python are welcome to use that language instead of Matlab.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) companion course Applied Mathematics 115. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
ARAB E-1
Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I
Muhammad A. Habib PhD, Preceptor in Arabic, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13547 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students who have not previously studied Arabic and introduces the script, sounds, and basic grammar of the language. Emphasis is placed on developing proficiency in all four skills (reading, speaking, listening, and writing), as well as an understanding and appreciation of Arabic culture.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, Thursdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ARAB E-3
Intermediate Modern Arabic I
Muhammad A. Habib PhD, Preceptor in Arabic, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16853 | Section 1
Description
This intermediate-level course is designed for students who have knowledge of the basic grammatical and lexical features of the Arabic language. It enables students to further strengthen their language skills in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by increasing the degree of fluency and spontaneity of language use, and adequacy of interaction and understanding of key aspects of the Arab culture. Students broaden their range of vocabulary for active use, acquire control of higher-level Arabic grammar, and increase their listening and reading comprehension, interactive and creative speaking, and writing skills. The course incorporates individual and group work, oral presentations, in-class discussions, and debates. The course focuses on introducing different aspects of Arab culture and society. In addition, students are exposed to the contemporary language of the media. Also, students read selected short stories and poems by a number of prominent Arab writers.
Prerequisites: ARAB E-1 and ARAB E-2.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Wednesdays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ARAB E-4
Intermediate Modern Arabic II
Muhammad A. Habib PhD, Preceptor in Arabic, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26519 | Section 1
Description
This intermediate-level course is designed for students who know the Arabic language’s basic grammatical and lexical features. It enables students to further strengthen their language skills in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by increasing the fluency and spontaneity of language use and adequacy of interaction and understanding of critical aspects of Arab culture. Students broaden their range of vocabulary for active use, acquire control of higher-level Arabic grammar, and increase their listening and reading comprehension, interactive and creative speaking, and writing skills. The course incorporates individual and group work, oral presentations, class discussions and debates, and daily homework using digitized tools such as Flipgrid, Kahoot, Quizlet, and others. Arabic is the only medium of instruction and communication during the program. The course focuses on introducing different aspects of Arab culture and society. In addition, students are exposed to the contemporary language of the media.
Prerequisites: ARAB E-3 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Wednesdays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ASTR E-8
The Emergence of Space and Time, Light and Matter: How Our Galaxy, Our Sun, and Our Earth Came to Be
Alessandro Massarotti PhD, Associate Professor of Physics, Stonehill College and Associate of the Department of Astronomy, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26439 | Section 1
Description
From the birth of our universe, 14 billion years ago, the explosion of space into existence which led to the Big Bang, our knowledge is only recently beginning to give us more fundamental answers about our physical existence. In this course, we discuss how the expanding cosmos gave rise to galaxies, how stars are born and die, and how planets form. We explore black holes, neutron stars, and other mysterious states of matter. Students learn about the most recent developments in the field of astronomy, including the discovery of gravity waves coming from merging neutron stars and the first images from the huge black hole at the center of our galaxy. We look into the mystery of symmetry in the cosmic laws and explore the possible existence of portals between far away times and locations, wormholes. We delve into the near future of telescopic exploration, such as the Webb Telescope and many other upcoming space missions.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-10
Introduction to Biochemistry
Robin Lynn Haynes PhD, Principal Associate in Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Roopali Roy PhD, Instructor in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14563 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of the main aspects of biochemistry by relating molecular interactions to their effects on the organism as a whole, especially as related to human biology. The organization of macromolecules is addressed through a discussion of their hierarchical structure, and a study of their assembly into complexes responsible for specific biological processes. Topics addressing protein function include enzyme kinetics, the characterization of major metabolic pathways, and their interconnection into tightly regulated networks.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology and chemistry.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center B
Required sections for graduate-credit students, optional sections for undergraduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-10
Introduction to Biochemistry
Robin Lynn Haynes PhD, Principal Associate in Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Roopali Roy PhD, Instructor in Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24316 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of the main aspects of biochemistry by relating molecular interactions to their effects on the organism as a whole, especially as related to human biology. The organization of macromolecules is addressed through a discussion of their hierarchical structure, and a study of their assembly into complexes responsible for specific biological processes. Topics addressing protein function include enzyme kinetics, the characterization of major metabolic pathways, and their interconnection into tightly regulated networks.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology and chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, January 27-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections for graduate-credit students, optional sections for undergraduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-107
Introduction to Medical Neuroscience
Daniel L. Roe PhD, Lecturer on Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Part-time, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24579 | Section 1
Description
This course presents students with an introduction to the major topics in neurological injury and disease. The student is introduced to the signs, symptoms, and underlying causes of a variety of conditions. Specific topics discussed include aneurysms, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, prosopagnosia, aphasia, contralateral neglect, neuropathy, meningioma, acoustic schwannoma, epidural and subdural hematoma, and pituitary tumor among others. Emphasis is on the neuroanatomical basis of injury and disease, and how this informs our understanding.
Prerequisites: Some background in basic biology is helpful.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Sever Hall 113
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-117
Human Impact and the Marine Environment
Daniel Hoer PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University and Physical Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15790 | Section 1
Description
As human population grows, our collective influence is becoming an almost ubiquitous feature in the natural world, and the marine environment is no exception. Presently, more than fifty percent of the global human population lives within 120 miles of a coastline, exerting tremendous pressure on marine environments. Using approachable primary literature as our guide, this course addresses the vast and diverse ecosystems within the global ocean to develop an understanding of oceanic processes and how they are impacted by human activity. We address a variety of human-induced stressors with the goal of understanding their source, how their effects manifest themselves, and how society can work to remove these stressors and correct their impacts.
Prerequisites: High school chemistry and biology recommended but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
BIOS E-12
Principles and Techniques of Molecular Biology
Alain Viel PhD, Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22965 | Section 1
Description
Students gain in-depth knowledge of nucleic acid structure, molecular genetics, and the biochemistry of transcription and protein synthesis. Working from this foundation, students explore mechanisms of gene regulation in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses. The roles played by gene regulation and rearrangement in diseases are also examined. One large project comprises three linked laboratory exercises that introduce students to important recombinant DNA and protein expression techniques. Students learn about the construction of an expression plasmid and assays for normal promoter function.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Science Center E
Required labs Thursdays, 7:40-9:40 pm. See syllabus for specific schedule.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 58 students
BIOS E-123
Reproductive Biology: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Behavioral Aspects
Daniel Spratt MD, Professor of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25897 | Section 1
Description
This course undertakes a multidisciplinary exploration of reproductive function in humans, including physiology and evolution as well as the impact on behavior and society. Examples in other species ranging from seasonal reproductive physiology and behavior in deer to effects of testosterone on songbirds’ vocalizations and behavior help provide perspectives on the complex process of human reproduction and the intricacy of its regulation by hormones. The ability of humans to understand and manipulate the influence of these hormones has had an impact on our lives, healthcare system, and society. The impact on society ranges from significant advances in women’s health to passionate controversies on limiting reproduction to scandals involving androgen use in sports. The impact of androgens and estrogens on cognition and behavior is an evolving field in neuroscience, business, and politics.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology or physiology or BIOS E-163.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOS E-129
Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Julie Park PhD, Preceptor in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Saige Lorraine Pompura PhD, Preceptor in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25750 | Section 1
Description
We are entering a new era in which a fundamental understanding of developmental biology and regeneration will play a critical role. In this course, embryonic and adult stem cells in different organisms are examined in terms of their molecular, cellular, and potential therapeutic properties. Genetic reprogramming and cloning of animals are critically evaluated. Ethical and political considerations are also considered.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, or the equivalent; knowledge of cell, molecular, or developmental biology is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-14
Principles of Genetics
Frederick R. Bieber PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Chu Kwen Ho PhD, Instructional Consultant, STEM Education and Teacher Development, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26516 | Section 1
Description
This is a general course in genetics providing a broad view of gene action from the molecular to the population levels, with emphasis on eukaryotes. Topics include bacterial and viral genetics, Mendelian genetics, mutation and DNA repair, forensic DNA technology, chromosome structure and function, genomics, and population and evolutionary genetics. The course also covers legal, ethical, and policy considerations for use of genetic technology.
Prerequisites: MATH E-8, BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, and CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1b, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Tosteson Medical Ed Center 128
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets on the Longwood campus. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-155
Medical Microbiology
Matthew Schaefers PhD, Instructor in Anaesthesia and Research Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Nikolaus Jilg MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Sarah Osmulski MD, Resident Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24224 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the microbial species that cause human disease. We cover bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa, and discuss current topics including antibiotic resistance, public health threats, and the microbiome. There is no laboratory component to this course.
Prerequisites: Basic molecular and cellular biology (BIOS E-1a or equivalent).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Required sections for graduate-credit students Wednesdays, 8-9pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
BIOS E-16
Cell Biology
Colles Price PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Head of Oncology, Vizgen
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25918 | Section 1
Description
This course cultivates an understanding of eukaryotic cellular and subcellular structure, with close attention to structure/function relationships that govern cellular processes at the molecular level. We examine the differences between several eukaryotic model systems, including fission and budding yeast, slime mold, plants, and mammalian cells in culture. We further discuss the specific experimental techniques amenable to the study of cell biology in each system and how discoveries made using model organisms have influenced modern cell biology.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center 110
Required sections Wednesdays, 8-9 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-162b
Human Pathophysiology II
Nancy Long Sieber PhD, Adjunct Lecturer on Physiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16782 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the pathophysiology of the human nervous, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems. Common mechanisms of pathogenesis are examined, including injury, autoimmunity, and neoplasia. These systems are linked by our focused examination of several conditions as they affect the body as a whole. We focus on pain, stress, and spinal cord injuries, as well as the consequences of obesity. Please note that Human Pathophysiology I, offered in alternate years, is not a prerequisite for this course.
Prerequisites: A normal human or animal physiology course is recommended, but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-163
Human Endocrine Physiology
Daniel Spratt MD, Professor of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25898 | Section 1
Description
This course delves into the fascinating ways in which hormones influence the body’s development and function. Initial lectures describe the nature of different hormones and how they exert their actions. Subsequent lectures explore how hormones regulate body functions including growth and reproduction, thyroid and metabolism, calcium and bones, nutrition, and salt/fluid balance. Clinical examples from both health and disease as well as evolutionary and historical perspectives are used liberally to illustrate points. We also explore how this physiology can be used to understand and treat diverse medical disorders such as diabetes, infertility, abnormal sexual differentiation and puberty, and osteoporosis.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, or introductory physiology.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOS E-166
Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Pathologies
Jennifer A. Carr PhD, Lab Instructor, Salem State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26222 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews pathological conditions of the cardiovascular and respiratory system and how these conditions affect normal function of the organ systems. Students examine the causes, symptoms, and treatments for various cardiac and respiratory diseases and conditions at the cellular, organ, and organismal level. Cardiovascular topics covered include vascular pathobiology, aneurysm, myocardial ischemia, myocarditis, cardiac arrythmias, cardiomyopathies, valve disorders and replacements, and congenital heart diseases. Respiratory topics include obstructive lung diseases such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); restrictive lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis; lung cancer; infectious pulmonary diseases such as COVID-19 and pneumonia; pulmonary vascular diseases; environmental lung diseases; neurorespiratory disorders; and conditions caused by acute trauma such as a pneumothorax. Clinical case studies and primary source literature are used to examine the effectiveness of particular medical procedures and treatments.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-65c or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Harvard Hall 101
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOS E-179
Experimental Molecular Genetics
Alain Viel PhD, Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26188 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course is designed to give students an opportunity to design experiments and analyze data. Under the guidance of the instructor and teaching assistant, students work in small teams to design experiments and test their designs online. The objective is to teach students basic techniques in molecular biology including recombinant polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cloning and protein expression in bacteria. Students assemble synthetic genes from parts and analyze the contribution of these parts in the regulation of gene expression, from transcription to translation. They develop analytical skills, learn how to design experiments, and how to work on open-ended questions. By the end of the course, students present a research paper detailing their findings. Students also submit a weekly description of their experimental designs. Relevant readings from reviews and primary literature are assigned.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Northwest Science Building 152
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 16 students
BIOS E-18
Evolution
Maria E. Miara PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Brandeis University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14330 | Section 1
Description
Evolution is such a major tenet of modern biological theory that in 1973, evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky penned that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This course provides a comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology. Students are introduced to both short-term and long-term evolutionary processes and they explore the patterns that result from those processes. Topics covered include the history of evolutionary theory, evidence for evolution, the origin of life, the origin of animals and the Cambrian explosion, genetic evolution, natural selection, sexual selection, species and speciation, human evolution, and evolutionary issues in modern society.
Prerequisites: An introductory organismal biology course such as BIOS E-1b.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOS E-1a
Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
Casey Roehrig PhD, Manager of Instructional Development, Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University
Zofia Gajdos PhD, Manager of Instructional Development, Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13096 | Section 1
Description
This introductory series focuses on the principles of cellular and organismal biology. BIOS E-1a topics include the molecular basis of life, energy and metabolism, and genetics. BIOS E-1b builds on the foundation established in BIOS E-1a and covers the origin of life and principles of evolution, and anatomy and physiology. Laboratory sections scheduled throughout the series allow students to reinforce concepts covered in lecture. The series fulfills current medical school requirements for one year of introductory biology.
Prerequisites: High school mathematics, chemistry, and biology; although CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1b, or their equivalents, are not required, they are strongly recommended.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Wednesdays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center D
Required labs and optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-1b
Introduction to Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Casey Roehrig PhD, Manager of Instructional Development, Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University
Katherine Zink PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22957 | Section 1
Description
This introductory series focuses on the principles of cellular (BIOS E-1a) and organismal (BIOS E-1b) biology. BIOS E-1a topics include the molecular basis of life, energy and metabolism, and genetics. BIOS E-1b builds on the foundation established in BIOS E-1a and covers the origin of life and principles of evolution, and anatomy and physiology. Laboratory sections scheduled throughout the series allow students to reinforce concepts covered in lecture. The series fulfills current medical school requirements for one year of introductory biology.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Wednesdays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center D
Required labs and optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-200
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Biology
Mihaela G. Gadjeva PhD, Associate Director, Bacteriology, Moderna
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16872 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar is designed to teach students many of the writing and analytical skills that are required to succeed in graduate-level courses in the biological sciences. The course is organized around discussion of topics derived from peer-reviewed published research in the fields of mucosal immunology, microbiology, and virology. We discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and attempt to understand disease pathogenesis, innate responses, and vaccine design. We also learn about human microbiome and how its presence alters susceptibility to infection. We discuss how microbiome-derived metabolites can control the immune system and learn how diet, probiotics, and/or microbiota-released metabolites ensure health. Through critical reading and presentation of research articles, students practice asking research questions that can be addressed experimentally and write testable hypothesis. This course also addresses the process of experimental design and current experimental methodologies in biology. Students are given multiple opportunities to hone their writing skills on several short writing assignments and a final writing project due at the end of the semester. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone. This is the required admission course for the ALM, biology. Students interested in the ALM, biotechnology, should see BIOT E-200.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. In addition, at the first class meeting students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments. Molecular biology (BIOS E-12 or the equivalent) and EXPO E-42c are highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
BIOS E-200
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Biology
Margaret A. Lynch PhD, Director of Undergraduate-Faculty Research Partnerships, Brandeis University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22950 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar is designed to teach students many of the writing and analytical skills that are required to succeed in graduate-level courses in the biological sciences. Through critical reading and presentation of research articles, students learn how to form questions that can be addressed experimentally and how to write a corresponding, testable hypothesis. This course also addresses the process of experimental design and current experimental methodologies in biology. Students are given multiple opportunities to hone their writing skills on several short writing assignments and a final writing project due at the end of the semester. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course (students will complete the official proposal course later in their degree program), it does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone. This is the required admission course for the Master of Liberal Arts, biology. Students interested in the Master of Liberal Arts, biotechnology, should see BIOT E-200.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. In addition, at the first class meeting students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments. Molecular biology (BIOS E-12 or the equivalent) and EXPO E-42c are highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
BIOS E-204
Developmental and Regenerative Biology
William J. Anderson PhD, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26504 | Section 1
Description
The field of developmental biology provides insights on a most interesting question: how do all of the cells in our bodies arise from a single cell, the fertilized egg? This graduate seminar probes this question through critical analysis of the primary literature. Both classical as well as contemporary papers are scrutinized. We cover topics ranging from fertilization, organogenesis, patterning, regeneration, and aging, with a focus on humans whenever possible.
Prerequisites: One year of introductory biology (BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, or equivalent); developmental biology (BIOS E-55) and/or stem cell biology (BIOS E-129) strongly recommended. Graduate proseminar (BIOS E-200) recommended but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
BIOS E-207
Forensic Pathology
Dennis Cullinane PhD, Director, Science Instruction and Premedical Program, Harvard Extension School
Dana Stearns MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26199 | Section 1
Description
This course explores injury analysis and the determination of trauma etiology and mechanics. Starting with an examination of injury and emergency department tables from the Centers for Disease Control, students move on to case analyses and self and team-run investigations. Topics include, but are not limited to, intentional versus unintentional trauma, ballistic trauma, child abuse, intimate partner violence, motor vehicle accidents, penetrating trauma, and various other methods of intentional trauma.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-65c or BIOS E-65d, or equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Tosteson Medical Ed Center 128
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets on the Longwood campus. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
BIOS E-245
CRISPR-Gene Editing Applications for Healthcare and Biotechnology
Alain Viel PhD, Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25920 | Section 1
Description
CRISPR is a recent gene-editing technology providing an efficient, effective, and precise solution to genetic engineering with applications in the healthcare, biotechnology, and agriculture industries. CRISPR has a promising potential to transform diseases treatments, contribute to food security, or even aid biofuel production. Using real-world case studies, the course illustrates CRISPR’s potential to cure inherited genetic disorders, to treat infectious diseases such as HIV, and to advance the fight against cancer. When applicable, the impact and possibilities of the outcomes of CRISPR’s applications on the healthcare industry are discussed. The course also discusses the applications of CRISPR in the biotechnology industry and their roles in the development of disease-resistant cultivars, improving food yields, and allowing biofuels to become a viable alternative energy source.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Northwest Science Building B109
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
BIOS E-26
Clinical Comparative Medicine: Evolutionary Perspectives on Mental and Physical Health
Barbara Natterson Horowitz MD, Lecturer on Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16879 | Section 1
Description
The leading causes of mortality and morbidity in women from cardiovascular disease and mammary or ovarian cancers to infertility, sexual transmitted infections, and post-partum bio-behavioral disorders also impact female animals across the tree of life. This course explores the species-spanning and evolutionary origins of medical, surgical, and psychiatric illnesses, emphasizing issues in women’s health. Students develop skills in developing and analyzing phylogenetic models of a wide range of pathologies from mammary, ovarian, and endometrial cancer to heart failure, infertility, and osteoporosis. Mental health issues including post-partum depression are also placed in a broadly comparative and evolutionary context with this exploration of psychopathology in animals presented as an opportunity for students to examine the origins of human mental health stigma. Students gain in-depth exposure to one health and planetary health perspectives and a set of analytical tools they can apply to better understand the nature of health (women’s and general) and disease when they enter medical school.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course HEB 1328. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm starting September 6 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 51 students
BIOS E-30
Epigenetics, Epitranscriptomics, and Gene Regulation
Amy Tsurumi PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16171 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of epigenetics and epitranscriptomics, and gene regulatory mechanisms that occur without changes in the underlying DNA sequence. Molecular mechanisms we cover in depth include DNA and RNA modifications, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, non-coding RNAs, and RNA editing. We discuss studies describing the role of epigenetics and epitranscriptomics in various developmental events, the natural aging process, environmental exposures, and malignancies such as cancer, obesity, neurological disorders, and inflammatory diseases. We also learn about molecular techniques and model organisms commonly used in epigenetics research.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-12 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-40
Introduction to Proteomics
Alain Viel PhD, Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13099 | Section 1
Description
The completion of several genome projects, including the Human Genome Project, has further fostered a systems-based approach to biology. The goal is to determine how all the genes in a genome act and how their products interact to produce a functional organism. Proteomics seeks to identify and to characterize all the proteins synthesized in a cell or a tissue. Based on this information, one can then try to understand how individual proteins or protein collectives function within an organism. The first half of the course focuses on current methodology used to analyze and identify proteins. This includes protein electrophoresis, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and protein database analysis. The second half of the course focuses on case studies derived from the current scientific literature. This includes comparisons between healthy and diseased tissues, new approaches to analyze metabolic pathways, and the comprehensive analysis of protein-protein interactions in different cell types.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, or the equivalent; BIOS E-12 recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Northwest Science Building B108
Required review sessions Thursdays, 7-9 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOS E-45
Introduction to Genomics
Arezou A. Ghazani PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26515 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of human and comparative genomic studies, genomic architecture, numerical and structural variations, and regulatory mechanisms of the genome. The course topics include current and novel practices in genome interrogations, global copy number variation (CNV) assessment, sequencing, and data analysis. This course cultivates an understanding of functional genomics and genomic malfunction, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and the new field of personal genomics, along with discussions on social and ethical impacts resulting from advances in genomics studies.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1b, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Tosteson Medical Ed Center 227
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets on the Longwood campus. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-50
Neurobiology
Laura Magnotti PhD, Lecturer on Neuroscience, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13097 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the structure and function of the mammalian nervous system by examining the molecules, cells, and circuits that are involved in directing our behavior. We explore how the nervous system is constructed during development, how it adapts with experience throughout life, how it functions in normal behavior, and how it can be disrupted by injury and disease.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology, or permission of the instructor. For graduate-credit students, successful completion of BIOS E-200 or equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center E
Required sections for graduate-credit students, optional sections for undergraduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-52
The Neurobiology of Pain
Ryan W. Draft PhD, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15683 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the neurobiological systems and mechanisms underlying both acute and chronic pain. Topics include nociceptive and sensory systems, molecular basis and modulation of pain, neuroanatomy of peripheral and central pain circuits, pain pathologies, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. The emphasis is on understanding basic neurobiological concepts underlying pain systems and reading and discussing the primary scientific research in the field.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
BIOS E-53
Brain Invaders: Pathogens of the Central Nervous System
Laura Magnotti PhD, Lecturer on Neuroscience, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26229 | Section 1
Description
The brain has evolved a unique but very effective system to protect itself from invaders. In this course, we explore the specific defenses that the nervous system uses to protect itself. We also examine how some pathogens evade or breach those defenses and the impact of those invasions. Finally, we explore how scientists have been able to translate their understanding of these pathogenic mechanisms into technologies for research and therapeutic applications.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sever Hall 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
BIOS E-60
Immunology
Mihaela G. Gadjeva PhD, Associate Director, Bacteriology, Moderna
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23186 | Section 1
Description
How does the immune system work? What are the molecular and cellular components and pathways that protect an organism from infectious agents or cancer? This comprehensive course answers these questions as it explores the cells and molecules of the immune system. The topics discussed during the first half of the course cover the structure, function, and genetics of the molecules of the immune system, including antibodies, B- and T-cell receptors, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, and cytokines; and processes of lymphocyte development and antigen presentation. During the second half of the course, the lectures focus on how the individual components of the immune system work together to fight bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. In addition to introducing basic concepts of tumor immunity and immune system deficiencies, special emphasis is placed on a COVID-19 pandemic. Through discussion of clinical case studies, we understand what measures need to be taken to design therapies and vaccines. The course emphasizes the research and development opportunities for therapeutic intervention arising from recent advances in immunology (for example the application of therapeutic antibodies and recombinant molecules such as CAR-T cell therapies as potential drug treatments). Upon completion of the course students have a sound understanding of the essential elements of the immune system, preparing them to engage further in this rapidly evolving field.
Prerequisites: Background in biology, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm or Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-65c
Clinical Anatomy and Physiology I
Britt Stockton Lee MD, PhD, Clinical Simulation Faculty, MEDscience Simulation Lab, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13387 | Section 1
Description
This course is an immersive introduction to human anatomy and physiology from a clinical perspective. Students gain a functional understanding of the systems of the body and the structure and function of the tissues that comprise them. Using real-life clinical scenarios, students use their newfound basic science knowledge to assess and diagnose pathologies of the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, nervous, endocrine, urinary, immune, and musculoskeletal systems.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b, algebra, introductory geometry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 90 students
BIOS E-65d
Clinical Anatomy and Physiology II
Britt Stockton Lee MD, PhD, Clinical Simulation Faculty, MEDscience Simulation Lab, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23232 | Section 1
Description
This course is a continuation of BIOS E-65c. Students gain a functional understanding of the systems of the body and the structure and function of the tissues that comprise them. Using real-life clinical scenarios, students use their newfound basic science knowledge to assess and diagnose pathologies of the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, nervous, endocrine, urinary, immune, and musculoskeletal systems.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, BIOS E-1b, BIOS E-65c, algebra, introductory geometry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
BIOS E-67
Introduction to Pharmacology
Kate Ellen McDonnell-Dowling PhD, Lecturer on Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16167 | Section 1
Description
It is often thought that studying pharmacology involves memorizing drug names and chemical pathways, but in reality this subject is built upon a few simple concepts. This course aims to cover these fundamental concepts of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicology. Learning materials are delivered online through HMX, a digital learning initiative from the faculty of Harvard Medical School. The HMX pharmacology course has been created by a highly skilled interdisciplinary team of Harvard Medical School educators and creative professionals. Using integrated multimedia elements and didactic visuals the HMX course focuses on bringing foundational concepts in pharmacology to life via real-world and clinical applications. Students also participate in a live component where they have the opportunity to dive deeper into these pharmacological concepts and work on problem-solving activities in weekly sessions with their instructor. In addition to receiving course credit, students have the opportunity to earn a certificate from Harvard Medical School. A certificate of achievement or a certificate of completion can be earned by those who attain certain thresholds within the course. Students registered in this course have access to the HMX pharmacology course. They should not enroll separately in the HMX course.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology and biochemistry are strongly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOS E-70
Introduction to Epidemiology
Jennifer Fonda PhD, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, and Epidemiologist, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24809 | Section 1
Description
How can you design a study to evaluate the risk factors associated with the recent reversal in life expectancy in the United States? How do you assess the benefits and risks related to the recent cancer screening guidelines? This course introduces the basic principles and methods of epidemiology and demonstrates the applicability to public health and medicine. The goal of this course is to provide fundamental skills needed to begin to interpret and critically evaluate literature relevant to public health. Topics include measures of disease frequency and association, epidemiologic study designs, sources of bias and error, screening, and applications to public health.
Prerequisites: Basic quantitative skills essential; familiarity with medical terminology helpful.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Harvard Hall 202
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOS E-72
Infectious Diseases in a World of Changing Climate, Drug Resistance, and Vaccine Hesitancy
Narges Dorratoltaj PhD, Director, Life and Health Modeling, Verisk
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16122 | Section 1
Description
Despite the availability of control measures, infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging. These outbreaks emphasize the importance of understanding the epidemiology of infectious diseases through qualitative and quantitative methods. This course introduces the basics of infectious disease epidemiology and modeling, disease surveillance methods, dynamics of transmission, and assessment of prevention and control measures. The epidemiology of different diseases based on route of transmission (food-borne, water-borne, vector-borne, or air-borne) along with common and recently emerged infectious diseases (COVID-19, influenza, malaria, Ebola, Zika, and antimicrobial resistance pathogens) are discussed. Finally, we explore some modeling techniques to understand the epidemiology and dynamics of infectious disease outbreaks to help public health officials make more informed decisions. We consider the political, demographic, and social changes that have an impact on public health.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, MATH E-8, and MATH E-15, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
BIOT E-104
Introductory Bioinformatics
Soohyun Lee PhD, Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Exact Sciences
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16716 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to cover an introductory level overview of bioinformatics. It covers commonly used bioinformatics tools and algorithms as well as standard formats, with the focus on DNA/RNA sequence and sequencing data analysis. The topics include sequence alignment, motif detection, conservation analysis, Markov models, short-read sequencing data alignment, variant detection and visualization, peak calling, clustering methods, standard formats, random access tools, and performance analysis. Web-based tools and databases are also covered. Pipeline development frameworks and cloud-based approaches are discussed briefly. This course does not include artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques or theoretical analysis of algorithms. Programming is not the focus of the course, but students are welcome to apply their programming skills to the course material.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of molecular biology (DNA, RNA, and protein) required. Knowledge in genomics and epigenetics a plus but not required. Statistics and programming skills a plus but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
BIOT E-104
Introductory Bioinformatics
Soohyun Lee PhD, Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Exact Sciences
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26531 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to cover an introductory level overview of bioinformatics. It covers commonly used bioinformatics tools and algorithms as well as standard formats, with the focus on DNA/RNA sequence and sequencing data analysis. The topics include sequence alignment, motif detection, conservation analysis, Markov models, short-read sequencing data alignment, variant detection and visualization, peak calling, clustering methods, standard formats, random access tools, and performance analysis. Web-based tools and databases are also covered. Pipeline development frameworks and cloud-based approaches are discussed briefly. This course does not include artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques or theoretical analysis of algorithms. Programming is not the focus of the course, but students are welcome to apply their programming skills to the course material.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of molecular biology (DNA, RNA, and protein) required. Knowledge in genomics and epigenetics a plus but not required. Statistics and programming skills a plus but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
BIOT E-120
Ethics and Trends in Biotechnology
Timothy Furlan PhD, Burnett Family Distinguished Chair in Ethics, University of St. Thomas, Director, Center for Ethical Leadership, and Senior Editor, Pediatric Ethicscope
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15456 | Section 1
Description
Biotechnology offers exciting and promising prospects for healing the sick and relieving suffering. But exactly because of their impressive powers to alter the workings of body and mind, the dual uses of the same technologies also make them attractive to people who are not sick, but who would use them to look younger, perform better, or feel happier. These applications of biotechnology are already presenting us with some unfamiliar and very difficult challenges. In this course, we consider such possible beyond therapy uses and explore both their scientific basis and the ethical and social issues they are likely to raise. We consider how pursuing the goals of better children, superior performance, ageless bodies, or happy souls might be aided or hindered, elevated or degraded, by seeking them through a wide variety of technological means. Among the biotechnological techniques considered are techniques for screening genes and testing embryos, choosing sex of children, modifying the behavior of children, augmenting muscle size and strength, enhancing athletic performance, slowing senescence, blunting painful memories, brightening mood, and altering basic temperaments. Toward the end of the course, we begin to ask what kinds of human beings and what sort of society we might be creating in the coming age of biotechnology.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, BIOS E-1b, BIOS E-12, or the equivalents.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
BIOT E-120
Ethics and Trends in Biotechnology
Masha Fridkis-Hareli PhD, President, ATR, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25195 | Section 1
Description
Biotechnology offers exciting and promising prospects for healing the sick and relieving suffering. But exactly because of their impressive powers to alter the workings of body and mind, the dual uses of the same technologies also make them attractive to people who are not sick, but who would use them to look younger, perform better, or feel happier. These applications of biotechnology are already presenting us with some unfamiliar and very difficult challenges. In this course, we consider such possible beyond therapy uses and explore both their scientific basis and the ethical and social issues they are likely to raise. We consider how pursuing the goals of better children, superior performance, ageless bodies, or happy souls might be aided or hindered, elevated or degraded, by seeking them through a wide variety of technological means. Among the biotechnological techniques considered are techniques for screening genes and testing embryos, choosing sex of children, modifying the behavior of children, augmenting muscle size and strength, enhancing athletic performance, slowing senescence, blunting painful memories, brightening mood, and altering basic temperaments. Toward the end of the course, we begin to ask what kinds of human beings and what sort of society we might be creating in the coming age of biotechnology.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-1a, BIOS E-1b, BIOS E-12, or the equivalents.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
BIOT E-140
RNA Biology and Therapeutics
Kaveh Daneshvar PhD, Principal Scientist, Tome Biosciences
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26313 | Section 1
Description
RNA molecules can store and transfer genetic information, as well as regulate cellular processes through enzymatic activity and their interaction with other biomolecules. In the past decade, advances in next-generation sequencing have revealed new classes of RNAs and the multiple layers of information and functions they carry. The newly discovered functions of different classes of RNA molecules and their roles in human development and disease have led to the emergence of RNA therapeutics. This course explores the intersection of modern basic and translational research on RNA biology along with the biotechnology industry’s drug development efforts around RNA therapeutics. The course offers a unique opportunity for students, researchers, and biotechnology innovators to expand their knowledge about the growing science of RNA therapeutics and to develop a deep understanding of RNA-focused drug development in the biotech industry. This course opens with an introduction to the RNA world, including evolutionary theories about biomolecules, fundamental concepts related to the structure and functions of RNAs, current classifications of RNA molecules, and modern tools and techniques for studying RNAs. The course then covers current classes of RNA molecules and their roles in normal biology and in disease. This course focuses on two classes of RNA therapeutics: drugs that target normal or abnormal RNA transcripts (for example, small molecules, siRNAs, and anti-sense RNAs) and RNA-editing systems; and drugs and vaccines composed of RNAs.
Prerequisites: BIOS E-12.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sever Hall 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
BIOT E-200
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Biotechnology
Margaret A. Lynch PhD, Director of Undergraduate-Faculty Research Partnerships, Brandeis University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13645 | Section 1
Description
In this proseminar, we focus on science writing, data interpretation, and collaborative and independent experimental design. Students who successfully complete the course are those who demonstrate an ability to assess information from the primary scientific literature, a command of oral and written communication skills, and the ability to generate a logical progression of experiments to help validate or nullify their hypothesis. Reading materials include publications on scientific writing, experimental design, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone. This is the required admission course for the ALM in biotechnology. Students interested in the ALM in biology should enroll in BIOS E-200.
Prerequisites: Instructors assume that students already have undergraduate degrees in an area of life, physical, or computer science, as well as professional scientific training. Scientists coming from a physical or computer science background should successfully complete BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b as well as BIOS E-12 or their equivalents before attempting to take BIOT E-200. EXPO E-42c is strongly recommended. Students must earn a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
BIOT E-200
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Biotechnology
Elizabeth Wiltrout Leary PhD, Senior Program Manager, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts Medical Center
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23457 | Section 1
Description
In this proseminar, we focus on science writing, data interpretation, and collaborative and independent experimental design. Students who successfully complete the course are those who demonstrate an ability to assess information from the primary scientific literature, a command of oral and written communication skills, and the ability to generate a logical progression of experiments to help validate or nullify their hypothesis. Reading materials include publications on scientific writing, experimental design, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone. This is the required admission course for the ALM in biotechnology. Students interested in the ALM in biology should enroll in BIOS E-200.
Prerequisites: Instructors assume that students already have undergraduate degrees in an area of life, physical, or computer science, as well as professional scientific training. Scientists coming from a physical or computer science background should successfully complete BIOS E-1a and BIOS E-1b as well as BIOS E-12 or their equivalents before attempting to take BIOT E-200. EXPO E-42c is strongly recommended. Students must earn a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 16 students
BIOT E-220
Regulatory Aspects of Drug Development
Jonathon Parker PhD, Vice President, Head of Regulatory Neurology, Ultragenyx
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25749 | Section 1
Description
The course provides an overview of the prescription drug development process and regulatory considerations for this process, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapy. It focuses on the phases of pharmaceutical development, aspects influencing the pharmaceutical industry, and the regulatory themes and healthcare concepts that shape the decisions having an impact on the entire process.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
BIOT E-225
Biomedical Product Development
Sujata K. Bhatia PhD, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15756 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the design and development of new therapeutic products. Students learn through case-based studies of product development for pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, and combination therapies. The course describes the steps of biomedical product development, from conceptualization, to design, to manufacturing, to regulatory approval and commercialization. The course discusses both technical and business factors that contribute to the success or failure of new biomedical products. Appropriate design of preclinical and clinical trials is also included. Students gain an appreciation for emerging technologies in stem cells, gene therapy, tissue regeneration, personalized medicine, and targeted therapies. Additionally, students learn about the special challenges presented by emerging biomedical technologies. By the end of the course, each student completes a project to propose a new biomedical device and identify the regulatory strategy, technical milestones, and business milestones for the new device.
Prerequisites: Background in introductory biology and chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
BIOT E-227
Immunoassay Design and Development
Masha Fridkis-Hareli PhD, President, ATR, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16674 | Section 1
Description
This introductory course explores assays commonly used in drug discovery and development. Immunoassays are key in characterization of drug candidates for efficacy and safety prior to market authorization. The overall goal of the course is to provide students with knowledge of different types of immunoassays including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), flow cytometry, and cell-based assays. Topics include design and optimization process, reagent selection, assay validation, and implementation for various applications in drug profiling.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
BIOT E-597
Precapstone: Business Ideas and Entrepreneurial Innovation
Steven Denkin PhD, Director and Research Advisor, Biotechnology, Harvard Extension School
Nicolas Labovitis ALM
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16815 | Section 1
Description
This precapstone course prepares students to write and present their business plan in the capstone. It is mandatory for candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, biotechnology, who wish to register for BIOT E-599 in the spring. Through idea discovery, market research, and prototype development, students identify an innovative biotechnology product or application. In addition to idea generation and development, students receive guidance and advising to work effectively in teams to develop and propose a viable idea, and write a draft business plan. During the semester, students meet with industry experts to discuss best practices.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, biotechnology, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, BIOT E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
BIOT E-599
Capstone: Business Ideas and Entrepreneurial Innovation
Steven Denkin PhD, Director and Research Advisor, Biotechnology, Harvard Extension School
Beth Zielinski-Habershaw PhD, Coordinator of Training, Pharmaceutical Development Institute, University of Rhode Island
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25061 | Section 1
Description
This capstone course provides an opportunity for biotechnology professionals to create a business plan for a new biotechnology company, a ground-breaking drug, or an emerging technology such as a diagnostic or medical device. The biotech business plan includes background research on the idea and investigation of the following: market opportunity, market strategy, funding, intellectual property, patents, and management. In addition to the business plan report, each student writes his or her own executive summary. During the semester, students meet with industry experts to discuss best practices.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, biotechnology, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone). Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must have earned a B-minus or higher grade in BIOT E-597 in the prior fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
CELT E-116
Irish Religious Folklore: A Woven Tradition
Kate Chadbourne PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16787 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the vibrant folklore of Irish religious life, belief, and practice. Sources range from tales found in the earliest Irish manuscripts to 19th- and 20th-century hagiographical folklore and contemporary memorates. Topics include saints; calendar customs including patterns and pilgrimages; holy wells, chapels, churches, and holy places; notions of heaven, hell, and divine justice; priests and nuns; and sacred language, including blessings and curses. We read and listen to narratives, songs, first-hand accounts, proverbs, and place lore, and we explore a range of sources that demonstrate the woven nature of Irish religious folklore which incorporates official stance with deeply personal experiences, perspectives, and beliefs.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CGRK E-1a
Beginning Ancient Greek
Stephen James Hughes AM, Doctoral Candidate in the Classics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16868 | Section 1
Description
This course is the first of a four-part sequence providing a comprehensive introduction to the classical Greek language. Students develop a foundational understanding of morphology and syntax while reading texts inspired by or adapted from authors such as Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Herodotus, Homer, and Plato. Grammatical concepts covered include the declension of nouns and adjectives; pronouns (demonstrative, indefinite, and interrogative); the function of the cases; the conjugation of verbs in the present, imperfect, and future indicative (active and middle voices); and the present participle (active and middle voices).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CGRK E-1b
Beginning Ancient Greek
Stephen James Hughes AM, Doctoral Candidate in the Classics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26493 | Section 1
Description
This course is the second of a four-part sequence providing a comprehensive introduction to the classical Greek language. Students improve their understanding of morphology and syntax while reading texts inspired by or adapted from authors such as Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Herodotus, Homer, and Plato. Grammatical concepts covered include the conjugation of verbs in the aorist indicative (active and middle voices); the aorist participle (active and middle voices); the conjugation of verbs in the present and aorist optative (active and middle voices); the potential optative; comparative and superlative adjectives; relative clauses; particles; indirect statements; and the principal parts of common verbs.
Prerequisites: CGRK E-1a or previous study equivalent to the first half of a single 4-credit introductory course in classical Greek at the college level. Prospective students who have not completed CGRK E-1a should contact the instructor for advice regarding placement.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CGRK E-2a
Intermediate Classical Greek I
Stephen James Hughes AM, Doctoral Candidate in the Classics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16869 | Section 1
Description
This course is the third of a four-part sequence providing a comprehensive introduction to the classical Greek language. Students improve their understanding of morphology and syntax while reading texts inspired by or adapted from authors such as Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Herodotus, Homer, and Plato. Grammatical topics covered include the perfect tense, the conjugation of verbs in the passive voice, the conjugation of athematic verbs, the genitive absolute, indirect statements, conditional clauses, clauses of effort, the subjunctive mood, articular infinitives, and indefinite constructions.
Prerequisites: CGRK E-1b or previous study equivalent to a single 4-credit introductory course in classical Greek at the college level. Prospective students who have not completed CGRK E-1b should contact the instructor for advice regarding placement.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CGRK E-2b
Intermediate Classical Greek II
Stephen James Hughes AM, Doctoral Candidate in the Classics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26494 | Section 1
Description
This course is the fourth of a four-part sequence providing a comprehensive introduction to the classical Greek language. Students improve their understanding of morphology and syntax while reading texts inspired by or adapted from authors such as Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Herodotus, Homer, and Plato. Grammatical topics covered include: the conjugation of verbs in the pluperfect and future-perfect indicative (active, middle, and passive voices); the conjugation of athematic verbs; fear clauses; purpose clauses; result clauses; subordinate clauses in secondary sequence; deliberative and hortatory subjunctives; correlatives; and the dialects and syntax of Herodotus and Homer.
Prerequisites: CGRK E-2a or previous study equivalent to a single 4-credit introductory course in classical Greek at the college level. Prospective students who have not completed CGRK E-2a should contact the instructor for advice regarding placement.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CGRK E-31
Homer’s Odyssey
Jeremy Rau PhD, Professor of Linguistics and of the Classics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26071 | Section 1
Description
Reading of selections of Homer’s Odyssey, with an introduction to Homeric language and meter and the history of the poem. The course also includes a survey of Homeric linguistics, including the compositional background of the poems, the effect of meter and composition on Homeric language, and the dialect makeup of Homeric language.
Prerequisites: CGRK E-1a and CGRK E-1b, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
CGRK E-5
Herodotus
Jeremy Rau PhD, Professor of Linguistics and of the Classics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16790 | Section 1
Description
An introduction to Herodotus’ dialect and style, concept of history, authorial voice and narrative strategies, and his representation of non-Greek cultures. We read selections in Greek and all of the Histories in English.
Prerequisites: Elementary classical Greek.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
CHEM E-17
Principles of Organic Chemistry
Sirinya Matchacheep PhD, Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Director of Instructional Laboratory Programs, Harvard University
Brandon David Conley MA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15393 | Section 1
Description
This course is a one-semester introduction to organic chemistry, with an emphasis on structure and bonding, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, and chemical reactivity. Many of the major classes of organic compounds are covered, including alkenes, alkyl halides, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acid derivatives. Students who succeed in this course are well prepared for more advanced organic chemistry courses as well as the MCAT/DAT/GRE exams. This course does not include a lab; students who need an organic chemistry lab should enroll in CHEM E-17LAB.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1b with grades of B-minus or higher, or equivalent preparation in general chemistry.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center D
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
CHEM E-17lab
Principles of Organic Chemistry: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16161 | Section 1
Description
This hands-on experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-17. Practical applications of the reactions learned in a lecture such as those of carbonyls, amines, and aromatic compounds are expanded upon in the laboratory. A broad range of foundational organic chemistry techniques are emphasized, including acid-base extraction, recrystallization, spectroscopy, and chromatography.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-17 or equivalent (prior or concurrent). Prospective students who do not plan to concurrently enroll in CHEM E-17 should contact the course instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 56 students
CHEM E-17lab
Principles of Organic Chemistry: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16162 | Section 2
Description
This hands-on experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-17. Practical applications of the reactions learned in a lecture such as those of carbonyls, amines, and aromatic compounds are expanded upon in the laboratory. A broad range of foundational organic chemistry techniques are emphasized, including acid-base extraction, recrystallization, spectroscopy, and chromatography.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-17 or equivalent (prior or concurrent). Prospective students who do not plan to concurrently enroll in CHEM E-17 should contact the course instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 1:30pm-5:30pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 56 students
CHEM E-17lab
Principles of Organic Chemistry: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16163 | Section 3
Description
This hands-on experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-17. Practical applications of the reactions learned in a lecture such as those of carbonyls, amines, and aromatic compounds are expanded upon in the laboratory. A broad range of foundational organic chemistry techniques are emphasized, including acid-base extraction, recrystallization, spectroscopy, and chromatography.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-17 or equivalent (prior or concurrent). Prospective students who do not plan to concurrently enroll in CHEM E-17 should contact the course instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 9:00am-1:00pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 56 students
CHEM E-1a
General Chemistry I (Lecture and Lab)
Gregg Tucci PhD, Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 11918 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the structure and properties of atoms and molecules; chemical reactions and stoichiometry; quantum mechanics of light and particles, including the quantum structure of the periodic table; chemical bonding and photochemistry; coordination chemistry; properties of gases, liquids, and solutions; energy relationships in chemistry; and thermochemistry. This course includes a laboratory. Students should not register for CHEM E-1axl.
Prerequisites: Mathematics through high school algebra; considerable fluency in elementary mathematics. Previous study of chemistry is not required but is extremely helpful. Students with no previous background in chemistry should become acquainted with the material beforehand and be prepared to make extra efforts. A review of elementary algebra, particularly word problems, is highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center B
Required labs and sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1ax and CHEM E-1axl may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or labs. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions on campus or online, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in the other course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 340 students
CHEM E-1ax
General Chemistry I (Lecture)
Gregg Tucci PhD, Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14578 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the structure and properties of atoms and molecules; chemical reactions and stoichiometry; quantum mechanics of light and particles, including the quantum structure of the periodic table; chemical bonding and photochemistry; coordination chemistry; properties of gases, liquids, and solutions; energy relationships in chemistry; and thermochemistry. See CHEM E-1axl for the lab course.
Prerequisites: Mathematics through high school algebra; considerable fluency in elementary mathematics. Previous study of chemistry is not required but is extremely helpful. Students with no previous background in chemistry should become acquainted with the material beforehand and be prepared to make extra efforts. A review of elementary algebra, particularly word problems, is highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1a may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or in live sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions online, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in the other course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
CHEM E-1axl
General Chemistry I (Lab)
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14587 | Section 1
Description
This laboratory class is only open to students who are concurrently enrolled in CHEM E-1ax or have previously taken CHEM E-1ax and earned a C-minus or higher grade. The course allows students to gain familiarity with laboratory techniques and apparatus, and to apply their knowledge of concepts from CHEM E-1ax in an actual laboratory situation. Prior to each lab, students read the lab experiment and complete a pre-laboratory report.
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in one semester of college-level general chemistry.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 10:30am-12:45pm, Science Center 212
Labs meet roughly every other Saturday, 10:30 am-12:45 pm. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1ax may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or labs. Accordingly, when students participate in the labs, they will do so alongside students in other sections.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
CHEM E-1axl
General Chemistry I (Lab)
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16859 | Section 2
Description
This laboratory class is only open to students who are concurrently enrolled in CHEM E-1ax or have previously taken CHEM E-1ax and earned a C-minus or higher grade. The course allows students to gain familiarity with laboratory techniques and apparatus, and to apply their knowledge of concepts from CHEM E-1ax in an actual laboratory situation. Prior to each lab, students read the lab experiment and complete a pre-laboratory report.
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in one semester of college-level general chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 10:30am-12:45pm
Labs meet roughly every other Saturday, 10:30 am-12:45 pm. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1a and CHEM E-1ax may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or labs. Accordingly, when students participate in the labs, they will do so alongside students in other sections.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CHEM E-1b
General Chemistry II (Lecture and Lab)
Gregg Tucci PhD, Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20020 | Section 1
Description
This course is a continuation of CHEM E-1a. Topics include thermodynamics and electrochemistry; rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions; phase transitions, structure, and bonding in solids; acids and bases; buffers and titrations; and environmental chemistry. This course includes a laboratory. Students should not register for CHEM E-1bxl.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-1a with a grade of C or higher, or the equivalent. Students interested in taking CHEM E-1b without having taken CHEM E-1a should e-mail the instructors with a detailed syllabus and grade report from their previous general chemistry course.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center B
Required labs and sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students in this course and in CHEM E-1bx and CHEM E-1bxl may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or in labs. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions on campus or online, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in the other course. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 340 students
CHEM E-1bx
General Chemistry II (Lecture)
Gregg Tucci PhD, Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24285 | Section 1
Description
This course is a continuation of CHEM E-1ax. Topics include thermodynamics and electrochemistry; rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions; phase transitions, structure, and bonding in solids; acids and bases; buffers and titrations; and environmental chemistry. See CHEM E-1bxl for the lab course.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-1ax with a grade of C or higher, or the equivalent. Students interested in taking CHEM E-1bx without having taken CHEM E-1ax should e-mail the instructors with a detailed syllabus and grade report from their previous general chemistry course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1b may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or in live sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions online, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in the other course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
CHEM E-1bxl
General Chemistry II (Lab)
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24307 | Section 1
Description
This laboratory course allows students to gain familiarity with laboratory techniques and apparatus, and to apply their knowledge of concepts from CHEM E-1bx in a laboratory situation. Prior to each lab, students read the lab experiment and complete a pre-laboratory report.
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in two semesters of college-level general chemistry.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 10:30am-12:45pm, Science Center 212
Labs meet roughly every other Saturday, 10:30 am-12:45 pm. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Students in this course and in CHEM E-1b and CHEM E-1bx may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or in labs. Accordingly, when students participate in the labs, they will do so alongside students in other sections. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
CHEM E-1bxl
General Chemistry II (Lab)
Justin McCarty MM, Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26483 | Section 2
Description
This laboratory course allows students to gain familiarity with laboratory techniques and apparatus, and to apply their knowledge of concepts from CHEM E-1bx in a laboratory situation. Prior to each lab, students read the lab experiment and complete a pre-laboratory report.
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in two semesters of college-level general chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 10:30am-12:45pm
Labs meet roughly every other Saturday, 10:30 am-12:45 pm. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Students in this course and in CHEM E-1b and CHEM E-1bx may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or in labs. Accordingly, when students participate in the labs, they will do so alongside students in other sections.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CHEM E-27
Organic Chemistry of Life
Sirinya Matchacheep PhD, Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Director of Instructional Laboratory Programs, Harvard University
Brandon David Conley MA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25022 | Section 1
Description
This course is a second-semester organic chemistry course focusing on organic chemistry reactivity processes in living systems. Emphasis is placed on reaction mechanisms of enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, cofactors, natural products, and the organic chemistry and metabolism of drugs and druglike molecules. This course does not include a lab; students who need an organic chemistry lab should enroll in CHEM E-27LAB.
Prerequisites: CHEM E-17 or equivalent preparation in organic chemistry. Basic knowledge of biology can be helpful.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Science Center D
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
CHEM E-27lab
Organic Chemistry of Life: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25722 | Section 1
Description
This experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-27. Practical applications of the concepts learned in lecture such as chirality, enzyme catalysis, and pharmacology are expanded upon in the laboratory. Emphasis is place on the intersectionality of chemistry, biology, medicine, and the environment.
Prerequisites: Students must have taken one semester of organic chemistry lecture and one semester of organic chemistry laboratory. CHEM E-17LAB is recommended. If organic chemistry laboratory was taken at a different institution, students should contact the instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met. CHEM E-27 is recommended as a co-requisite.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CHEM E-27lab
Organic Chemistry of Life: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25723 | Section 2
Description
This experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-27. Practical applications of the concepts learned in lecture such as chirality, enzyme catalysis, and pharmacology are expanded upon in the laboratory. Emphasis is place on the intersectionality of chemistry, biology, medicine, and the environment.
Prerequisites: Students must have taken one semester of organic chemistry lecture and one semester of organic chemistry laboratory. CHEM E-17LAB is recommended. If organic chemistry laboratory was taken at a different institution, students should contact the instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met. CHEM E-27 is recommended as a co-requisite.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 1:30pm-5:30pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CHEM E-27lab
Organic Chemistry of Life: Laboratory
David W. Rose BA, Undergraduate Chemistry Lab Coordinator, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25724 | Section 3
Description
This experimental laboratory course is intended to complement CHEM E-27. Practical applications of the concepts learned in lecture such as chirality, enzyme catalysis, and pharmacology are expanded upon in the laboratory. Emphasis is place on the intersectionality of chemistry, biology, medicine, and the environment.
Prerequisites: Students must have taken one semester of organic chemistry lecture and one semester of organic chemistry laboratory. CHEM E-17LAB is recommended. If organic chemistry laboratory was taken at a different institution, students should contact the instructor to ensure that the necessary prerequisites are met. CHEM E-27 is recommended as a co-requisite.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 9:00am-1:00pm, Science Center 210
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 28 students
CLAS E-116
The Ancient Greek Hero
Gregory Nagy PhD, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Kevin McGrath PhD, Associate in South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13404 | Section 1
Description
What does it mean to be human? This course takes a close look at the human condition as viewed through the lens of classical Greek civilization; the basic organizing principle is an objective study of a model of humanity, the hero. Students learn that there are different definitions of the hero in different historical times and places. In the end, though, the one true hero of this course is the logos or word of logical reasoning, as activated by Socratic dialogue. The logos of dialogue in this course requires careful thinking, realized in close reading and reflective writing. The last word about this logos comes from Plato’s memories of words spoken in dialogue by Socrates during the last days of his life, which is read towards the very end of the course. Such a last word, shaped by a deep understanding of the idea of the hero in all its varieties throughout the history of Greek civilization, becomes the latest word for students who earnestly engage in dialogue, by way of writing as well as reading, with heroic expressions of the human condition. This course is driven by a sequence of dialogues that lead to such an engagement, guiding the attentive reader through many of the major works of the ancient Greek classics. In this course, all readings (which are freely available via the course website) are translated into contemporary English and supplemented by selections from the ancient visual arts.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the HarvardX course The Ancient Greek Hero.
CLAS E-116
The Ancient Greek Hero
Gregory Nagy PhD, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Kevin McGrath PhD, Associate in South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24099 | Section 1
Description
What does it mean to be human? This course takes a close look at the human condition as viewed through the lens of classical Greek civilization; the basic organizing principle is an objective study of a model of humanity, the hero. Students learn that there are different definitions of the hero in different historical times and places. In the end, though, the one true hero of this course is the logos or word of logical reasoning, as activated by Socratic dialogue. The logos of dialogue in this course requires careful thinking, realized in close reading and reflective writing. The last word about this logos comes from Plato’s memories of words spoken in dialogue by Socrates during the last days of his life, which is read towards the very end of the course. Such a last word, shaped by a deep understanding of the idea of the hero in all its varieties throughout the history of Greek civilization, becomes the latest word for students who earnestly engage in dialogue, by way of writing as well as reading, with heroic expressions of the human condition. This course is driven by a sequence of dialogues that lead to such an engagement, guiding the attentive reader through many of the major works of the ancient Greek classics. In this course, all readings (which are freely available via the course website) are translated into contemporary English and supplemented by selections from the ancient visual arts.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the HarvardX course The Ancient Greek Hero.
CREA E-100r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Short Story
Elizabeth Ames MFA, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16881 | Section 1
Description
This course is for writers who love to read short stories and wish to make their own short stories come alive on the page. Students should arrive with a commitment to and curiosity about the short story form; we build on that foundation through close reading and in-depth discussion of exceptional published short stories. To better understand and employ key craft elements, students complete in-class writing exercises, reflect and present on both their own short stories and published work, and offer clear-eyed critiques of their peers’ works-in-progress. Much of our time is spent in workshop. Students carefully read and thoughtfully respond to one another’s short stories and we work together to determine how best to filter and synthesize the feedback offered in a workshop setting. The skills honed via peer critique are crucial in editing one’s own work and students showcase their growth through the revision of one of two stories they write this semester.
Prerequisites: A beginning or intermediate fiction writing course or permission of the instructor. Students should bring a 10-page sample of their work to the first class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-100r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Short Story
Gabriel Houck PhD, Creative Writing Fellow in Fiction, Creative Writing Program, Emory University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24317 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive workshop in the craft of writing short fiction for students who have read widely among past and contemporary masters of short fiction and who are accomplished in the elements of prose composition (mechanics, syntax, and structure). Students are expected to produce two new short stories (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: A beginning or intermediate fiction writing course or permission of the instructor. Students should bring a 10-page sample of their work to the first class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-100r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Short Story
Thomas Wisniewski PhD, Lecturer on Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26530 | Section 2
Description
This is an intensive workshop in the craft of writing short fiction for students who have read widely among past and contemporary masters of short fiction and who are accomplished in the elements of prose composition (mechanics, syntax, and structure). Students are expected to produce two new short stories (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: A beginning or intermediate fiction writing course or permission of the instructor. Students should bring a 10-page sample of their work to the first class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-101r
Writing a Nonfiction Book
Christina Thompson PhD, Editor, Harvard Review, Harvard College Library
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16305 | Section 1
Description
This is a course for people who are embarked on a book-length work of nonfiction: biographers, memoirists, historians, journalists, science writers, and others who are writing for a non-specialist audience. Students should have a clearly formulated book idea or, ideally, be already working on a project. In the course we talk about voice, structure, audience, and how to pitch projects to agents and publishers. We also read samples from a wide variety of nonfiction books.
Prerequisites: At least one creative writing class; preferably beginning or advanced narrative (or creative) nonfiction.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-101r
Writing a Nonfiction Book
Deirdre Mask JD, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16883 | Section 2
Description
This is a course for people who are embarked on a book-length work of nonfiction: biographers, memoirists, historians, journalists, science writers, and others who are writing for a non-specialist audience. Students should have a clearly formulated book idea or, ideally, be already working on a project. In the course we talk about voice, structure, audience, and how to pitch projects to agents and publishers. We also read samples from a wide variety of nonfiction books.
Prerequisites: At least one creative writing class; preferably beginning or advanced narrative (or creative) nonfiction.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-101r
Writing a Nonfiction Book
Christina Thompson PhD, Editor, Harvard Review, Harvard College Library
Elizabeth Greenspan PhD, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25084 | Section 1
Description
This is a course for people who are embarked on a book-length work of nonfiction: biographers, memoirists, historians, journalists, science writers, and others who are writing for a non-specialist audience. Students should have a clearly formulated book idea or, ideally, be already working on a project. In the course we talk about voice, structure, audience, and how to pitch projects to agents and publishers. We also read samples from a wide variety of nonfiction books.
Prerequisites: At least one creative writing class; preferably beginning or advanced narrative (or creative) nonfiction.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-105r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16475 | Section 1
Description
This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another’s novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new chapters (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: Students should have successfully completed other fiction-writing courses and begun writing a novel when the semester begins.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-105r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel
Elizabeth Ames MFA, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16882 | Section 2
Description
This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another’s novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new chapters (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: Students should have successfully completed other fiction-writing courses and begun writing a novel when the semester begins.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-105r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel
Elizabeth Ames MFA, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26259 | Section 1
Description
This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another’s novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new chapters (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: Students should have successfully completed other fiction-writing courses and begun writing a novel when the semester begins.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-105r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel
William J. Holinger MA, Director, Secondary School Program, Harvard Summer School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26407 | Section 2
Description
This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another’s novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new chapters (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: Students should have successfully completed other fiction-writing courses and begun writing a novel when the semester begins.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-105r
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Novel
Elizabeth Ames MFA, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26529 | Section 3
Description
This is an advanced fiction-writing course. Class meetings run mainly as workshops: students respond to one another’s novel excerpts. We also discuss process, as well as elements of fiction that relate to the novel. Students are expected to produce two new chapters (10 to 20 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Prerequisites: Students should have successfully completed other fiction-writing courses and begun writing a novel when the semester begins.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-110r
Advanced Poetry Writing: The Art of the Line
David Barber MFA, Poetry Editor, The Atlantic
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26361 | Section 1
Description
This intensive poetry workshop offers students the opportunity to further develop their aptitude and affinity for the practice of writing in verse lines. In this case verse is understood to mean any and all forms of writing in lines as opposed to prose sentences: metrical verse, blank verse, syllabic verse, free verse, and verse haunted by what T. S. Eliot called “the ghost of meter.” Students follow a structured sequence of writing assignments, readings, and exercises aimed at cultivating a sound working knowledge of the fundamental principles of prosody and the evolving possibilities of poetic form. The collective goal is to create the conditions for reading and writing poems with a stronger sense of technical know-how and expressive conviction as well as a renewed appreciation for the inexhaustible art of the line.
Prerequisites: A beginning poetry course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-114
Advanced Fiction: Writing Suspense Fiction
Christopher S. Mooney MA, Author
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16783 | Section 1
Description
Learn how techniques used in suspense fiction structure, pace, tension, and plot can be applied to your own writing. In addition to studying the bestselling works of both commercial and literary writers of suspense, students complete weekly writing assignments and participate in writing workshops. Writing samples will also be read and critiqued by a literary agent.
Prerequisites: An introductory and/or intermediate fiction course or permission of the instructor. Students should bring to class either a work in progress or an idea for a novel or short story.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-114
Advanced Fiction: Writing Suspense Fiction
Christopher S. Mooney MA, Author
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26367 | Section 1
Description
Learn how techniques used in suspense fiction structure, pace, tension, and plot can be applied to your own writing. In addition to studying the bestselling works of both commercial and literary writers of suspense, students complete weekly writing assignments and participate in writing workshops. Writing samples will also be read and critiqued by a literary agent.
Prerequisites: An introductory and/or intermediate fiction course or permission of the instructor. Students should bring to class either a work in progress or an idea for a novel or short story.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-118r
Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Kurt Pitzer MFA, Author
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16366 | Section 1
Description
This workshop is for students who want to stretch their abilities as writers. The goal of the course is to produce publishable short memoirs, essays, profiles, literary nonfiction, or any of the other subgenres often called creative nonfiction. We develop pitches for editors; gather material through interviews, research, and observation; and then organize and rewrite our pieces until readers won’t put them down. Although we deal strictly in facts, we use literary devices such as scene, plot, character, and voice. We draw inspiration from masters of the craft such as Susan Orlean, Zadie Smith, David Foster Wallace, Virginia Woolf, and Ryszard Kapuscinski.
Prerequisites: A beginning writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-118r
Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Brian Pietras PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26118 | Section 1
Description
This workshop is intended for serious writers of creative nonfiction who want to produce publishable work. In the first half of the course, we study work by major authors in this capacious genre, including Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Audre Lorde, and Jo Ann Beard. In the second half, we use what we have learned about scene, plot, character, and voice to produce new work. Students may write short memoirs, personal or lyric essays, profiles, literary nonfiction, and more. Toward the end of the course, we focus on strategies for getting published, including how to identify likely publication venues and how to effectively pitch editors.
Prerequisites: A beginning writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-118r
Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Ian Shank MFA, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26417 | Section 2
Description
This is an intensive workshop in the craft of writing literary essays for students who have read widely among past and contemporary masters of the form and who are accomplished in the elements of prose composition (mechanics, syntax, and structure). Students are expected to produce two new essays (10 to 15 pages each) and to revise them during the term.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sever Hall 111
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-120r
Advanced Screenwriting
Wayne Wilson MFA, Screenwriter
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16668 | Section 1
Description
In this advanced screenwriting workshop, students watch films and discuss the work of workshop members. During the course, each student presents two 20- to 30-page acts from his or her screenplay for class discussion. The final project is a revision of one of these two workshop submissions.
Prerequisites: CREA E-45 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Students should e-mail a sample of their own writing (ten pages or fewer) to Mr. Wilson before the first class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-121
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Middle Grade and Young Adult Novel
Mary Sullivan Walsh BA, Author and Freelance Editor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15776 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive workshop for writers interested in developing a middle grade or young adult novel. During each class meeting, we workshop chapters of students’ novels-in-progress, focusing on elements of craft (character, point of view, dialogue, and plot). In addition, by reading and analyzing sections of work by such exemplary novelists as Angie Thomas, Lois Lowry, and Kwame Alexander, students learn to read like writers and to develop their own voices. Students are expected to have completed approximately 40 pages and a working synopsis of their novel by the end of the course.
Prerequisites: A ten-page writing sample to be submitted to mlswalsh@g.harvard.edu before classes begin.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-121
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Middle Grade and Young Adult Novel
Mary Sullivan Walsh BA, Author and Freelance Editor
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25946 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive workshop for writers interested in developing a middle grade or young adult novel. During each class meeting, we workshop chapters of students’ novels-in-progress, focusing on elements of craft (character, point of view, dialogue, and plot). In addition, by reading and analyzing sections of work by such exemplary novelists as Angie Thomas, Lois Lowry, and Kwame Alexander, students learn to read like writers and to develop their own voices. Students are expected to have completed approximately 40 pages and a working synopsis of their novel by the end of the course.
Prerequisites: A ten-page writing sample to be submitted to mlswalsh@g.harvard.edu before classes begin.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-122
Advanced Fiction: Writing Fairy Tales
Katie Beth Kohn MA, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environment Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25809 | Section 1
Description
Fairy tales have inspired authors for centuries and we are still very much under their spell. In the first part of this course, we study classic as well as contemporary fairy tales, including works by Helen Oyeyemi, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and Kelly Link. In the second part, students workshop their own original prose fiction fairy tale, which may be a piece of short-form fiction or an excerpt from a longer work in progress. Throughout, we explore how fairy tales have encouraged authors to develop their own style and voice, even as they seem to speak in a language all their own.
Prerequisites: A beginning creative writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-122
Advanced Fiction: Writing Fairy Tales
Katie Beth Kohn MA, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environment Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26536 | Section 2
Description
Fairy tales have inspired authors for centuries and we are still very much under their spell. In the first part of this course, we study classic as well as contemporary fairy tales, including works by Helen Oyeyemi, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and Kelly Link. In the second part, students workshop their own original prose fiction fairy tale, which may be a piece of short-form fiction or an excerpt from a longer work in progress. Throughout, we explore how fairy tales have encouraged authors to develop their own style and voice, even as they seem to speak in a language all their own.
Prerequisites: A beginning creative writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-125r
Advanced Playwriting
Bryan Delaney MA, Playwright and Screenwriter
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26260 | Section 1
Description
This course is intended for students who have some experience with playwriting or dramatic writing in general so that they can refine the skills they have already acquired and take them to the next level. Topics covered include techniques for approaching the first draft, in-depth characterization, dramatic structure, conflict, shaping the action, language and dialogue (including subtext, rhythm, imagery, and exposition), how to analyze students’ own work as playwrights, dealing with feedback, the drafting process, techniques for rewriting, collaboration (with directors and actors) and the business of the art working with theaters, agents, literary managers, and dramaturges. The focus of the course is more on what might be called the classical principles of dramatic writing rather than the more avant-garde approaches to the art.
Prerequisites: Ideally, students come to the first class with an idea for a one-act play to write throughout the course, although this is not mandatory, as the first class explores techniques for generating ideas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-126
Advanced Fiction: Writing Horror
Katie Beth Kohn MA, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environment Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16669 | Section 1
Description
How do authors achieve the spine-tingling, bone-chilling, nightmare-inducing effects of great horror fiction? In addition to studying works of classic and contemporary horror, students in this course complete two works of short fiction before workshopping and presenting a final work. Throughout, we consider the diversity of the genre, from the gothic romanticism of Bram Stoker and Nathaniel Hawthorne to the paranoiac parables of Shirley Jackson and Ira Levin as well as the blockbuster works of Stephen King. We also pay considerable attention to emerging voices in the genre, studying selected works from Tananarive Due, Paul Tremblay, Carmen Maria Machado, Otessa Moshfegh, Emily Carroll, and Iain Reed. For final works, students are invited to workshop standalone works of short form fiction or selections from larger projects (novels, anthologies, scripts) provided these works are developed and drafted during the course.
Prerequisites: A beginning-level creative writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-128
Advanced Memoir: Mythic Structures
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26042 | Section 1
Description
Both myth and memoir share a structure: somebody goes into the woods and comes out wiser about the ways of the world, emerging with an elixir (real or symbolic) to bring healing and hope. In sharing a memoir with readers, we share our lessons, the morals of our stories, the keys to our versions of happily ever after. Yet memoir writers often get stuck choosing which stories (from all of the stories we have lived) to include. In this course, we study myths and fairy tales, and write memoirs. We read short memoirs by writers who use these imaginary stories as a framework to examine their own lives, including Linda Grey Sexton, Sabrina Mark, Alexander Chee, and Michael Mejia. Students borrow structure from the great pool of myth and fairy tale lore and then fill in their stories with the particulars of their human-sized lives. Using mythic structure to help shape ordinary life events helps writers to combine universal themes with their own true voice a way to write our lives and make it matter. Students must craft new material for this course or develop new material for an existing project, such as a chapter in a longer memoir.
Prerequisites: A beginning-level creative writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-143
Advanced Fiction: Writing the Murder Mystery Novel
David Freed ALM, Novelist and Journalist
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26475 | Section 1
Description
Murder mysteries have become the most popular realm of commercial fiction, with an insatiable demand for new titles each year among the millions of the genre’s loyal devotees. This course guides students in conceiving their own murder mystery, from plot outline to the execution of a commercially viable first chapter.
Prerequisites: At least one advanced writing course, or by prior permission from the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-148
Advanced Fiction: Writing Flash Fiction
Thomas Wisniewski PhD, Lecturer on Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16891 | Section 1
Description
How can you tell a story in a single paragraph? In a page? In three? This advanced writing course explores one of the hottest forms of fiction published today: flash fiction. Students read widely and experiment freely with the form, which offers a range of possibilities both in style and in length. In weekly writing workshops, students receive regular feedback on their work-in-progress and significantly revise 20-25 pages of prose with the aim of publication. As students draft their work, we study and dissect models of masterful very short fiction by writers both classic and contemporary, including Colette, Guy de Maupassant, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Clarice Lispector, Ernest Hemingway, Yasunari Kawabata, Dorothy Parker, Jamaica Kincaid, Lydia Davis, Charles Baxter, Anne Carson, Keith Taylor, Joyce Carol Oates, and Amy Hempel. We discuss these texts with the eye of a writer attentive to elements of craft, including dramatic structure, tone, point of view, suspense, prose style, rhythm, characterization, and plot. Working in this genre pushes students to write with economy and to polish their sentences as they aspire towards the hallmarks of excellent prose fiction: precision and economy, clarity and urgency. The course concludes with a conversation about how to break into publishing by working in a form that offers many opportunities for literary contests, awards, and first publications.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-153
Advanced Nonfiction: Writing Biography
Maggie Doherty PhD, Biographer and Critic
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26362 | Section 1
Description
The biography is one of the most popular and enduring genres of nonfiction writing. This course teaches students the skills needed to bring people to life through biographical writing. Students read excerpts from different types of biography scholarly, popular, and experimental as well as read about the process of writing biography. Students practice interviewing, learn about accessing archival resources, and work on aspects of prose and style that bring characters to life. Students work to complete one chapter of a biography in progress. By the end of the course, students have the skills to enhance all their nonfiction writing projects, making them more marketable to editors and agents and more engaging to readers.
Prerequisites: A beginning writing course or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-156
The Art of the Pitch
Catherine Eaton BA, MFA, Director and Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25949 | Section 1
Description
You have an idea or you have created a brilliant piece of work: a novel, a screenplay, a concept for a TV series, maybe even a scripted nonfiction podcast. Now what? How do you convince others to jump on board to buy or create or collaborate or publish or produce your story? How do you move it out of your desk drawer or hard drive or imagination and into the world? In this course, we break down the making of a pitch into its core elements generating the idea, developing the story, and stress-testing the material as we practice strategies for producing pitch materials and for pitching your project, in the room, to a live audience. Students write and revise two treatments: one for a work they have created and one for an idea they have yet to develop. Students build one look book and one pitch deck and do three live pitches. Students develop an insider’s perspective on industry practices and etiquette, essential knowledge for anyone interested in the business of creation.
Prerequisites: An advanced creative writing course or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 10:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-156
The Art of the Pitch
Catherine Eaton BA, MFA, Director and Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25774 | Section 2
Description
You have an idea or you have created a brilliant piece of work: a novel, a screenplay, a concept for a TV series, maybe even a scripted nonfiction podcast. Now what? How do you convince others to jump on board to buy or create or collaborate or publish or produce your story? How do you move it out of your desk drawer or hard drive or imagination and into the world? In this course, we break down the making of a pitch into its core elements generating the idea, developing the story, and stress-testing the material as we practice strategies for producing pitch materials and for pitching your project, in the room, to a live audience. Students write and revise two treatments: one for a work they have created and one for an idea they have yet to develop. Students build one look book and one pitch deck and do three live pitches. Students develop an insider’s perspective on industry practices and etiquette, essential knowledge for anyone interested in the business of creation.
Prerequisites: An advanced creative writing course or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-22
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Margaret Deli PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26257 | Section 1
Description
This is a workshop-based course for students interested in creative nonfiction: reading it, discussing it, and writing it for yourself (perhaps for the first time). Drawing on a wide variety of forms and voices, we close read for craft by analyzing the internal mechanics of style. The focus of these discussions is exemplary work by authors like Zadie Smith, Chang-Rae Lee, Susan Orlean, and James Baldwin. These conversations are the jumping off point for students’ own writing: by the end of term, students produce two different essays to be workshopped by their peers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-24
Story Development
Shelley Evans MFA, Screenwriter
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24510 | Section 1
Description
This workshop introduces the unique challenges of longform storytelling, and helps writers develop strategies for approaching long projects, either screenplays or novels. Many writers are drawn to the page by character or language or theme, but story is the scaffold on which movies and novels depend. Over the course of the semester, we learn to work creatively with the tasks of story building. We begin with ideas where and how do we find them? What kinds of ideas can carry a story? How can you turn a wobbly idea into one that works? We then consider character who does the story belong to? How do their desires, problems, and drives give the story its essential energy? Then we turn to story development and structure, the primary work of the course: how do you keep an idea alive for two-hundred pages, or two hours? What elements help a story build energy and momentum, and deliver us to a satisfying close? We explore these essential story energies using writing exercises, examples from film and literature, and the shared experience of working writers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
CREA E-25
Introduction to Fiction Writing
William J. Holinger MA, Director, Secondary School Program, Harvard Summer School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16814 | Section 1
Description
A workshop for writers with little or no experience in writing fiction. The class focuses on the elements of fiction: dialogue, voice, image, character, point of view, and structure. Students are asked to read and discuss fiction by major writers, to critique each other’s work, and to write and revise at least one short story. Requirements also include several short writing exercises.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sever Hall 112
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
CREA E-25
Introduction to Fiction Writing
Randy S. Rosenthal MTS, Editor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16665 | Section 2
Description
A workshop for writers with little or no experience in writing fiction. The class focuses on the elements of fiction: dialogue, voice, image, character, point of view, and structure. Students are asked to read and discuss fiction by major writers, to critique each other’s work, and to write and revise at least one short story. Requirements also include several short writing exercises.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
CREA E-30a
Beginning Poetry: Listening to Lines
David Barber MFA, Poetry Editor, The Atlantic
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16374 | Section 1
Description
This intensive workshop offers students the opportunity to develop their aptitude and affinity for the practice of poetry. Students follow a structured sequence of writing assignments, readings, and exercises aimed at cultivating a sound working knowledge of the fundamental principles of prosody and the evolving possibilities of poetic form. There is a special emphasis on listening to lines and saying poems aloud, in concert with an eclectic assortment of audio archives. Another principal focus is the verse line through time, as we turn for instruction and inspiration to what the critic Paul Fussell calls the “historical dimension” of poetic meter and poetic form. The collective goal of the course is to create the conditions for reading and writing poems with a stronger sense of technical know-how and expressive conviction as well as a renewed appreciation for why poetry matters.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
CREA E-45
Beginning Screenwriting
Susan Steinberg PhD, Filmmaker, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13975 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive course that provides members with a command of basic screenwriting elements and creative methods. The course goal is to promote each member’s originality, voice, knowledge, and screenwriting technical skills, and to give scripts a written script structure and an act one of which they feel proud and can use to advance their work. Students are welcome to write an entire script, should they wish to and some have. During the semester, students produce a completed feature film or television treatment and the film first act in script format, as well as the film logline or pitch. Those who wish to use the course to write an entire screenplay or to rewrite a screenplay may pursue these goals, but must notify the instructor to arrange a writing schedule. Students need not enter with a script concept. Ideas are developed in class. Each person is encouraged to develop a creative approach and method appropriate to their working style. Alternative narrative styles and methods are presented in class.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Harvard Hall 102
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
CREA E-597
Precapstone: Building the World of the Book: Fiction
Leah De Forest MFA, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16821 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students engage in a series of structured creative writing exercises that make it possible for them to delve deeply into their characters what they look like, what they want and need, and how they interact with the world in which they live as they structure the imaginative world of their fiction. Students draft the first chapter of their capstone novel or the first story in their capstone collection (15-20 pages). Students also write a plan for their projects (5-10 pages) in which they create a roadmap of their book, bringing the plot and key characters into focus and defining the audience for their stories.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, creative writing and literature, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, CREA E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course with the same instructor. Candidates are allowed to complete the summer residency after the capstone. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 11:00am-2:00pm
Course meets roughly every other Tuesday. See syllabus for specific meeting dates.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 12 students
CREA E-597
Precapstone: Building the World of the Book: Fiction or Nonfiction
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16656 | Section 2
Description
In this course, students engage in a series of structured writing exercises that make it possible for them to delve deeply into their characters what they look like, what they want and need, and how they interact with the world in which they live as they structure the world of their fiction or nonfiction. Students draft the first chapter of their capstone novel, memoir, or nonfiction book, or the first story or essay in their capstone collection (15-20 pages). Students also write a plan for their projects (5-10 pages) in which they create a roadmap of their book, bringing the narrative arc and key characters into focus and defining the audience for their work.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, creative writing and literature, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, CREA E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course with the same instructor. Candidates are allowed to complete the summer residency after the capstone. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 10:00am-1:30pm
Course meets roughly every other Wednesday. See syllabus for specific meeting dates.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 12 students
CREA E-599
Capstone: Developing the Manuscript: Fiction
Leah De Forest MFA, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26418 | Section 1
Description
This course is meant to follow CREA E-597, in which students built the imaginative world of their books and produced the first story or chapter of them. In this workshop, students write two additional chapters or stories, or approximately 30 pages of new work. The capstone project in total should be about 50-60 pages the equivalent of a thesis. Students submit the entire manuscript the plan and the three chapters developed during both the precapstone and capstone courses at the end of the second semester, but instructors read and comment on only the two new chapters.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, creative writing and literature. Candidates must be in good academic standing, with only the capstone and the on-campus summer residency left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, CREA E-597, with the same instructor in the previous fall term. Candidates are allowed to complete the summer residency after the capstone. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-2:00pm
Course meets roughly every other Tuesday. See syllabus for specific meeting dates.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 12 students
CREA E-599
Capstone: Developing the Manuscript: Fiction or Nonfiction
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26250 | Section 2
Description
This course is meant to follow CREA E-597, in which students built the imaginative world of their books and produced the first story, essay, or chapter of them. In this workshop, students write two additional chapters, stories, or essays, or approximately 30 pages of new work. The capstone project in total should be about 50-60 pages the equivalent of a thesis. Students submit the entire manuscript the plan and the three chapters, stories, or essays developed during both the precapstone and capstone courses at the end of the second semester, but instructors read and comment on only the two new chapters.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, creative writing and literature. Candidates must be in good academic standing, with only the capstone and the on-campus summer residency left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, CREA E-597, with the same instructor in the previous fall term. Candidates are allowed to complete the summer residency after the capstone. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 10:00am-1:30pm
Course meets roughly every other Wednesday. See syllabus for specific meeting dates.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 13 students
CREA E-90
Fundamentals of Fiction
Christopher S. Mooney MA, Author
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16784 | Section 1
Description
This intensive, immersive course is designed for graduate-credit students with strong writing skills and an interest in becoming fiction writers but little formal experience, students who would like to develop a solid foundation in story and scene structure before embarking on an advanced fiction writing course. The first part of the course focuses on a close analysis of plot and structure in several short stories and novels. Students then apply these techniques and methods to generate and shape their own ideas, build a solid narrative foundation, and use scene structure to craft a dramatic story. Using Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, students explore and learn the fundamentals of character, dialogue, showing versus telling, and point of view. By the end of the course, students complete a short story or the first chapter of a novel (about 15 to 20 pages of fiction), which is workshopped in class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-90
Fundamentals of Fiction
Christopher S. Mooney MA, Author
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26368 | Section 1
Description
This intensive, immersive course is designed for graduate-credit students with strong writing skills and an interest in becoming fiction writers but little formal experience, students who would like to develop a solid foundation in story and scene structure before embarking on an advanced fiction writing course. The first part of the course focuses on a close analysis of plot and structure in several short stories and novels. Students then apply these techniques and methods to generate and shape their own ideas, build a solid narrative foundation, and use scene structure to craft a dramatic story. Using Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, students explore and learn the fundamentals of character, dialogue, showing versus telling, and point of view. By the end of the course, students complete a short story or the first chapter of a novel (about 15 to 20 pages of fiction), which is workshopped in class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-90
Fundamentals of Fiction
Tracy L. Strauss MFA, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26063 | Section 2
Description
This intensive, immersive course is designed for graduate-credit students with strong writing skills and an interest in becoming fiction writers but little formal experience, students who would like to develop a solid foundation in story and scene structure before embarking on an advanced fiction writing course. The first part of the course focuses on a close analysis of plot and structure in several short stories and novels. Students then apply these techniques and methods to generate and shape their own ideas, build a solid narrative foundation, and use scene structure to craft a dramatic story. Using Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, students explore and learn the fundamentals of character, dialogue, showing versus telling, and point of view. By the end of the course, students complete a short story or the first chapter of a novel (about 15 to 20 pages of fiction), which is workshopped in class.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CREA E-91
Fundamentals of Dramatic Writing
Shelley Evans MFA, Screenwriter
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16697 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students with strong writing skills who have an interest in writing plays and/or screenplays, but little formal experience. The course introduces basic principles of dramatic writing and provides a foundation for advanced playwrighting and screenwriting courses. Using both plays and screenplays as study texts, we elucidate the elements of dramatic writing and consider how those elements work differently in different mediums. Plays and screenplays are similar but not the same both genres create narrative using character and dialogue, but plays lean more heavily on the inner life and voice of characters, while screenplays unfold in the external world, building stories with images and action. Weekly exercises guide students through the process of developing different kinds of scripts assessing potential story ideas, doing pre-draft character and backstory exploration, finding structure, and writing scenes. By the end of the semester, students have completed a short outline and the first twenty pages of a play or screenplay, which are workshopped in class.
Prerequisites: This course is intended for students with strong writing skills, not beginning writers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
CSCI E-101
Foundations of Data Science and Engineering
Bruce Huang EdD, PhD, Director of Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16602 | Section 1
Description
Most data scientists spend 20 percent of their time building data models and analyzing model results. What do they do with the remaining 80 percent of their time? The answer is data engineering. Data engineering is a subdiscipline of software engineering that focuses on the transportation, transformation, and management of data. This course takes a comprehensive approach to explore data science, which includes data engineering concepts and techniques. Key topics include data management and transformation, exploratory data analysis and visualization, statistical thinking and machine learning, natural language processing, and storytelling with data, emphasizing the integration of Python, MySQL, Tableau, development, and big data analytics platforms. Students cannot earn Harvard Extension School degree credit for CSCI E-101 if it is taken after CSCI E-29.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-7, CSCI E-50, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-101
Foundations of Data Science and Engineering
Bruce Huang EdD, PhD, Director of Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26190 | Section 1
Description
Most data scientists spend 20 percent of their time building data models and analyzing model results. What do they do with the remaining 80 percent of their time? The answer is data engineering. Data engineering is a subdiscipline of software engineering that focuses on the transportation, transformation, and management of data. This course takes a comprehensive approach to explore data science, which includes data engineering concepts and techniques. Key topics include data management and transformation, exploratory data analysis and visualization, statistical thinking and machine learning, natural language processing, and storytelling with data, emphasizing the integration of Python, MySQL, Tableau, development, and big data analytics platforms. Students cannot earn Harvard Extension School degree credit for CSCI E-101 if it is taken after CSCI E-29.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-7, CSCI E-50, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-102
Econometrics and Causal Inference with R
Dmitry V. Kurochkin PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26343 | Section 1
Description
Supervised learning algorithms, such as support-vector machines, random forests, and neural networks have demonstrated phenomenal performance in the era of big data. However, they often fail in answering the question, what would happen if the world changed in some specific way while holding other variables fixed? Such problems arise in many business applications including in finance, policymaking, and healthcare. This course covers modern econometric techniques for evaluating causal effects based on observational (that is, non-experimental) data. Topics covered in the course include multivariate linear regression, heteroscedasticity and weighted least squares (WLS), dummy variables and interactions, difference in differences (DD), logistic regression, probit model, censored regression models, exact matching, propensity score matching (PSM), regression discontinuity design (RDD), fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD), synthetic control, instrumental variables (IV), and two-stage least squares (2SLS). Students get hands-on experience using R.
Prerequisites: Multivariate calculus equivalent to MATH E-21a, introductory probability and statistics, and familiarity with linear regression. Prior programming experience, preferably in R, is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Sever Hall 102
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-103
Data Engineering for Analytics to Solve Business Challenges
Eric Gieseke ALM, Principal Software Engineer, Algorand
Anindita Mahapatra ALM, Solutions Architect, Databricks
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16694 | Section 1
Description
In today’s world, data is generated at an ever-increasing rate. The analytic platforms need to match this pace of generated data, digest it, and generate useful insights. The best decisions are made with informed data and as it changes, one needs to follow the signals and indicators embedded in the data. The technology space is evolving rapidly and choosing the right technology fit for the data at hand is an important decision. The next decision is to select the best architecture to provide the solution for technical challenges and helps the business improve its growth, revenue, and time to market. Spark provides a swiss army knife to handle the entire data life cycle, from ingestion to consumption. Newer offerings from the open source community around Delta and MLFlow help strengthen the data platform by making it performant, reliable, and repeatable. Often, innovation is left in proof of concept stages and does not see production because of the lack of foundational architectural components necessary for hardened and mature enterprise-grade deployments. This lost innovation translates to lost revenue and missed opportunities. This course helps students to appreciate the power of technology and skillfully apply it in practical situations in the real world. It leverages the Databricks platform on Amazon web services (AWS) to simplify the cluster setup so that students can focus on the data engineering aspects of getting the data ready for analytics.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Amazon Web Services, structured query language (SQL), and Python. Some experience with big data, Spark, and data stores is good to have.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
CSCI E-104
Advanced Deep Learning
Zoran B. Djordjevic PhD, Senior Enterprise Architect
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26435 | Section 1
Description
Deep learning techniques and architectures have proliferated and are becoming increasingly specialized in dealing with practical challenges in software, science and engineering. This course makes an attempt to illustrate those trends and to make it possible for students to engage in advanced research and development activities in some of the popular areas of deep learning. Most of the lectures concentrate on the analysis of two broad groups of deep learning networks: graph neural networks (GNNs) and generative adversarial networks (GANs). For both classes of networks, we explain the fundamental mechanisms that govern their operations. We show that most of the basic classes of deep learning networks can be understood as a specialization of GNNs, where each class observes specific symmetry principles. We provide a series practical illustrations of the use of GNNs and GANs. For GNNs, we dive into the analysis of neural fingerprints of chemical molecules, proteins, and drugs. We learn to use GNNs for quantitative structure property relationships in physical systems, such as the simulations of fluid motion. For GANs, we examine in full detail the generation of realistic human images and speech, paintings and music. We learn how to impose constraints that are reflections of various physical or geometric laws governing the behavior of analyzed or generated systems. Concepts introduced in every lecture are illustrated by practical examples. Examples used in the course and homework assignments are written in Keras (TensorFlow 2.x) and PyTorch application programming interfaces (APIs).
Prerequisites: CSCI E-89 or any other introductory deep learning course. Proficiency with Python.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections Tuesdays, 6 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-106
Data Modeling
Hakan Gogtas PhD, Head of US Model Validation Group, Deutsche Bank
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15765 | Section 1
Description
This course explores data modeling methodologies with the goal of understanding how to choose, apply, and interpret appropriate statistical designs and analyses for practical data problems. Topics covered include understanding the relationships in the data, theory and application of linear and non-linear regression models, model building steps, diagnostic of models, and remedial measures. Students can count one of the following three courses CSCI E-106, STAT E-109, or STAT E-139 (offered previously) toward a degree or certificate.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in R programming, introductory probability and statistics, multivariate calculus equivalent to MATH E-21a, and linear algebra equivalent to MATH E-21b.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 90 students
CSCI E-106
Data Modeling
Hakan Gogtas PhD, Head of US Model Validation Group, Deutsche Bank
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26017 | Section 1
Description
This course explores data modeling methodologies with the goal of understanding how to choose, apply, and interpret appropriate statistical designs and analyses for practical data problems. Topics covered include understanding the relationships in the data, theory and application of linear and non-linear regression models, model building steps, diagnostic of models, and remedial measures. Students can count one of the following three courses CSCI E-106, STAT E-109, or STAT E-139 (offered previously) toward a degree or certificate.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in R programming, introductory probability and statistics, multivariate calculus equivalent to MATH E-21a, and linear algebra equivalent to MATH E-21b.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 90 students
CSCI E-108
Data Mining, Discovery, and Exploration
Stephen Elston PhD, Principal Consultant, Quantia Analytics LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26492 | Section 1
Description
The goal of data mining is to find and exploit valuable insights and relationships in large, complex data sets. The massive size and high complexity of data sets has transformed the practice of data mining in the twenty-first century. Data mining algorithms have advanced rapidly to address this growth in size and complexity. Applications of data mining include web search, interactions in social networks, finding relationships in large internet-of-things (IoT) sensor networks, and finding interactions between drugs. This course surveys a range of algorithms used for key applications of data mining. The emphasis of the course is on unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, and graph algorithms. Scaling and computational efficiency of data mining algorithms is addressed. Lectures and readings introduce core theoretical concepts. Students apply the theory and methods using Python tools in hands-on exercises and projects. For the hands-on component of the course, students use a variety of libraries in the Python language. Examples include Scikit-Learn, Surprise, Neo4J, and NetworkX. Students may not take both CSCI E-96 and CSCI E-108 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Students enrolling in this course are expected to have some background in Python programming equivalent to CSCI E-7 or CSCI E-50 and statistical modeling equivalent to CSCI E-63c, CSCI E-101, CSCI E-106, or STAT E-109. Knowledge of basic linear algebra, equivalent to MATH E-21a, is essential.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-109a
Introduction to Data Science
Pavlos Protopapas PhD, Scientific Program Director and Lecturer, Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard University
Natesh S. Pillai PhD, Professor of Statistics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16877 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the analysis of messy, real life data to perform predictions using statistical and machine learning methods. Material covered integrates the five key facets of an investigation using data: data collection data wrangling, cleaning, and sampling to get a suitable data set; data management accessing data quickly and reliably; exploratory data analysis generating hypotheses and building intuition; prediction or statistical learning; and communication summarizing results through visualization, stories, and interpretable summaries. Students who have previously completed CSCI E-107 or CSCI E-109 (both offered previously) may not count CSCI E-109a or CSCI E-109b toward a degree or certificate.
Prerequisites: Programming knowledge at the level of CSCI E-50 or above, statistics knowledge at the level of STAT E-100 or above, and calculus (MATH E-15 or the equivalent) required. It is recommended that students have received a grade of B+ or better in these courses before enrolling in CSCI E-109a. Introductory probability is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 109a. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:45-11:00 am starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 93 students
CSCI E-109b
Advanced Topics in Data Science
Mark Glickman PhD, Senior Lecturer on Statistics, Harvard University
Pavlos Protopapas PhD, Scientific Program Director and Lecturer, Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26501 | Section 1
Description
Building upon the material in CSCI E-109a, the course introduces advanced methods for statistical modeling, representation, and prediction. Topics include multiple deep learning architectures such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), transformers, language models, autoencoders, and generative models, as well as basic Bayesian methods and unsupervised learning. Students are strongly encouraged to enroll in both the fall and spring course within the same academic year. Students who have previously completed CSCI E-107 or CSCI E-109 may not take CSCI E-109a or CSCI E-109b for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: A grade of B- or higher in CSCI E-109a. Students who have not completed CSCI E-109a should contact the instructors before registering.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 109b. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:45-11:00 am starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 85 students
CSCI E-10a
Introduction to Computer Science Using Java I
Henry H. Leitner PhD, Senior Lecturer on Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14289 | Section 1
Description
Intended for students with no previous programming background, this course introduces problem-solving methods and algorithm development using Java, one of the most popular high-level programming languages in the world. Students learn how to design, code, debug, and document programs using modern engineering techniques in a cloud-based Linux environment. Related topics include programming using iterative constructs, the basic aspects of arrays and recursion, string manipulation, parameter passing, information hiding and encapsulation using classes, and the functional decomposition of methods to enable object-oriented design. Some applications are chosen for their relevance to more advanced coursework in computer science while others involve nonscientific and business-related areas. Students can count two of the following three courses CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, and CSCI E-50 toward a degree. They may not count all three toward a degree.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-10b
Introduction to Computer Science Using Java II
Henry H. Leitner PhD, Senior Lecturer on Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24027 | Section 1
Description
This course is a continuation of CSCI E-10a, with an emphasis on object-oriented programming using Java, one of the world’s most popular programming languages. We begin with the implementation of abstract data types using classes, focusing on encapsulation of procedures and data, inheritance hierarchies, and polymorphism across different object types. Other topics include string processing, multidimensional arrays, ArrayLists, Vectors, and linked lists; streams and file I/O; recursion; exception handling; threads and event-driven programming; and graphical user interface design using the Swing classes. The course concludes with an introduction to RISC machine architecture and aspects of compilers and operating systems. Programming exercises are conducted in a cloud-based Linux environment. Students can count two of the following three courses CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, and CSCI E-50 toward a degree. They may not count all three toward a degree.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-10a, or the equivalent experience in a high-level programming language such as C, C++, or Java.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-11
The Frontiers of Computer Science: Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity
Brian Subirana PhD, Director, Auto-ID Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26067 | Section 1
Description
In this course, we review use cases and challenges of three interrelated areas in computer science: artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), and cybersecurity. Students gain an overview of the possibilities and challenges of building complex information systems that take advantage of recent advances in these fields. The course is divided into three parts, each focused on the instructor presenting the research conducted by leading Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) experts in their fields. Students gain an understanding of what is possible and what not today, as well as what MIT researchers are trying to make possible in the near future. The course provides a framework to analyze the frontiers in computer science. The first part surveys state-of-the-art topics in designing AI products and services. The focus of this part of the course is to understand where the rapidly evolving frontier in AI areas is. It covers machine learning (including neural networks), speech processing, robotics computer vision, and natural language processing. Topics in this first section also include existing hurdles for successful AI design such as explainability, visualization, adversarial attacks, and institutional review board (IRB) approval. The AI segment has two weeks entirely devoted to healthcare, covering neural implants, ingestible robotics, multi-modal longitudinal diagnosis with deep neural networks, mechanical limbs including grasping, and wi-fi surveillance. The second part of the course looks at the IoT. While the promise of the IoT brings many new business prospects, it also presents significant challenges ranging from technology architectural choices to security concerns. This part of the course offers important insights into how to overcome these challenges and thrive in this exciting space. The concept of IoT has begun to make an impact in industries ranging from industrial systems to home automation to healthcare. MIT researchers continue to conduct ground-breaking research on topics that are presented ranging from radio frequency identification (RFID) to cloud technologies, and from sensors to the world wide web. The third and final part of the course covers cybersecurity issues related to hardware, software, cryptography, blockchain, and policy to make better, safer decisions. Topics include systems (secure architectures, network security, secure programming languages, and system verification); algorithmic solutions (public key cryptography, multi-party computation, secret sharing, distributing trust, and computing on encrypted data); public policy issues in cybersecurity; and case studies (BitLocker, web security, and mobile phone security).
Prerequisites: An introductory computer science course (for example, CSCI E-3, CSCI E-7, or CSCI E-10a) plus familiarity with precalculus mathematics (MATH E-10 or the equivalent).
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 200 students
CSCI E-114
Web Application Development with Jamstack
David P. Heitmeyer AM, Director of Academic Platforms and Development, Harvard University Information Technology
Arthur J. Barrett BSc, Senior Technical Architect, Harvard University Information Technology
Laurence P. Bouthillier MS, Executive Director, University of British Columbia Extended Learning
Michael D. Hilborn MS, Director, Platform Engineering and Operations, Harvard Business School Online
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26437 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to web application development through the Jamstack (Javascript, application programming interfaces [APIs], and Markup) approach. Jamstack is a development architecture for modern website and application development that is increasingly popular due to performance, reliability, scalability, and security advantages. This course focuses on learning and implementing key aspects of the Jamstack approach, including pre-built HTML markup created with static site generators, client-side JavaScript, the use of APIs for back-end data and content, and automated deployment workflows. While specific frameworks and services are used in project work, the course examines how they align with Jamstack architecture principles and how they relate to alternative tools in the Jamstack landscape.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to the level of CSCI E-12 is required, and knowledge of Javascript to the level of CSCI E-3 is preferred. Comfort working from the command line to install tools and packages, including troubleshooting.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 70 students
CSCI E-116
Dynamic Modeling and Forecasting in Big Data
William Yu PhD, Economist, Anderson Forecast, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16856 | Section 1
Description
Most machine learning models focus on cross-sectional data, while most time-series models focus on time series with few variables and low-frequency data. This course covers the skills and models to handle big data that are both rich in variables and time. We discuss both structural models and reduced-form models. Students learn dynamic regression model, dynamic factor model, vector autoregressions model, error correction model, dimensional reduction tools for fat dataset, and state-space model. Students also learn advanced methods to decompose trend, cycle, and seasonality in high-frequency data and to make more reliable time series forecasting.
Prerequisites: One programming course in any programming language. An introductory machine learning course, such as linear regression or machine learning in general.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-116
Dynamic Modeling and Forecasting in Big Data
William Yu PhD, Economist, Anderson Forecast, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26469 | Section 1
Description
Most machine learning models focus on cross-sectional data, while most time-series models focus on time series with few variables and low-frequency data. This course covers the skills and models to handle big data that are both rich in variables and time. We discuss both structural models and reduced-form models. Students learn dynamic regression model, dynamic factor model, vector autoregressions model, error correction model, dimensional reduction tools for fat dataset, and state-space model. Students also learn advanced methods to decompose trend, cycle, and seasonality in high-frequency data and to make more reliable time series forecasting.
Prerequisites: One programming course in any programming language. An introductory machine learning course, such as linear regression or machine learning in general.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-12
Fundamentals of Website Development
David P. Heitmeyer AM, Director of Academic Platforms and Development, Harvard University Information Technology
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15078 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of website development. Students explore the prevailing vocabulary, tools, and standards used in the field and learn how the various facets including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, multimedia, scripting languages, HTTP, clients, servers, and databases function together in today’s web environment. The course provides a solid web development foundation, focusing on content and client-side (browser) components (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, multimedia), with an overview of the server-side technologies. In addition, software and services that are easily incorporated into a website (for example, maps, checkout, blogs, content management) are surveyed and discussed. Students produce an interactive website on the topic of their choice for the final project and leave the course prepared for more advanced and focused web development studies.
Prerequisites: Basic familiarity working with computers, including file management.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-121
Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
Boaz Barak PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14302 | Section 1
Description
Computation occurs over a variety of substrates including silicon, neurons, DNA, the stock market, bee colonies, and many others. In this course we study the fundamental capabilities and limitations of computation, including the phenomenon of universality and the duality of code and data. We touch upon the following questions: Are there functions that cannot be computed? Are there true mathematical statements that can’t be proven? Are there encryption schemes that can’t be broken? Is randomness ever useful for computing? Can we use the quirks of quantum mechanics to speed up computation?
Prerequisites: CSCI E-20 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 121. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:15-12:30 pm starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-124
Data Structures and Algorithms
Adam Hesterberg PhD, Lecturer on Computer Science, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Madhu Sudan PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 21462 | Section 1
Description
This is a rigorous course on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms and their associated data structures. Algorithm design methods, graph algorithms, approximation algorithms, and randomized algorithms are covered.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-22 or the equivalent, and some knowledge of discrete mathematics (CSCI E-20 or the equivalent).
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 124. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-125
Crypto and Blockchain: Understanding the Technology and the Challenges It Presents
Daniel Garrie JD, Founder and Managing Director, Law and Forensics, LLC
David Cass MBA, Vice President, Cyber and IT Risk, Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16836 | Section 1
Description
This course aims to unpack the hype behind the cryptocurrency craze and give students the facts through the eyes of leading regulators, technologists, lawyers, and experts. Students learn what blockchains and cryptocurrencies are, how they can be used, and where the future of this technology is headed. The course covers multiple areas, including the basics of blockchain technology and how it works; how to create, transact, and store cryptocurrencies; regulatory and legal challenges that come with the adoption of a digital currency; surveys of how different regulatory agencies define securities in the US; and technical pieces that are underpinning secure software, system interactions with cryptocurrencies, and distributed consensus for reliability.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-142
Foundations of Technology Risk Management and Assessment
David Cass MBA, Vice President, Cyber and IT Risk, Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16682 | Section 1
Description
Technology risk refers to any risk of financial loss, disruption, or damage to the reputation of an organization as a result of the failure of its information technology (IT) systems. This course covers the foundations of technology risk management, IT risk identification, IT risk assessment, risk mitigation, and risk and control monitoring and reporting.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-145
Networking at Scale
Minlan Yu PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26496 | Section 1
Description
Modern networks have grown to extremely large scale, connecting millions of servers, and high speed, with terabits per second, to meet the needs of a variety of cloud applications in business and society (for example, social media, public health, and entertainment). In this course, we study not only basic concepts in networking but also how these concepts are applied and extended for networking at scale. We discuss the recent technology trends and design choices of performance, scalability, manageability, and cost faced by companies who own large-scale networks such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook. This course includes lectures and system programming projects.
Prerequisites: System programming at the level of CSCI E-61.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections Fridays, time to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Computer Science 145. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45-11:00 am starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-149a
Software Applications: Security Lifecycle Threats
Heather Hinton PhD, Chief Information Security Officer, RingCentral
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16691 | Section 1
Description
Ever wonder how to apply threat-based thinking to a user- and usability-centered application lifecycle throughout the entire lifecycle? In this course students learn about the cradle to grave lifecycle of software applications and how to review for security implications at each stage. Starting from a product pitch, we walk through the entire product lifecycle, including design, prototyping, testing, deployment, and ongoing management including operational concerns, through to eventual decommission. We look at scenarios drawn from in the market products and development realities.
Prerequisites: Basic computer programming skills, such as CSCI E-50 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-14a
Building Interactive Web Applications for Data Analysis
Zona Kostic PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16444 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to essential aspects of data-driven web applications and covers techniques for creating custom solutions with the ML programming language. Python-based frameworks and visualization libraries are used to build fully functional project architectures for interactive exploratory data analysis. Students learn how to process data into a web application taking care of both front-end visual attractiveness and back-end functionality. Specifically, the course covers understanding the web and its components, working with supervised machine learning techniques and frameworks, designing of effective interactions and data visualizations, and working with relational and non-relational databases. Upon completion, project setups are deployed to the cloud infrastructure, leveraging the dynamic nature of data-intensive applications.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Python programming language, basic data science concepts, and experience with front-end development. Some experience with data visualization is useful, but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 48 students
CSCI E-15
Web Server Frameworks with Laravel/PHP
Susan Buck MPS, Web Programmer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24574 | Section 1
Description
The needs of modern web applications vary greatly depending on the business/product the application is serving, but certain functionality is common to most applications. Such functionality includes registration/authentication, form processing and validation, routing, caching, and database interfacing. While this functionality can be built from scratch with any server-capable language, it is more efficient to use a framework that provides this common functionality out of the box, allowing developers to focus on the specific business needs of their application. In this course, students learn about framework-based web application development via the lens of the PHP framework Laravel. Along the way, we explore paradigms common to web frameworks beyond Laravel, such as routing, controllers, models, views, and object-relational mapping. Over the course of the semester, we build stand-alone web applications and also look at how to build web services that can act as the backend to single-page applications built using tools such as Angular, React, or Vue.js.
Prerequisites: DGMD E-2 or equivalent foundation in programming. Students should also be comfortable with HTML/CSS and basic website publishing (CSCI E-12 or equivalent). For more information about the prerequisites, see http://hesweb.dev/e15/prereq.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 120 students
CSCI E-171
Visualization
Hanspeter Pfister PhD, An Wang Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16477 | Section 1
Description
The amount and complexity of information produced in science, engineering, business, and everyday human activity is increasing at staggering rates. The goal of this course is to expose students to visual representation methods and techniques that increase the understanding of complex data. Good visualizations not only present a visual interpretation of data, but do so by improving comprehension, communication, and decision making. In this course, students learn how the human visual system processes and perceives images, good design practices for visualization, tools for visualization of data from a variety of fields, and programming of interactive web-based visualizations using D3.
Prerequisites: Students are expected to have programming experience (for example, CSCI E-50) and ideally some experience with web development.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 171. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Wednesdays, 2:15-3:30 pm starting September 7 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-19
Software Testing and Test-Driven Development
Aline Yurik PhD, Director, Information Technology, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16404 | Section 1
Description
In this course we review the traditional software testing techniques that are applicable to any software product, as well as learn techniques for behavior-driven development and testing. The agile development paradigm of test-driven development is discussed. We also discover how innovative companies are able to build testing and quality into every stage of the development process and deliver a multitude of releases with a relatively small testing organization. We practice test creation and testing techniques through discussions and assignments. An option to apply behavior-driven development and testing techniques with Cucumber framework is available in assignments. Use of testing in continuous delivery/continuous integration software delivery approach is explored. Concepts covered include test cycles, testing objectives, testing in the software development process, types of software errors, reporting and analyzing software errors, problem tracking systems, test case design, testing tools, test planning, test documentation, and managing a test group.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-10b, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
CSCI E-1a
Understanding Technology
David J. Malan PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15513 | Section 1
Description
This course is for students who don’t (yet) consider themselves computer persons. Designed for students who work with technology every day but don’t necessarily understand how it all works underneath the hood or how to solve problems when something goes wrong, this course fills in the gaps, empowering students to use and troubleshoot technology more effectively. Through lectures on hardware, the internet, multimedia, security, programming, and web development as well as through readings on current events, this course equips students for today’s technology and prepares them for tomorrow’s as well.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/technology.
CSCI E-1b
Computer Science for Business Professionals
David J. Malan PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25393 | Section 1
Description
This course is a variant of Harvard College’s introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for business professionals. Whereas CS50 itself takes a bottom-up approach, emphasizing mastery of low-level concepts and implementation details thereof, this course takes a top-down approach, emphasizing mastery of high-level concepts and design decisions related thereto. Ultimately this course empowers students to make technological decisions even if they are not technologists themselves. Topics include cloud computing, networking, privacy, scalability, security, and more, with an emphasis on web and mobile technologies. Students emerge from this course with first-hand appreciation of how it all works and all the more confident in the factors that should guide their decision making. This course is designed for managers, product managers, founders, and decision makers more generally.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/business.
CSCI E-20
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Rebecca Nesson PhD, Associate Senior Lecturer on Computer Science and Dean for Academic Programs, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26502 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches all the math not taught in the traditional calculus/linear algebra sequence that is needed to take more advanced courses in theory of computation and/or algorithms. That is, it teaches discrete mathematics, logic, and basic probability, but does not teach calculus or linear algebra. It also gives a good introduction to reading mathematical notation and writing formal proofs. A principal objective of the course is to not just teach a set of mathematical topics, but also to prepare students to think mathematically and to read and write mathematics.
Prerequisites: MATH E-10 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 20. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
CSCI E-210
Algorithms at the End of the Wire
Michael Mitzenmacher PhD, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16780 | Section 1
Description
This is an advanced, rigorous course on recent research related to algorithms and data structures focusing on networks, data transmission, data storage, and data communication. Topics may run the breadth from the science that led to the founding of Google, data and video compression tools, coding, and data stream algorithms for network telemetry.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-124, or the equivalent, is very helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 222. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:45-11:00 am starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-22
Data Structures
David G. Sullivan PhD, Master Lecturer on Computer Science, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14309 | Section 1
Description
This course is a survey of fundamental data structures for information processing, including lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs. It explores the implementation of these data structures (both array-based and linked representations) and examines classic algorithms that use these structures for tasks such as sorting, searching, and text compression. The Java programming language is used to demonstrate the topics discussed; and key notions of object-oriented programming, including encapsulation and abstract data types, are emphasized.
Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of Java (CSCI E-10b, or the equivalent).
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-23a
Introduction to Game Development
Colton T. Ogden Chief Technology Officer, From Zero LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16214 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the development of 2D and 3D interactive games. Students explore the design of such childhood games as Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, and Portal in a quest to understand how video games themselves are implemented. Via lectures and hands-on projects, the course explores principles of 2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound, and collision detection using frameworks like Unity and L VE 2D, as well as languages like Lua and C#. By course’s end, students have programmed several of their own games and gained a thorough understanding of the basics of game design and development.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-7, CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, CSCI E-50, CS50x, or prior programming experience in any language.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/games.
CSCI E-23a
Introduction to Game Development
Colton T. Ogden Chief Technology Officer, From Zero LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26415 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the development of 2D and 3D interactive games. Students explore the design of such childhood games as Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, and Portal in a quest to understand how video games themselves are implemented. Via lectures and hands-on projects, the course explores principles of 2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound, and collision detection using frameworks like Unity and L VE 2D, as well as languages like Lua and C#. By course’s end, students have programmed several of their own games and gained a thorough understanding of the basics of game design and development.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-7, CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, CSCI E-50, CS50x, or prior programming experience in any language.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/games.
CSCI E-25
Computer Vision
Stephen Elston PhD, Principal Consultant, Quantia Analytics LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26285 | Section 1
Description
Computer vision is an exciting and rapidly changing field. In a little over ten years, deep learning algorithms have revolutionized several aspects of computer vison. Applications that were infeasible or impractical a few years ago are now in routine production. These advances allow intelligent systems to interact with the real-world using vision. Examples of modern computer vision (CV) applications include digital photography, robotic or autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, and scientific imaging. This course is a fast-moving survey of both fundamental theory of CV algorithms along with hands-on practical assignments applying these methods using Python. Successfully deploying CV applications often requires a combination of classical methods and state-of-the-art algorithms. Therefore, this course includes classical image processing and CV techniques which are the basis of many standard CV applications. From this foundation the course moves to the deep learning approaches that have revolutionized computer vision. Students apply tools drawn from the extensive universe of Python CV related packages in the hands-on assignments. Major topics covered in the course include: algorithms used to prepare images, transform images and extract features; statistical properties of images and methods of decomposition; classification of objects in images; optimization and regularization for machine learning algorithms; deep neural networks for image classification; motion in images and optical flow; advanced deep neural network architectures; object detection and tracking algorithms; models of stereo vision; segmentation of images; and generative models.
Prerequisites: Experience programming using the Python language, equivalent to CSCI E-7 or CSCI E-29. For people with limited Python programming experience, some experience programming, in any language, such as R, Matlab, or C++ is helpful. Some exposure to basic machine learning and data science methods, equivalent to CSCI E-101, is helpful but not essential. Knowledge of linear algebra, including eigenvalue-eigenvector decomposition and a bit of differential and integral calculus is essential.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections Mondays, 5:30-7:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-26
Introduction to C, Unix/Linux Programming, and Web Interfaces
Bruce Molay AB, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14294 | Section 1
Description
Designed for students with some programming experience, this course provides a rigorous introduction to writing and using software tools in the Unix and GNU/Linux programming environments to build command-line and web-based programs. The course teaches students how to write C programs and Unix shell scripts, and how to create web interfaces to those programs. Topics include text processing, memory management, files and pipes, and processes and protocols. Students write programs to analyze data and generate reports, use shell scripts to combine tools into applications, and use HTML, CGI, and Ajax to provide web access to those applications and data.
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of a structured programming language such as C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python; a data structures course such as CSCI E-22.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
CSCI E-265
Big Data Systems
Stratos Idreos PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26522 | Section 1
Description
Big data is everywhere. A fundamental goal across modern business and science is to be able to utilize as many machines as possible, to consume as much information as possible and as fast as possible. The big challenge is how to turn data into useful knowledge. This is a moving target as both the underlying hardware and our ability to collect data evolve. In this course, we discuss how to design data systems, data structures, and algorithms for key data-driven areas, including relational systems, distributed systems, graph systems, noSQL, newSQL, machine learning, and neural networks. We see how they all rely on the same set of very basic concepts, and we learn how to synthesize efficient solutions for any problem across these areas using those basic concepts.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-61, and CSCI E-66 or CSCI E-165, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 265. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45-11:00 am starting January 24 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and SEAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or SEAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-28
Unix/Linux Systems Programming
Bruce Molay AB, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24040 | Section 1
Description
As an introduction to the fundamental structure and services of the Unix and Linux operating systems, this course combines theory with programming at the system call level. Topics include files and directories, device control, terminal handling, processes and threads, signals, pipes, and sockets. Examples and exercises include directory management utilities, a shell, and a web server.
Prerequisites: Solid knowledge of C or C++ at the level of CSCI E-26 and a data structures course such as CSCI E-22; some experience using Unix helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
CSCI E-3
Introduction to Web Programming Using JavaScript
Laurence P. Bouthillier MS, Executive Director, University of British Columbia Extended Learning
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15118 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to web development by way of the essential language and runtime environment that powers modern web interfaces. Through a series of examples and projects, students learn basic programming concepts while building an understanding of the power and complexities of JavaScript, which can perplex even experienced web developers. The course provides a solid foundation in computer programming in JavaScript: syntax and data structures, conditionals, objects, scope and closures, Ajax, the DOM, and event handling. Students gain an understanding of the popular libraries that power rich web applications such as jQuery, VueJS, and others. Upon completion, students are prepared to use JavaScript libraries in their projects, write their own or extend existing JavaScript libraries, and build rich web applications using these powerful tools. No computer programming experience is required, though exposure to basic HTML and CSS is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-300
Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis
Michael Mitzenmacher PhD, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26359 | Section 1
Description
This advanced course focuses on randomized algorithms and probabilistic analysis of algorithms. Topics include Chernoff Bounds, Markov Chains, the probabilistic method, and hashing.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-20, CSCI E-22, or CSCI E-124, and basic probability.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 223. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-31
Web Application Development using Node.js
Laurence P. Bouthillier MS, Executive Director, University of British Columbia Extended Learning
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25038 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to web application development by way of JavaScript and the node.js environment. Students learn the basics of server-side web development using the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, node.js). Using the MEAN stack, the course introduces students to models of software development that can apply to any web development environment, including the application server (node.js), Model View Controller (MVC) frameworks using Express.js, front-end frameworks (Angular), and databases (MongoDB). The course includes setting up a node.js environment, building representational state transfer (REST) application programming interfaces (APIs) and full-stack JavaScript applications using the MEAN stack, and following good application development practices. Experience with server-side application development is not required, though knowledge of client-side web development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) is important.
Prerequisites: Basic HTML/JavaScript. CSCI E-3 and CSCI E-12 are excellent preparations for this course.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-33a
Web Programming with Python and JavaScript
Brian Paul Yu EdM, Software Engineer, Automattic
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16215 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the design and implementation of web applications with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap. Topics include database design, scalability, security, and user experience. Through hands-on projects, students learn to write and use application programming interfaces (APIs), create interactive user interfaces (UIs), and leverage cloud services like GitHub and Heroku. By semester’s end, students emerge with knowledge and experience in the principles, languages, and tools that empower them to design and deploy applications on the internet.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-50, CS50x, or prior programming experience in any language.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/web.
CSCI E-33a
Web Programming with Python and JavaScript
Brian Paul Yu EdM, Software Engineer, Automattic
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25184 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the design and implementation of web applications with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap. Topics include database design, scalability, security, and user experience. Through hands-on projects, students learn to write and use application programming interfaces (APIs), create interactive user interfaces (UIs), and leverage cloud services like GitHub and Heroku. By semester’s end, students emerge with knowledge and experience in the principles, languages, and tools that empower them to design and deploy applications on the internet.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-50, CS50x, or prior programming experience in any language.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is also available for noncredit as OpenCourseWare at cs50.edx.org/web.
CSCI E-34
User Experience Engineering
David S. Platt ME, President, Rolling Thunder Computing, Inc.
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14557 | Section 1
Description
Success in today’s software marketplace requires excellent user experience (UX). This course presents the foundations of excellent UX in a platform-agnostic manner. This course requires no programming. Instead, we focus on deciding what to program to make our users happier and more productive. Students learn to start with the user, not the toolkit. Who are our users and how do we represent them with personas? What problems are these users trying to solve, what would they consider a good solution, and how do we represent that with stories? How should the user interaction flow and how do we represent it with quick, inexpensive mockups? How can we test different designs on users? How can we learn what users really do, instead of what they can remember or will admit to? Students work on a term project of their choosing, performing all steps of the UX design process. We use modern design tools such as Figma. We examine in-depth case studies and hear from industry-leading guest speakers. Students finish this course with a starter portfolio to show potential employers.
Prerequisites: One year of computer science education (CSCI E-10a and CSCI-10b, or CSCI E-12 and CSCI E-15, or CSCI E-26), or equivalent software development experience. Familiarity with the client program development system of your choice. This can be any development tool with which you can complete the term project. See the project description in the syllabus.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-39
Design Principles in React
Nicolas Javier Tejera Aguirre ALM, Chief Technology Officer, Tolemi
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16734 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches students how to implement usable and understandable applications using ReactJS, including core concepts of design like typography, color theory, and visual hierarchy. The first weeks cover introduction to font families, color palettes, and design principles, and how to apply the right ones based on context. We then deep dive into ReactJS and build simple yet complete components, applying the acquired knowledge to produce user-friendly and proportionally designed objects. We finalize by building a small web application, leveraging existing component libraries and frameworks.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in Javascript, HTML, and CSS.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-40
Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures
Len Evenchik SM, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14296 | Section 1
Description
Networks are now too large, complex, and diverse to be built on an ad hoc basis. This course provides a structured approach to the design, analysis, and implementation of networks and protocols. We study various protocols, including TCP/IP, WWW/HTTP, e-mail/SMTP, domain name system (DNS), multimedia protocols for voice and video, routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, and BGP), and the IEEE 802 LAN protocol suite. In each case, the protocol’s functions and the underlying reference model are discussed. LAN architecture and design, network security and encryption, and the design and analysis of both private networks and the internet are presented. The course discusses new areas of work, including real-time voice and video on the internet, quality of service (QoS), gigabit wireless networks, internet of things (IoT), software-defined networks (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV).
Prerequisites: Programming or networking experience; a basic understanding of the principles of communication protocols.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-40
Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures
Len Evenchik SM, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24033 | Section 1
Description
Networks are now too large, complex, and diverse to be built on an ad hoc basis. This course provides a structured approach to the design, analysis, and implementation of networks and protocols. We study various protocols, including TCP/IP, WWW/HTTP, e-mail/SMTP, domain name system (DNS), multimedia protocols for voice and video, routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, and BGP), and the IEEE 802 LAN protocol suite. In each case, the protocol’s functions and the underlying reference model are discussed. LAN architecture and design, network security and encryption, and the design and analysis of both private networks and the internet are presented. The course discusses new areas of work, including real-time voice and video on the internet, quality of service (QoS), gigabit wireless networks, internet of things (IoT), software-defined networks (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV).
Prerequisites: Programming or networking experience; a basic understanding of the principles of communication protocols.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the fall course.
CSCI E-43
How to Assess and Communicate Risk in Information Security
Derek Brink MBA, Vice President and Research Fellow, Aberdeen Strategy and Research
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24587 | Section 1
Description
In simple terms, risk is the likelihood of something bad taking place, and the resulting business impact if it does in fact occur. We often talk about the bad things that could happen that is, the threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits, and the technologies that are used to defend against them but these are not risks. Senior business leaders need their subject-matter experts in cyber security to advise them not about the technical details (the “what”), but about the risk (the “so what”), and about how an incremental investment in recommended security controls quantifiably reduces that risk. This course covers how to assess security risks, properly defined, how to use these risk assessments to make better-informed recommendations regarding what to do about them, and how to communicate these risks more effectively to business decision makers.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-45a, CSCI E-45b, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
CSCI E-45a
The Cyber World: Hardware, Software, Networks, Security, and Management
Scott Bradner
Benoit Gaucherin Maitrise, Senior Director of Information Technology, Campus Systems, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14299 | Section 1
Description
Today we all live and work in a participatory cyberspace. Computers, the data networks that interconnect them, and the services available over the networks make up this cyberspace. As cyberspace invades almost all areas of modern day living, playing, and working, it is becoming more important that people understand its technical and political underpinnings and operations, as well as its capabilities, threats, and weaknesses. This is a companion course to CSCI E-45b. The goal of this pair of courses is to give students the tools they need to understand, use, and manage the technologies involved, as well as the ability to appreciate the legal, social, and political dynamics of this ever expanding universe and the interplay between the cyber and physical worlds. The pair of courses covers the essential elements of computing and the history, structure, operation, and governance of the internet. This course focuses on the fundamental workings of the digital world. From individual computing devices to the broader internet, students learn how each piece in this gigantic puzzle comes together to create the digital infrastructure that is the cyberspace of today and tomorrow. In addition, we explore the fundamental concepts, technologies, and issues associated with managing and securing cyberspace.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-45b
The Cyber World: Governance, Threats, Conflict, Privacy, Identity, and Commerce
Scott Bradner
Benoit Gaucherin Maitrise, Senior Director of Information Technology, Campus Systems, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24037 | Section 1
Description
Today we all live and work in a participatory cyberspace. Computers, the data networks that interconnect them, and the services available over the networks make up this cyberspace. As cyberspace invades almost all areas of modern day living, playing, and working, it is becoming more important that people understand its technical and political underpinnings and operations, as well as its capabilities, threats, and weaknesses. This is a companion course to CSCI E-45a. The goal of this pair of courses is to give students the tools they need to understand, use, and manage the technologies involved, as well as the ability to appreciate the legal, social, and political dynamics of this ever expanding universe and the interplay between the cyber and physical worlds. The pair of courses covers the essential elements of computing and the history, structure, operation, and governance of the internet. This course explores the technical and legal aspects of the interactions and tensions between security, usability, privacy, and surveillance in a post NSA-revelation world. We also look at the technical and legal underpinnings that affect the use of cyberspace for businesses. Finally, we explore the rapidly changing dangers of cyberspace from viruses to state-sponsored cyber-conflict.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-49
Cloud Security
Ramesh Nagappan MS, Security Technologist, Amazon
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24557 | Section 1
Description
Cloud computing infrastructure has become a mainstay of the information technology industry, opening the possibility for on-demand, highly elastic, and infinite computer power with scalability and supporting the delivery of mission-critical secure enterprise applications and services. This course provides ground-up coverage on the high level concepts of cloud landscape, architectural principles, development techniques, design patterns, and real-world security best practices as applied to cloud service providers and consumers. It also addresses regulatory compliance requirements critical to design, implement, deliver, and manage secure cloud-based services. The course delves into the secure cloud-based application development processes that build on DevOps and DevSecOps processes, proactively identifying and mitigating risks with threat models, protection, and isolation of physical and logical infrastructures including computer storage (cloud-hosted virtualization, containerization using Docker and Kubernetes) and network topologies; comprehensive data protection with applied cryptography; end-to-end identity management and access control; monitoring, auditing, intrusion detection, and incident response processes; fraud detection (using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques); and complying with industry and regulatory mandates. The course leverages cloud computing security guidelines set forth by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
Prerequisites: One of the following courses: CSCI E-7, CSCI E-12, CSCI E-33a, CSCI E-45a, CSCI E-45b, CSCI E-46, CSCI E-90, CSCI E-94, or the equivalent. Additional web application development and/or systems administration knowledge will be very helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-49a
Cryptography and Identity Management for Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
Ramesh Nagappan MS, Security Technologist, Amazon
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16685 | Section 1
Description
Confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, authorization, and accountability are the most critical security requirements that serve as the basis for deploying and delivering trustworthy information technology (IT) applications and services in on-premise enterprises, cloud provider hosted platforms, and network-centric devices that are connected to the internet. Adopting cryptography and identity management solutions for data protection and access control addresses these security requirements and has become a vital part of all business applications, electronic transactions, IT networks, cloud providers, and internet of things (IoT). This course provides a ground-up coverage on the high-level concepts, applied mechanisms, architecture, design, and real-world implementation practices of using cryptography and identity management solutions as they apply to cloud-hosted applications, services, and IoT devices.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-49, CSCI E-90, CSCI E-118, or equivalent. Experience with web application development and/or systems administration using a cloud provider is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
CSCI E-50
Intensive Introduction to Computer Science
David J. Malan PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14290 | Section 1
Description
This course is an intensive introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. It teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web programming. Languages include C, Python, and SQL plus HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Problem sets are inspired by the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The course culminates in a final project. Students can count two of the following three courses CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, and CSCI E-50 toward a degree. They may not count all three toward a degree.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 50 (CS50). Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays, 1:30-4:15 pm starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions. This course is also available for noncredit via EdX.
CSCI E-50
Intensive Introduction to Computer Science
David J. Malan PhD, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24107 | Section 1
Description
This course is an intensive introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. It teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web programming. Languages include C, Python, and SQL plus HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Problem sets are inspired by the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The course culminates in a final project. Students can count two of the following three courses CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-10b, and CSCI E-50 toward a degree. They may not count all three toward a degree.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 50 (CS50). This course is also available for noncredit via EdX.
CSCI E-59
Designing and Developing Relational and NoSQL Databases
Gregory Thomas Misicko ALM, Engineering Manager, NetApp Cloud Solutions
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25690 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the design and development of databases using a very practical and hands-on approach to learning. Students begin by learning how to set up and configure a database server, followed by a thorough understanding of how to design and develop a real-world database built for stability and performance. Structured query language (SQL) is taught starting from the most basic level and leading up to an advanced level. As many projects today evaluate NoSQL options, students also learn about the more popular NoSQL options available and work with MQL and Cypher.
Prerequisites: Capable of learning new programming languages (such as SQL, MQL, or Cypher) from the beginning.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-597
Data Science Precapstone
Bruce Huang EdD, PhD, Director of Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology, Harvard Extension School
Stephen Elston PhD, Principal Consultant, Quantia Analytics LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25390 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course helps students develop an academically strong capstone proposal. It is mandatory for candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, data science, who wish to register for CSCI E-599a in the spring. It prepares students to explore interdisciplinary research topics from a variety of industries and areas. Through workshops and collaborating with experts from different disciplines, students identify research topics, apply the appropriate data science methods, and use data to advance innovative solutions. Students receive guidance and advising to work effectively in teams, refine project proposals, and build the domain knowledge necessary in their selected area. By the end of the course, each team submits a detailed research proposal, including project rationale, methods, and expected outcomes, which they intend to execute during CSCI E-599a.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, data science, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, CSCI E-599a, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 46 students
CSCI E-599
Software Engineering Capstone
Eric Gieseke ALM, Principal Software Engineer, Algorand
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25901 | Section 1
Description
This course examines how current software engineering methods approach structuring and managing software projects, from requirements gathering to production release. Formal methods in software engineering have a long history, from the older waterfall method to the current agile methods. Students collaborate in teams to define an architectural model and a project plan, and then implement a system while practicing techniques in software engineering. They present to the Extension School’s Master of Liberal Arts, software engineering faculty committee based on the course project. The programming is primarily in Java but may include other languages.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, software engineering, capstone track. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing, have completed nine courses in the concentration including the software design requirement, and have proficiency in Java. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
CSCI E-599
Software Engineering Capstone
Peter Vaughan Henstock PhD, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Lead, Pfizer, Inc.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24531 | Section 2
Description
This course examines how current software engineering methods approach structuring and managing software projects, from requirements gathering to production release. Formal methods in software engineering have a long history, from the older waterfall method to the current agile methods. Students collaborate in small teams to define an architectural model and a project plan, and then implement a system while practicing techniques in software engineering. They present to the Extension School’s Master of Liberal Arts, software engineering faculty committee based on the course project.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, software engineering, capstone track. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing, have completed nine courses in the concentration including the software design requirement, and have proficiency in programming. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 26 students
CSCI E-599a
Data Science Capstone
Bruce Huang EdD, PhD, Director of Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16091 | Section 1
Description
This course is the culmination of the Master of Liberal Arts, data science, where students execute their research proposal from CSCI S-597. It gives students the opportunity to collaborate on a complex research topic using their data science skills. At the completion of the capstone, students are able to demonstrate their ability to think critically about data, communicate with diverse audiences, and advance innovation in ways that benefit society.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, data science. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the Harvard Summer School precapstone course, CSCI S-597, in the previous summer term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 26 students
CSCI E-599a
Data Science Capstone
Bruce Huang EdD, PhD, Director of Master’s Degree Program in Information Technology, Harvard Extension School
Stephen Elston PhD, Principal Consultant, Quantia Analytics LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25391 | Section 1
Description
This course is the culmination of the Master of Liberal Arts, data science where students execute their research proposal from CSCI E-597. It gives students the opportunity to collaborate with industry, government, or academic partners to investigate a real-world research topic using their data science skills. At the completion of the capstone, students are able to demonstrate their ability to think critically about data, communicate with diverse audiences, and advance innovation in ways that benefit society.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, data science. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, CSCI E-597, in the previous January term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 46 students
CSCI E-61
Systems Programming and Machine Organization
Eddie Kohler PhD, Microsoft Professor of Computer Science and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13836 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the fundamentals of computer systems programming. It provides a solid background in data representation, systems programming, operating systems, and machine organization and design. The course centers on C++ programming, with some assembly language. Topics include data representation, assembly and machine programming, storage hierarchy and caching, kernel programming and virtual memory, process management, and concurrency (including threads and networking).
Prerequisites: CSCI E-26, CSCI E-50, or some experience programming in C++ or C.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 61. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 2:15-3:30 pm starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-63
Big Data Analytics
Zoran B. Djordjevic PhD, Senior Enterprise Architect
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25759 | Section 1
Description
The explosion of social media and the computerization of every aspect of social and economic activity resulted in the creation of huge volumes of semi-structured data: web logs, videos, speech recordings, photographs, emails, and Tweets. In a parallel development, computers keep getting ever more powerful and storage ever cheaper. Today, with the cloud, Spark, and other technologies, we can reliably and cheaply store huge volumes of data, efficiently analyze them, and extract business and socially relevant information. The emphasis of this course is on mastering the most important software frameworks, procedures, and algorithms for the processing of big data. Apache Spark 3 is the key big data technology. Spark is a result of the evolution of Hadoop and Map/Reduce ideas with significant speedup and scalability improvements. Students learn the most essential of Spark’s application programming interfaces (APIs) like Spark Core, Spark SQL, GraphX, Structured Streaming, and other non-Spark computational, statistical, and machine-learning frameworks and algorithms, which make up the backbone of big data processing. In this course, students learn how to organize data in massive data lakes and create massive data pipelines using Spark SQL and other APIs both in batch mode and in real-time streaming mode. Students learn how to analyze highly connected data using Neo4J and Spark GraphX, in-memory graph databases. Students acquire practical skills with Kafka, a highly scalable messaging system, and learn to integrate Spark with NoSQL systems. Students conduct exercises in Amazon web services cloud (AWS) and master the most important AWS services.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in Python is recommended. All assignments could be done in Java, Scala, or R. Some familiarity with Linux is helpful. Students need access to a computer with a 64-bit operating system and at least 8 GB of RAM (32 GB is highly recommended).
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, January 27-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections Saturdays, 12-1 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-63c
Elements of Data Science and Statistical Learning with R
Andrey Sivachenko PhD, Scientist IV, Head of Bioinformatics, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Lab
Victor A. Farutin PhD, Director of Computational Sciences, Precede Biosciences
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15123 | Section 1
Description
One of the broad goals of data science is examining raw data with the purpose of identifying its structure and trends, and of deriving conclusions and hypotheses from it. In the modern world awash with data, data analytics is more important than ever to fields ranging from biomedical research, space and weather science, finance, business operations and production, to marketing and social media applications. This course introduces various statistical learning methods and their applications. The R programming language, a very popular and powerful platform for scientific and statistical analysis and visualization, is introduced and used throughout the course. We discuss the fundamentals of statistical testing and learning, and cover topics of linear and non-linear regression, clustering and classification, support vector machines, and decision trees. The datasets used in the examples are drawn from diverse domains such as finance, genomics, and customer sales and survey data.
Prerequisites: Good programming skills, preferably in R or solid experience in other languages; good understanding of probability and statistics at the level of CSCI E-106 or STAT E-109. See the syllabus for the recommended pretest.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 101
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 200 students
CSCI E-63c
Elements of Data Science and Statistical Learning with R
Andrey Sivachenko PhD, Scientist IV, Head of Bioinformatics, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Lab
Victor A. Farutin PhD, Director of Computational Sciences, Precede Biosciences
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24748 | Section 1
Description
One of the broad goals of data science is examining raw data with the purpose of identifying its structure and trends, and of deriving conclusions and hypotheses from it. In the modern world awash with data, data analytics is more important than ever to fields ranging from biomedical research, space and weather science, finance, business operations and production, to marketing and social media applications. This course introduces various statistical learning methods and their applications. The R programming language, a very popular and powerful platform for scientific and statistical analysis and visualization, is introduced and used throughout the course. We discuss the fundamentals of statistical testing and learning, and cover topics of linear and non-linear regression, clustering and classification, support vector machines, and decision trees. The datasets used in the examples are drawn from diverse domains such as finance, genomics, and customer sales and survey data.
Prerequisites: Good programming skills, preferably in R or solid experience in other languages; good understanding of probability and statistics at the level of CSCI E-106 or STAT E-109. See the syllabus for the recommended pretest.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 101
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 200 students
CSCI E-66
Database Systems
David G. Sullivan PhD, Master Lecturer on Computer Science, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24046 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the fundamental concepts of database systems. Topics include data models (entity-relationship, relational, and others); query languages (relational algebra, SQL, and others); implementation techniques of database management systems (index structures, concurrency control, recovery, and query processing); management of semistructured and complex data; distributed and noSQL databases.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-22 or the equivalent, and strong programming skills in Java.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-7
Introduction to Computer Science with Python
Jeff Parker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15376 | Section 1
Description
Python is a language with a simple syntax and a powerful set of libraries. It is an interpreted language, with a rich programming environment, including a robust debugger and profiler. While it is easy for beginners to learn, it is widely used in many scientific areas for data exploration. This course is an introduction to the Python programming language. We cover data types and control flow and introduce the analysis of program performance. The examples and problems used in this course are drawn from diverse areas such as text processing and simple graphics creation. Graduate-credit students implement a final project of their own design.
Prerequisites: Comfort with computers, text editors, and the command line.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Maxwell-Dworkin G115
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-7
Introduction to Computer Science with Python
Henry H. Leitner PhD, Senior Lecturer on Computer Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25531 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to computer science for students without prior programming experience. We explore problem-solving methods and algorithm development using the high-level programming languages Python and Scratch. Python is a language with a simple syntax, and a powerful set of libraries. While it is easy for beginners to learn, it is widely used in many scientific areas for data exploration. We cover data types and control flow and introduce the analysis of program performance. The examples and problems used in this course are drawn from diverse areas such as text processing and simple graphics creation. We also examine theoretical and practical limitations related to unsolvable and intractable computational problems. Graduate-credit students implement a final project of their own design.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences companion course Computer Science 1. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
CSCI E-71
Agile Software Development
Richard Kasperowski ALB, Chief Technology Officer, Thrivelution
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16441 | Section 1
Description
This course is an immersive experience in agile software development. We study both the technical and cultural/social aspects of agile, including pair and mob programming, high performance teams with the core protocols, test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development, continuous delivery, refactoring, extreme programming, scrum, kanban, and agile project management.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-22 or the equivalent. Students must have a computer suitable for software development.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, September 10-11, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
CSCI E-72
Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics
Michael Shah MS, Assistant Teaching Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16452 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches the fundamentals of 3D computer graphics to learners who want to make games, 3D simulations, and have an interest in image processing. We use C++ and OpenGL to explore computer graphics programming and understand how to utilize the graphics processing unit (GPU). Additional guidance on using C++ and a refresher of linear algebra and its application in graphics is provided.
Prerequisites: Previous experience with trigonometry and exposure to linear algebra.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-79
The Art and Design of Information
Zona Kostic PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25487 | Section 1
Description
Complex data has been translated into many visual forms in order to facilitate understanding of its content. However, not every transformation turns out to be effective. To compose a visual message and improve information communication, design practice is needed. This course introduces the strategies of visual thinking as an efficient method to convey complex data. It covers the fundamentals of visual communication and applies graphics design principles in the context of diverse media. Information design overlaps with other areas such as graphic design, communication design, data visualization, human-computer interaction design, and instructional design. The course combines the best practices from these intersections while focusing on effectiveness and visual clarity.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and experience working with Java Script.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-8
Web GIS: Principles and Technologies
Pinde Fu PhD, Platform Engineering Team Lead and Senior Principal Software Developer, Esri
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25121 | Section 1
Description
Web GIS, the combination of the web and geographic information systems (GIS), is a promising field. It has extended online maps and geospatial intelligence to the offices of millions and the hands of billions. This course aims to provide students with the principles and essential knowledge needed for managing web GIS projects, teach students the latest geospatial cloud technologies needed for building modern web GIS applications, and inspire students with real-world case studies. Technologies taught in this course include cloud GIS (ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise), browser-based web applications (ArcGIS Instant applications, StoryMaps, Experience Builder, and Dashboards), mobile GIS applications (Survey123 and Field Maps), 3D web scenes, imagery services, spatial temporal data, and spatial data science. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), big data analysis, and deep learning are also discussed in the context of web GIS. Access to Harvard ArcGIS Online and other ArcGIS software is provided.
Prerequisites: Basic experience with online maps or mobile maps.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
CSCI E-80
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
Brian Paul Yu EdM, Software Engineer, Automattic
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16393 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the concepts and algorithms at the foundation of modern artificial intelligence, diving into the ideas that give rise to technologies like game-playing engines, handwriting recognition, and machine translation. Through hands-on projects, students gain exposure to the theory behind graph search algorithms, classification, optimization, reinforcement learning, and other topics in artificial intelligence and machine learning as they incorporate them into their own Python programs. By course’s end, students emerge with experience in libraries for machine learning as well as knowledge of artificial intelligence principles that enable them to design intelligent systems of their own.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-50, CS50x, or at least one year of experience with Python.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-80
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
Brian Paul Yu EdM, Software Engineer, Automattic
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25793 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the concepts and algorithms at the foundation of modern artificial intelligence, diving into the ideas that give rise to technologies like game-playing engines, handwriting recognition, and machine translation. Through hands-on projects, students gain exposure to the theory behind graph search algorithms, classification, optimization, reinforcement learning, and other topics in artificial intelligence and machine learning as they incorporate them into their own Python programs. By course’s end, students emerge with experience in libraries for machine learning as well as knowledge of artificial intelligence principles that enable them to design intelligent systems of their own.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-50, CS50x, or at least one year of experience with Python.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-80a
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Brian Subirana PhD, Director, Auto-ID Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16439 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces artificial intelligence (AI) programming tools inspired by our understanding of the human brain. The course includes four programming assignments in Python covering the four units of the brain as proposed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Brain, Minds and Machines (CBMM): sensor stream, brain operating system, cognitive core, and symbolic compositional models. Collectively the four assignments introduce a set of tools and computer science concepts, with a focus on deep learning, spanning a basic skill set to program complete models able to perform AI tasks. Part of the assignments include comparing the deep learning tools implemented with other AI tools not based on neural networks. The focus of the assignments is to build models reproducing as closely as possible the complex cognitive tasks humans do naturally. Human intelligence can be characterized in a variety of ways and as part of the course, we review how various computer engineering applications may benefit from these different advances in modeling human intelligence. We discuss various integrative approaches aiming at combining experimental techniques in neuroscience and cognitive science, with computational modeling in order to elucidate the architecture of intelligence. The course provides background to understand some of the current limitations in our progress towards a general artificial intelligence machine.
Prerequisites: Some basic computer skills to install and program with Python, for example CSCI E-7.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
CSCI E-82
Advanced Machine Learning, Data Mining, and Artificial Intelligence
Peter Vaughan Henstock PhD, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Lead, Pfizer, Inc.
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15407 | Section 1
Description
The course is intended to combine the theory with the hands-on practice of solving modern industry problems with an emphasis on image processing and natural language processing. Topics include outlier detection, advanced clustering techniques, deep learning, dimensionality reduction methods, frequent item set mining, and recommender systems. Topics also considered include reinforcement learning, graph-based models, search optimization, and time series analysis. The course uses Python as the primary language, although later projects can include R and other languages. The course also introduces some industry standard tools to prepare students for artificial intelligence jobs.
Prerequisites: This course builds upon topics covered in CSCI E-63c and CSCI E-109a and CSCI E-109b with either CSCI E-63c or CSCI E-109a as a prerequisite. Students should be proficient in Python including Pandas and readily able to load, parse, and manipulate data. A course such as CSCI E-7 or a course on Python and machine learning would be useful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
CSCI E-83
Fundamentals of Data Science
Stephen Elston PhD, Principal Consultant, Quantia Analytics LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16768 | Section 1
Description
This course builds on CSCI E-101, giving students a solid foundation for advanced data science modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI). The course focuses on the modern computational statistical modeling methods, providing the path to understand advanced data science. The course employs a combination of theory and hands-on experience using Python programming tools. The focus is on foundational computational statistical analysis and effective visualization methods. The hands-on component of the course uses the Python packages NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn, Statsmodels, and PyMC3, along with selected other open-source packages. Basic computational statistical inference employing three approaches, maximum likelihood, bootstrap resampling, and Bayesian are addressed. An overview is presented of the properties and behavior of the rich family of linear models, foundational to many machine learning and AI algorithms. The course reviews probability theory, with an emphasis on conditional probability as a foundation of modern computational statistical methods, machine learning, and AI. Additionally, Bayesian models, inference, and time series methods are explored. An independent project is required of all students registering for graduate credit.
Prerequisites: Some exposure to basic machine learning and data science methods, equivalent to CSCI E-101. Experience programming using the Python language, equivalent to CSCI E-7 or CSCI E-29. For people with limited Python programming experience, some experience programming, in any language, such as R, Matlab, or C++, is essential. Knowledge of linear algebra, including eigenvalue-eigenvector decomposition and a bit of differential and integral calculus is essential.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections Mondays, 7-9 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-87
Big Data and Machine Learning in Healthcare Applications
Oleg Pianykh PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Director of Medical Analytics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16459 | Section 1
Description
While large volumes of digital healthcare data have been captured for decades, we are only starting to mine them for information that can significantly advance healthcare delivery and quality. Built from many practical experiences, this course teaches students how to apply big data analytics and machine learning to the most challenging problems found in modern hospitals. We cover several important areas operational, clinical, and imaging using hands-on examples and real problems. Students not only learn how to build efficient data models, but also how to implement them in different healthcare environments, avoiding the most common pitfalls and achieving meaningful results.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of statistics and machine learning. Programming in Python or Matlab is required for most homework assignments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
CSCI E-88
Principles of Big Data Processing
Marina Yu Popova ALM, Engineer, TechTarget
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16804 | Section 1
Description
The goal of this course is to learn core principles of building highly distributed, highly available systems for processing large volumes of data with historical and near real-time querying capabilities. We cover the stages of data processing that are common to most real-world systems, including high-volume, high-speed data ingestion, historical and real-time metrics aggregation, techniques to address unique counts, data de-duplication and reprocessing, storage options, distributed data indexing, and search. We review approaches to solving common challenges of such systems and get hands-on experience implementing some of them. We look at trends and the evolution of data processing and analytics with special attention to the modern data stack and the resulting advances in data warehousing, data lakes, and data mesh solutions. The focus of this course is on understanding the challenges and core principles of big data processing, not on specific frameworks or technologies used for implementation. We review a few notable technologies for each area with a deeper dive into a few select ones. The course is structured as a progression of topics covering the full, end-to-end data processing pipeline typical in real-world scenarios.
Prerequisites: Students must be comfortable with intermediate programming in at least one language, preferably Java, Python, or Scala, including basic data structures, functions, and build and dependency management tools (Maven or Gradle for Java, virtualenv for Python). Familiarity with the basic multi-threading is helpful. Most of the examples in lectures are in Java and Python. Students should be familiar with basic usage, package/software installations, and administration and troubleshooting on Unix-like systems (Linux, any flavor, MacOS), cloud environments like Amazon web services (AWS) cloud and container frameworks like Docker. Their laptops should have 64-bit operating systems and have at least eight central processing units (CPU) and 8G random-access memory (RAM). Students should complete the self-assessment assignment, available on the syllabus, to determine if they are ready to take the course. Courses such as CSCI E-7, CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-88a, and CSCI E-90, or equivalents, are also recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-88a
Introduction to Functional and Stream Programming for Big Data Systems
Marina Yu Popova ALM, Engineer, TechTarget
Edward S. Sumitra MS, Associate Director, Curriculum Associates
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26380 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of functional programming (FP) and its application to stream and distributed processing of large volumes of data in real time. In order to do this type of processing, highly scalable systems have to be designed and developed that are capable of performing data- and compute-intensive operations in a distributed manner over hundreds of physical servers. This course focuses on building the foundation of such systems, which are applications capable of processing data in a highly parallel fashion. In this course, students learn core functional programming concepts, understand how they are used as a foundation of parallel and distributed programming, learn about challenges and approaches to handling state in the aggregation and other stream operations and learn how they are used in high-level stream processing frameworks like Kafka, Akka streams, and Flink, as well as serverless architectures. At the conclusion of the course, we review how all the learned concepts are used in the real-world stream processing architectures of a few well-known companies. Students reinforce the learned concepts by completing hands-on assignments and practicing building simple stream processing pipelines (with and without high-level stream processing frameworks) using Java, Scala, and Python languages.
Prerequisites: Basic experience with any programming language, preferably Java or Scala. Basic Unix and Unix-like system experience (as a user). Basic container (Docker) experience is helpful but not required. Students should complete the self-assessment, which is not graded, to determine whether they are ready to take this course.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-88c
Programming in Scala for Big Data Systems
Edward S. Sumitra MS, Associate Director, Curriculum Associates
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16769 | Section 1
Description
Scala is a strongly typed, versatile programming language that has emerged as one of the de-facto languages in big data systems. Scala supports multiple programming paradigms, including familiar object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) techniques. This hands-on course covers types and data structures, build tools, functional programming concepts with higher-order functions, pattern matching, concurrency, and parallel processing. Popular libraries in the Scala ecosystem are introduced and applied. Students learn unit testing libraries and reinforce techniques taught in lectures by completing weekly programming assignments. Students apply their knowledge to develop batch processing applications in Apache Spark and stream processing applications in Apache Flink in the latter part of the course.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with a programming language like Java, Python, Javascript, C#, or C++.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
CSCI E-89
Deep Learning
Zoran B. Djordjevic PhD, Senior Enterprise Architect
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16392 | Section 1
Description
The ability of computerized systems to acquire vast amounts of data and display them in informative ways raises our expectations for fast, accurate identification or recognition of events or objects and for predictions about future events. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have fulfilled those needs to some degree. Over the last 10 years, a versatile architectural style of artificial neural networks called deep learning has emerged as the most promising answer to those expectations. Today, deep learning is the primary technique for analysis and resolution of many issues in data analyses and natural sciences, linguistics, and engineering. We use deep learning for image classification, manipulation and generation, speech recognition and synthesis, natural language translation, sound and music manipulation and generation, navigation of self-driving cars, and many other activities. In this course, students master several key architectures for implementation of deep learning networks, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), long short-term memory networks (LSTMs), autoencoders, generative adversarial networks (GANs), transformers with attention, and graph neural networks. We provide references to many practical applications where those architectures are successfully used. The course starts with a review of the theoretical foundations of the neural networks approach to machine learning including auto-differentiation and backpropagation. The emphasis of the course is on practical applications of deep learning using Keras (packages within TensorFlow 2.x framework) and PyTorch.
Prerequisites: Proficiency with Python. We assume no familiarity with Linux and introduce all essential Linux features and commands. Students need access to a computer with a 64-bit operating system and at least 8 GB of RAM. Having a machine with NVIDIA card is a plus but not required. All complex examples given as assignments could be run on Google Collaboratory.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Science Center B-10
Optional sections Saturdays at noon.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-89c
Deep Reinforcement Learning
Dmitry V. Kurochkin PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16817 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces deep reinforcement learning (RL), one of the most modern techniques of machine learning. Deep RL has attracted the attention of many researchers and developers in recent years due to its wide range of applications in a variety of fields such as robotics, robotic surgery, pattern recognition, diagnosis based on medical image, treatment strategies in clinical decision making, personalized medical treatment, drug discovery, speech recognition, computer vision, and natural language processing. Deep RL can be seen as the third area of machine learning, in addition to supervised and unsupervised algorithms, in which the learning of an agent occurs as a result of its own actions and interaction with the environment. Such learning processes do not need to be guided externally, but it has been difficult until recently to use RL ideas practically. This course focuses on foundations of deep RL and applications to problems that emerge in healthcare and social science applications.
Prerequisites: Introductory probability and statistics, multivariate calculus equivalent to MATH E-21a, and proficiency in Python programming equivalent to CSCI E-7. We formulate value (cost) functions and perform optimization. Students are expected to be comfortable taking derivatives. Basic knowledge of probability theory (in particular, conditional probability distributions and conditional expectations) is necessary. Understanding matrix vector operations and notation is helpful but not required. All coding exercises are performed in Python. Students are required to take a short pretest at the beginning of the course. The pretest score does not count toward the final grade but helps you understand whether your background in calculus, probability theory, as well as command of coding positions you for success in this course.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Emerson Hall 108
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-8b
Mobile GIS
Pinde Fu PhD, Platform Engineering Team Lead and Senior Principal Software Developer, Esri
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16696 | Section 1
Description
We live in the post-PC era. We have far more smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices than desktops and laptops. With their advantages in mobility and location awareness, mobile devices have become an indispensable part of geographic information systems (GIS) solutions in sustainable development, health and human services, emergency management, and utilities. Consumer mobile GIS applications, such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze, and Zillow, have put the basic GIS capabilities in everyone’s hands. This course focuses on enterprise mobile GIS, which offers a much wider variety of capabilities. Students learn the foundational principles, in-depth knowledge, and state-of-the-art technologies to manage, design, and implement mobile GIS projects. This course teaches students how to design GIS data, layers, maps, and smart logics for online and offline spatial data visualization, data collection, assets and users tracking, and field operation coordination based on Esri’s mobile GIS products, including Survey123, Field Maps, QuickCapture, AuGeo, ArcGIS 360 VR, AuGeo, ArcGIS Earth, Indoors, and AppStudio. The course explores the popular types of applications and the frontiers in mobile GIS, including location-based services (LBS), volunteered geographic information (VGI), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR). Access to Harvard ArcGIS Online and Mobile ArcGIS applications is provided.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
CSCI E-90
Cloud Services, Infrastructure, and Computing
Gregory Thomas Misicko ALM, Engineering Manager, NetApp Cloud Solutions
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15865 | Section 1
Description
Off-premise/cloud services, infrastructure, and computing have replaced in-house data centers across businesses of every size. Businesses rely on cloud services because of their extremely high efficiency, ease of setup, and their ability to scale with demand. It is essential for today’s engineers to understand how robust architectures can be implemented on a cloud platform, and to understand in depth which services and tools are available for them to use. This course does not require any prior experience working with cloud services and does not require any programming skills.
Prerequisites: Ability to read and write simple code in either Java or Python is a plus.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-92
Principles of Operating Systems
James L. Frankel PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16808 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the role of operating systems: process synchronization and scheduling; memory management including virtual memory, swapping, paging, and segmentation; file management; protection and security; input/output techniques, buffering, and resource allocation; deadlock detection and avoidance; system modeling; performance measurement and evaluation; and operating system case studies. An extensive lab project is required of all students.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of data structures and programming experience, such as CSCI E-22 or the equivalent. An advanced algorithms course, such as CSCI E-124 or equivalent, is preferred but not required. Students must have sufficient experience to write large programming projects in the C programming language that utilize a wide variety of data structures.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:00pm-10:15pm, 53 Church Street L01
Optional sections Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-93
Computer Architecture
James L. Frankel PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26397 | Section 1
Description
This course is a study of the fundamental concepts in the design and organization of modern computer systems. Topics include computer organization, instruction-set design, processor design, memory system design, timing issues, interrupts, microcoding, and various performance-enhancing parallel techniques such as prefetching, pipelining, branch prediction, superscalar execution, and massive-parallel processing. We also study existing architectures using CISC, RISC, vector, data parallel, and VLIW designs. An extensive lab project encompassing the design and implementation of a new instruction set and CPU using an FPGA is required of all students.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of data structures and programming experience (CSCI E-22, or the equivalent) with a Boolean/digital logic course preferred, but not required.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:00pm-10:15pm, 53 Church Street L01
Required sections Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
CSCI E-94
Fundamentals of Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure
Joseph Ficara ASEE, Lead Architect, The Predictive Index
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25152 | Section 1
Description
This course starts by introducing the student to the fundamentals of cloud computing and serverless computing. We contrast the challenges and benefits offered by cloud computing, serverless cloud computing, and traditional self-managed cloud and on-premises solutions. We cover the fundamental architecture and design patterns necessary to build highly available and scalable solutions using key Microsoft Azure platform as a service (PaaS) and serverless offerings. This course guides students in when to use one service over another based on performance, maintainability, complexity, and cost. Key services covered include Azure Front Door, Azure Application Services, Azure Application Configuration and KeyVault, Azure SQL, Azure application programming interface (API) management, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Applications, Azure active directory (AD) for authentication, Azure storage, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Cognitive Search, and macro and microservices. In addition to Azure services and guidance, the course covers how to implement processes to streamline development such as continuous integration, continuous deployment (CICD) and automated testing using Azure DevOps. Coverage would not be complete without examining the fundamentals necessary to make a system ready for users, including always-up architecture and deployment strategies, rollback strategies, A/B testing, testing in production, monitoring, alerting, performance tuning, snapshot debugging in production, and system health analysis using Application Insights and Azure Monitor.
Prerequisites: Basic C#, C++, or Java development skills. CSCI E-10a or the equivalent. This course involves a substantial amount of programming in C# and .NET Core.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
CSCI E-96
Data Mining for Business
Edward Kwartler MBA, Vice President, Trusted Artificial Intelligence, DataRobot
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15736 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces non-mathematical business professionals to data science principles widely used in today’s corporations. Quantitative methods affect many of today’s interactions for business leaders, students, and consumers. Emphasis is placed on practical uses and case studies utilizing data to inform business decisions rather than theoretical or complex mathematics. Case study topics include understanding customer demand, marketing, new market forecasting, revenue projections, and data mining to improve decisions. Learning goals include quantitative business application, basic programming, algorithm development, and process workflow. The course highlights methods that business leaders and data scientists have found to be the most useful. It introduces the basic concepts of R for data mining. This course is for students who want an introduction to how data science improves business outcomes.
Prerequisites: Since this course utilizes R throughout the semester students should complete the 4-hour free online course Introduction to R at DataCamp.com found here: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional labs Fridays, time to be arranged. Labs will be recorded for students who are not able to attend live.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
CSCI E-97
Software Design: Principles, Models, and Patterns
Eric Gieseke ALM, Principal Software Engineer, Algorand
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15356 | Section 1
Description
This course approaches object-oriented software design from three perspectives: the software engineering principles that enable development of quality software, the modeling of software components using the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and the application of design patterns as a means of reusing design models that are accepted best practices. These patterns include both the original software patterns as well as more recent modularization patterns for software construction. There is at least one significant modeling exercise and a set of programming assignments that require the application of design principles and good programming technique. Students are expected to write a detailed description of the design for each of their programs, incorporating UML models as appropriate. Students implement their programs in the Java programming language. In addition, there is at least one significant assignment that requires designing and documenting a software subsystem without implementation.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-22, or the equivalent, and proficiency in Java.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 70 students
DEVP E-102
Proseminar: Critical Analysis of Global Development Systems
Joshua Ellsworth MS, Adjunct Lecturer, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16433 | Section 1
Description
Understanding the interrelated environmental, social, and economic dynamics within global development contexts and then identifying barriers to achieving positive change are formidable challenges. Practitioners and policymakers must be able to assess the limitations of their own perspectives, learn from those living and working directly with “wicked” problems, and evaluate information from a wide range of sources including randomized control trials (RCTs), field observations, and established and emerging participatory tools and methods. To catalyze positive impact at the project, program, or policy level, practitioners must grasp technical aspects of global development as well as the softer skills of leadership, listening, self-reflection, and how to balance competing demands from multiple stakeholders with differing levels of power. Global development practitioners need to develop both the mindset and the skill set to analyze complex sociopolitical contexts, work with diverse actors to identify specific problems and opportunities, create practicable solutions, and lead others to achieve objectives. Through lectures, in-class exercises, and team projects, this course focuses on developing, in an integrated manner, the analytic skills to assess qualitative and quantitative data, and the creative thinking and planning skills to identify and innovate solutions to tough challenges. It covers systems and problem analysis, theory of change mapping, participatory design, and tools for effective teamwork.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. Experience manipulating data and algebraic equations on spreadsheets is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
DEVP E-102
Proseminar: Critical Analysis of Global Development Systems
Joshua Ellsworth MS, Adjunct Lecturer, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25998 | Section 1
Description
Understanding the interrelated environmental, social, and economic dynamics within global development contexts and then identifying barriers to achieving positive change are formidable challenges. Practitioners and policymakers must be able to assess the limitations of their own perspectives, learn from those living and working directly with “wicked” problems, and evaluate information from a wide range of sources including randomized control trials (RCTs), field observations, and established and emerging participatory tools and methods. To catalyze positive impact at the project, program, or policy level, practitioners must grasp technical aspects of global development as well as the softer skills of leadership, listening, self-reflection, and how to balance competing demands from multiple stakeholders with differing levels of power. Global development practitioners need to develop both the mindset and the skill set to analyze complex sociopolitical contexts, work with diverse actors to identify specific problems and opportunities, create practicable solutions, and lead others to achieve objectives. Through lectures, in-class exercises, and team projects, this course focuses on developing, in an integrated manner, the analytic skills to assess qualitative and quantitative data, and the creative thinking and planning skills to identify and innovate solutions to tough challenges. It covers systems and problem analysis, theory of change mapping, participatory design, and tools for effective teamwork.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. Experience manipulating data and algebraic equations on spreadsheets is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
DEVP E-110
Foundations of Sustainable Development
Patrick Walsh PhD, Full Professor of International Development Studies, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16389 | Section 1
Description
The broad goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundations of sustainable development including food and nutritional security, social service delivery, energy policy, water resource management, urbanization, infrastructure, human rights, biodiversity, adaptation to climate change, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), sustainable business, ethics, governance, and education. Through a global classroom, lectures are attended virtually with academic, policy and practice partners of the Global Association from around the world. The course consists of weekly live global classroom broadcasts featuring international experts. The broadcasts are facilitated and recorded by Lehigh University and available for asynchronous viewing within 24 hours; however, live participation is encouraged. Topics presented in the global classroom broadcasts are discussed on during mandatory weekly online live web conference sessions.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
DEVP E-120
Making Change Happen: Sustainable Development in Theory and in Practice
Alex Puutio PhD, Senior Expert, Office of the Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16873 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the theoretical foundations of development in the twenty-first century and introduces students to the practical reality of development work, from project development to delivery in the field. During the course, students acquire a deep theoretical understanding of development and its principles and prerequisites. From there, students learn how to create, deliver, and measure the results of development projects with a particular focus on areas such as agriculture, education and training, governance, human rights, information and communication technology, safety and security, and humanitarian aid. Students assess and analyze the results of past development initiatives against a robust theoretical framework as well as political and organizational objectives. Real-life projects implemented by organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank Group, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department for International Development (DFID) are used as case studies and entry points for discussion. This course is divided into the following four broad thematic areas that guide the discussions and analysis in class: theory of development and principles and prerequisites; project design and planning; operational delivery and coordination; and impact measurement and sustaining results. Students prepare a case study of a real-life development project implemented by a global development organization and the results of the study are published in support of the global community of practice.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional labs to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
DEVP E-150
Racial Equity and Economic Development
LaChaun Banks MBA, Director for Equity and Inclusion, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School and Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26282 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course addresses the organizational, institutional, and public policy foundations of stratification and racial inequality in the United States, particularly racial equity as a key value, measure, and framework for preparing and implementing local economic development plans and policies. The course examines theory as well as the implementation of local policy initiatives for racial equity in US cities. Investigating a wide range of contemporary theory and practice in the field of urban economic development, students propose new recommendations and executive strategies for cities currently pursuing pro-growth agendas. The course focuses on the Harvard Bloomberg City Leadership Initiative’s Guide to Equitable Economic Development as a framework for discussion and the adoption of a city for further examination and recommendations. From redevelopment to entrepreneurship approaches, the course provides students with a working knowledge of local government approaches to more equitable economic development strategies; a critical point of view on the merits and limitations of these strategies; and formal opportunities to present new views to public and political actors in the field.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
DEVP E-599
Global Development Practice Capstone
Judith Irene Rodriguez MA, Senior Research Associate, Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25972 | Section 1
Description
This course is a capstone designed for students earning a Master of Liberal Arts, global development practice. The course approach is learner-centered, whereby students create a development plan for a client by applying skills and knowledge gained from their graduate school experience. This course builds upon the student’s guided prework completed in DEVP E-598. The course deliverables include a detailed actionable and measurable plan, as well as a presentation to be given to the class and to client stakeholders. Appropriate clients may include communities, corporations, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), governmental agencies, schools, universities, and hospitals. Students work with a client with one or more stakeholders to develop and deliver a customized development plan focused on one or more of these areas: community development, human rights, labor practices, education, environmental sustainability, and fair operating practices. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Global Development Practice Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, global development practice. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, DEVP E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, February 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Sunday, February 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-1
Digital Media: From Ideas to Designs and Prototypes
Bakhtiar Mikhak PhD, Co-Founder, Media Modifications, Ltd.
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16151 | Section 1
Description
This is a practical design course on perspectives, tools, and methods for going from an idea for a product or service powered by a mobile and/or web application to an interactive design prototype ready for handoff to a development team. We start with brainstorming and iteratively refining the core concept for your product or service, based on which we create the brand identity along with detailed personas and stories that capture why and for whom your product or service is developed. We then translate those personas and stories into storyboards that illustrate the application’s experiential flow in real-world contexts in terms of concrete visual and interaction design elements. The design and development of a component-based pattern library for creating interactive prototypes with live data is a central focus of this course. We introduce a varied, growing collection of third-party component libraries that can help give your prototypes a professional and polished quality. We create prototypes with a visual design tool that also allows creating and enhancing components with code for imagining and realizing even richer interactions and experience flows. The work in this course is based on significant use of a mix of the following tools and technologies: Notion, Milanote, and Framer (with Figma, Play, HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Next.js, Github, and Visual Studio Code).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, October 28, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Harvard Hall 202
Saturday, October 29, 9:00am-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 202
Sunday, October 30, 9:00am-1:00pm, Harvard Hall 202
Required sections and optional studio sessions to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
DGMD E-10
Advanced Digital Photography
Gregory S. Marinovich MS, Master Lecturer, Journalism, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16834 | Section 1
Description
This course explores storytelling through the genres of photojournalism, documentary, and art photography. We look at photographic books with the goals of expanding students’ approaches, techniques, and aesthetic possibilities for their semester-long projects. The course constantly refers to the software tools we use to ensure reliable workflow and archive management. It addresses advanced color management as well as the science of converting images from color to black and white. Through lectures, hands-on assignments, and critiques, students expand their understanding of digital photography while exploring their creativity to broaden the possibilities and improve the quality of their photographs. Documentary photography and long-form photojournalism predominate, but we also explore art. This is a bridging course between accidental art while doing documentary work and art for art’s sake. We look at various types of photography that are defined or self-defined as art. We dive into portraiture outside of the studio, shooting stories involving people and discussing how to get the picture when everyone does not want you to. This course explores conflict and documentary photography extensively, with an emphasis on narrative photography, but it does not preclude students from any genre of photography they wish to pursue. The goal of the course is for each student to produce a body of work or a photographic essay in electronic book form. The skill of editing one’s own work is a key learning goal.
Prerequisites: Students should have an intermediate to advanced knowledge of photography, or have completed DGMD E-9 or the equivalent. Students need access to a camera where they can control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Students need access to the internet and a computer with software like Adobe Lightroom to tone and edit images. Please note that Photoshop is not an editing tool, it is a retouching tool.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 22 students
DGMD E-10
Advanced Digital Photography
Gregory S. Marinovich MS, Master Lecturer, Journalism, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25615 | Section 1
Description
This course explores storytelling through the genres of photojournalism, documentary, and art photography. We look at photographic books with the goals of expanding students’ approaches, techniques, and aesthetic possibilities for their semester-long projects. The course constantly refers to the software tools we use to ensure reliable workflow and archive management. It addresses advanced color management as well as the science of converting images from color to black and white. Through lectures, hands-on assignments, and critiques, students expand their understanding of digital photography while exploring their creativity to broaden the possibilities and improve the quality of their photographs. Documentary photography and long-form photojournalism predominate, but we also explore art. This is a bridging course between accidental art while doing documentary work and art for art’s sake. We look at various types of photography that are defined or self-defined as art. We dive into portraiture outside of the studio, shooting stories involving people and discussing how to get the picture when everyone does not want you to. This course explores conflict and documentary photography extensively, with an emphasis on narrative photography, but it does not preclude students from any genre of photography they wish to pursue. The goal of the course is for each student to produce a body of work or a photographic essay in electronic book form. The skill of editing one’s own work is a key learning goal.
Prerequisites: Students should have an intermediate to advanced knowledge of photography, or have completed DGMD E-9 or the equivalent. Students need access to a camera where they can control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Students need access to the internet and a computer with software like Adobe Lightroom to tone and edit images. Please note that Photoshop is not an editing tool, it is a retouching tool.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 22 students
DGMD E-11
Digital Media: From Prototypes to Products and Services
Bakhtiar Mikhak PhD, Co-Founder, Media Modifications, Ltd.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25712 | Section 1
Description
This is a practical software engineering course on creating a minimum viable product or service based on an interactive prototype for a mobile or web application designed in Framer (or Figma). We begin with a detailed review of the designs with particular attention to the underlying design system, and in particular, its component or pattern library. The first half of the course is dedicated to building a fully functioning demo of your application, where the the front-end user experience is powered by these components and the backend is implemented on a platform like 8base. We dedicated the second half of the course to either enriching your demo with novel features or preparing a version of your application for launch as a product or service. In the former case, the work on final deliverables may focus on iterative refinements to interaction and interface design or integration with third-party services for real-time interactivity and working with cloud storage and live data. In the latter case, the work would focus on deployment, security, and scaling. Your work in this course is based on significant use of a mix of these tools: Notion, Framer, HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Next.js, Remix, Github, and Visual Studio Code.
Prerequisites: DGMD E-1 or equivalent with permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, March 24, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 202
Saturday, March 25, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Sunday, March 26, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Required sections and optional studio sessions to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-14
Wearable Devices and Computer Vision
Nabib Ahmed AM, Software Engineer, Machine Learning Research, Meta
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16693 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the field of wearable devices and computer vision, and exposes students to hands-on practical exercises based on real-life situations and industry problems. Wearable technologies is currently a 50 billion dollar industry, with estimated annual growth of 10 percent year over year. It is experiencing explosive growth with exciting applications in many fields, from medicine to sports to fitness to entertainment, empowering people to interact, communicate, and experience the environment around them in new, innovative ways. Some prominent examples are smart watches, medical trackers, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets. Underlying these advances in wearable devices is computer vision, which is an exciting field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning enabling computers to derive information from images, videos, and other inputs. In this course we explore advances in wearable devices and utilize computer vision to tackle emerging problems (for example assistive devices, educational applications, and health monitoring). Students learn about sensors, signal processing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational optical analysis, simultaneous localization and mapping, lighting and material estimation, and robust algorithms for modeling. Students may not take both DGMD E-13 and DGMD E-14 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Basic experience with programming, technical and code documentation, and data (any language will do; some example languages are Python, R, Java, C or C++). Familiarity with algebra and geometry required. No background needed in machine learning, computer vision, or wearable devices.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-17
Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, and Artificial Intelligence
Nabib Ahmed AM, Software Engineer, Machine Learning Research, Meta
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26008 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the field of robotics, autonomous vehicles, and drones, and exposes students to the core technologies and systems through practical exercises and simulation. These are fields with tremendous growth and opportunities in the next 10-50 years; billions of dollars are being invested and the market size is expected to grow 10-15 percent annually. The impact of these technologies can fundamentally revolutionize a multitude of industries and transform our society, from self-driving cars to same-day drone delivery, to robotic assistants and laborers. This course explores the theories, tools, and processes that enable these technologies and the challenges, limitations, and capabilities of modern robotics, autonomous vehicles, and drone technologies. Students learn about sensor technologies for automation, autonomy from a systems perspective, vision-based perception and techniques, modern machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, mathematical modeling and abstraction, and engineering design. The goal is to develop a fundamental toolkit to advance the next generation within the field.
Prerequisites: Basic experience with programming, technical and code documentation, and data (any language will do, some example languages are Python, R, Java, C and C++). Familiarity with algebra and geometry. No background needed in machine learning, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or drones needed.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-2
Web Programming for Beginners with PHP
Susan Buck MPS, Web Programmer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16121 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of programming via the lens of web development using PHP. We start by learning about basic programming paradigms such as data types, variables, conditionals, loops, functions, classes, and more. Next, we apply these concepts to build simple web applications that involve form processing and basic database interaction. In addition to coding, students are also introduced to universal programming tools such as command line, Git version control, server management, and software testing. Emphasis is also placed on troubleshooting strategies and technical communication. While we primarily work with PHP, we address how the concepts we are working with apply to other web-capable programming languages. Additionally, we take a broad look at numerous tools and frameworks used on the web and learn about when and how each tool is most appropriate. By looking at the field as a whole, students leave this course with a big picture understanding of the many technologies used on the web, so that they can make informed decisions on what courses to take next and what tools to use in their next project.
Prerequisites: See https://hesweb.dev/e2/prereq.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
DGMD E-20
Modern and Mobile Front-End Web Design I
Rupa Misra EdD, Assistant Professor and User Experience Design Program Coordinator, Professional Science Master’s Program, Rutgers University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14283 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students learn HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript, which are three fundamental web development technologies. Students learn hands-on and practical knowledge of how to create responsive design websites that would run on any modern browser and mobile device. The course explores advanced topics in CSS such as complex motion, games using HTML Canvas, JavaScript document object model (DOM), and JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap. Students use version control software such as GitHub.
Prerequisites: Basic computer knowledge.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-20
Modern and Mobile Front-End Web Design I
Rupa Misra EdD, Assistant Professor and User Experience Design Program Coordinator, Professional Science Master’s Program, Rutgers University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26270 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students learn HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript, which are three fundamental web development technologies. Students learn hands-on and practical knowledge of how to create responsive design websites that would run on any modern browser and mobile device. The course explores advanced topics in CSS such as complex motion, games using HTML Canvas, JavaScript document object model (DOM), and JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap. Students use version control software such as GitHub.
Prerequisites: Basic computer knowledge.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-23
Planning Successful Websites and Applications
Lisa DiOrio MS, Owner and Lead Developer, Fembot Creative
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16308 | Section 1
Description
There are many options to build a website, from website builders to coding a site from scratch. Regardless of the option you choose to build the site, a solid planning process is crucial to produce an effective site. Questions such as what is significant about the product, for whom the product exists, and how should the product information be organized need to be addressed upfront. In this course, students learn to plan and design a website or web application, including choosing a target audience, defining site goals and reconciling these with user and business goals, establishing a brand and a tone of voice, and designing a page architecture. We also touch on many related topics including creating proposals, working with clients, marketing, understanding how users consume information, motivating user behavior, and design principles. The capstone for the course is a complete website specification including business goals, branding, and wireframes. This is not a coding course. It focuses on the other aspects of website and web application creation to set the stage for building sites that get results.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-25
Developing Websites with WordPress
Lisa DiOrio MS, Owner and Lead Developer, Fembot Creative
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16681 | Section 1
Description
A content management system (CMS) facilitates rapid website development and allows for easy updates, often requiring minimal coding. Some of the key features of a CMS include separation of content from page formatting by utilizing a database, taxonomy to provide classification for posts and pages, themes to provide a foundational structure, plugins and modules which are building blocks that quickly add on functionality, and templates to define the structure of a related set of pages. In this hands-on course, we explore these concepts and more using the WordPress CMS to create engaging, mobile-friendly sites with compelling, meaningful content that meets the goals of a business or organization. The course is project-based; students build several sites over the term, culminating in a final project to build a complete website of their choosing.
Prerequisites: CSCI E-12 or permission of the instructor. Students should have a solid understanding of HTML and CSS fundamentals.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-26
WordPress Programming
Lisa DiOrio MS, Owner and Lead Developer, Fembot Creative
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26268 | Section 1
Description
This hands-on course helps students gain an understanding of how to utilize client-side and server-side web programming to create customized online solutions, rich user experiences, e-commerce, and mobile friendly websites. Programming concepts are practiced using the WordPress platform, a free, open source content management system (CMS). Students hone programming skills by customizing the WordPress backend. Course topics include programming in PHP, relational databases, SQL and MySQL, database programming, programming WordPress theme files, adding custom code to a WordPress site, the WordPress CODEX/function library, WordPress filters and hooks, plugin development, programming WordPress shortcodes, site migration, and site maintenance. Project assignments help students gain proficiency with individual concepts culminating in a comprehensive final project to create an interactive website.
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Familiarity with programming concepts including conditionals, loops, functions, and arrays. Experience working with WordPress is helpful, but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-27
Modern and Mobile Front-End Web Design II
Rupa Misra EdD, Assistant Professor and User Experience Design Program Coordinator, Professional Science Master’s Program, Rutgers University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24269 | Section 1
Description
In this course the students learn the technologies that will power the next generation of web and mobile applications. Using TypeScript syntax, students learn to develop programs using popular libraries and frameworks such as Angular and React.js. The course covers static type checking, class-based objects, modularity, and ES6 features. The students learn about the concept of blockchain technology and develop a sample blockchain application.
Prerequisites: DGMD E- 20, basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-28
Developing Single-Page Web Applications
Lisa DiOrio MS, Owner and Lead Developer, Fembot Creative
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25694 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students learn how to build interactive, single-page applications (SPAs) and interfaces for the web. An SPA is a special classification of a website or web application in which the user can navigate between different screens without loading a new web page. Instead, new content is accessed directly from the server using an application programming interface (API). This results in performance improvements and a more dynamic experience. Well constructed SPAs include a rich user interface to provide a seamless interactive user experience. Two well known examples of SPAs are Gmail and Twitter, which both provide dynamic page views without the need to reload the page. SPAs can be created with Javascript as well as various frameworks including as React, Angular, Node.js, and Vue.js. We explore the pros and cons of SPAs, as well as their effective design, and then explore several mechanisms involved in SPA development such as components, routing, and state management. This hands-on course includes many coding assignments to help students master the techniques used to build an SPA, culminating in a final project of building a complete single-page web application.
Prerequisites: JavaScript and/or a strong foundation in programming. Comfort with HTML/CSS (CSCI E-12 or equivalent). For the best chance of success in this course, students should understand the fundamentals of creating a website and have some coding experience.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
DGMD E-30
Introduction to Media Production
Nicholas J. Manley MFA, Co-Founder, The Ebiz Institute
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14285 | Section 1
Description
Building skills from the ground up, we demystify the technology and techniques, giving students everything they need to make professional-level video content in their fields. Cinematography, audio recording, editing, production management, and lighting for documentary and narrative film are all covered in a project-based approach. Students learn how to light an interview like a pro, make the most of their equipment in the field, conduct interviews, break down scenes, storyboard, plan, and produce video projects. We screen and critique students’ work as it evolves and refine methods for strengthening stories by looking at successful movies that have cracked the code. This course is designed for anyone who wants a crash course in producing quality video on a shoestring budget and for storytellers who want to translate their ideas into compelling videos of any kind.
Prerequisites: Students may use most available video capture devices including video cameras, DSLR/mirrorless cameras, or smartphones (additional applications may be required). Specific approaches for each device are covered. Additionally, a tripod, audio recording device (or smartphone), and access to video editing software is required. In this course we use Adobe Premiere CC.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-35
Video Editing and Digital Design
Allyson Sherlock MFA, Senior Affiliated Faculty in Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15362 | Section 1
Description
The ability of the film editor to shape a story is one of the most exciting and rewarding parts of the filmmaking process. This course serves as an introduction to the art of video post-production. We explore the theory and practice of various editing styles in order to gain a better understanding of how stories are most effectively constructed in the editing room. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn advanced editing techniques with an in-depth examination of Adobe Premiere. To further enhance projects, students create animated motion graphics using Adobe After Effects and learn how to enhance their audio recordings with Adobe Audition. Strong emphasis is placed on post-production techniques that improve the sound and image quality of the videos. Footage is provided for all exercises and projects, and students are given the option to shoot new material for their final projects if desired.
Prerequisites: General comfort with computers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 29 students
DGMD E-35
Video Editing and Digital Design
Allyson Sherlock MFA, Senior Affiliated Faculty in Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24026 | Section 1
Description
The ability of the film editor to shape a story is one of the most exciting and rewarding parts of the filmmaking process. This course serves as an introduction to the art of video post-production. We explore the theory and practice of various editing styles in order to gain a better understanding of how stories are most effectively constructed in the editing room. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn advanced editing techniques with an in-depth examination of Adobe Premiere. To further enhance projects, students create animated motion graphics using Adobe After Effects and learn how to enhance their audio recordings with Adobe Audition. Strong emphasis is placed on post-production techniques that improve the sound and image quality of the videos. Footage is provided for all exercises and projects, and students are given the option to shoot new material for their final projects if desired.
Prerequisites: General comfort with computers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 29 students
DGMD E-37
Introduction to Motion Graphics and Story Visualization
Jason Wiser MFA, Creative Director, Yaya Play Games
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16169 | Section 1
Description
How do we share a concept before the real counterpart has been created? How do we visualize a new piece of software, a business model, or a story dynamically? Motion graphics allows us to design enormously engaging visual experiences to communicate complex ideas. This course explores principles of visual narrative development toward an understanding of well-edited stories and effects.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections Wednesdays, 7-8 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
DGMD E-41
Universal Design in the Digital Landscape
Christina Inge MS, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Thoughtlight
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16420 | Section 1
Description
Designing future-proof digital media means designing for all users. With 80 million Americans living with a temporary or permanent disability, technologies must be designed for users with different visual, auditory, and other requirements. In this course, we learn the foundations of universal design for digital media.
Prerequisites: Prior experience in graphic design, web design, and/or web development.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
DGMD E-42
Making the Short Film: Innovations and Practices for the Digital Age
Allyson Sherlock MFA, Senior Affiliated Faculty in Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14730 | Section 1
Description
Short films are an exciting and ever-evolving form of storytelling. This course explores the strong tradition short films have in our culture, as well as the new and innovative techniques filmmakers are currently using to tell and distribute their stories. In this course, students devote the entire semester to the creation and completion of one short film narrative, documentary, or animation with the intent of festival submission and/or online release. Students work in a collaborative atmosphere with classmates and the instructor to refine scripts and treatments, plan productions, and create the final film. Students may work individually or partner in a collaborative team. Either way, the course serves as a support system for each student, offering advice, critiques, and resources so that each member is an integral part of a fully realized short. In addition to supporting traditional filmmaking approaches, innovative storytelling techniques are strongly welcomed and supported. These can include interactive online documentaries, hybrid approaches (blending fiction and nonfiction), webisode pilots, and experimental techniques. Additionally, the course demystifies the online distribution process and the film festival circuit, exploring the many avenues filmmakers can take to get their work shown to a wider audience.
Prerequisites: Experience with video editing and production strongly encouraged but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 22 students
DGMD E-45
Introduction to 3D Animation and Virtual Reality
Jason Wiser MFA, Creative Director, Yaya Play Games
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25799 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of 3D modeling, surfacing, and animation. Students learn to model and texture objects, compose and light scenes, animate, and render as movies, learning techniques applicable to work in video games and augmented reality (AR), architectural and medical visualization, and television and feature films.
Prerequisites: Online students must have the following software, hardware, operating systems, and peripherals. For software: Autodesk Maya, Unity, Adobe Photoshop, and After Effects (see syllabus for details). For hardware: 4 GB of RAM (8-16GB recommended), 64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor, a webcam, a microphone (headset recommended), and 15 GB of free hard-drive space for installing programs. For operating systems, one of the following: Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher Microsoft Windows 7 (SP1) or higher. For peripherals: a three-button mouse (a two-button mouse will not work with Maya). A digital drawing tablet and pen, such as a Wacom Intuos, is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections Wednesdays, 7-8 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
DGMD E-5
Exploring Digital Media
Daniel P. Coffey ALM, Senior Product Manager, Dolby Laboratories
Ian C. Sexton MA, Senior Technologist in Production, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24583 | Section 1
Description
This is a practical, introductory course that gives a fast-paced overview of a broad range of topics related to contemporary media. The course aims to equip students with an understanding of the basics of exposure and composition which are vital for the closely related fields of digital photography and digital cinematography. Topics also include fundamental lighting techniques, video technology, video production processes with practical exercises in each stage of the workflow, audio production, and more. Beyond traditional digital media, the course also addresses the fundamentals of computer-based digital media design through software (via web development). Given the power of modern personal computers, all course topics apply to both professional production environments and personal media projects alike. By the end of the course, students can expect to understand common production workflows for a wide array of digital media including digital photography, video production, audio recording, and web design.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the 2019 course.
DGMD E-50
Introduction to Visual Communication Design
Athir Mahmud PhD, Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15157 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to a theory-driven, hands-on approach to visual communication design. Students learn about vector and raster graphics, designing for target audiences and accessibility, and editing photographs using some of the most commonly used photo editing software in the visual design industry. Topics include elements and principles of design, color theory, visual perception, typography, symbolism, brand identity, logos, and information design. Connections to current and historical contexts of visual communication and the graphic arts are interwoven throughout the course. Students share design work and take part in design critiques and written discussions, as both designers and peers.
Class Meetings:
Online with required weekend meeting
Saturday, October 15, 9:00am-5:00pm, 53 Church Street 202
Sunday, October 16, 9:00am-1:00pm, 53 Church Street 202
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency and online videocasts. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins during the first week of the term, and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the course website or syllabus for the specific information about the online lectures. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. International Students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-50
Introduction to Visual Communication Design
Athir Mahmud PhD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24839 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to a theory-driven, hands-on approach to visual communication design. Students learn about vector and raster graphics, designing for target audiences and accessibility, and editing photographs using some of the most commonly used photo editing software in the visual design industry. Topics include elements and principles of design, color theory, visual perception, typography, symbolism, brand identity, logos, and information design. Connections to current and historical contexts of visual communication and the graphic arts are interwoven throughout the course. Students share design work and take part in design critiques and written discussions, as both designers and peers.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-55
Designing Educational Media
Kerry Foley EdM, Director of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, Department of Teaching and Learning, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16405 | Section 1
Description
In a society saturated with media and technology, what makes a great learning tool stand out among the rest? This course explores the many types of informal and formal educational media being developed for children, K-12, higher education, adult learners, and workplace training, and examines the cognitive processes that drive the learning. Together we explore theoretical models for learning and teaching, fundamentals of user experience, and techniques for effective product development as they relate to the creation of educational media. Over the course of the semester, students evaluate existing educational media, participate in design challenges, and design a prototype for an educational media product of their own. No prior experience in educational technology is necessary for the course, but a willingness to explore new technologies is a must.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-58
Design of Computational Media for Formal and Informal Learning
Bakhtiar Mikhak PhD, Co-Founder, Media Modifications, Ltd.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26457 | Section 1
Description
Through hands-on activities and extended case studies, this intensive January session course explores the principles underlying the design of technologies for supporting critical and creative thinking in mathematics, science, and engineering education. Special projects provide participants with opportunities to design and implement new learning experiences with computational media. Teachers in particular develop concrete starting points for integrating technology in their own classroom practice in a hands-on way. Technologies introduced include Framer, Processing, D3.js, Wolfram, Cylon.js, and a variety of physical computing toolkits.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
DGMD E-599
Capstone Design Studio
Karina Lin-Murphy EdM, Manager of Faculty Development, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15752 | Section 1
Description
This capstone course is designed for students whose research projects focus on instructional design with an optional focus on web development and front-end design. Students apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to design a significant individual project in a collaborative environment. At the end of the semester, they make a formal oral presentation to their peers and visiting faculty and field professionals.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, digital media design. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, DGMD S-598, in the previous Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-599
Capstone Design Studio
Bakhtiar Mikhak PhD, Co-Founder, Media Modifications, Ltd.
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14731 | Section 2
Description
This capstone course is designed for students whose research projects focus on web development with a focus on front-end design. Students apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to design a significant individual project in a collaborative environment. At the end of the semester, they make a formal oral presentation to their peers and visiting faculty.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, digital media design. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, DGMD S-598, in the previous Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-599
Capstone Design Studio
Allyson Sherlock MFA, Senior Affiliated Faculty in Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24247 | Section 1
Description
This capstone course is designed for students whose research projects focus on video production and web development with a focus on front-end design. Students apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to design a significant individual project in a collaborative environment. At the end of the semester, they make a formal oral presentation to their peers and visiting faculty.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, digital media design. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, DGMD E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-599
Capstone Design Studio
Karina Lin-Murphy EdM, Manager of Faculty Development, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25332 | Section 2
Description
This capstone course is designed for students whose research projects focus on instructional design with an optional focus on web development and front-end design. Students apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to design a significant individual project in a collaborative environment. At the end of the semester, they make a formal oral presentation to their peers and visiting faculty and field professionals.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, digital media design. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, DGMD E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DGMD E-60
Designing Online Courses
Karina Lin-Murphy EdM, Manager of Faculty Development, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16625 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students explore the fundamental elements of online course design and how to be practitioners of pedagogy and instructional design in a world where online learning is constantly changing. Students examine and establish the qualities of a good online course through the lenses of foundational learning theories, design-thinking principles, and the practical realities of course design. Over the course of the semester, students create and workshop an online learning project of their choice. Course topics include working with subject matter experts, creating student connection, translating face-to-face learning experiences, course organization, evaluating online learning tools, designing assessments, and measuring course success. Students may not take both DGMD E-60 and EDUC E-113 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: DGMD E-55, EDUC E-103, EDUC E-115, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
DGMD E-70
Introduction to Game Design
Jason Wiser MFA, Creative Director, Yaya Play Games
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26274 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the dynamic field of game design and development. Games are an enormously effective tool to motivate problem solving, inspire community interactions, and improve personal well-being. This course uses paper prototyping and game industry digital design tools to explore the creation of meaningful play experiences with the goal of understanding the game development process.
Prerequisites: An interest in digital art, programming, or digital sound is recommended, but no prior experience is required. Online students are expected to have access to a computer each week, capable of running Unity and the Adobe Suite. This course includes weekly team work on tabletop and digital game development.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Required sections Thursdays, 7-8 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
DGMD E-9
Fundamentals of Digital Photography
Leonie Marinovich BA, Documentary Photographer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16307 | Section 1
Description
This course is aimed at students wishing to master the fundamentals of photography. It gives students the opportunity to learn photography using their digital camera (DSLR or mirrorless) and acquire the skills to use manual settings and use the different shooting modes available on their cameras. Topics covered in this course include the fundamentals of exposure, composition, lighting, editing techniques, color correction, delivery for print and digital media, metadata creation, and digital workflow management. We reference classical art that has heavily influenced photography in the way that images are composed and lighted. The course is helpful to students who wish to explore digital photography as a way to document their field work and other work in progress and enhance their visual literacy, enabling them to assess images and other visual media. Students are taught Lightroom to manage their digital archives and learn to use editing techniques to enhance their images. Coursework is structured along two main components: technical mastery and aesthetic development. During the semester students are first taught the technical skills which they then apply in practical exercises to consolidate those skills. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to have mastered their camera and their images should look more polished. Students have the option to create a learning portfolio to present their work.
Prerequisites: Students do not need to have previous experience as a photographer, but learning the craft also requires a commitment to mastering other associated technologies. Students need to have a digital camera (DSLR or mirrorless) with the ability to manually control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. A compact camera or a smartphone will not be adequate. A tripod suitable for the weight of your camera is required. Students need a computer with Lightroom Classic CC installed. Photoshop is not required. Along with a computer, students need an external hard drive and memory card for their camera.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
DGMD E-9
Fundamentals of Digital Photography
Leonie Marinovich BA, Documentary Photographer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26416 | Section 1
Description
This course is aimed at students wishing to master the fundamentals of photography. It gives students the opportunity to learn photography using their digital camera (DSLR or mirrorless) and acquire the skills to use manual settings and use the different shooting modes available on their cameras. Topics covered in this course include the fundamentals of exposure, composition, lighting, editing techniques, color correction, delivery for print and digital media, metadata creation, and digital workflow management. We reference classical art that has heavily influenced photography in the way that images are composed and lighted. The course is helpful to students who wish to explore digital photography as a way to document their field work and other work in progress and enhance their visual literacy, enabling them to assess images and other visual media. Students are taught Lightroom to manage their digital archives and learn to use editing techniques to enhance their images. Coursework is structured along two main components: technical mastery and aesthetic development. During the semester students are first taught the technical skills which they then apply in practical exercises to consolidate those skills. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to have mastered their camera and their images should look more polished. Students have the option to create a learning portfolio to present their work.
Prerequisites: Students do not need to have previous experience as a photographer, but learning the craft also requires a commitment to mastering other associated technologies. Students need to have a digital camera (DSLR or mirrorless) with the ability to manually control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. A compact camera or a smartphone will not be adequate. A tripod suitable for the weight of your camera is required. Students need a computer with Lightroom Classic CC installed. Photoshop is not required. Along with a computer, students need an external hard drive and memory card for their camera.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
DRAM E-10
Introduction to Acting
Remo Airaldi AB, Lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12954 | Section 1
Description
Through individual and group exercises, monologues, improvisations, and scene studies, this workshop eclectic in method helps students develop their acting potential and sharpen their performing skills. Students are expected to write two performance journals after attending professional theatrical performances. Previous theater study is not required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Parish House, 3 Church Street BARN
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DRAM E-10
Introduction to Acting
Remo Airaldi AB, Lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26372 | Section 1
Description
Through individual and group exercises, monologues, improvisations, and scene studies, this intensive January session workshop eclectic in method helps students develop their acting potential and sharpen their performing skills. Previous theater study is not required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Parish House, 3 Church Street BARN
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DRAM E-10
Introduction to Acting
Karen MacDonald BFA, Lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20544 | Section 2
Description
Through individual and group exercises, monologues, improvisations, and scene studies, this course is eclectic in method. It helps students to develop their acting potential and performing skills. Students are asked to attend three live performances and write reflection papers on what they saw. No previous theater study is required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm, Parish House, 3 Church Street BARN
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DRAM E-12
Acting Shakespeare
Remo Airaldi AB, Lecturer on Theater, Dance, and Media, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24418 | Section 1
Description
This course is an intensive study of Shakespeare’s dramatic works from the point of view of the actor. It is important to remember that Shakespeare’s verse dramas were written to be performed and that only when they are approached this way as playable, theatrical texts do they have their maximum impact. Through text analysis, scene study, vocal work, and acting exercises we attempt to find, not only the meaning, but the music and theatrical power of Shakespeare’s words. We spend a great deal of class time discussing blank verse and the different techniques for speaking it out loud and work to develop the end-of-line breath support needed to perform this language. We also study such topics as scansion, phrasing, word emphasis, antithesis, and imagery.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Parish House, 3 Church Street BARN
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
DRAM E-20
Advanced Acting
Marcus Stern MFA, Head of Directing and Lecturer on Theater, Dance and Media, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23479 | Section 1
Description
This is an acting course designed both for people who have no previous acting, performance, or arts experience, as well as for students who have had a fair amount of acting experience and are interested in honing their work in pursuit of a career in acting. The focus is on scene and monologue work and audition techniques. The texts for the scenes and monologues come from contemporary theater, television, and film scripts. Core components of the course include the idea of simply working from yourself, action-based acting (how one person is trying to change/affect another person in a scene), how to read a scene or monologue to figure out what your character might want from that situation, and how to choose material that best suits the individual actor for auditions and scene work. The course is designed around very tangible and concrete ideas and techniques so that those who might be intimidated by the idea of an acting course, or an arts course in general, feel comfortable. It is important to note that while the course is intentionally designed to be as un-intimidating and accessible as possible, it does require a good deal of work outside of class time.
Prerequisites: Audition. Registered students must bring a contemporary two-minute monologue to the first class. The instructor will determine who is in the class after the first day of audition monologues.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 16 students
DRAM E-27
The Songs of Stephen Sondheim
Pamela J. Murray MusM, Part Time Faculty, Music Department, Boston College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26236 | Section 1
Description
Few musical theater composers have been as prolific as Stephen Sondheim. Many people are familiar with the popular Into the Woods or the lavish Sunday in the Park with George, but Sondheim’s work includes a wider range of styles than many people realize and spans five decades. In this performance workshop each student studies and prepares a song from the repertoire of Sondheim, working on both vocal and dramatic aspects. Songs are chosen to represent the different eras and styles of his works, as well as tailored to the individual student’s skill level. Throughout the semester, we discuss Sondheim’s unique lyric writing and dig deep into the dramatic intention and character study beneath the text. We also compare his various musical styles.
Prerequisites: Some music experience helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Music Building PH9
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
ECON E-1000
Essentials of Economics
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16740 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an analytic and applied overview of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. In the microeconomic portion of the course, we examine exactly how prices are determined in competitive markets and what can distort that determination. Market structure is analyzed, including the fundamentals of firm pricing and production decisions. Using examples from various industries, we analyze what happens when market conditions change. Furthermore, we examine how these changes affect overall social welfare. Issues concerning trade are addressed, for example, when should countries, or even individuals, trade? Who gains or loses from trade? Turning to macroeconomics, we investigate the key economic statistics that you read about in the business press and other media, such as gross domestic product (GDP), the consumer price index (CPI), and the unemployment rate. For so many around the world, economic development is literally a matter of life and death. While economic growth is primarily a long-run phenomenon, short-run fluctuations in the economy cycles of expansion and recession are often the focus of short-run planning decisions by consumers, firms, and government. We examine in detail what causes these fluctuations and how government policies monetary and fiscal policy can dampen these cycles. An understanding of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy must be predicated on an understanding of the banking and financial system. Therefore, we delve into that in the course of our study of actions by the monetary authority. Recent events have also thrust fiscal policy to the fore. We talk in detail about how fiscal policy works and its implications for the economy in both the short and long term. Economics is not primarily a set of answers, but rather a method of reasoning. By the end of the course, students are able to use the framework they have learned to form their own judgments about the major economic problems faced by the United States and other countries. Indeed, after completing the course, students often find that they are better able to read and interpret the business press and other media and are better equipped to evaluate the economic policies promulgated by governments and other institutions. More importantly, however, the analytical skills students acquire in the course are instrumental in their continued success in the pursuit of a graduate degree or certificate. Students may not take both ECON E-10a and ECON E-1000 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Exposure to graphing and elementary algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ECON E-1000
Essentials of Economics
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26348 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an analytic and applied overview of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. In the microeconomic portion of the course, we examine exactly how prices are determined in competitive markets and what can distort that determination. Market structure is analyzed, including the fundamentals of firm pricing and production decisions. Using examples from various industries, we analyze what happens when market conditions change. Furthermore, we examine how these changes affect overall social welfare. Issues concerning trade are addressed, for example, when should countries, or even individuals, trade? Who gains or loses from trade? Turning to macroeconomics, we investigate the key economic statistics that you read about in the business press and other media, such as gross domestic product (GDP), the consumer price index (CPI), and the unemployment rate. For so many around the world, economic development is literally a matter of life and death. While economic growth is primarily a long-run phenomenon, short-run fluctuations in the economy cycles of expansion and recession are often the focus of short-run planning decisions by consumers, firms, and government. We examine in detail what causes these fluctuations and how government policies monetary and fiscal policy can dampen these cycles. An understanding of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy must be predicated on an understanding of the banking and financial system. Therefore, we delve into that in the course of our study of actions by the monetary authority. Recent events have also thrust fiscal policy to the fore. We talk in detail about how fiscal policy works and its implications for the economy in both the short and long term. Economics is not primarily a set of answers, but rather a method of reasoning. By the end of the course, students are able to use the framework they have learned to form their own judgments about the major economic problems faced by the United States and other countries. Indeed, after completing the course, students often find that they are better able to read and interpret the business press and other media and are better equipped to evaluate the economic policies promulgated by governments and other institutions. More importantly, however, the analytical skills students acquire in the course are instrumental in their continued success in the pursuit of a graduate degree or certificate. Students may not take both ECON E-10a and ECON E-1000 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Exposure to graphing and elementary algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ECON E-1005
Foundations of Real-World Economics
John Komlos PhD, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Munich
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16840 | Section 1
Description
The course discusses complex economic processes in straightforward terms so that they can be understood without the use of mathematics and without prior knowledge of economics. The focus is on understanding the way the economy works in the real world in contrast to conventional economics, which relies excessively on assumptions, theorizing, and abstract models of the economy. We apply the concepts we learn to contemporary controversial topics such as minimum wage legislation, the function of unions, and why the free market overcharges for healthcare. We explore why Noble Prize winning economists such as Paul Krugman and Joe Stiglitz are so critical of the current economic situation for its dizzying inequality, its endemic underemployment, humongous trade and government deficits, stagnating wages, and lack of inclusive growth that is unable to provide a dignified life for so many millions of its citizens. Mainstream economists do not have the answers to the challenges of globalization and technological unemployment because they are unable to think creatively about new institutional structures that would enable us to transition to a full-employment, high quality-of-life economy in which the focus is not on production and consumption, but the achievement of a high quality of life. In contrast, this course weaves ideas from psychology, sociology, and political science into a common-sense economic perspective in order to explore these issues. We also discuss the achievements of Nobel Prize winning behavioral economists and discuss the impact of the financial crisis of 2008, the economic roots of the rise of populism, and ends by outlining the main impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
ECON E-1010
Microeconomic Theory
Dorian Klein MBA
Marion Laboure PhD, Analyst, Thematic Research, Deutsche Bank
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16651 | Section 1
Description
This course presents the basic analytical tools of microeconomics. We start by looking at the decision making of individual consumers and ask how these decisions can be optimized or improved. Next, we look at the ways firms make and coordinate their decisions under varying market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. Then we look at strategic behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, making use of concepts from game theory such as Nash equilibrium. Finally, we take up topics including bargaining theory, information economics, environmental externalities, and public goods.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or the equivalent; MATH E-8, or the equivalent understanding of introductory college-level algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ECON E-1010
Microeconomic Theory
Zinnia Mukherjee PhD, Associate Professor of Economics, Simmons University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16157 | Section 2
Description
This course presents the basic analytical tools of microeconomics. We start by looking at the decision making of individual consumers and ask how these decisions can be optimized or improved. Next, we look at the ways firms make and coordinate their decisions under varying market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. Then we look at strategic behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, making use of concepts from game theory such as Nash equilibrium. Finally, we take up topics including bargaining theory, information economics, environmental externalities, and public goods.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or the equivalent; MATH E-8, or the equivalent understanding of introductory college-level algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
ECON E-1010
Microeconomic Theory
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23285 | Section 1
Description
This course presents the basic analytical tools of microeconomics. We start by looking at the decision making of individual consumers and ask how these decisions can be optimized or improved. Next, we look at the ways firms make and coordinate their decisions under varying market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. Then we look at strategic behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, making use of concepts from game theory such as Nash equilibrium. Finally, we take up topics including bargaining theory, information economics, environmental externalities, and public goods.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or the equivalent; MATH E-8, or the equivalent understanding of introductory college-level algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ECON E-1017
Financing Community and Economic Development
James Carras MPA, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25617 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an understanding of financing mechanisms, tools, policies, and programs available to community and economic development professionals. The course focuses on access and availability of capital, both public and private, for businesses and real estate development projects that have an impact particularly on low opportunity communities. The course covers how capital markets operate and are structured; challenges for community economic development professionals to access those markets, business, and real estate financing fundamentals; public development finance tools including Opportunity Zone Funds, New Market Tax Credits and Community Development Financial Institutions; and capital access strategies such as Community Reinvestment Act research and advocacy. The course also addresses sustainable development and the role of development finance and impact investing. We explore the relationship between local community economic development, environmental sustainability, cultural vitality, and trends in the regional and national economies. Specifically, we focus on how to make community and economic investments that yield development outcomes that contribute to economic, environmental, and cultural vitality. This approach extends a triple bottom line approach that seeks to benefit profits, people, and the planet.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
ECON E-1035
Behavioral Economics and Decision Making
David S. McIntosh MBA, Founder, Creative Business Breakthroughs
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15713 | Section 1
Description
In this course we study how people actually make decisions, what rationality lies behind seemingly irrational behavior, and how decision making can be influenced. Building on economic principles useful in understanding business and consumer decision making, we study forces that prevent efficient and rational outcomes from occurring, as well as tools for influencing decisions.
Prerequisites: Introductory economics (ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or equivalent) required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, October 28, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Harvard Hall 201
Saturday, October 29, 9:00am-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Sunday, October 30, 9:00am-1:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ECON E-1057
Game Theory and Social Behavior
Erez Yoeli PhD, Lecturer in Economics, Harvard University and Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
Moshe Hoffman PhD, Visiting Lecturer on Economics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16090 | Section 1
Description
Game theory is the formal toolkit for analyzing situations in which payoffs depend not only on your actions (say, which TV series you watch), but also that of others (whether your friends are watching the same show). You’ve probably already heard of some famous games, like the prisoner’s dilemma and the costly signaling game. This course teaches students to solve games like these, and more, using tools like Nash equilibrium, subgame perfection, Bayesian Nash equilibrium, and the one-shot deviation principle. Game theory has traditionally been applied to understand the behavior of highly deliberate agents, like heads of state, firms in an oligopoly, or participants in an auction. However, we apply game theory to social behavior typically considered the realm of psychologists and philosophers, such as why we speak indirectly, in what sense beauty is socially constructed, and where our moral intuitions come from.
Prerequisites: We make frequent use of probability theory (Bayes’s Rule, conditional probabilities), set theory notation, and proofs. Students without a background in these tools have historically found some of the later problem sets to be challenging. Not sure if this class is for you? Take our self-assessment, then see how your answers compare with ours. STAT E-100 and MATH E-10 recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Economics 1057. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00-10:15 am starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
ECON E-10a
Principles of Economics
Rand Ghayad PhD, Economic Advisor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16609 | Section 1
Description
The course deals with basic economic principles that help us understand the process of decision making by individuals and societies. We analyze the fundamental economic activities of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption at both the micro and macro level. Besides developing an understanding of the functioning of a free market system, we also critically examine the controversies that surround the use of public policies for the greater common good. Students may not take both ECON E-10a and ECON E-1000 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of elementary algebra and geometry is required. Students registering in this course for graduate credit are also required to have some basic knowledge of calculus, preferably a college-level course in calculus.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
ECON E-10a
Principles of Economics
Stacey Gelsheimer PhD, Lecturer on Economics, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25979 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to current economic issues and to basic economic principles and methods. The economist John Maynard Keynes wrote that, “the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.” Economics is not primarily a set of answers, but rather a method of reasoning. By the end of the semester, students are able to use the analysis practiced in the course to form their own judgments about many of the major economic problems faced by the United States and other countries. In the first part of the semester, we focus on microeconomics, which is the study of the interaction of people and firms in markets. Since we live in a market economy, this study helps students to understand how American society organizes its economic affairs. We examine how the forces of supply and demand operate in the markets for goods and services. Students learn powerful tools that enable them to understand a great deal about the economy and how it works. Using these tools, we develop a framework to evaluate social policies. Trade always a controversial subject is analyzed, along with measures, such as tariffs, designed to restrict trade. Theories concerning firm behavior are then examined how companies decide how much to produce, and the profits which result. During the second half of the semester, we focus on macroeconomics, the study of the economy as a whole. We study economic growth and development, business cycles, and the impact of both monetary and fiscal policy on inflation, unemployment, interest rates, investment, the exchange rate, and international trade. Students may not take both ECON E-10a and ECON E-1000 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of elementary algebra and geometry is required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ECON E-1500
The Economics of Financial Markets
Mark Tomass PhD, Independent Scholar
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23271 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course studies the money market, the bond market, the foreign exchange market, the stock market, and the derivatives market. It provides the analytical skills necessary to understand forces that determine prices of financial and real assets. It also develops a system of tools to show how interest rates, prices of bonds, international capital flows, and exchange rates are simultaneously determined. Finally, it demonstrates how firms use financial derivatives, such as futures, options, and swaps to hedge against risk.
Prerequisites: ECON E-10a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ECON E-1533
Monetary Policy After the Financial Crisis
Dorian Klein MBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16828 | Section 1
Description
This course closely examines the path of public policy, whether fiscal stimulus plans or the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, through the nuts and bolts of the actual operations and from the viewpoint of the capital markets. When the Fed or the European Central Bank announces a monthly $85 billion securities buying program, how exactly does this money flow through the markets? When the government bails out a major bank, how does this action affect the bank, its competitors, the markets, future perceptions, and the economy at large? How can central banks affect the economy in an environment of zero and even negative interest rates? Should regulation influence the behavior of firms or individuals? Using the 2008 financial crisis and policy responses thereto as a backdrop, we explore how (and whether) the new capital markets created over the past thirty years as a result of greatly increased financial innovation, globalization, and communication are distorting the economic effect of traditional government monetary and/or fiscal influence. The role of important constituents (commercial and investment banks, exchanges, regulators, hedge funds, and government interventions) are reviewed and evaluated for both past performance and future relevance. The course addresses important current topics in both economics and public policy, such as too big to fail, moral hazard, globalization of markets, currency unions, liquidity traps, efficiency of markets, the role of credit rating agencies, shadow banking, regulation of derivatives and hedge funds, Glass-Steagall, and the Volcker Rule. Following deliberations and analysis of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, we then examine the monetary and fiscal policy responses to the pandemic crisis of 2020-2022. Were these policy responses even more extreme? Did central banks overshoot? Were lessons learned from the financial crisis? Was it too much, leading to inflation and too much debt?
Prerequisites: ECON E-10a or ECON E-1000, and basic algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, December 3, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Sunday, December 4, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ECON E-1615
Managerial Economics
Aleksandar Tomic PhD, Associate Dean for Strategy, Innovation, and Technology and Program Director of Master of Science in Applied Economics, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26198 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of economic tools and analytic approaches available to the manager for business decision making. It includes such topics as pricing, forecasting, demand analysis, production and cost analysis, and macroeconomic policy as it affects the business environment. The purpose of this course is to develop an economic perspective that is appropriate for students aspiring to manage business units or entire companies in a wide variety of industries. Students may not take both ECON E-1600 and ECON E-1615 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. ECON E-10a, ECON E-1000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
ECON E-1661
Environmental Economics: Perspectives on Climate Change
Ashley Nunes PhD, Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26251 | Section 1
Description
The course is designed as a broad survey covering the most critical topics in environmental economics today. Economics, the science of how scarce resources are allocated, is at the core of many of our most challenging environmental issues, and therefore vitally important. In a world of increasing scarcity and competing demands, economic analysis can guide public policy to efficient utilization of resources. Market failures are the cause of many of our most serious environmental problems but can be remedied with economic tools. Getting prices to reflect true costs, providing productive incentive structures, and explicitly valuing environmental amenities are the primary goals.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
ECON E-1700
Urban Development Policy
James Carras MPA, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15079 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews development policy making in urban areas, focusing on differing economic, demographic, institutional, and political settings. Course topics include a critical analysis of the continuing viability of cities in the context of current economic and demographic dynamics, fiscal stress, governance, economic development, poverty and race, drugs, homelessness, federal urban policy, and survival strategies for declining cities. The course considers economic development, social equity, and job growth in the context of metropolitan regions, and addresses federal, state, and local government strategies for expanding community economic development and affordable housing opportunities. Of special concern is the continuing spatial and racial isolation and concentration of low-income populations, especially minority populations, residing in urban communities including older, industrial cities. The course examines how market forces and pressures affect the availability of affordable housing, exacerbate the impacts of gentrification, and inhibit the availability of capital for affordable housing and economic development. It also examines how issues around growing housing affordability problems, the changing structure of capital markets, the reduction of low-skilled jobs in central city locations, and racial discrimination combine to limit housing and employment opportunities.
Prerequisites: Courses in sociology, political science, urban planning, architecture, public policy, and economics are helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
ECON E-1920
Capital Markets and Investments
Dorian Klein MBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16611 | Section 1
Description
Students are exposed to the framework of modern portfolio theory and investment analysis with which they can critically evaluate alternatives relating to investing in financial securities and construct portfolios with desired risk/return characteristics. The course examines capital markets and fundamental models used in securities analysis and portfolio management. Topics include financial instruments, the organization of securities markets and trading, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, behavioral finance and technical analysis, bond valuation and the management of bond portfolios, valuation of equities, active versus passive investing, the role of derivative securities in investing, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent course or experience; a course or courses in quantitative methods such as basic statistics or college algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday, September 24, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Sunday, September 25, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ECON E-1920
Capital Markets and Investments
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14510 | Section 2
Description
Students are exposed to the framework of modern portfolio theory and investment analysis with which they can critically evaluate alternatives relating to investing in financial securities and construct portfolios with desired risk/return characteristics. The course examines capital markets and fundamental models used in securities analysis and portfolio management. Topics include financial instruments, the organization of securities markets and trading, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, behavioral finance and technical analysis, bond valuation and the management of bond portfolios, valuation of equities, active versus passive investing, the role of derivative securities in investing, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent course or experience; a course or courses in quantitative methods such as basic statistics or college algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
ECON E-1920
Capital Markets and Investments
Aleksandar Tomic PhD, Associate Dean for Strategy, Innovation, and Technology and Program Director of Master of Science in Applied Economics, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16764 | Section 3
Description
Students are exposed to the framework of modern portfolio theory and investment analysis with which they can critically evaluate alternatives relating to investing in financial securities and construct portfolios with desired risk/return characteristics. The course examines capital markets and fundamental models used in securities analysis and portfolio management. Topics include financial instruments, the organization of securities markets and trading, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, behavioral finance and technical analysis, bond valuation and the management of bond portfolios, valuation of equities, active versus passive investing, the role of derivative securities in investing, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent course or experience; a course or courses in quantitative methods such as basic statistics or college algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
ECON E-1920
Capital Markets and Investments
Dorian Klein MBA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25654 | Section 1
Description
Students are exposed to the framework of modern portfolio theory and investment analysis with which they can critically evaluate alternatives relating to investing in financial securities and construct portfolios with desired risk/return characteristics. The course examines capital markets and fundamental models used in securities analysis and portfolio management. Topics include financial instruments, the organization of securities markets and trading, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, behavioral finance and technical analysis, bond valuation and the management of bond portfolios, valuation of equities, active versus passive investing, the role of derivative securities in investing, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent course or experience; a course or courses in quantitative methods such as basic statistics or college algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
ECON E-1925
Emerging Markets: Investment Theories and Practice
Peter Marber PhD, Chief Investment Officer for Emerging Markets, Aperture Investors, and Adjunct Instructor, Finance, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26465 | Section 1
Description
Globalization is no longer an academic theory; it is a reality that affects all of our lives. From the foods we eat to the goods we buy, the ubiquity of developing countries from Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and former Soviet Union those frequently referred to as emerging markets intensifies daily. Yet beyond the well-documented commercial and cultural impacts of globalization, there are strong but less visible trends toward greater global financial and investment integration. What makes emerging financial markets different from those in the US, Europe, or Japan? What are the benefits of adding these markets to a traditional investment portfolio? How do policies shape these markets? Why invest in certain countries versus others? Within a country, which asset class should we invest in? How do hedge funds approach these markets vs. traditional investors? How has COVID-19 pandemic altered the trajectories of developing and industrialized countries? From the practical perspective of a US institutional investor, this course is geared to help answer these questions. This course has an optional, concurrent on-campus active learning weekend, ECON E-1925w. In a noncredit format, you can extend your learning on the topic while engaging with peers and faculty on the Harvard University campus. If you successfully participate in the entire weekend, ECON E-1925 and ECON E-1925w fulfill four credits of on-campus course work for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) or Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), management or finance degrees.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of finance and a modest competency with Microsoft Excel and/or a financial calculator. Prior course work or work experience in finance would also be useful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that the optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ECON E-1925w
Emerging Markets: Active Learning Weekend
Peter Marber PhD, Chief Investment Officer for Emerging Markets, Aperture Investors, and Adjunct Instructor, Finance, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26500 | Section 1
Description
What makes investing in emerging markets countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe different from investing in developed markets in the United States, West Europe, or Japan? What are the benefits of adding these markets to a traditional investment portfolio? How have these markets been shaped by COVID-19 and the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine? How do frontier markets fit into the mix? As a companion course to ECON E-1925, this active learning weekend helps explore emerging markets through a mix of guest speakers, case studies, and problem sets. Students strengthen their quantitative and qualitative skills to improve their investment acumen in these burgeoning markets. Over the weekend, the course dive deep into the practical aspects and limitations of trading and investing in the asset mix covered in ECON E-1925 as both an individual and institutional investor. Students examine investment indices and strategies that professional investors use to outperform them. We also investigate the rise of China and state capitalism, and how this trend may rival traditional market-based systems.
Prerequisites: Students must be concurrently enrolled in ECON E-1925 in order to enroll in this course.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, March 31, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 204
Saturday, April 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Sunday, April 2, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: March 31, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750.
Credits: 0
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn residency credit for ECON E-1925. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that this optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ECON E-1944
History of Financial Crises 1637-2022
John Komlos PhD, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, University of Munich
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26443 | Section 1
Description
The goal of this course is to discuss the 385-year history of financial crisis culminating in the financial crisis of 2008. We ascertain recurring historical patterns of financial bubbles without, however, overlooking critical differences. If history repeats itself, why can’t we avoid making the same mistakes repeatedly? The great meltdown happened at a time when most mainstream macroeconomists (including none other than the former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke) were writing about how great everything was going since business cycles had vanished for all practical purposes. They were obviously dead wrong. The historical evidence enables us to gain a more thorough understanding of global finance, which influences our lives to such a great extent. Our primary aim is not to concentrate on facts, theorems, or numbers, but rather to see the big picture in a multi-disciplinary and long-run perspective, integrating the knowledge gained from the work of such Nobel Prize-winning behavioral economists as Robert Shiller and Daniel Kahneman. We also explore our current economic situation, including the aftermath of the Wall Street bailouts that forgot to bail out the people on main street and stood by as nine million people were evicted from their homes. We also discuss the aftermath of the crisis, its effect on the rise of populism, and ends by outlining the main impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial world.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 32 students
EDUC E-103
Introduction to Instructional Design
Stacie Cassat Green MEd, Principal, 64 Crayons
Denise M. Snyder ALM, Director of Learning Design and Digital Innovation, Union College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14021 | Section 1
Description
Behind every good learning tool be it a website, application, webinar, online course, workshop, or interactive museum exhibit is the work of an instructional designer. Instructional design is a creative process that uses learning theories and frameworks, project planning, content expertise, communication, writing, and technology to architect experiences for today’s learners. The best instructional designers are agile and adaptable; they can quickly synthesize unfamiliar content, evaluate new technologies, and develop learning solutions that best meet the needs of a diverse audience. In this course, students work together to produce learning experiences using today’s media and technologies. The gap between theory and practice is an issue in many fields. By using a project-based approach, we work to close that gap by learning about instructional design theories and frameworks while developing a series of products; students submit a project every two weeks. This course is helpful for those professionals who work directly or indirectly to support and improve learning in their organizations, or those lifelong learners who want to better understand how to use technology to manage their own learning.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The orientation to the course opens mid-August. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
EDUC E-103
Introduction to Instructional Design: The Art and Science of Building Knowledge
Valerie Mann EdD, Associate Professor, College Success, Johnson County Community College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26467 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students learn application skills melding the best of learning strategies, learning theory, and mind-brain education research. This course is intended to provide managers, trainers, learning designers, and teachers with skills to manage their instructional design and teaching tools while infusing learning strategies to maximize knowledge for varied types of learning preferences and needs. With practical application at the fore, students engage with current research, strategies for effective learning, and design principles to explore how these concepts can be applied to help learners achieve their best in the classroom and workplace, both face to face and online.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
EDUC E-103
Introduction to Instructional Design
Stacie Cassat Green MEd, Principal, 64 Crayons
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25190 | Section 2
Description
Behind every good learning tool be it a website, application, webinar, online course, workshop, or interactive museum exhibit is the work of an instructional designer. Instructional design is a creative process that uses learning theories and frameworks, project planning, content expertise, communication, writing, and technology to architect experiences for today’s learners. The best instructional designers are agile and adaptable; they can quickly synthesize unfamiliar content, evaluate new technologies, and develop learning solutions that best meet the needs of a diverse audience. In this course, students work together to produce learning experiences using today’s media and technologies. The gap between theory and practice is an issue in many fields. By using a project-based approach, we work to close that gap by learning about instructional design theories and frameworks while developing a series of products; students submit a project every two weeks. This course is helpful for those professionals who work directly or indirectly to support and improve learning in their organizations, or those lifelong learners who want to better understand how to use technology to manage their own learning.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The orientation to the course opens mid-January. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
EDUC E-113
Applied Learning Design
Stacie Cassat Green MEd, Principal, 64 Crayons
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24800 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students use a design thinking methodology to design and develop an authentic learning product or experience. Each student prepares a product, such as a course or workshop, social learning community, website, or software application. Using rapid prototyping, students present several iterations of their designs to the class, participate in peer critiques, and continually improve their products over the semester. As instructional designers work in a team, each student contributes to, and benefits from, a class consulting bank. They use their skills to help others and to gain currency that they can exchange for help on their own projects. Students also explore additional instructional design frameworks and learning theories to improve fluency and flexible thinking in the field. Students may not take both EDUC E-113 and DGMD E-60 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: DGMD E-55, EDUC E-103, EDUC E-111, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
EDUC E-113
Applied Learning Design
Dustin Liu MEd
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26539 | Section 2
Description
In this course, students engage as designers to scope and prototype learning experiences that apply the principles of adult learning and development. Throughout the semester, students practice key components of the learning design process such as determining need and learning objectives, and testing prototypes. Course topics include design thinking, instructional design models, learning technology, and learner engagement. The goal of the course is to equip students with the tools, mindsets, and frameworks to approach their work as designers of in-person, hybrid, and online learning.
Prerequisites: DGMD E-55, EDUC E-103, EDUC E-111, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
EDUC E-115
Adult Learning Theories
Cindy Joyce MA, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Pillar Search and Human Resources Consulting
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16407 | Section 1
Description
Learning opportunities for adults are often modeled after our classes in grade school and high school. However, adults learn much differently from children, and their motivation to learn is vastly different as well. This course explores adult learning theory and how to apply those theories in a practical manner, engage the adult learner, and provide learning opportunities that both motivate and challenge. This course is taught using a combination of learning methods including course discussion, case studies, reading, group activities, and guest speakers with experience working with adult learners.
Prerequisites: Educational or work experience in education, teaching, organizational behavior, human resources, training, or instructional design.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
EDUC E-127
Ludic Learning: Designing Playful Learning Experiences
Adeeb Syed MEd, Technical Instructional Designer, Springboard
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26433 | Section 1
Description
Gaming is poised to become the dominant form of media in the twenty-first century, overtaking the film, television, and music industries. Unsurprisingly, there has been a newfound respect and increased enthusiasm for educational games. However, the curious problem with much of the academic discourse around educational games is that they are still viewed as mere content-delivery mechanisms from the lens of formal schooling environments. On the other hand, the corporate-technology world is also having a profound influence on the discourse of educational games with newly coined buzzwords such as gamification permeating through all sorts of informal learning environments. To make matters worse, there has been a constellation of new and emerging technologies that are constantly shifting what it means to learn. What is most curious, however, is that while modern schools have only been around for a few hundred years and various forms of digital edutainment for even less, games and play are thousands of years old. If we instead shift our mindset to understanding games and play as a sort of natural literacy as tools for thinking, discovery, reflection, and expression we might better understand how to design educational games in the twenty-first century. Instead of calling them video games, we consider how gaming technologies afford new possibilities for representing learning. To take full advantage of these affordances, we embark on thoughtful critiques of traditional ideas of learning that come from formal environments and also parse through some of the outlandish claims of tech companies. We explore alternative pedagogies, alternative ways of measurement, and the best lessons learned from informal learning environments. At the same time, all these alternatives are still very much steeped in research-backed findings from the learning sciences. While we explore much of the research in the learning sciences, this course is less interested in debating the particulars of the research findings and more interested in distilling and creatively translating these findings into playful design in a variety of learning contexts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
ENGL E-102
Introduction to Old English Literature
Daniel Donoghue PhD, John P. Marquand Professor of English, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16766 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the earliest English literature, building up to selections from poems such as The Wanderer, The Dream of the Rood, The Battle of Maldon, and various prose texts. Because the language has changed so much over 1,000 years, Old English has to be learned as a foreign language (hence the emphasis on grammar) but by the end of one term of study, students read the most challenging and beautiful literature it has to offer. Secondary readings supplement the Old English texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENGL E-106
Beowulf and Seamus Heaney
Daniel Donoghue PhD, John P. Marquand Professor of English, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26363 | Section 1
Description
Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf has provoked renewed interest in the poem among the general public and, among medievalists, in his principles of translation. This seminar includes a detailed study of the Old English poem and a crash course on the language to allow students to translate set passages on their own. We put Heaney’s translation in the context of his other poems and poetic translations.
Prerequisites: Prior knowledge of Old English is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
ENGL E-134
Shakespeare and Game of Thrones
Jeffrey Robert Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26486 | Section 1
Description
The hit franchise Game of Thrones is based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-century civil war between feuding English families. This intensive January session course shows how that connection was mediated by William Shakespeare, and how a knowledge of the Shakespearean context enriches our understanding of the literary elements of Game of Thrones. On the one hand, Shakespeare influenced Game of Thrones indirectly because his history plays significantly shaped the way the Wars of the Roses are now remembered, including the modern histories and historical fictions George R.R. Martin drew upon. On the other, Game of Thrones also responds to Shakespeare’s first tetralogy directly by adapting several of its literary strategies (such as shifting perspectives, mixed genres, and metatheater) and tropes (including the stigmatized protagonist and the prince who was promised). By comparing contextual circumstances of composition, such as collaborative authorship and political currents, this course also lodges a series of provocations about writing and acting for the stage in the Elizabethan age and for the screen in the twenty-first century. Readings and viewings include some of Shakespeare’s history plays, selections from Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones, and key criticism and theory that illuminate our texts.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENGL E-142
Decadence, Degeneration, Decline: The Popular British Novel
Margaret Deli PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16802 | Section 1
Description
The British Empire controlled roughly a quarter of the world by the beginning of the twentieth century; its literature, however, was increasingly haunted by decline. This course explores why, by way of writers like Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde, Rebecca West, Elizabeth Bowen, T.S. Eliot, and Graham Greene. The focus of our analysis is the novel’s response to three kinds of breakdown: aesthetic decadence, imperial decline, and aristocratic degeneration. We draw on contemporary periodicals, paintings, films, and poetry to understand what makes these narratives so good for literary business. We also think about decline as a shaper of modernism, the relationship between decline and nationalism, and the cultural afterlives of the texts we encounter.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENGL E-151
World Shakespeare
David Nee PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26451 | Section 1
Description
How did the son of a glove-maker from a small town in rural England come to be one of the world’s best-known writers, read and performed internationally four hundred years after his death? The answer to this question is complex. Some of the causes for William Shakespeare’s rise to global prominence are historical, like the unique conditions of commercial theater in Shakespeare’s day, the eighteenth-century cult of bardolatry and Shakespeare worship, or the intertwinement of Shakespeare with British colonialism. Other causes could be called aesthetic and intrinsic, stemming from the poetic and dramatic qualities which give Shakespeare’s plays their lasting power to move and astonish. Still other grounds for Shakespeare’s global success lie in the myriad ways actors, writers, and directors from around the world have adapted Shakespeare’s plays, combining them with local theatrical and literary traditions. This course explores these and other reasons for Shakespeare’s status as a global playwright in the twenty-first century, while also providing an introduction to some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays and to a small selection of modern adaptations from around the world. Plays read in the class may include Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Modern adaptations read may include West Side Story, Aim C saire’s Une Temp te, Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, Toni Morrison’s Desdemona, and Vishal Bhardwal’s Maqbool.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENGL E-159
Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses
Theoharis C. Theoharis PhD, Associate Scholar, Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16315 | Section 1
Description
James Joyce’s Ulysses is the most admired novel of the twentieth century in English. In this course, we try to see why that is true by reading the book closely, chapter by chapter, looking at how Joyce made one story on one day in Dublin the universal story of how humane men and women prevail over the violence bent on destroying them. We pay special attention to how Joyce elaborately combined detailed realistic story lines and characters with symbolism, allusion, references, and off-kilter comparisons, such as the book’s title, which names an obscure and peaceful man after a notoriously sly and vindictive one, Ulysses.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENGL E-182a
Poetry in America: From the Mayflower to Emerson
Elisa New PhD, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
Jesse Benjamin Raber PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15383 | Section 1
Description
This course covers American poetry in cultural context through the year 1850. The course begins with Puritan poets, some orthodox, some rebel spirits, who wrote and lived in early New England. Focusing on Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Michael Wigglesworth, among others, we explore the interplay between mortal and immortal, Europe and wilderness, solitude and sociality in English North America. The second part of the course spans the poetry of America’s early years, directly before and after the creation of the Republic. We examine the creation of a national identity through the lens of an emerging national literature, focusing on such poets as Phillis Wheatley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allen Poe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, among others. Distinguished guest discussants include writer Michael Pollan, economist Larry Summers, Vice President Al Gore, Mayor Tom Menino, and others.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit, undergraduate, graduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is offered in partnership with the Poetry in America (PiA) initiative. Teachers may apply for Poetry in America scholarships.
ENGL E-182h
Poetry in America: Whitman and Dickinson
Elisa New PhD, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
Jesse Benjamin Raber PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26410 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, two influential and iconic American poets of the nineteenth century. First, we encounter Walt Whitman, a quintessentially American writer whose work continues to bear heavily upon the American poetic tradition. We explore Whitman’s relationship to the city, the self, and the body through his life and poetry. Then, we turn to Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most distinctive and prolific poets. While Dickinson wrote nearly 2,000 poems during her lifetime, she chose never to publish, opting instead to revisit and revise her works throughout her lifetime. Keeping this dynamic of self-revision in mind, we consider a number of Dickinson’s poems concerned with nature, art, the self, and darkness. We travel to the Dickinson Collection at Harvard’s Houghton Library, and to Amherst, Massachusetts, paying a visit to the house in which the poet lived and wrote until her death in 1886.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit, undergraduate, graduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is offered in partnership with the Poetry in America initiative. Teachers may apply for Poetry in America scholarships.
ENGL E-182m
Poetry in America: From the Civil War through Modernism
Elisa New PhD, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
Jesse Benjamin Raber PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25016 | Section 1
Description
This course spans a critical era in American literature, beginning with antebellum and Civil War poetry, entering the twentieth century, and traversing the transformative modernist era. This course begins with the poetry of the American Civil War and the series of major events and social movements that followed it including Reconstruction, the Jim Crow Era, and Manifest Destiny. Encountering such poets as Herman Melville, Julia Ward Howe, Walt Whitman, Edward Arlington Robinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, Emma Lazarus, and W.E.B. DuBois, we examine the language of patriotism, pride, violence, loss, and memory inspired by the nation’s greatest conflict. As we enter the twentieth century, we encounter modernism, a movement that spanned the decades from the 1910s to the mid-1940s, and whose poetry marked a clear break from past traditions and past forms. We read such poets as Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Claude McKay, Dorothy Parker, and Wallace Stevens. We study how these poets employed the language of rejection and revolution, of making and remaking, of artistic appropriation and cultural emancipation. Traveling to the homes and workplaces of Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens; to the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, where the institution of American modernism was born; and even exploring the River Thames in the London of Eliot’s The Waste Land, we see the sites that witnessed and cultivated the rise of American modernism.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit, undergraduate, graduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is offered in partnership with the Poetry in America (PiA) initiative. Teachers may apply for Poetry in America scholarships.
ENGL E-183b
Seeing Nature in the Twentieth Century
Collier Brown PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25983 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students survey important American contributions to modern American environmental nonfiction. From the founding of the National Park Service (1916) to the first Earth Day (1970) and onward to America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017, we consider the diverse ways in which modern Americans have grappled with environmental issues. Our readings include writers like Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Evelyn White.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
ENGL E-195
The Lives of Women Portrayed by Women in the 20th Century American Novel
Theoharis C. Theoharis PhD, Associate Scholar, Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26354 | Section 1
Description
From 1905, when Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth was published, until 1991, when How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez, was published, the lives of women in America had in many ways changed drastically. From not being able to vote or own substantial property at the beginning of the century, women had moved to wielding power in the highest ranks of professional and corporate life and of elected office. All this change disrupted but did not dislodge traditional social and cultural norms which drew a firm boundary around women’s lives, locating their value and happiness exclusively in the domestic world as men’s wives and mothers to their children; “angels of the house,” as the clich put it. What kind of lives were possible for women who broke through that boundary, or who tried to, make up the stories Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Alice Walker, and Julia Alvarez tell in the novels comprising this course: The Song of the Lark (1915), The House of Mirth (1905), The Color Purple (1982), and How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENGL E-207
The Culture of Capitalism
Martin Puchner PhD, Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16442 | Section 1
Description
The course asks how cultural products, including literature, theater, and film have captured the spirit of capitalism fueling its fantasies, contemplating its effects, and chronicling its crises. More than just an economic system, capitalism created new habits of life and mind as well as new values, forged and distilled by new forms of art. Core readings by Franklin, O’Neill, Rand, Miller, and Mamet and background readings by Smith, Marx, Taylor, Weber, Keynes, and Schumpeter.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the 2013 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Culture and Belief 56.
ENGL E-234
Art of the Personal Essay
Collier Brown PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16581 | Section 1
Description
In this course, we look at the art of the essay from the sixteenth-century to the present, making important stops along the way at the works of Michel de Montaigne (who first popularized the genre), William Hazlitt, Virginia Woolf, and James Baldwin, right up to today’s most innovative essayists writers like Rebecca Solnit, Janet Malcolm, and Ross Gay. This course would be of interest to nonfiction writers curious about the history of their craft and the evolution of the form over time.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
ENGL E-237
Myth and Mystery in Post-World War II US Fiction
Patrick Whitmarsh PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16701 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on expressions of mystery and the unknown in post-World War II US fiction and how these expressions address the American mythos: the nation’s self-constructed history of exceptionalism and progress. After the triumphal sensationalism of Allied victory in the war and the accompanying economic boom in the US, there began a period of cultural uncertainty with the dawn of the cold war, the civil rights movement, and the uneven rise of global financial markets. Moving chronologically through a mixture of canonical and popular texts including novels by Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, and others we explore the ways that literature taps into this uncertainty. Some central questions this course asks are: what does it mean to think of America as a myth? How does mythic imagery inform national identity? How do different literary genres (science fiction, the detective novel, and the neo-slave narrative) offer unique expressions of the ambiguities that reside in American history and culture? We rely heavily on in-class activities and discussion, complemented by mini-lectures to expand on historical context and background. Assignments include periodic journal reflections, short essays, and a final project.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
ENGL E-300
Poetry in America for Teachers: The City from Whitman to Hip Hop
Elisa New PhD, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University
Jesse Benjamin Raber PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16639 | Section 1
Description
In this course, we consider those American poets whose themes, forms, and voices have given expression to visions of the city since 1850. Beginning with Walt Whitman, the great poet of nineteenth-century New York, we explore the diverse and ever-changing environment of the modern city from Chicago to London, from San Francisco to Detroit through the eyes of such poets as Carl Sandburg, Emma Lazarus, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Marianne Moore, Frank O’Hara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Hayden, and Robert Pinsky, as well as contemporary hip hop and spoken word artists. This course introduces content and techniques intended to help students and educators learn how to read texts of increasing complexity. Readings and activities were chosen and designed with the Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) standards in grades six through 12 in mind. Enrollment is not limited to teachers. Students with an interest in education, or with the poets and poems covered in this course, are welcome to enroll.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit, undergraduate, graduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course is offered in partnership with the Poetry in America (PiA) initiative. The course is also offered in partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Teachers enrolled for noncredit who are interested in professional development can earn certificates of participation for 90 professional development hours from HGSE’s Professional Education. Teachers may apply for Poetry in America scholarships.
ENGL E-597
English Precapstone: The Novel and Its Contexts
Duncan E. White DPhil, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15775 | Section 1
Description
This course prepares students to write their Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) capstone project. We read novels from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that both reflected and shaped the historical moment of their creation. In doing so we attended to the history and evolution of the novel as a form while also exploring the different approaches literary critics have taken to interpreting and analyzing works of narrative fiction. As we read these novels closely, we think about how they raise pressing social, economic, and political questions, consider their circulation and reception, and reflect on the role of representation, including questions of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. By the end of the semester, students are equipped with the critical tools to embark on writing an independent scholarly research paper for their capstone project in the spring semester.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, English, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, ENGL E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
ENGL E-599
English Capstone: The Novel and Its Contexts
Duncan E. White DPhil, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25383 | Section 1
Description
This course guides students through every step of writing their independent research paper. Building on the work done in the prior precapstone course, students work through the progressive stages of writing a research paper, incorporating peer workshop feedback, and skill-building exercises to help them produce work that reaches the high standards of an academic journal article. Students write proposals, conduct a literature review, develop theses and scholarly interventions, and work through multiple drafts, before producing their final capstone paper.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, English, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, ENGL E-597, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
ENSC E-110
Applied Design Thinking for Scientists and Engineers
Anas Chalah PhD, Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25995 | Section 1
Description
Design thinking is widely considered to be an essential skill for twenty-first century leaders and innovative thinkers. Engineering programs should graduate engineers who can design effectively to meet social and environmental needs. However, the role and perception of design across a wide range of educational disciplines has improved markedly in recent years. One of the defining characteristics of design thinking is that there is rarely a single correct answer to a complex problem. Design thinking is an iterative and interdisciplinary collaborative process toward crafting acceptable solutions. This intensive January session course enables students to exercise and practice different thinking styles, including divergent, convergent, critical, analytical, and integrative. It guides students through the different steps of the design thinking process, starting with empathy, into problem definition, ideation, prototyping, building, measurement, and analysis. On the technical side, this course focuses on teaching systems and system controls to emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations in solving complex challenges. As some students want to bring forward their innovative ideas to the commercialization stage, the course aims to support their aspirations by including aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship in some of the course’s hands-on projects.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 4:00pm-7:00pm, Science/Engineering Complex 1.413
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
ENSC E-123
Laboratory Electronics: Digital Circuit Design
Oliver Saunders Wilder PhD, Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25768 | Section 1
Description
This course covers digital design, emphasizing microprocessors and microcontrollers as well as programmable logic devices, and provides an understanding of the fundamentals of computer circuitry. After examining analog-digital interfacing issues, students build a microcomputer from the chip level. They apply this computer first to assigned tasks and later to individual projects. The student’s microcomputer is based on an 8051-derivative microcontroller, chosen because it allows an easy transition, after the course is completed, from the course’s pedagogically useful transparent design (using external buses and memory) to practical single-chip implementations. Each meeting includes a laboratory session.
Prerequisites: High school algebra and some familiarity with analog electronics.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Science Center 206
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 22 students
ENSC E-132
Tissue Engineering for Clinical Applications
Sujata K. Bhatia PhD, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25367 | Section 1
Description
Tissue engineering is now recognized as a way to lessen the global disease burden: novel methods for pancreatic islet regeneration can address diabetes; autologous cells for heart muscle regeneration can address coronary artery disease; and nerve regeneration technologies can be used to treat stroke. This course describes strategies of tissue engineering and focuses on the diseases tissue engineering can address. Each lecture identifies a specific disease (coronary artery disease, stroke, diabetes) and describes tissue-engineered scaffolds that can alleviate the disease. Students learn the underlying pathology of the disease, understand the latest advances in tissue engineering for treating the disease, and discuss prospective research areas for novel biomaterials to modify the disease process. In addition, students gain an appreciation of clinical trials of tissue-engineered scaffolds, as well as commercialization of tissue engineering.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology and chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
ENSC E-150
Introduction to Nanobiotechnology: Concepts and Applications
Anas Chalah PhD, Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12806 | Section 1
Description
Nanobiotechnology is a new frontier for biology with important applications in medicine. It bridges areas in physics, chemistry, and biology and is a testament to the new areas of interdisciplinary science that are becoming dominant in the twenty-first century. This course provides perspective for students and researchers who are interested in nanoscale physical and biological systems and their applications in medicine. It introduces concepts in nanomaterials and their use with biocomponents to synthesize and address larger systems. Applications include systems for visualization, labeling, drug delivery, and cancer research. Technological impact of nanoscale systems, synthesis, and characterizations of nanoscale materials are discussed.
Prerequisites: Introductory courses in chemistry, physics, and biology; an introductory course in nanoscale science would be helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-100
Introduction to Sustainability
Michaela J. Thompson PhD, Lecturer in Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26485 | Section 1
Description
This course explores contemporary understandings and practical implications of the idea of sustainable development. Throughout the semester we investigate the meanings and measures that different groups have given to sustainable development; explore tools for analyzing the complex social-environmental systems that we seek to develop sustainably; and examine how societies have avoided depleting resources while instituting practical action that advances sustainable development effectively and equitably.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
ENVR E-101
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Sustainability and Global Development
Lindi Dorothee von Mutius JD, Director, Sustainability and Global Development Practice, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 11925 | Section 1
Description
The twin goals of this course are to introduce concepts of development, sustainability science, law, policy, and economics and prepare students to take further courses in sustainability and global development practice; and to prepare students to master writing and research competency commensurate to graduate-level scholarship at Harvard University. Students learn about six emerging topics in the fields of sustainability and global development. They conduct their own research project over the course of the semester, culminating in a final paper. The process of research and writing that students learn in this course should serve them well as they journey through these two programs and their thesis, capstone, or consulting capstone project.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in English and knowledge of APA citation format. A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b or EXPO E-42c are highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 10:00am-12:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-101
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Sustainability and Global Development
Lindi Dorothee von Mutius JD, Director, Sustainability and Global Development Practice, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25505 | Section 1
Description
The twin goals of this course are to introduce concepts of development, sustainability science, law, policy, and economics and prepare students to take further courses in sustainability and global development practice; and to prepare students to master writing and research competency commensurate to graduate-level scholarship at Harvard University. Students learn about six emerging topics in the fields of sustainability and global development. They conduct their own research project over the course of the semester, culminating in a final paper. The process of research and writing that students learn in this course should serve them well as they journey through these two programs and their thesis, capstone, or consulting capstone project.
Prerequisites: Proficiency in English and knowledge of APA citation format. A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b or EXPO E-42c are highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 10:00am-12:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-102
Design of Renewable Energy Projects
Ramon Sanchez ScD, Research Associate, Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16714 | Section 1
Description
This course helps develop the skills to design, fund, and implement renewable energy projects in the United States and around the world. It is aimed at anyone who would like to understand the relationship between energy and the environment, but is particularly helpful for energy developers and current or future professionals in the practice of renewable energy. Students learn the basics of how to design photovoltaic, wind, biomass, geothermal, small-hydro, wastewater to energy, solid waste to energy, and other large scale sustainable energy operations. Students also learn about the best global practices for engaging rural and indigenous communities in renewable energy projects while maximizing economic development and social equity. They learn how to deal with other important issues like negotiating land rights for renewable energy projects, how to encourage public utilities and private corporations to sign long-term agreements for purchasing renewable energies, how to prepare project proposals for international financial institutions and private investors who fund these projects, how to estimate the basic health and environmental benefits derived from proposed renewable energy projects, how to monetize health effects of renewable energy projects, and how to quantify the social benefits of such projects in the community.
Prerequisites: High school math and science.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
ENVR E-102a
Innovative Technologies and Practices for Climate Change Resilience
Ramon Sanchez ScD, Research Associate, Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26276 | Section 1
Description
Students in this course learn how to analyze emerging innovative technologies and practices comprehensively, how to assess their climate change and health impacts, recommendations to facilitate their implementation, and how to use green and social financial instruments to foster equitable social development while decreasing community vulnerabilities and increasing climate change resilience. Among some of the technologies and practices analyzed are advanced low-energy desalination systems, rainwater traps, advanced sustainable aquaculture systems, sustainable irrigation and soil reforming for sustainable agriculture, techniques to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in meat and protein production, biodegradable solar systems, bladeless wind generation technologies, microalgae farming for food and fuels, biodegradable plastics manufacturing, plasma gasification of agricultural and municipal waste for electricity generation, carbon capture and sequestration technologies in power plants, lithium extraction from fossil saltwater in fracking operations, advanced hydrogen production systems using renewable energies, and advanced electric vehicles and geoengineering technologies. Students also assess community vulnerabilities and recommend risk reduction technologies and practices to increase resilience. Additionally, students learn how to monetize health, environmental, and social benefits for each technology or sustainable practice to use municipal bonds, green financing mechanisms from banks, carbon offset exchanges, and some government grants to fund their implementation in the community.
Prerequisites: Basic high school math and science.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
ENVR E-104
Confronting Climate Change
Daniel Schrag PhD, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University
Thomas Andrew Laakso PhD, Science Teacher, Boston College High School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16388 | Section 1
Description
This course considers the challenge of climate change and what to do about it. Students are introduced to the basic science of climate change, including the radiation budget of the Earth, the carbon cycle, and the physics and chemistry of the oceans and atmosphere. We look at reconstructions of climate change through Earth history to provide a context for thinking about present and future changes. We take a critical look at climate models used to predict climate change in the future and discuss their strengths and weaknesses, evaluating which forecasts of climate change impacts are robust, and which are more speculative. We spend particular time discussing sea level rise and extreme weather (including hurricanes, heat waves, and floods). We look at the complex interactions between climate and human society, including climate impacts on agriculture and the relationship between climate change, migration, and conflict. We also discuss strategies for adapting to climate change impacts and the implications of those strategies for sub-national and international equity. The second half of the course considers what to do about climate change. First, we review the recent history of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as various national and international efforts to limit them in the future. We discuss reducing carbon emissions using forestry, agriculture, and land use, and then focus on how to transform the world’s energy system to eliminate CO2 emissions. We conclude by examining different strategies for accelerating changes in our energy systems to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The course emphasizes the scientific and technological aspects of climate change (including the clean energy transition), but in the context of current issues in public policy, business, design, and public health.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-110
Sustainable Ocean Environments
George D. Buckley MS, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 21784 | Section 1
Description
The world’s oceans provide food, careers, climate moderation, oxygen, recreation, and other vital services to humankind. This course explores the diversity of marine life and habitats in the oceans and sustainable management practices to protect them. Course topics include the ecology and management of estuaries, coral reefs, and the deep seas; the importance of seaweeds, fisheries, and aquaculture; coastal resilience, marine biodeterioration, and emerging blue technologies; and the impacts of development, pollutants, and tourism, while investigating nature-based solutions to environmental problems.
Prerequisites: High school biology.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, One Brattle Square 205
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-113
International Political Economy of Decarbonization
Juergen Braunstein PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26231 | Section 1
Description
Starting with the economic aspects of global decarbonization, this course examines emerging issues raised by the transition to a low carbon economy its impact on jobs, inequality, finance, trade, mobility, and infrastructure for citizens, societies, and nations. Choices about global decarbonization are highly contested in terms of material interests and ideologies, and they raise a set of new questions at the intersection of climate change, geo-economics, national policies, and global politics. These questions include: how does the energy transition affect the global economic order? Will a greener future lead to fewer resource conflicts around carbon resources? Is green the new gold? How does the low carbon transition affect the value of carbon assets? Is the US equipped to sustain its role as global leader in finance? How does the sustainable transition affect international trade flows? Is a carbon adjustment tax a stepping stone towards decarbonized trade? What is the prospect of green trade wars erupting?
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-116
The Carbon Economy: Calculating, Managing, and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Richard Goode MBA, Managing Director, Alvarez Marsal
Marlon Robert Banta ALM, Director, Product Definition, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23508 | Section 1
Description
The global economy is undergoing a fundamental transformation to low-carbon technologies from electric vehicles becoming mainstream and large-scale solar, wind, and even battery installations. Many countries and companies understand that this fourth industrial revolution will change everything, and face risks as well as opportunities. Some countries are establishing policies that decarbonize their economy to avoid the worst effects of a 2 degrees Celsius rise in temperatures. Organizations should start to develop and implement a 2 degrees Celsius strategy by clearly understanding their exposure to climate-related risks and identifying best practices for adapting to new carbon regulation, along with transforming their businesses by deploying sustainable energy practices. Understanding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including how to calculate them and the importance of reporting them publicly, is vital to understanding how to identify sources of emission and how to reduce them. This course teaches students how to measure, report, and reduce GHG emissions with an eye toward understanding the roles that energy choices and usage play in reducing emissions.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 85 students
ENVR E-116a
Measuring and Mitigating Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Michael Macrae PhD, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Enel North America
Marlon Robert Banta ALM, Director, Product Definition, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
Richard Goode MBA, Managing Director, Alvarez Marsal
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16165 | Section 1
Description
This course allows students to investigate the best approaches to measuring and mitigating indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These emissions include all indirect GHG emissions that occur in a value chain, and therefore outside the direct control of a typical organization. Supply chain emissions frequently are the largest overall source of an organization’s GHG emissions and are becoming an increasingly relevant topic as more and more companies outsource manufacturing, logistics, and other key functions to third parties. Waste, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions are still incurred in bringing products and services to consumers, but they are often not fully accounted for. Proper accounting for these emissions that are known contributors to climate change is coming under increasing scrutiny. Students investigate how to gather data from disparate sources, how to calculate or estimate emissions, and how the procurement of supplies, services, and travel can be managed to mitigate or even reduce indirect emissions. The course also familiarizes students with leading measurement and goal setting standards (that is, The Climate Registry, Science Based Targets, and the Carbon Disclosure Project) and investigates indirect emissions reduction efforts that are underway at several leading Fortune 500 companies as well as universities, municipalities, and government agencies.
Prerequisites: ENVR E-116 is encouraged but not necessary.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 72 students
ENVR E-117
Sustainability Leadership for the Twenty-First Century
Leith Sharp MEd, Director, Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Jack Spengler PhD, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13543 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to enhance individual change agency skills as applied to a variety of organizational contexts including education, business, government, nonprofit, church, and community. The course explores what change leadership for sustainability is and guides students to advance their related capabilities, competencies, and strategies. The personal, interpersonal, organizational, and technical dimensions of change leadership for sustainability are addressed. A variety of specific case studies and examples of sustainability in practice, including everything from green building design and renewable energy to environmental purchasing are explored. Interdependencies between finance, politics, relationships, capacity building, and technology are discussed. Students leave with an experiential knowledge of change management because they are required to complete a project involving a real-life change leadership project of their choice.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections Wednesdays, 7:40-9:40 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENVR E-118c
Sustainable Tourism
Wendy Purcell PhD, Research Associate, Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16642 | Section 1
Description
Travel and tourism (T T) was growing at pace and scale before the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the T T sector contributed 10.3 percent to global gross domestic product (GDP), over US $8.9 trillion, supporting one in ten jobs (330 million) worldwide, and one in five new jobs over the last five years, with 3.5 percent growth in 2019 compared to the global economy at 2.5 percent. The sector had seen six decades of consistent growth, with tourism outpacing the United Nations (UN) growth projections over the period 2010-2019 and 45 percent of international travel arrivals to emerging economies in 2017. Late 2019 forecasts predicted that these trends would continue, with tourism arrivals forecast to grow 3-4 percent globally in 2020, despite a number of expected economic, political, and health disruptions. For many countries, T T is the dominant sector generating income, tax revenues, and economic security for millions of individuals and their families. The health and economic crises of the pandemic threw the disruptive forces acting on T T into sharp relief, drawing attention to the interconnected and hyper-dependent nature of sustainability, health, and business. It is clear that the negative impacts of T T on people and the planet cannot continue as the sector recovers and seeks to build back better. This means that sustainability needs to be positioned as a strategic driver within the industry. Indeed, this global sector has enormous potential to drive fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). The unique interdependency of T T with many other sectors, such as energy, transportation, buildings, and food systems create challenges and opportunities for advancing sustainability systemically. This course presents innovative case studies and expert speakers from the sector and challenges students to surface the tensions and dilemmas inherent in driving growth and recognize the technical, economic, and political dimension in scaling sustainability solutions. It widens the view of sustainability beyond immediate operational impacts to consider the broader systems in which T T operates, and the sustainability leadership practices that drive innovation. It pays attention to the trade-offs and dilemmas presented by T T activities and the enormous potential of the sector to educate the traveler and drive conservation. This course encourages student to re-imagine the sector and pursue more sustainable T T, focused on attenuating its negative impacts and advancing the contribution T T makes to global citizenship and a more balanced economy and equitable society.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-119
Transforming the Built Environment for Resilience and Sustainability
Grey Lee MPA, Business Development Manager for Sustainability, Environmental, Social, and Governance Specialist, S P Global
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16111 | Section 1
Description
How can real estate and buildings become more responsive to climate risk and other challenges to our communities? The greening of buildings has grown exponentially over the past decade, but is the transition fast enough to meet the needs of our communities in the dynamic times ahead? Can urban resilience become an intrinsic dimension of real estate development to prevent widespread disruptions caused by climate change? The built environment of our communities creates energy and material utilization patterns and subsequent ecological effects. Climate change challenges existing buildings and infrastructure, which has led to new policies and professional responses. Building design and location are a critical determinant of wellness, comfort, and productivity for occupants. This course introduces students to the principles of sustainability and resilience in our communities with a focus on systems dynamics. We use the framework of social equity and basic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics to explore how urban design and policy can embrace priorities for human well-being. Students become familiar with international standards for sustainable design, operations, and management of buildings more favorable to the integrity of communities such as the US Green Building Council’s LEED certifications, passive house, WELL Building Standard, the Living Building Challenge, and other concepts related to sustainable design. We ensure hands-on engagement with local policy protocols and meet practitioners who have participated in the advancement of best practice in sustainability and resilience.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-119d
Decarbonizing the Building Sector
Paul Ormond MS, Efficiency Engineer, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24776 | Section 1
Description
We can decarbonize the building sector within the next few decades. This can be accomplished with a combination of better buildings, such as Passivehouse, and a renewably powered grid. Buildings can also be built with their own on-site renewables to create a net zero energy building. This course provides a comprehensive exploration of our greening grid, zero energy buildings, and Passivehouse buildings. Topics include grid fundamentals, building energy dynamics, emissions profiles, renewable systems, energy economics, passive architecture, energy budgets, site and source energy, policy, codes, financing, and incentive structures. A variety of assignments, projects, and teaching tools are used in this course. These include analysis assignments, a team pitch, weekly report-outs, a textbook and numerous references, live guest speakers, and a guest speaker library.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-119e
Sustainable Infrastructure
Cristina Contreras Casado ALM, Founder and Managing Director, Sinfranova LLC
Judith Irene Rodriguez MA, Senior Research Associate, Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25775 | Section 1
Description
Sustainable infrastructure (SI) has been recognized as the central pillar of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Sustainable infrastructure strives to enhance access to basic services, promote environmental sustainability, and support inclusive growth through its endeavor to meet the sustainable development goals (SDGs), while looking for pathways to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This course introduces students to the current landscape of sustainability assessment tools and explores the benefits that sustainable projects bring to public and private entities, to local communities, and to the planet in general. We ask the following key questions: what is sustainable infrastructure? What are the main features of a sustainable project? How do these features overlap or differ from the SDGs? How can infrastructure and urban development projects align with both SI practices and the SDGs? To answer these questions, we use real-world case studies. Considering the mandate of the 2030 agenda, “leave no one behind,” specific attention is given to how different stakeholders participate in the process.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-119g
Sustainable Cities
Julio Lumbreras PhD, Visiting Scientist, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fernando Fernandez-Monge MPA, Research Fellow, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15759 | Section 1
Description
More than half of the world’s population (54 percent according to the World Health Organization) live in urban areas, and this share is expected to grow in the future (65 percent by 2050 according to the United Nations). However, urban life is currently far from sustainable due to inequality, poverty, poor air quality, high risk of natural disasters and climate change, and lack of access to energy, water, and waste treatment. Faced with these challenges, member countries of the United Nations adopted in 2015 an agenda for 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with one of these goals focused on “making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” Therefore, the future of urban societies, and thus of most of the world’s population, depends on our ability to design, build, and run cities in a sustainable manner. This course aims at contributing to this goal by surveying the scientific principles of sustainability at the urban level, exploring cities and their metabolism as systems of systems. It covers the main challenges that cities of every size are facing: governance, inclusive urban economic development, national/regional development planning, safety, citizen participation, risk and vulnerability reduction, air quality, resource efficiency, and access to universal basic services, housing, and infrastructures. By paying attention to the contextual factors in which these challenges play out for different types of cities, students not only gain a general understanding of the key dimensions of urban sustainability, but they also learn tools to further analyze and tackle urban sustainability challenges. Some of the tools presented are life cycle assessment, social impact assessment, cost-benefit analysis, multi-criteria decision making, and urban indicators. Special attention is also paid to fundamental governance aspects in cities, such as the need to create partnerships and establish radical collaborations between diverse stakeholders to foster urban transformations.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-125
Improving Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Reporting
Kevin Hagen MBA, Vice President, Environment, Social and Governance Strategy, Iron Mountain
Kevin Wilhelm MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Business Consulting
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16436 | Section 1
Description
Transparency and accountability are the cornerstones of a corporate sustainability environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program. But how do you implement a reporting program that meets the ever increasing demands of investors and other stakeholders while creating the most value for the business? From global reporting initiative (GRI) to carbon disclosure project (CDP), task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD), sustainability accounting standards board (SASB) and more, this course unravels the alphabet soup of corporate reporting frameworks and guidelines. Offering practical steps and process to help company executives, functional managers, and corporate responsibility leaders’ design, implement, or accelerate an ESG reporting program. The course work is grounded with case studies and leverages the real world experience of guest speakers and the instructors.
Prerequisites: A firm understanding of change management in the business setting, climate change, and other environmental issues.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
ENVR E-129a
Local to Global Agroecology
Daniel Goldhamer MS, County Director and Horticulture Agent, Colorado State University Extension
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16158 | Section 1
Description
Agriculture is one of humanity’s oldest pursuits and yet it is far from perfected. In this time of climate change and ecological degradation, a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions and damage to ecosystems can be traced back to the way in which humans produce food, feed, fuel, and fiber. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that 10-12 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are due to agriculture. Agriculture is also tied to ecological degradation including deforestation, depletion and contamination of water and soil resources, and chemical pollution. However, many individuals and organizations are discovering innovative and tailored solutions to these problems. Addressing the ecological and climate change challenges of agriculture in the next ten years will be essential to ensure a meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and to creating resilient production systems. This course provides a broad introduction to the underlying biology and ecology of crop and animal agricultural production systems. We explore how different production techniques including conventional, organic, and regenerative, operate in both a dryland and irrigated setting. Students in this course gain a greater understanding of the realities that agricultural producers must face every day in their quest to feed themselves and the world. The goal of this course is to equip students with a basic understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems, gain applicable vocabulary and concepts related to agriculture, and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities farmers face when seeking sustainable solutions. We explore crop and animal agriculture at scales ranging from kitchen gardens to thousands of acres. We also explore the various tools, techniques, and technologies farmers employ throughout the globe.
Prerequisites: Course work in biology and environmental studies. High school biology and chemistry.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-129c
The Role of Soil Health in Creating Sustainable Food Systems
Emily Lynn Holleran ALM, Instructor, Arizona State University School of Sustainability
Helen D. Silver JD, Principal, Silver Sustainability Strategies
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25791 | Section 1
Description
Ninety-five percent of the world’s food is grown in topsoil, but current farming techniques are eroding this soil and stripping it of essential minerals, microbes, and nutrients needed to support human and planetary health. The United Nations has stated that if soil degradation continues, we may only have 60 years of farming left. Loss of topsoil through agricultural practices is a major contributor to water and air quality degradation and biodiversity loss. Replenishing degraded soils may be a critical element in battling burgeoning health crises such as micronutrient deficiencies, obesity, and related diseases. Increasing soil health will also be a critical response to combating and adapting to the climate crisis. Though strong market, political, and social forces perpetuate the status quo, policymakers, agricultural producers, and the general public are taking note and developing, examining, and implementing a wide array of interventions to reverse soil degradation. This course explores the global food system from food production to disposal from the premise that agricultural soil health must underlie any sustainable food system that supports public and planetary health and social equity. We address the current state of agricultural soil health globally and the current and future effects on public and planetary health, including effects on water, air, climate, and nutrition, and social and economic equity. We explore whether adopting sustainable agricultural practices that support and enhance soil health can feed the growing global population while simultaneously buttressing achievement of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Finally, we examine the key interventions put forth to support agricultural soil health, including direct farmer education and subsidies, social movements such as food sovereignty, labeling requirements, corporate initiatives, consumer education, and increased organic waste recycling.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-135b
Sustainable Business in the Twenty-First Century
Matthew Gardner PhD, Managing Partner, Sustainserv, Inc.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25745 | Section 1
Description
. These three modules (the business case for change, driving change at scale, and purpose driven systemic change) are expanded upon with guest speakers, real world case studies, and in-depth discussions. Each week students analyze examples from companies in a variety of industries to show how sustainability is integrated into their business models and to explore what opportunities still exist for companies to improve. The course uses case studies from publicly traded companies, augmented by links to various forms of information for students to compare and contrast throughout the semester. Information is presented from academic research, white papers published by respected scholars and experts, and the actual disclosures of major multinational companies. The case method is used to provide a participative and realistic forum that enables students to learn about sustainability while also developing the skills to use the information. In addition to receiving course credit, students who successfully complete this course for undergraduate or graduate credit can earn a certificate of completion from Harvard Business School Online.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-138
Introduction to Sustainable Finance and Investments
Carlos Alberto Vargas PhD, Faculty, EGADE Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16637 | Section 1
Description
Sustainable finance is a main topic on the international agenda. Financial decisions worldwide are increasingly influenced by the scarcity of resources, the search for profits through efficiency, and climate change. We observe an increasing investment appetite for green bonds. Investment funds and asset managers worldwide search for innovative products that increase profitability but also create environmental and social value. This course studies finance and sustainability as integrated subjects beginning with an introduction of financial and investment principles and moving through financial analysis, financing, and valuation. The course covers diverse aspects of sustainable investments and offers tools for effective financial valuation and risk assessment.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-138a
Sustainable Investing in Practice
Graham Sinclair MBA, Senior Responsible Investment Strategist, Parametric
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26244 | Section 1
Description
Making the sustainable investing case is a crucial skill for every type of professional, whether in private, public, or not-for-profit sectors. Every investment has implicit environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, because every decision on planet earth relies upon humans to buy, make, or do something and employs the rules of law to govern contractual relationships. This course takes lessons from the professional investment industry and makes them accessible to every kind of profession. Investment decisions are made in the investment industry, but capital allocations are also made every day by governments, companies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The investment decision for any investor pulls forward to today the prospects for the firm and values the investment in today’s money. ESG may surpass $41 trillion assets under management in 2022. ESG scrutiny can shine a light on issues like climate pollution; workplace safety; employee health and wellness; diversity, equity and inclusion; executive compensation; business ethics; and corruption. In every sector and situation, one is increasingly expected to identify, measure, and report material ESG risks. The course blends the academic literature with current industry research and activities to ensure students learn the most modern material. The course is grounded in industry experience, investment policies and portfolios, cross-disciplinary academic literature, and Harvard Business School case studies. We leverage the real-world experience of the instructor and industry experts from around the world to examine multiple perspectives. Students work on their own and in groups, with short work assignments and very short presentations. This course uses the novel approach of promoting students’ experiential learning by building up components of their own simulated investment recommendations. Students have many opportunities to explore topics and situations of interest to them, including those drawn from news headlines and that apply to course curriculum.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-140
Fundamentals of Ecology for Sustainable Ecosystems
Mark Leighton PhD, Associate Director and Senior Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12779 | Section 1
Description
Conserving and managing biodiversity and ecosystem services in diverse landscapes across the globe is a major sustainability challenge of this century. Solutions critically rest on fundamental concepts and principles in ecology. This course adopts an unusual, holistic approach by embedding understanding and integration of these principles through a series of ecosystem case studies focused on desert, savanna and mountain ecosystems, wetlands and other aquatic systems, boreal, temperate, and tropical forests, and agroecosystems. These ecosystems exemplify different challenges, but similar ecological processes at work for successful management, whether the goal is protection of natural systems and biodiversity, ecological restoration, or maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural and other human-dominated landscapes. Through this approach, the fundamental topics covered in typical ecology courses are exemplified. The historical, evolutionary, and ecological processes determining the distribution of ecosystems, habitats, and species are introduced. Evolutionary processes responsible for the adaptations of individuals are examined to understand the diversity of species and their features. Ecological processes of competition, predation, disease, and mutualism help explain the functioning of biological communities and larger ecosystems. Among other activities, teams of students conduct background research on specific ecosystem sites to understand the ecological, economic, sociocultural, and multistakeholder context of sustainability challenges and integrated solutions.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-143
Evaluating Sustainable Food Systems and other Enterprises in Rural Areas, With a View from Tuscany
Mark Leighton PhD, Associate Director and Senior Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25371 | Section 1
Description
Globally, metropolitan areas have prospered economically while rural areas have been left behind. The course focuses on sustainability opportunities and enterprises in these rural landscapes. Emphasis is on the benefits of regenerative farming and small-scale organic farm enterprises, typically with diverse production systems, common historically and now resurgent in the farm to table and local food movements as alternatives to industrial agriculture. Although of global relevance, the course focuses on comparisons between New England and Tuscany; in both these regions, ecological and economic sustainability challenges in the rural landscape include producing food and forest products for niche markets, managing watersheds, conserving biodiversity and other environmental services, such as carbon sequestration, and diversifying income streams with ecotourism. Optimizing this mix of functions while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution addresses sustainability goals. Online required class sessions discuss readings on models and analysis of sustainable food production systems, including organic, permaculture, and forest farming systems. Assignments and readings develop skills in spreadsheet modeling of production integrated with financial analysis of small-scale enterprises. The centerpiece of the course is an intensive and mandatory week long learning experience, May 1-May 8, in residence at Spannocchia, a historical Tuscan farming estate near Sienna. The educational mission of the Spannocchia Foundation is to promote sustainability in organic agriculture and animal husbandry, forestry, biodiversity conservation, ecotourism, and energy and waste management practices. Students work in small teams, conducting fieldwork on the 1,200 acres of the estate, evaluating models for these practices from ecological, economic, and policy perspectives, and debating creative ideas for sustainability futures in this inspirational setting with local experts. Students may also help establish experimental trials to test hypotheses about improved production and financial performance. These field exercises and discussions at Spannocchia are augmented with an all-day field trip to a nearby biodynamic winery site and onwards for the afternoon to the hill town of San Gimignano. Students should not have other work or study commitments during this period. Participating students must have proof of complete COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters before registering, and then comply with any Harvard, Italy, and Spannocchia-specific additional vaccine boosters and required testing before traveling to Italy and while at Spannocchia. The course involves some hiking and fieldwork on several days over uneven ground; because these are critical course activities, students must be physically able to participate. Although mild, sunny spring weather is common, unusually cold and rainy or hot days can occur, not unlike New England. Students are housed at Spannocchia in either the Fattoria or Villa rooms in the main building; rooms are typically shared doubles, spacious and historical. Meals feature organic products from the estate. View the Spannocchia website for photos and descriptions of accommodations, programs, and the estate property. Students with documented disabilities should contact the Accessibility Services Office no later than two weeks before the course begins. In addition to completing all required assignments for the course, students must attend the entire week at Spannocchia to pass the course (you cannot arrive late or leave early). If you neglect to register with Spannocchia or miss their deadlines, you will not pass the course. Harvard Extension School (HES) spring term registration, drop, and withdrawal deadlines apply to ENVR E-143. See the calendar. If students drop the course, HES will refund tuition payment according to standard refund policy. HES is not responsible for payments made to Spannocchia, travel, or other expenses that students may incur. Costs: in addition to the course tuition, students are responsible for: Approximately $900-$1,000 USD paid to Spannocchia by January 10. This includes room and board for May 1-May 8 (seven nights) and educational fees. Course members rendezvous in Siena on Monday, May 1, and then share taxis to Spannocchia after a group dinner. US health insurance that provides coverage outside the United States. Transportation to and from Spannocchia (via Siena). Shared per capita cost of bus/van rental and driver for the field trip, and shared taxi or van to and from Siena or Florence to Spannocchia. (Students also have some miscellaneous individual costs: for example, meals in Siena and San Gimignano, and a wine tasting fee if students participate). The cost of passports and visas (if the latter is needed). Costs of any required COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, and tests, both in home country and Italy, depending on regulations at the time.
Prerequisites: No previous courses are required; however, ENVR E-129 (offered previously), ENVR E-129a, ENVR S-129b, ENVR E-129c, ENVR E-140, and ENVR E-210 are relevant sustainability courses providing background. Familiarity with Excel spreadsheets is helpful, but not required. Students must be at least 18 years old.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
This course meets via live web conference Wednesdays, 7:40-9:40 pm; and in Tuscany, Italy, May 1-8, 2023. Optional review sessions to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 27 students
ENVR E-151
Life Cycle and Supply Chain Sustainability Assessment
Gregory A. Norris PhD, Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13749 | Section 1
Description
The field of industrial ecology includes advanced tools and methods to assist practitioners seeking to redesign and realign industrial systems and activities to be more ecologically and socially sound. Central within the field of industrial ecology is life cycle assessment (LCA), which involves systems analysis of the full range of environmental impacts, product life cycles, and supply chains. Social impacts are also being addressed in life cycles and supply chains, leading to the definition of life cycle sustainability assessment. This course enables participants to develop a hands-on, in-depth understanding of the frameworks, principles, tools, and applications of life cycle assessment. As part of the course, students learn to use and apply professional software tools and databases that address sustainability-relevant impacts in global supply chains. We also review the state of life cycle practice and current initiatives involving companies, governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). We ground the entire course on the goal of making human activities, from the personal to the global, truly sustainable.
Prerequisites: College math, and/or chemistry are helpful, but students have thrived in this class without that background.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-154
Sustainable Product Design and the Innovation Ecosystem
Ramon Sanchez ScD, Research Associate, Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14518 | Section 1
Description
This course is for anyone who would like to learn how to design and launch a new product with the smallest environmental footprint. Students acquire many tools and skills in the course: how to do market intelligence (technological benchmarking and reverse engineering), how to incorporate real sustainability into new products (and identify green washing), how to use structured tools to enhance creativity and innovation to conceive and develop new products, how to design and implement a new product introduction process, how to do and implement the design of experiments to select the most robust features for products, how to write and submit a patent application to decrease legal costs, how to protect copyrights and trademarks, how to fund intellectual property by using funds from business incubators and accelerators, how to select the right materials and processes to minimize the product’s environmental impacts (using green chemistry principles, sustainable sourcing of components, and sustainable certification for raw materials to promote conservation), how to reduce energy use by new products, how to build and test prototypes in an inexpensive way, and how to reduce the environmental impacts of packaging and transportation. Students also learn the basic components of an innovation ecosystem and how high technology hubs such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York work.
Prerequisites: High school math.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-156
Environmental Justice
Lindi Dorothee von Mutius JD, Director, Sustainability and Global Development Practice, Harvard Extension School
David Mears JD, Executive Director, Audubon Vermont and Vice President, National Audubon Society
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16849 | Section 1
Description
Within the United States and globally, there continue to be stark racial and economic differences in the distribution of environmental harms and goods, and the determination of who meaningfully participates in environmental decision-making processes. This course examines how environmental processes and policies interact with race and class to differentially affect people’s exposure to environmental harms and their ability to participate in environmental decision making. We review the history of the environmental justice movement in the US and use an environmental justice framework to examine various case studies and responses to environmental injustice. Through these examinations, students enhance their ability to analyze the impact of environmental work on vulnerable communities and improve their ability to work with diverse social groups in the US.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENVR E-158b
Applied Circular Economics
Manuel Maqueda MS, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SUPER.ngo
Brian J. Bauer ALM, Director of Circular Economy and Institutional Partnerships, Algramo
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16829 | Section 1
Description
This course gives students the essential concepts, tools, and skills needed to take part in the transition to a circular economy in a wide variety of economic sectors and areas of human activity. Ecosystems tend toward a stable equilibrium, or homeostasis, and have the ability to regenerate and thrive for thousands of years. Likewise, the circular economy seeks to maintain the value and preserve the stocks of materials, components, and goods, while eliminating waste and pollution and restoring natural capital. The circular economy allows for a better economic and ecological performance than today’s prevailing economy which follows a take-make-waste linear model that destroys value, depletes stocks, and degrades living systems. The transition to a circular economy is mandated by the ecological and physical boundaries of our planet. Without an accelerated transition it will be impossible to meet the Paris Agreement targets. At the same time, the transition to a circular economy is a tremendous opportunity that would unleash global economic growth and create an estimated 95 million new jobs worldwide while also boosting economic resilience. The European Union, Canada, China, and other leading economies have outlined aggressive roadmaps towards a circular economy. In the United States, 60 percent of chief executive officers plan to transition to a circular economy framework. This course challenges not only what, but how students think about sustainability. Students are encouraged to think in systems and material flows, while embracing a radical collaboration mindset. Along the way we visit different areas of opportunity that range from biomass management to industrial symbiosis; examine circularity in sectors as diverse as food, electronics, and plastics; outline the role of related disciplines such as biomimicry and permaculture; and discuss innovative business models where products are servitized, dematerialized, and completely redesigned to foster modularity, repairability, upgradeability, and cradle-to-cradle life cycles.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
ENVR E-158c
Toxics in Consumer Products
Kathleen Sellers MS, Technical Fellow, Environmental Resources Management
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26471 | Section 1
Description
Concerned about toxics in consumer products? This course demystifies underlying scientific concepts, including the science that drives outrage and brings concerns over toxics to the fore. We explore what it means for a chemical to be toxic and take a systems approach to understanding exposures to chemicals that can result in risks to human health and the environment. Case studies of headline issues and guest speakers from the industry make abstract concepts come alive. This course provides students with the tools to support effective action to make products more sustainable and to make better choices as a consumer.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-158e
Sustainable Fashion
Kelly A. Burton ALM, Chief Sustainability Officer, Material Exchange
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26051 | Section 1
Description
The global fashion and apparel industry has changed dramatically in the last 20 years to become an industry that today produces between six and ten percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. This course explores the historical, social, and environmental aspects of the global fashion industry and the current tools and methodologies available to improve it. It enables students to understand the connection between sustainable development and the apparel industry; think critically about both the common and less discussed aspects of the apparel industry, including consumption, durability, and sustainable design; appreciate the complexities of the economic impacts of externalities both positive and negative on the industry; and explore the social and environmental impacts and the tools available to monitor and measure positive impact.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 10:00am-12:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-158f
Regenerative Economics
Manuel Maqueda MS, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SUPER.ngo
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26427 | Section 1
Description
In this course we examine ways to accelerate the transition towards an economy that enriches, restores, and regenerates the Earth’s biosphere at scale while reversing climate change. Although regenerative economics is still an emergent field, this course focuses on praxis rather than on theory, seeking to equip participants with ideas and tools to solve real-world problems and to create innovative, regenerative economy initiatives in a variety of sectors. To this effect, we illustrate the topics with case studies and are joined by guest speakers who are leading practitioners in their domains. In this course, we visit different areas of regenerative opportunity that include regenerative agriculture and permaculture, agroforestry, and large-scale ecosystem restoration; as well as labriculture (in vitro food production) and bio-based materials and products (grown instead of made). In addition to the circular economics framework, we discuss the planetary boundary framework, and look at several large-scale human-Earth models, including National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA). Earth observation, the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain are discussed as technologies to foster, manage, and measure regeneration, both locally and at planetary scale. Other emerging technologies such as synthetic biology, nanotechnology, and geo-engineering are examined with a precautionary, biomimetic, and critical lens.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 75 students
ENVR E-161b
Global Land Conservation Practice
Frank Lowenstein MS, Senior Director, Make It Personal, Rare
Henry Tepper MA, Conservation Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16645 | Section 1
Description
Land conservation drives sustainable development and biodiversity conservation around the world. This applied course is one of only a very few courses in the academic world that focuses on the skills and intellectual frameworks necessary to effectively secure and manage protected areas. Today, more than 15 percent of the world’s terrestrial area and 10 percent of coastal waters are encompassed within protected areas. Their management is likely to strongly influence the future richness of global biodiversity, the economic future particularly of rural and indigenous communities, and the severity of future global climate change. The course covers the global origins and growth of land conservation tools and strategies and their relationship to other social movements such as the expansion of national independence movements, free trade, climate action, democratic and multilateral institutions, and the movements supporting women’s rights, indigenous and community rights, and environmental justice. Land conservation is examined in the context of global change, including changes in biogeochemical cycles, climate, land use and cover, population, education, and economic attainment. The course includes a detailed examination of the advantages and limitations of major tools of international land conservation, including direct government action (for example, national parks), private land conservation, and the growth of community-based conservation. We focus on the practical application of conservation tools and teach students the skills they need to operate as conservation practitioners around the world.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ENVR E-166
Water Resources Policy and Watershed Management
Scott Horsley MA, Lecturer, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14545 | Section 1
Description
This course presents a comprehensive approach to water resources management by integrating environmental science (geology, soils, and hydrology) and policy (planning and regulatory analysis). It is intended for both students with and without technical backgrounds. We use numerous case studies from the instructor’s experience as a consultant to the US Environmental Protection Agency, state and local governments, industry, and nongovernmental organizations. The course examines groundwater, lake, riverine, wetland, and coastal management issues at the local, state, tribal, regional, national, and international levels and relies heavily on practical case studies. We focus on an integrated water management approach that links drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater management seeking opportunities to keep water local and for re-use, balancing hydrologic budgets, and minimizing costs in the face of climate change. A broad range of water resource management strategies is examined including structural/nonstructural, regulatory/nonregulatory, and prevention/restoration approaches. Smart growth and low impact development techniques are presented as effective growth management and climate adaptation techniques. Incentive-based management strategies are presented to modify behaviors and to optimize public participation. Green infrastructure is presented as an innovative and alternative approach to conventional grey technologies and includes shellfish aquaculture, bioretention, reforestation of riparian buffers, ecotoilets, and wetlands restoration.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
ENVR E-166a
Wetland Science and Policy
Jennifer Cole PhD, Associate Professor of Liberal Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26421 | Section 1
Description
This course is intended for students interested in geological, hydrologic, biological, and social sciences with an specific focus on wetland environments and resources. In this course, students gain an interdisciplinary overview of physicochemical, biological, and cultural aspects of wetlands. We cover definitions, classification systems, origins, and natural processes of wetland environments. We discuss wetlands across the globe, including in boreal, temperate, and tropical climates. We investigate hydrology, soils, and vegetation and their relationship to ecosystem processes, societal values, and management. We examine human use, modification, exploitation, jurisdictional delineation, and management options, along with legal and political aspects of wetlands. This is a broad course, encompassing forestry, coastal management, energy, climate change, agriculture, history, and ecosystem succession, in addition to the areas listed above.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-172
Case Studies in Development Economics
Bruno S. Sergi PhD, Professor of International Economics, University of Messina and Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26194 | Section 1
Description
Sustainable development includes not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. This course explores the many dimensions of sustainability and their relationship to economic growth, and the use of national, multinational, and international political, legal, and economic mechanisms including environmental and trade law, and economic incentives to further sustainable development. The inter-relationship of global economic/financial changes, employment, and working conditions; the environment in the context of theories of development, trade, and employment; and the importance of networks and organizational learning are examined. Mechanisms for resolving the apparent conflicts between development, environment, and employment are explored.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-177
Managing Conservation Trade-Offs
Blake Simmons PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Colorado State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16854 | Section 1
Description
Faced with limited resources and complex environmental problems to solve, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers must make tough decisions. Environmental decision making in the twenty-first century requires thinking through multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult trade-offs. Too often, however, important decisions are made opportunistically or on an ad hoc basis, leading to suboptimal investments, poor implementation, and unintentional outcomes. This course prepares students to tackle contemporary environmental problems using structured decision making and systematic conservation planning to maximize impacts for people and nature. Students learn about trade-offs, moral dilemmas, and other complexities of conservation in social-ecological systems. Through practical labs, students gain a variety of quantitative and qualitative skills to inform, design, and prioritize effective and equitable conservation interventions. Labs include introductory-level data analysis in R and spatial analyses in QGIS.
Prerequisites: B or higher in ENVR E-101.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENVR E-178
Socio-ecological Systems Thinking to Support a Regenerative Future
Katherine von Stackelberg ScD, Research Scientist, Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25370 | Section 1
Description
This is a course on the economy in society and in the biosphere focused on supporting planetary health. Even as we recognize that human well-being depends on the natural environment, we are experiencing unprecedented environmental challenges largely as a consequence of unsustainable interactions with nature based on linear systems of extraction to waste rather than regeneration. We are increasingly putting our well-being at risk through the unintended environmental consequences of modern life. Industrialization and development at the expense of natural resources, energy- and pollution-intensive food production, and an economic system that fails to account for natural capital: these are just a few examples of how we are failing to work effectively within a socio-ecological system. In this course we explore the evidence for the ways in which the natural environment supports well-being, talk about the implications for sustainability (of what to whom), identify actionable strategies for sustainability that explicitly recognize the coupled human-natural system, and challenge conventional disciplinary norms by integrating social and natural sciences for more effective decision making. We explore themes related to the essentiality of biodiversity to ecosystem services, working with nature, biophilic design, biomimicry, permaculture and multifunctional agricultural landscapes, and collaborative decision making, and identify quantitative approaches for decision making based on systems thinking and dynamics.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-181
Sustainability Solutions for Small Businesses
Scott Curtis Stenger ALM, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26432 | Section 1
Description
This course communicates to students the knowledge they need to carry out sustainability actions in a small business. Background information on sustainability is used to provide business owners and employees with a clear understanding of climate change. The course then has a focus topic of the week; some examples are small business emissions, comparing the cost of operating sustainable small business vehicles, opportunities to save money and lower emissions with sustainable lighting, lowering costs and gaining revenue with effective recycling programs, government sustainability assistance for small business, renewable energy, sustainable office materials, and sustainable supply chains. This course differs from other courses by offering a topic of the week with practices and products a small business can adopt to make changes to become more sustainable during the semester. This course teaches practical and achievable lessons that can be implemented each week by a small business. Many in-class lessons are also applicable to make sustainability changes at small nonprofit organizations.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENVR E-182
Implementing an Environmental Stewardship Plan
Jenny Kehl PhD, Professor of Business, International and Political Economy, Concordia University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26440 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to offer an advanced understanding and practical application of environmental conservation for business, agency, and community partners. It is a practicum in natural resource management and environmental consultancy. The course includes policy analyses, data analyses, evaluation of natural resource consumption and supply chains, climate change risk assessment and mitigation, and innovation in stewardship and sustainability. It focuses on resource management practices that are environmentally sustainable, economically transformative, socially equitable, and stakeholder inclusive. The final product is an actual environmental stewardship plan for a business, agency, or community partner.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
ENVR E-185
The Food System: Environment, Health, and Ethics
Sparsha Saha PhD, Lecturer on Government and Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26438 | Section 1
Description
The course has three units. In the first, students learn about the environmental, health, and ethical costs of animal agriculture (with a global focus though the United States is highlighted). Topics include: animal agriculture’s impact on climate change, as well as other less well known planetary boundaries like biodiversity loss, nitrogen/phosphorus cycles, water use, and land use; animal agriculture’s impact on health, including both communicable and non-communicable diseases; animal agriculture’s ethical costs, with a focus on marginalized black and brown populations who disproportionately bear these costs. In the second unit, we turn our attention to the lack of attention on these costs in policy, with a focus on the United States. Here, the topics include: subsidies (highlighting the lack of public investment in alternative proteins, in contrast to the approach taken by other countries like Singapore, Israel, and China); regulation (explaining how factory farms are virtually unregulated due to exemptions and lack of willingness in the US); legislation or proposed legislation (including the Green New Deal, the Biden Plan, and the Paris Agreement). In the third unit, we showcase the vast array of actors who are part of the food systems shift. The course aims to show students that they have opportunities to be part of the change by connecting them with other actors in the space including policymakers and staff, industry leaders in the plant-based sector, health professionals, academics, and advocates and activists.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-187
Renewable Energy Mini-Grids for Rural Community Development
Scott Kennedy PhD, Chief Executive Officer, ClearSky Power and Co-Executive Director, Energy Action Partners
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26441 | Section 1
Description
Renewable energy mini-grids are a key technology for extending electricity access to over 500 million people worldwide. Yet, for such a critical infrastructure, the mini-grid sector is far from standardized and faces several challenges. This course takes a deep dive into the rapidly evolving technologies, business models, policies, and project development approaches that are driving innovation in rural electricity access. Students learn the context of energy poverty, how limited energy access underlies numerous development challenges, and the various current approaches for rural electrification. The course then focuses specifically on renewable energy mini-grids, introducing the technology stack generation, power conversion, energy storage, distribution, and metering their different architectures and business models for service delivery. Students learn specific tools and methods for the mini-grid project development process, including feasibility studies, demand estimation, risk assessment, and project financing. Students also learn participatory planning and community engagement techniques that align project design with community expectations and increase community agency. The course draws on case studies and contributions from active practitioners, particularly from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Students completing this course come away with a deep understanding of mini-grid technology, the opportunities and challenges around rural energy access, and the latest tools and methods for mini-grid project development.
Prerequisites: High school math and science. ENVR E-102 recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ENVR E-190
Urban Agriculture
Zachary Bostwick Nowak PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25667 | Section 1
Description
In this intensive January session course, we ask: what do gardens in cities do for people? Urban agriculture is a catch-all term that covers community gardens, vegetable plots at prisons, didactically-minded gardens in schoolyards, gardens planted illegally on vacant lots, high-tech hydroponic companies, and farmers’ markets. Students develop knowledge about how these spaces differ across variables like legality, goals, and actors. Students in this course learn about how growing food in Global North cities has a long past. We debate whether urban agriculture is an excellent way for city dwellers to reduce hunger and assert their control over urban space, or whether it’s just another subtle manifestation of neoliberalism. A core goal of this course, above and beyond the content, is to develop research skills in multiple disciplines that will be useful for other courses.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ENVR E-210
Critical Analysis of Environmental Systems
Mark Leighton PhD, Associate Director and Senior Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13757 | Section 1
Description
Understanding the dynamics of complex ecological and environmental systems and designing policies to promote their sustainability is a formidable challenge. Both the practitioner and policymaker must be able to evaluate scientific research, recognizing fundamental pitfalls in research design and data interpretation. Moreover, most important environmental problems involve interactions among variables as dynamic systems, so forecasting the impacts of potential environmental changes or policy interventions is critical. To develop these skills, students conduct practical exercises illustrating a range of modeling techniques, including statistical analysis of ecological and environmental data, and system dynamics modeling. Computer simulation modeling ranges across diverse issues in sustainability science, such as climate change, human population dynamics, population viability analysis of endangered species, and economic appraisal of projects that have an impact on natural resources. The course also focuses on developing skills in scientific writing, critiquing primary research literature, and communicating about environmental science. Quantitative techniques are taught at an introductory level; some data analysis and simulation modeling is conducted using Excel spreadsheets.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b or EXPO E-42c are highly recommended. Experience manipulating data and algebraic equations on spreadsheets is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
ENVR E-210
Critical Analysis of Environmental Systems
Mark Leighton PhD, Associate Director and Senior Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23614 | Section 1
Description
Understanding the dynamics of complex ecological and environmental systems and designing policies to promote their sustainability is a formidable challenge. Both the practitioner and policymaker must be able to evaluate scientific research, recognizing fundamental pitfalls in research design and data interpretation. Moreover, most important environmental problems involve interactions among variables as dynamic systems, so forecasting the impacts of potential environmental changes or policy interventions is critical. To develop these skills, students conduct practical exercises illustrating a range of modeling techniques, including statistical analysis of ecological and environmental data, and system dynamics modeling. Computer simulation modeling ranges across diverse issues in sustainability science, such as climate change, human population dynamics, population viability analysis of endangered species, and economic appraisal of projects that have an impact on natural resources. The course also focuses on developing skills in scientific writing, critiquing primary research literature, and communicating about environmental science. Quantitative techniques are taught at an introductory level; some data analysis and simulation modeling is conducted using Excel spreadsheets.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b or EXPO E-42c are highly recommended. Experience manipulating data and algebraic equations on spreadsheets is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
ENVR E-496
Crafting the Thesis Proposal in Sustainability
Mark Leighton PhD, Associate Director and Senior Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25105 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course helps students develop critical thinking, scholarly writing skills, and research abilities while developing their individual thesis proposals. Class meetings feature lectures and discussions on different scientific approaches, group discussions, and intensive, constructive discussion of proposed student thesis research projects and proposals, from definition of research goals and hypotheses through research design and expected data analysis and presentation. Students are encouraged to contact their research advisor well before prework is due to discuss possible thesis topics and should not register for this course unless they are ready to engage in the entire thesis process. They should consider if this is the right time to start independent research, as the goal of the course is to move from crafting the thesis proposal to thesis registration with no extended breaks. Students should begin the thesis project during the next semester.
Prerequisites: Registration is restricted to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, who have received prework approval. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Students must have completed eight courses toward the degree and fulfilled their research methods requirement. All students must be in good academic standing. Students submit their prework by October 1 to thesis_prework@extension.harvard.edu. See prework guidelines for details.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 3:00pm-6:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details. International Students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
ENVR E-599
Independent Research Capstone
Richard Wetzler PhD, Research Advisor, Sustainability, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14598 | Section 1
Description
This course offers students the overview, direction, and support for completing an individual capstone project, creatively engaging their professional and personal interests. It catalyzes the thinking, designing, implementing, and dissemination essential to successful research. Participants are guided in the processes of heuristic question formulation, hypothesis testing, data collection and analysis, writing, and oral presentation through four approaches. Starting with their preliminary proposals and needs assessments, students meet individually with the instructor during the term, ensuring research is on track and benefitting from available literature, experts, and other resources. Lectures and discussions explore challenges and opportunities in project scoping, boundary delineation, stakeholder inclusion, impact assessment, and sampling design; logical consistency, lateral thinking, case study analysis; prototyping, benchmarking, and bet hedging; effective writing, editing, graphic presentation, and information search; and public presentation and network-building. In recurring workshops, participants present their work-in-progress for constructive input from the class. At semester’s end, the professional community is invited to an online symposium anchored by students’ research presentations. A web-archive of resulting video-recorded and written capstones serves sustainability professionals globally. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Independent Research Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, ENVR S-598, in the previous Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, September 17, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Sunday, September 18, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students in this section and section 2 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 16 students
ENVR E-599
Independent Research Capstone
Michaela J. Thompson PhD, Lecturer in Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26345 | Section 1
Description
This course offers students the overview, direction, and support for completing an individual capstone project, creatively engaging their professional and personal interests. Lectures and discussions explore challenges and opportunities in project scoping, boundary delineation, stakeholder inclusion, impact assessment, and sampling design; logical consistency, lateral thinking, and case study analysis; prototyping, benchmarking, and bet hedging; effective writing, editing, graphic presentation, and information search; and public presentation and network building. Students are asked to prepare a poster of their work to present to the wider graduate community at the end of the semester. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Independent Research Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, ENVR E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, February 19, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ENVR E-599a
Consulting for Sustainability Solutions Capstone
William O’Brien MBA, JD, Professor of Practice, School of Management, Clark University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14533 | Section 1
Description
This course is a capstone for students earning a Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability degree. Course deliverables include a detailed actionable/measurable sustainability action plan (SAP) as well as a presentation to be given to the class and to client stakeholders. Appropriate clients may include communities, corporations, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), governmental agencies, schools, universities, and hospitals. Students work with a client to develop and deliver a customized SAP focused on reduction of operating costs, minimization of the environmental footprint, brand differentiation and improvement of environmental sustainability practices. Class time is devoted to addressing client requirements and developing actionable solutions. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Consulting with Clients for Sustainability Solutions Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, consulting track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, ENVR S-598a, in the previous Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, September 9, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, September 10, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, September 11, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
This course includes required online presentations on Saturday, December 3, 9 am-5 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 12 students
ENVR E-599a
Consulting for Sustainability Solutions Capstone
William O’Brien MBA, JD, Professor of Practice, School of Management, Clark University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26337 | Section 1
Description
This course is a capstone for students earning a Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability degree. Course deliverables include a detailed actionable/measurable sustainability action plan (SAP) as well as a presentation to be given to the class and to client stakeholders. Appropriate clients may include communities, corporations, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), governmental agencies, schools, universities, and hospitals. Students work with a client to develop and deliver a customized SAP focused on reduction of operating costs, minimization of the environmental footprint, brand differentiation and improvement of environmental sustainability practices. Class time is devoted to addressing client requirements and developing actionable solutions. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Consulting with Clients for Sustainability Solutions Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, consulting track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, ENVR E-598a, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, February 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, February 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, February 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
This course includes required online presentations on Saturday, April 29, 9 am-5 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 10 students
ENVR E-599a
Consulting for Sustainability Solutions Capstone
Neil Hawkins ScD, President, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26497 | Section 2
Description
This course is a capstone for students earning a Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability degree. Course deliverables include a detailed actionable/measurable sustainability action plan (SAP) as well as a presentation to be given to the class and to client stakeholders. Appropriate clients may include communities, corporations, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), governmental agencies, schools, universities, and hospitals. Students work with a client to develop and deliver a customized SAP focused on reduction of operating costs, minimization of the environmental footprint, brand differentiation and improvement of environmental sustainability practices. Class time is devoted to addressing client requirements and developing actionable solutions. Listings of prior projects may be viewed at the Consulting with Clients for Sustainability Solutions Capstone website.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, sustainability, consulting track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, ENVR E-598a, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, February 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 205
Saturday, February 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Sunday, February 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
This course includes required online presentations on Saturday, April 29, 9 am-5 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 10 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Janet Sylvester PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15549 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Laura Healy MA, Editor and Literary Translator
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16733 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Steven Wandler PhD, Director of Writing and Professional Communication, St. Catherine University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14356 | Section 3
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Randy S. Rosenthal MTS, Editor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15916 | Section 4
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Judith A. Murciano MA, Associate Director and Director of Fellowships, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15120 | Section 5
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Paul A. Thur MA, Director of the Writing Center, College of General Studies, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13498 | Section 6
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Matthew Davis PhD, Associate Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15944 | Section 7
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Randy S. Rosenthal MTS, Editor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16889 | Section 8
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23882 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Allyson K. Boggess MFA, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23434 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Laura Healy MA, Editor and Literary Translator
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26086 | Section 3
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Steven Wandler PhD, Director of Writing and Professional Communication, St. Catherine University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23715 | Section 4
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Matthew Davis PhD, Associate Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25251 | Section 5
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Anthony B. Cashman III PhD, Director of the Office of Distinguished Fellowships and Graduate Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26491 | Section 6
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Heidi Hendricks ALM, Coordinator, Harvard Library Preservation Services, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24941 | Section 7
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-15
Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Kristen Starkowski PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26535 | Section 8
Description
This course is designed for students seeking preparation for EXPO E-25 and for others wanting to review such basics of academic argument as thesis, evidence, and structure. Short writing assignments help students develop the skills essential for producing well-reasoned and substantiated academic essays. Students also learn strategies for reading and analyzing difficult texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Margaret Rennix PhD, Academic Coach, Academic Resource Center, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16132 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Sarah Ahrens PhD, Freelance Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15935 | Section 2
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Greta Pane PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16152 | Section 3
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Emilie J. Raymer PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15124 | Section 4
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Lisa A. Gulesserian PhD, Preceptor on Armenian Language and Culture, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16142 | Section 5
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Ian Shank MFA, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16038 | Section 6
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sever Hall 111
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Geraldine A. Grimm PhD, Lecturer on German, Harvard Divinity School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14620 | Section 7
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Sheza Alqera MTS, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16890 | Section 8
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 10:00am-12:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Christopher Robert Walsh PhD, Associate Professor of English, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24338 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. The last day to take the test of critical reading and writing skills for this section is December 1. Students registered in the alternate expository writing course in the fall term may not register for this section.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Margaret Rennix PhD, Academic Coach, Academic Resource Center, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25398 | Section 2
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Jerusha Achterberg MPH
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25778 | Section 3
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Sarah Ahrens PhD, Freelance Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24751 | Section 4
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Janet Sylvester PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24515 | Section 5
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Joan Feinberg MA, Editor
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25386 | Section 6
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Jerusha Achterberg MPH
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25403 | Section 7
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-25
Academic Writing and Critical Reading
Paul A. Thur MA, Director of the Writing Center, College of General Studies, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22801 | Section 8
Description
This course introduces students to the demands and conventions of academic reading and writing. It focuses on analyzing texts, building effective arguments, and using evidence and secondary source material. Instruction on the stages of the writing process, from prewriting exercises through rough drafts and revisions, forms a key part of the curriculum. Students applying to the undergraduate program at the Extension School must complete this course, but it is open to any student interested in gaining an understanding of academic writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Franklin J Schwarzer JD, Attorney, Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15544 | Section 1
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Lori Friedman JD, Assistant Vice President of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Simmons University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14577 | Section 2
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Jennifer Ann Doody ALM
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14087 | Section 3
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Joan Feinberg MA, Editor
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15546 | Section 4
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Virginia Maurer MA, Senior Associate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15784 | Section 5
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Franklin J Schwarzer JD, Attorney, Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25402 | Section 1
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Randy S. Rosenthal MTS, Editor
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25570 | Section 2
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Judith A. Murciano MA, Associate Director and Director of Fellowships, Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25089 | Section 3
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Jennifer Ann Doody ALM
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25682 | Section 4
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Franklin J Schwarzer JD, Attorney, Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26533 | Section 5
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-34
Business Rhetoric
Elliott Turley PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26534 | Section 6
Description
This course helps business professionals improve their writing so that they are better equipped to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Students practice some of the essential forms of business writing, including e-mail messages, cover letters, memoranda, proposals, and presentations. Through frequent writing assignments of various kinds and regular feedback from the instructor and from peer reviewers, students learn to construct clear and precise sentences, develop coherent paragraphs, organize documents effectively, and use sources responsibly.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-42a
Writing in the Humanities
Christopher Robert Walsh PhD, Associate Professor of English, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15143 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the humanities. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at the Harvard Extension School or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the work of reading, writing about, and conducting research on literary texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42a
Writing in the Humanities
Kristen Starkowski PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16888 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the humanities. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at the Harvard Extension School or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the work of reading, writing about, and conducting research on literary texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42a
Writing in the Humanities
Patricia M. Bellanca PhD, Head Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25736 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the humanities. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at the Harvard Extension School or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the work of reading, writing about, and conducting research on literary texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 12:00pm-3:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42a
Writing in the Humanities
Jeffrey Robert Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25910 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the humanities. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at the Harvard Extension School or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the work of reading, writing about, and conducting research on literary texts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Janling Fu AM
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15782 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Briana J. Smith PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16526 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Evander Lewis Price PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Religion and the Human, Indiana University, Bloomington
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15918 | Section 3
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Thomas A. Underwood PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16884 | Section 4
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Erin Danielle Routon PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16887 | Section 5
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Janling Fu AM
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24826 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Thomas A. Underwood PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26109 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Erin Danielle Routon PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26084 | Section 3
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42b
Writing in the Social Sciences
Briana J. Smith PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26532 | Section 4
Description
This course is designed for students who wish to build upon the skills developed in EXPO E-25 in order to produce more advanced research and writing in the social sciences. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere. Students are introduced to the various social science disciplines and their approaches, while also learning how to become critical consumers of social science research. Students develop their own independent research project in the social science field of their choosing. This project lasts the entire semester and involves developing a viable research question; learning how to find, analyze, and interpret resources appropriately; and, finally, developing and refining an original argument in a final paper.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42c
Writing in the Sciences
Thomas Akbari MA, Lecturer in English, Northeastern University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16865 | Section 1
Description
This course provides instruction in writing for students considering careers or advanced study in the natural, computational, or applied sciences. Through critical reading of key examples of the genres of scientific literature, students study how scientific texts address an audience, make claims, invoke prior claims, deploy key terms, and engage quantitative and visual evidence. The course’s workshop approach fosters skills in revision, peer review, and research into the scientific literature. The course offers writing strategies for successful communication in the field, including concise sentences, coherent paragraphs, and well-ordered documents. Projects include an academic research paper on a topic of a student’s choice in a form common to most scientific disciplines. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42c
Writing in the Sciences
Thomas Akbari MA, Lecturer in English, Northeastern University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14538 | Section 2
Description
This course provides instruction in writing for students considering careers or advanced study in the natural, computational, or applied sciences. Through critical reading of key examples of the genres of scientific literature, students study how scientific texts address an audience, make claims, invoke prior claims, deploy key terms, and engage quantitative and visual evidence. The course’s workshop approach fosters skills in revision, peer review, and research into the scientific literature. The course offers writing strategies for successful communication in the field, including concise sentences, coherent paragraphs, and well-ordered documents. Projects include an academic research paper on a topic of a student’s choice in a form common to most scientific disciplines. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42c
Writing in the Sciences
Thomas Akbari MA, Lecturer in English, Northeastern University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26488 | Section 1
Description
This course provides instruction in writing for students considering careers or advanced study in the natural, computational, or applied sciences. Through critical reading of key examples of the genres of scientific literature, students study how scientific texts address an audience, make claims, invoke prior claims, deploy key terms, and engage quantitative and visual evidence. The course’s workshop approach fosters skills in revision, peer review, and research into the scientific literature. The course offers writing strategies for successful communication in the field, including concise sentences, coherent paragraphs, and well-ordered documents. Projects include an academic research paper on a topic of a student’s choice in a form common to most scientific disciplines. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-42c
Writing in the Sciences
Thomas Akbari MA, Lecturer in English, Northeastern University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24821 | Section 2
Description
This course provides instruction in writing for students considering careers or advanced study in the natural, computational, or applied sciences. Through critical reading of key examples of the genres of scientific literature, students study how scientific texts address an audience, make claims, invoke prior claims, deploy key terms, and engage quantitative and visual evidence. The course’s workshop approach fosters skills in revision, peer review, and research into the scientific literature. The course offers writing strategies for successful communication in the field, including concise sentences, coherent paragraphs, and well-ordered documents. Projects include an academic research paper on a topic of a student’s choice in a form common to most scientific disciplines. The course is also appropriate for students who wish to review their research and writing skills before embarking on a proseminar at Extension or graduate study elsewhere.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-49
Introduction to Strategic Communication and Public Relations
Terry Gipson MFA, Preceptor in Public Speaking, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26518 | Section 1
Description
This course is a theoretical and practical introduction to the role of strategic communication and public relations in corporate, nonprofit, and political spheres. It includes analysis and practical application of the skills involved in building strategic communication relationships with various publics and core audiences.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
EXPO E-5
Fundamentals of Grammar
Jeffrey Robert Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13175 | Section 1
Description
This course is a review of the elements of grammar. We examine sentence structure, correct verb forms, case of pronouns, agreement, punctuation, and restrictive and nonrestrictive (that/which) clauses. Along the way, we learn something of the power and the pleasure of controlling grammar to make our words work for us exactly as we want them to. Short readings illustrate the basic elements and the beauties of grammar and style. Short writing assignments offer students opportunities to practice the lessons of the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-5
Fundamentals of Grammar
Jerusha Achterberg MPH
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16886 | Section 2
Description
This course is a review of the elements of grammar. We examine sentence structure, correct verb forms, case of pronouns, agreement, punctuation, and restrictive and nonrestrictive (that/which) clauses. Along the way, we learn something of the power and the pleasure of controlling grammar to make our words work for us exactly as we want them to. Short readings illustrate the basic elements and the beauties of grammar and style. Short writing assignments offer students opportunities to practice the lessons of the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-5
Fundamentals of Grammar
Virginia Maurer MA, Senior Associate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24511 | Section 1
Description
This course is a review of the elements of grammar. We examine sentence structure, correct verb forms, case of pronouns, agreement, punctuation, and restrictive and nonrestrictive (that/which) clauses. Along the way, we learn something of the power and the pleasure of controlling grammar to make our words work for us exactly as we want them to. Short readings illustrate the basic elements and the beauties of grammar and style. Short writing assignments offer students opportunities to practice the lessons of the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
EXPO E-90
Principles of Legal Writing
Franklin J Schwarzer JD, Attorney, Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15801 | Section 1
Description
No matter who you are, or what your background is, you will one day have to encounter legal writing. This course is designed for students interested in law school and those interested in improving their technical and analytical writing skills. Students are expected to draft and edit a variety of legal writings through exposure to litigation pleadings, transactional documents, and journalistic and academic articles regarding legal issues. The goal of the course is to teach students how to read, analyze, and write effectively about the law. Students also learn how to brief a case, how to read a statute, the basics of legal citation, and major schools of legal reasoning and analysis. There are many different kinds of legal writing. Any given day, an attorney may need to draft a complaint to initiate a lawsuit, an indemnity provision in a lease, an opinion letter to advise a client of the legal risks inherent in a particular course of action, or an appellate brief arguing why a judge should agree with a contested interpretation of the law. Each of these tasks requires writing that is clear, concise, and convincing. Each also requires slightly different approaches to writing. Ultimately though, whatever the task, good legal writing should never be legalese.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
FREN E-1
Intensive Elementary French I
Kimberlee Anne Campbell PhD, Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16457 | Section 1
Description
Students learn basic French grammar, vocabulary, and conversational skills. This course features one-to-one conversations with the instructor, and small-group discussions with other students. Assessment is by portfolio and conversations with the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required half-hour conversation sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
FREN E-1a
Elementary French I
Anne Taieb MA, Senior Lecturer in French, Tufts University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15360 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to French with an emphasis on communication though various interactive activities and role-playing. Students practice all four activities (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). At the end of the semester, students are able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions, to introduce themselves and others, and to ask and answer questions about their daily activities.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
FREN E-1b
Elementary French I
Anne Taieb MA, Senior Lecturer in French, Tufts University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25004 | Section 1
Description
This course develops the basic communicative skills of listening, reading, and writing with an emphasis on speaking the language. Students improve their conversational French though various interactive activities. They are introduced to French and Francophone culture.
Prerequisites: FREN E-1a, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
FREN E-2
Intensive Elementary French II
Kimberlee Anne Campbell PhD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26022 | Section 1
Description
Students continue to develop their communication skills, building on the materials from FREN E-1. This course features one-to-one conversations with the instructor, and small-group discussions with other students. Assessment is by portfolio and conversations with the instructor.
Prerequisites: FREN E-1b or FREN E-1.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GERM E-1
Intensive Elementary German I
Ruth Sondermann MBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 11066 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive elementary German language class in which we focus on acquiring the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Materials such as videos, current material from newspapers, poems, music, and excerpts from children’s books supplement the E-text book.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Wednesdays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Boylston Hall 105
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GERM E-2
Intensive Elementary German II
Ruth Sondermann MBA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20126 | Section 1
Description
This course is a continuation of GERM E-1. Students continue developing their communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Class work moves from guided exercises that cultivate the student’s ability to apply correct grammar and syntax to more creative and independent uses of the German language. The course makes extensive use of technology (computer programs, the internet, e-mail, videos) to promote and enhance students’ comprehension of the German language, its speakers, and its culture.
Prerequisites: GERM E-1 or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Wednesdays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Boylston Hall 103
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GOVT E-1008
Global Ethnic Politics
Gloria Ayee PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25700 | Section 1
Description
This seminar provides a comparative, global analysis of race and ethnicity, and is designed to help students understand the history, dynamics, and salience of ethnic inequality and political cleavage. Issues under consideration include definitions of race and ethnicity, colonization, nationhood, the politics and political history of indigenous peoples, the history and persistence of white supremacy, multiculturalism, legacies of slavery, ethnic political mobilization, panethnicity, diasporas and transnationalism, migration, ethnic cleansing and genocide, contemporary racial stratification, causes of ethnic conflict and violence, and responses to ethnic conflict.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1020
Res Publica: A History of Representative Government
Daniel Carpenter PhD, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26371 | Section 1
Description
“A republic, if you can keep it.” So did Benjamin Franklin characterize his hopes for American government. What did Franklin and others mean by republic, and why did he and so many others worry that it might be something hard to hold onto? This course provides the theoretical basis and historical evolution of republics so that students can understand the American system of a democratic republic, now spread widely around the planet even as it is considered under threat. Students read Alexander Hamilton alongside Thomas Jefferson, Niccolo Machiavelli alongside Baron de Montesquieu, and Angelina Grimk alongside Frederick Douglass. We consider systems of governance in Republican Rome, medieval Europe, early modern England and France, Native American nations, and the United States. The thinkers and founders we read thought long and hard about what freedom is, how to balance executive and legislative power, and why republics and democracies can be unstable. As a democratic republic, the United States places great faith in the capacity of voters to choose their rulers, who in turn make most of our policies. Is this faith misplaced? What is the role for virtue in a republic, and what is virtue? How does inequality undermine republican stability, and what might be done about it?
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1032. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
GOVT E-1035
Money, Markets, and Morals
Michael J. Sandel PhD, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25941 | Section 1
Description
What should be the role of money and markets in our society? Are there some things that money should not be able to buy? Should people be permitted to buy sex, votes, babies, citizenship, or college admission? What about buying and selling the right to pollute, procreate, immigrate, discriminate, or to hunt endangered species? Should we use markets to govern health care, education, privacy, or criminal law? The course considers what moral limits, if any, the law should impose on market exchanges. Drawing upon classical philosophical works and contemporary moral and political controversies, we attempt to determine what goods and social practices should not be up for sale.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the video series for the Institute of New Economic Thinking.
GOVT E-1037
Pandemic Ethics
Sergio Imparato PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16358 | Section 1
Description
This course investigates the ethical dilemmas that arise during global pandemics. Is it morally legitimate to stockpile essential protective material (such as masks and gloves) in times of shortage? If faced with a shortage of beds, how should hospitals prioritize patients in need of medical care? Should hospitals publicly share medical information regarding their sick patients? Should technology and communication companies conduct extensive surveillance to reduce contagion? In a pandemic, should social isolation be voluntary or mandated by the government? We explore these questions through an intensive set of moral debates on the social, political, economic, and technological dimensions of a global healthcare crisis.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
GOVT E-1045
Justice
Michael J. Sandel PhD, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16357 | Section 1
Description
This course explores critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, and dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. The course invites learners to subject their own views on these controversies to critical examination. The principal readings for the course are texts by Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls. Other assigned readings include writings by contemporary philosophers, court cases, and articles about political controversies that raise philosophical questions.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the HarvardX course.
GOVT E-1048
Human Rights and International Politics
Mathias Risse PhD, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy, Harvard Kennedy School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23673 | Section 1
Description
This seminar is an introduction to human rights and the role they have come to play in international politics. The goal is to provide basic human rights literacy and to put students in a position to debate questions about human rights and dilemmas that arise about them.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1054
Transitional Justice and the Politics of Truth Commissions
Gloria Ayee PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16146 | Section 1
Description
Scholars, policymakers, and political leaders have long debated appropriate responses to severe human rights violations that occur during periods of civil conflict, war, and genocide. This seminar introduces students to interdisciplinary studies in transitional justice and post-conflict reconciliation by focusing on the work of truth and reconciliation commissions. Students examine key concepts and theoretical perspectives that are central to the field of transitional justice. Drawing on cases such as South Africa, Chile, Peru, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Panama, and Canada, the course critically examines how truth commissions are used to provide accountability for human rights abuses carried out by the state.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1058
Ignorance, Lies, Hogwash, and Humbug
Christopher Robichaud PhD, Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26358 | Section 1
Description
Is truth dead? Time magazine posed this question in bold red print on its April 3, 2017 cover. It is a surprising concern, given that information of every sort imaginable is merely a tap away on our phones, access to educational resources is robust for both traditional students and online learners, and direct interaction with public figures is more unencumbered than ever before with the help of social networks. Yet we nevertheless find that “alternative facts” regularly compete on equal footing with actual facts, fake news beats out mainstream news, and expert knowledge is sidelined for gut hunches and whatever feels correct. Such is the so-called post-truth age. Can our democracy survive it? Contrary to what many may think, it is not obvious that it can. Perhaps even more surprising, if it can survive, it may only be by way of the much-maligned practice of politics. In this course, we interrogate the post-truth age, primarily within the American context, through an interdisciplinary engagement with epistemology, political philosophy, media studies, and the behavioral and social sciences.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science course Gen Ed 1023. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting January 24 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
GOVT E-1071
Politics of Religion in Liberal Democracies
George Soroka PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16314 | Section 1
Description
The secularization thesis argues that as societies modernize religion becomes a less important facet of life. However, the evidence for a decline in religion’s contemporary political salience is extremely equivocal. Indeed, multiple indicators suggest religious belief and belonging are currently experiencing a political resurgence across the globe, and even among the developed countries of the world partisan fault lines often appear to be drawn along religious dimensions. Why might this be the case today, when by the middle of the twentieth century many social scientists were convinced that the influence of faith over the public square would fade into obscurity and irrelevance? This course begins by examining the broad contours of the role religion has played in shaping political processes and how they have changed (or not) in recent decades, then applies these insights to analyze religion’s present-day influence on political realities in the United States (frequently considered exceptional in its religiosity) and Europe (widely held to be a secularized continent). Our purpose in doing so is to assess the degree to which religion affects public life in comparative context. The course concludes by considering what the implications are for democratic governance when religion stakes an overtly political claim. Students are provided with the tools to think critically about religion’s role in politics and the tensions accompanying it in liberal, pluralistic societies.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1072
Bridges to JustPeace
Diane L. Moore PhD, Lecturer on Religion, Conflict, and Peace, Founding Director of Religion and Public Life, Harvard Divinity School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16631 | Section 1
Description
Contrary to popular assumption, many US citizens who find themselves on opposite sides of current political and ideological debates have more in common than is readily apparent. In this course we pursue three main objectives: to uncover and examine the sources of the growing economic disparities and extreme social fragmentation that events over the past several years have revealed; to inspire empathy for the perceived other through narrative, literature, and the arts; and to construct strategies for creative coalition building based in a just peace framework in local and national contexts. Our explorations focus on case studies that include climate change, white poverty, and Black Lives Matter. Other case study options may be included. Though the course focuses on the United States, we examine parallels in other parts of the globe. Final projects involve planning a coalition building action or activity. Students may not take both GOVT E-597a and GOVT E-1072 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GOVT E-1111
Political Corruption
Jeeyang Rhee Baum PhD, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15794 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comparative analysis of political corruption in rich and poor countries around the world. Why do countries vary in the extent of corruption they experience and with what consequences? This course explores this question using empirical data, as well as related issues. For example, how and why do public officials abuse the public trust and engage in illegal actions while in office? Why is corruption so prevalent in poor countries? Does political corruption decline with economic development? What do politicians gain from political corruption? Under what conditions do countries adopt anti-corruption strategies and how effective have they been? We examine case studies including Afghanistan, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, South Korea, and the US.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
GOVT E-1113
Democracy’s Century: Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective
George Soroka PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26387 | Section 1
Description
This course addresses the question of tough transitions. Democracy has come to many different lands in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, but its record of success once there has been remarkably variable. Consequently, we ask two interrelated questions, drawing upon both theoretical literature and case studies: what conditions are propitious or deleterious for democratic consolidation? And, in the latter instance, are there ways of overcoming less than ideal starting points? Posing these questions requires distinguishing between the process of democratization and the outcome of a stable, well-functioning democratic regime. In doing so, we examine problematic cases, historic and contemporary, where democracy has survived and thrived despite the initial odds (India, Germany). We also look at democratic reversals, where hopes of competitive elections and representative governance have been thwarted (Russia). The point of doing so is to have students think critically about democratic theory and regime change in order to assess events such as the Arab Spring and evaluate what factors are unfavorable to democracy (and why), as well as whether these might be overcome through institutional design or other means.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1116
Populism and the Erosion of Democracy
Jeeyang Rhee Baum PhD, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26171 | Section 1
Description
What is populism and how much of a threat is it to democracy? The recent rise of authoritarian-populism, across both long-established and developing democracies, has posed new challenges for good governance. This course explores the conditions for the rise of populism, evaluates how much of a threat it poses for democracy, and examines the different forms it takes. Topics include the role of economic grievances, immigration trends, civic culture, electoral rules, and party competition. We examine these topics through a range of comparative country cases including the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Hungary, Turkey, the Philippines, and India.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
GOVT E-1135
Democracy: Breakthroughs and Breakdowns
Daniel Ziblatt PhD, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16788 | Section 1
Description
What gives rise to democracy? What leads it to die? This course has a broad comparative and global sweep, seeking to answer these questions by analyzing the development of democracy in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. The course introduces students to competing conceptions of democracy, competing theories of when democracy is created and barriers to democratic survival, and analyzes major episodes of democratic breakthrough and breakdown ranging from the fall of the Berlin wall to the rise of Nazism and the collapse of democracy in cold war Latin America.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the spring 2022 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Government 1130.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1204
Capitalism, Democracy, and War in Central and Eastern Europe in Historical Perspective
Grzegorz Ekiert PhD, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26526 | Section 1
Description
The last one hundred years of east central European history represents a fascinating case for students of comparative politics interested in political transitions and regime changes, as well as social and economic transformations and their political consequences. During this period new states emerged, disappeared, and re-emerged in the region. Democratic, fascist, and communist regimes were established and dismantled. Economic systems were destroyed and rebuilt. Countries experienced wars, foreign invasions, revolutions and civil wars, state- and nation-building processes, economic and political crises, rapid social and cultural transformations, and modernization. This course examines critical periods in central and east European history and politics: the emergence and experiences of newly restored independent states in the aftermath of the First World War, the devastations of the Second World War and subsequent imposition of communist regimes, their evolution and their rapid and largely unanticipated collapse in 1989, subsequent transitions to democracy and a market economy, the accession to the European Union (EU) and the recent slowdown in economic reforms, democratic backsliding, the largely unexpected authoritarian turn in some of the new EU member states and Russian invasion of Ukraine. The course is designed to provide a general introduction to central and east European politics; survey existing interpretations of social, political and economic developments in the region; and examine these developments within the framework of the contemporary literature in comparative politics.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Government 1203. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
GOVT E-1313
Race, Film, and American Politics
Gloria Ayee PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25677 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the multifaceted ways in which racial and ethnic identity has been represented in American film. Drawing on political science, sociology, anthropology, and film and media studies, we assess the ways in which the mainstream media in the United States focusing primarily on the Hollywood film industry has portrayed different population groups and shaped our understanding of what it means to be American. The course addresses issues of social stratification and considers the intersection of identity and politics by analyzing historical shifts in cinematic representation in the United States.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GOVT E-1342
American In(Justice): Problems and Possibilities in the American Legal System
Jennifer A. Halen PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26484 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces problems (and proposed solutions) within the American criminal justice system. The focus is primarily on American policing, jails and prisons, criminal legal policy, and the court system. We begin by unpacking the historical roots and modern day manifestations of racial and socioeconomic disparities within the legal system. We use this information to critically examine the sociopolitical reverberations and repercussions caused by these disparities and institutional harms. Subsequently, we critically discuss a range of proposed solutions ranging from mandating police body cameras to fundamentally recreating systems of safety and accountability. Throughout the course, we discuss the policy process and the social and political dynamics that enable or impede institutional change.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
GOVT E-1355
American Elections and Party Power
Daniel Epstein PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16841 | Section 1
Description
National elections have enormous consequences. Political parties are the institutional actors that contest and win almost every state and federal election. The present and past development of the US party system and how the parties have contested elections is the focus of this course, especially the parties changing ideologies, personalities, and geographic variation over time, up through and including the midterm elections of 2022. Students learn about theoretical views of political parties, the electoral rules that produce party incentives and structures, and key moments in the development of the US political party system. We also focus on the 2022 election campaign, including not only the House and Senate, but also gubernatorial races.
Prerequisites: GOVT E-30 recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1363
The Politics of Policing and Community Safety in the Age of Social Media
Jennifer A. Halen PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26402 | Section 1
Description
Frequent heart wrenching examples of police brutality have ignited unforeseen momentum for police and prison abolition. In tandem with traditional organizing efforts, online activism and organizing have helped to fuel this unprecedented moment, sparking global protests. That said, many of the tools that help gain attention and support for an issue may not easily provide the nuanced ideas needed to sustain this momentum or coalesce into real social and policy change. In this intensive January session course, we analyze and interrogate topics relating to community safety, accountability, institutional justice, systemic inequality and racism, abolitionist thought, social movements, and internet activism.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
GOVT E-1372
The Civil Rights Movement in America
Andrew Joseph Pope PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26216 | Section 1
Description
Tens of thousands of African Americans led a decades-long struggle for liberation and equality during the twentieth century. The Black freedom struggle, or the civil rights movement, encompassed a range of economic, social, and political demands that affected every person living in the United States. This intensive January session course re-examines parts of the movement that are well known, like Martin Luther King, Jr., or non-violent direct action, as well as lesser-known elements of the movement like sharecroppers in Alabama joining the Communist Party or the role of Black Power advocates in shaping modern America. Together we study the art, literature, music, and history of the movement and how it transformed American society. The course focuses on deepening our knowledge of the civil rights movement through in-depth discussions during class. Each day students have a reading to complete. In class, we read primary sources together and I offer short lectures to help contextualize each class’s discussion topics. There is always time for questions. Students do not need any previous study of African American history in order to take this course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1555
Race in a Polarized America
Jennifer L. Hochschild PhD, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25137 | Section 1
Description
How do we manage issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration in a polarized political era? What role did race play in the election of President Trump, after eight years of the presidency of Barack Obama? How can we be good citizens of the world when Americans have such mixed views and take such mixed actions in engaging with racial hierarchy, identity, or interaction? This course addresses these questions by examining policy disputes around issues such as incarceration and policing, free speech, the role of biology in ancestry and medical care, electoral politics, activism, and movement across borders. We examine class, nationality, and gender differences within and across groups, and how group boundaries are made stronger or weaker. We consider how to reduce unproductive polarization, and how we can promote a better America even, or especially, when we do not agree on just what better entails. Course readings range from public speeches and interviews to works in political science, sociology, economics, and genomic science. Students learn how and where the United States has progressed in promoting group equality and fairness, as well as where it has not or has even moved backwards. Students end the course with a deeper understanding of the core American paradox of the persistence of group hierarchy in a country dedicated to democracy, equality, and liberty, and what people can do to resolve that paradox.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course, Gen Ed 1052. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
GOVT E-1585
The Polarization of American Politics: What Has Happened, Why, and Why Does it Matter?
Todd Washburn PhD, Senior Assistant Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16085 | Section 1
Description
Scholars, journalists, and the American public broadly agree that political divisions in the United States today are deep and growing. The two major parties seem to have grown more cohesive and more distant from each other, and their supporters view each other with suspicion and growing hostility. Many Americans and many observers of American politics sense that polarization has made governance more difficult and less effective, and a growing chorus of scholars argues that deep polarization can undermine democracy itself. What is the evidence to prove or refute the belief that polarization is on the rise? If polarization is real, what are the main hypothesized causes? What role does human psychology play in driving polarization? Does polarization endanger democracy itself? And what, if anything, can we do about it?
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GOVT E-1722
The Politics of Climate Change and the Environment
Dustin Tingley PhD, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26246 | Section 1
Description
Climate change, as well as a host of environmental challenges like access to clean water, pose an existential threat to our planet. This course studies how politics can be both an obstacle and a solution to solving these problems. Students may not count both GOVT E-1722 and GOVT S-1511 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
GOVT E-1723
Propaganda, Past and Present
George Soroka PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16795 | Section 1
Description
Propaganda has been a factor in politics since antiquity, but in an age when social media has made disseminating ideas easier than ever and the terms fake news and alternative facts have entered the popular lexicon, it appears particularly pernicious. Studying what political propaganda is, as well as by whom (and how) it is disseminated and what its goals are, is therefore particularly relevant today. This course begins by looking at the history of the term and its theoretical underpinnings, distinguishing it from related but nevertheless distinct forms of persuasive speech (for example, advertising, op-eds, and polemics) and obvious misinformation. Next, we examine various examples of propaganda and their manifestations, both historical as well as more contemporaneous (for example, World War I and World War II, Russian and Chinese troll farms, and the 2021 US Capitol riot). The course concludes by considering the normative implications of political propaganda for the societies we live in.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
GOVT E-1726
Intelligence and International Security
Michael David Miner PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16120 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the opaque world of intelligence and international security. The course begins with a survey of disciplines and methods of analysis before reviewing intelligence requirements as a component in policy processes that drive and inform decision making within the national security system. We consider various intelligence related topics including espionage, covert action, politicization, counterintelligence, public oversight, intelligence failure, and reform. The course strikes a balance between contemporary issues and the storied histories of intelligence systems around the world. Though predominantly focused on the United States, the course also considers intelligence activities in the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and elsewhere. Students grapple with historical and hypothetical problem sets based on real-world scenarios to develop assessment capabilities. Required readings and assignments draw on classic and influential work in addition to declassified documents which illuminate the historical narrative in a tangible way. The course concludes with reflections on how past experience informs current perspectives and might elucidate future intelligence requirements to better anticipate and understand the changing world.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
GOVT E-1726
Intelligence and International Security
Michael David Miner PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26077 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the opaque world of intelligence and international security. The course begins with a survey of disciplines and methods of analysis before reviewing intelligence requirements as a component in policy processes that drive and inform decision making within the national security system. We consider various intelligence related topics including espionage, covert action, politicization, counterintelligence, public oversight, intelligence failure, and reform. The course strikes a balance between contemporary issues and the storied histories of intelligence systems around the world. Though predominantly focused on the United States, the course also considers intelligence activities in the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and elsewhere. Students grapple with historical and hypothetical problem sets based on real-world scenarios to develop assessment capabilities. Required readings and assignments draw on classic and influential work in addition to declassified documents which illuminate the historical narrative in a tangible way. The course concludes with reflections on how past experience informs current perspectives and might elucidate future intelligence requirements to better anticipate and understand the changing world.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
GOVT E-1733
Grand Strategy and Instruments of National Power
Joan Johnson-Freese PhD
Nazanin Azizian PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13819 | Section 1
Description
This course examines US national security affairs through the lenses of grand strategies and instruments of national power. Based on theories of international relations, grand strategy is intended to provide a plan for a nation to use in achieving its goals through the employment of tools of power, in the face of threats and challenges during war and peacetime. National power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy, information and intelligence, military, and economic strength. This course examines the roles, applications, and mutual dependence of three key tools of national power diplomacy, defense, and intelligence. The employment of grand strategy requires careful analysis and understanding of the security environment and risks (including budget) being faced, and a clear statement of goals (ends) so that appropriate means to achieve those ends can be determined within the ways available. This course explores and analyzes salient national security challenges facing the United States, including the rise of China, Russia’s growing geopolitical ambitions, Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions, cyber as the fifth domain of international conflict, transnational terrorism, and the regional rivalry with Iran. Students approach the issues discussed in this course as future practitioners in training, learning to support national objectives as analysts, policymakers, and senior officials. The course begins with a consideration of theories of international relations and the general use of grand strategies as planning tools. Then students focus on analyzing the challenges facing the United States foreign policy establishment and how diplomacy, defense, and intelligence capabilities and posture serve the advancement of national interests. In this phase of the course, students develop strategic courses of action and convey them through writing strategic options memos that entail analyzing the challenges, assessing current strategy, and identifying alternative approaches to pursuing national goals. The next segment of the course dives into greater depth about the structure of the United States intelligence community, the way it supports defense and diplomacy, and causes of intelligence failure. Students exercise their learning by writing and briefing a national intelligence estimate based on real-world crises and conflicts.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1734
American Security Alliances since 1945: Multilateralism, Bilateralism, and Strategic Partnerships
Mesrob Vartavarian PhD, Associate, Harvard University Asia Center
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16773 | Section 1
Description
Since the Second World War, the United States has cemented its global power through the formation and consolidation of various security alliances with foreign states. These alliances have not come without costs and questions as to their utility, particularly in recent years. Yet, they have generally benefited the US and its strategic partners. Alliances provide territorial security to overseas allies and enable the forward deployment of US military forces. Furthermore, force aggregation and economic linkages derived from these alliances make for greater global integration and transnational connectivity. They can however also be sources of global tension, particularly when faced with rival powers determined to revise the geopolitical balance of power. This course examines the formation, evolution, and current issues facing the multilateral North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as bilateral security treaties with Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan. It also discusses strategic partnerships not bound by formal security treaties with places like Israel and Thailand.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1743
Cyberspace and International Security
Derek Reveron PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, and Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25629 | Section 1
Description
In a very short time, individuals and companies have harnessed cyberspace to create new industries, a vibrant social space, and a new economic sphere that are intertwined with our everyday lives. At the same time, individuals, subnational groups, and governments are using cyberspace to advance interests through malicious activity. Terrorists recruit, train, and target through the internet, hackers steal data, and intelligence services conduct espionage. Still, the vast majority of cyberspace is a civilian space used by individuals, businesses, and governments for legitimate purposes. This course examines current and future threats to cyberspace, studies various approaches to advance and defend national interests, and contrasts the US approach with European, Russian, and Chinese approaches in cyberspace.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
GOVT E-1744
Women, Peace, and Security
Joan Johnson-Freese PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24686 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the increasingly recognized role of women in global peace and security affairs, as recognized by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. Through politics, the military, nongovernmental, and grass roots organizations, women are involved in conflict prevention, peace building, development, and war. Consideration is given to various perspectives on why gender empowerment has proven difficult, the demonstrated consequences of not including women in security affairs, and what might be expected in the future.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Saturday, Sunday, February 25-26, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1751
Women in US Politics
Sparsha Saha PhD, Lecturer on Government and Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16799 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the causes and consequences of gender inequality in politics, the workforce, and the household. We draw on theory and literature from political science and other disciplines to learn about cutting edge research in the field, focusing on the United States (with some application to other advanced democracies). What explains why women have not yet achieved equal political representation? How did gender play a role in the 2016 US presidential election campaign and beyond? Why should we care about gender parity? What has been implemented to correct gender disparity in politics? Why do women make less money than men? Why do women still do more of the work at home despite becoming more equal in education and professional life? How can we change hearts and minds? How does gender intersect with race and class and sexual orientation? What can people who identify as men do? How are sexism, racism, and speciesism all connected?
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
GOVT E-1752
The Governance and International Politics of World Regions
Timothy J. Colton PhD, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26166 | Section 1
Description
This course explores analytical approaches to understanding multi-country neighborhoods defined by physical proximity. It examines and compares patterns of boundary setting, conflict, and cooperation at the regional level. We debate the question of whether we are in transit to a world of regions where geography and regionality are foundational to the whole international system. The majority of sessions delve in depth into the experience of one particular region, for example Europe, post-Soviet Eurasia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, or sub-Saharan Africa.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1756
Crisis Negotiation Practicum: Political and Military Decision Making in a Darker World
Arvid Bell DPhil, Lecturer on Government and Director, Negotiation Task Force, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16820 | Section 1
Description
This course is conducted over two intensive weekends. The first is held online and the second in-person at Harvard University. This course is designed to equip students with advanced multi-party negotiation and decision-making skills necessary to maintain their leverage in complex, dynamic environments. Conflict is inescapable. Mastering negotiation is necessary to overcome everyday hurdles, mitigate workplace disputes, and create value for yourself and your organization. In this course, students gain insight into next-generation advanced negotiation theory and immediately put these skills into practice through the Red Horizon simulation, a multi-day, immersive crisis exercise on international security offered by the Negotiation Task Force of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University through the Red Horizon: Force and Diplomacy in Eurasia Executive Education program. In the online weekend, students come away with an understanding of multi-party negotiation management and an arsenal of techniques that enable them to achieve their goals in dynamic, disruptive environments. These include an emphasis on coalition-building and crisis leadership in international conflicts. Students are then asked to put these skills to use in the on-campus weekend, the immersive Red Horizon simulation. Red Horizon: Force and Diplomacy in Eurasia provides seasoned and emerging leaders from national security, academia, and industry with a unique training space to push their negotiation and decision-making skills to the next level. Students are assigned to a team (US, China, Russia, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]) and receive a confidential briefing that outlines their objectives. These realistic actor profiles are created from data-driven research, informed by political trends across the Eurasian sphere and the Indo-Pacific. Students conclude the exercise with a scenario debrief led by Negotiation Task Force experts. All students registered in the course must also register with Red Horizon by October 1, 2022, and pay the Red Horizon participation fee by October 7, 2022 (see below). The online weekend is October 21-23, 2022. The on-campus Red Horizon weekend is December 9-11 (Friday 9 am-9 pm, Saturday 9 am-7 pm, and Sunday 9 am-3 pm). In addition to completing all required assignments for the course, students must attend both weekends in full to pass the course. Students cannot arrive late or leave early. If you are traveling to attend the Red Horizon weekend in Cambridge, MA, plan ahead to be able to arrive before the start of class. If you neglect to register for Red Horizon and miss their deadlines, you will not pass the course. If you register for Red Horizon, but do not attend the entire weekend, you will not pass the course. All students who are registered for GOVT E-1756 will be accepted to Red Horizon; therefore, it is important to register for the course first, then apply to Red Horizon. The fee is ordinarily $3,000, but students registered in this course pay $2,200. As students receive this special rate, they are not eligible for other discounts. The Red Horizon fee of $2,200 does not include housing, travel arrangements, or board. After successful completion of Red Horizon experience, students receive a Red Horizon 2022: Force and Diplomacy in Eurasia Certificate of Completion issued by the Negotiation Task Force of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. Harvard Extension School (HES) fall term registration, drop, and withdrawal deadlines apply to GOVT E-1756. See the calendar. If students drop the course, HES will refund tuition payment according to standard refund policy. HES is not responsible for payments made to Red Horizon, travel, or other expenses that students may incur. Scholarships are not available from HES. If you are already receiving financial aid, please contact HES Student Financial Services studentfinance@extension.harvard.edu to learn if there is any federal funding available to you. Please note: HES is not involved in Red Horizon payment policies. Students participate in the program at their own risk and under the umbrella of Red Horizon registration, payment, refund, and other polices. Please refer to the Red Horizon refund policy for their specific policy information and plan accordingly.
Prerequisites: This course is open to degree candidates only. Background (both practical and theoretical) in negotiation and basic knowledge of international security and global politics is recommended. The Red Horizon immersive crisis exercise confronts serious issues such as weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and military combat. Students must be comfortable being exposed to these themes over several hours.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Friday, October 21, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday, October 22, 11:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, October 23, 11:00am-6:00pm
Friday, December 9, 9:00am-9:00pm, Room TBA
Saturday, December 10, 9:00am-7:00pm, Room TBA
Sunday, December 11, 9:00am-3:00pm, Room TBA
Term Start Date: October 17, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings the weekend of October 21-23, it includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend on December 9-11 in Cambridge, MA (meeting location to be announced). Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. International Students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
GOVT E-1764
Korean Politics and Security
Terence Roehrig PhD, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16785 | Section 1
Description
Despite the end of the cold war, the Korean Peninsula has remained a legacy of that conflict. The peninsula continues to be a serious concern for peace and stability in the region, despite the plethora of summit meetings in 2018 and 2019 that raised the possibility of change through increased levels of diplomacy that were unprecedented and unexpected. However, the denuclearization effort has now stalled. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is one of the last surviving communist states with a faltering economy that struggles to feed its people. North Korea maintains a large conventional military force, hundreds of ballistic missiles, and a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. Since 2006, it has conducted six nuclear weapons tests with a growing capability to reach the continental United States with a nuclear-tipped missile. Since his father’s passing in December 2011, Kim Jong-un has consolidated his power and the regime appears stable with little likelihood of collapse. Across the demilitarized zone, South Korea has developed into a thriving global economy ranking tenth in the world. The Republic of Korea (ROK) is the sixth largest US trade partner and a world leader in the production of computer chips, cell phones, automobiles, electronics, ships, and nuclear energy technology. South Korea’s cultural exports have also become well known with the international popularity of K-pop music and, in 2020, the ROK film Parasite, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, along with the highly watched Netflix series Crash Landing on You and Squid Game. Since 1953, the United States and South Korea have maintained a formal security alliance and the peninsula remains home to 28,500 US troops. Developments in Korea have an important impact on the region and the world, making knowledge of the Koreas and their challenges vital. The talk of war has receded, but many questions remain about the possibility of denuclearizing North Korea and the future of peace and stability on the peninsula. This course explores the history, politics, economics, and security of North and South Korea and their role in the larger context of Asia.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
GOVT E-1786
Globalization and the Nation-State
Nicolas Prevelakis PhD, Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16729 | Section 1
Description
Despite globalization, the nation is still a major actor in today’s world. This course tries to understand why this is so by examining the role that nationalism plays in peoples’ identities and the effects of globalization on nations and nation-states. It overviews the origins and nature of economic globalization, as it appeared in the 1990s, including a critical examination of the hopes expressed at the time about an end of history, and of the relationship between economic globalization and such issues as democracy, peace, and poverty. It includes theoretical texts, as well as case studies from the recent rise of populism and authoritarianism, the role of supranational entities such as the European Union, and the urgency of global issues such as climate change, inequality, and migration. Examples are from the United States, Europe, Latin America, China, and the Middle East.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
GOVT E-1820
Grand Strategy in International Relations and US Foreign Policy
Sergio Imparato PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26462 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the concept of grand strategy in international relations and US foreign policy. The main purpose is to analyze the ways in which nations formulate, implement, and assess strategic options to advance their perceived interests in the international arena. How do states allocate their resources to achieve their goals? Special attention is placed on the study of political, military, and diplomatic resources in the context of American foreign policy. The course has three components. The first addresses the main theoretical approaches to grand strategy in international relations literature. The second traces the historical development of US grand strategy. The third evaluates the policy relevance of grand strategy options available to the US today. Some of the questions that guide our discussions are: what is grand strategy and what is it for? What are the sources of grand strategy and how are grand strategies formulated? What are the main tools to implement a grand strategy? Should the US engage in an active internationalist strategy or retreat from its international commitments?
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
GOVT E-1830
Introduction to Public International Law
Houchang E. Chehabi PhD, Emeritus Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26360 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students of international relations to the main concepts of public international law. Topics include the state, treaties, peaceful conflict resolution, the law of the sea, human rights, and the law of international organizations.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
GOVT E-1886
Nuclear Weapons and International Security
Thomas M. Nichols PhD, Professor Emeritus of National Security Affairs, Naval War College and Adjunct Professor, Air Force School of Strategic Force Studies
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14188 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the role of nuclear weapons in US and international security. In addition to familiarizing students with the types and effects of nuclear arms, the course considers several topics, including the history and future of nuclear strategy, the control and reduction of nuclear weapons, and the dilemmas of nuclear proliferation. The course is about the politics of nuclear weapons and does not require any specialized technical background.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Emerson Hall 108
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
GOVT E-1889
Evolution of Deterrence Theory
Nikolas Gvosdev DPhil, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16443 | Section 1
Description
Deterrence is the use of threats to convince an adversary from taking an action and is part of a larger concept of coercion. Throughout history, deterrence has been used by people and states to manage conflict. The formal development of deterrence theory came about after World War II to find ways to think about and utilize nuclear weapons. Deterrence theory has evolved considerably and scholars continue to probe difficult questions that remain unanswered regarding deterrence. This course examines the foundational concepts of deterrence theory and how that theory has evolved over the years. In addition, we consider the application of deterrence to international security through case studies in the cold war and post-cold war years. Finally, we assess current nuclear arsenals and strategy along with the role deterrence continues to play in the future of nuclear weapons, as well as application of deterrence theory to non-nuclear strategic weapons (including cyber and economic tools).
Prerequisites: HIST E-1960 is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
GOVT E-1897
American Foreign Policy
Joshua Kertzer PhD, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16816 | Section 1
Description
This course explores America’s role in international politics, aiming to teach students some of the major theoretical perspectives in international relations (IR) and how to critically analyze the major dynamics shaping American foreign policy today. What would happen if the United States stopped trying to play such an active role in world politics and focused more on problems at home? Is China on the rise and what does Chinese growth mean for the United States? How much of an effect does the media have on how Americans think about the world around them? Do nuclear weapons make us safer? How can we best understand Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s foreign policy agendas? The course is divided into two parts. The first half begins with an introduction to IR theory and American grand strategy, before exploring the inputs of the American foreign policy process: the president and congress, bureaucratic politics, public opinion, the media, and interest groups. This half of the course fosters an understanding of why the United States behaves the way it does, while exploring questions like the conditions under which leaders matter, the institutional causes of intelligence failure, and why some interest groups exert more sway than others. If the first half of the course focuses on the inputs to US foreign policy, the second half focuses on the outputs, as we analyze some of the most pressing issues in US foreign policy today. This portion of the course begins with questions about international order and the rise and fall of great powers. We look at the challenges associated with American hegemony and one potential reaction to it, anti-Americanism. We also examine another great power that may or may not pose a challenge to the American-led order: the rise of China. We then turn to an exploration of political violence: terrorism, (counter)insurgency, and asymmetric conflict, all of which loom especially large on the American foreign policy agenda in the wake of the war on terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Finally, we turn to the intersection of technology and American foreign policy: cybersecurity and nuclear weapons.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Government 1790. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
GOVT E-1978
The Politics and Ideology of Post-Revolutionary Iran
Payam Mohseni PhD, Lecturer on Government and Director of the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15170 | Section 1
Description
The significance of Iran in Middle Eastern and global affairs is now more important than ever. From its internal domestic politics to its role across the region in Syria and Iraq, the political trajectory of Iran is critical for the future of peace and conflict in the Middle East. To contextualize and understand these processes, this course examines the intricacies of Iranian politics since the 1979 revolution. It explores a broad range of topics including the causes of the Iranian revolution; the institutional architecture of the Iranian political system; competitive factional dynamics within the ruling elite; Iranian foreign policy, Iran-US relations, and the implications of and for the nuclear agreement; and contemporary Shi’a political ideology.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-1979
Shi’a Islam and Politics in the Middle East
Payam Mohseni PhD, Lecturer on Government and Director of the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Mohammad Sagha PhD, Humanities Teaching Fellow, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago and Associate, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25019 | Section 1
Description
From the conflict in Yemen pitting the Shi’a Houthis against a Saudi-led coalition, to the civil war in Syria and the Shi’a majority militia-led fight against the remnants of ISIS in Iraq, dominant media narratives portray conflict in today’s Middle East as part of a proxy battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia rooted in an ancient dispute within the Muslim world between the Shi’a and Sunni sects of Islam. In this rendering, primordial hatreds are driving religious wars and civil conflict with Iran, at the heart of the so-called Shi’a crescent, and Saudi Arabia, the stalwart of true Sunni identity. However, such simplistic thinking masks over a more complex understanding of the changes occurring in today’s Middle East and prevents accurately differentiating between distinct yet overlapping factors such as actual substantive theological and intellectual differences between Shi’a and Sunni Islam, state competition (that is, between Iran and Saudi Arabia), and historical legacies of empire and state building in the Middle East. This course addresses such dominant narratives and challenges conventional understandings of the interplay between religion and politics in the Middle East and how sectarianism, Shi’a Islam, and geopolitical conflict can be more properly understood from a rigorous analytical perspective and focuses on the foundations and varieties of modern Shi’a political thought; religious clerical institutions; Shi’a political parties and militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen; and Iran’s Islamic revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and the Basij paramilitary organization.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
GOVT E-20
Introduction to Comparative Politics
George Soroka PhD, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26047 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to offer an introduction to major concepts and theories in comparative politics, as well as to familiarize students with the basic tools of comparative analysis. During our time together, we ask and attempt to answer questions such as when do revolutions occur? Why are some countries democratic while others are not? What is the interplay between culture and politics? How do economic factors influence political development? To what extent are political processes the result of individual volition versus larger structural forces? In doing so, we examine cases from around the globe and across time. The objective of this course is two-fold: to provide students with a theoretical grounding through which to understand the political world we inhabit, as well as to introduce the academic field of comparative politics, along with its empirical expectations and modes of argumentation.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
GOVT E-40
International Conflict and Cooperation
Dustin Tingley PhD, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15054 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the analysis of the causes and character of international conflict and cooperation. Theories of international relations are presented and then applied to contemporary and historical cases. The course begins with a foundational review of the different levels at which states interact and the primary theoretical paradigms in the field. It then addresses how states achieve cooperation in the face of international anarchy, a question that has attracted the attention of scholars since Thucydides. The course next addresses basic bargaining theory, which uses insights from economics to explore how bargaining breakdowns, commitment problems, and incomplete information can lead to war. Thereafter we examine three popular topics in contemporary international relations research: the roles that psychology, leaders, and domestic politics play in explaining international conflict and cooperation. We also explore the sources and effects of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Trade Organization. We spend a week studying terrorism, a problem of particular significance in the modern world. We also look at trade, foreign aid, international development, and climate change. We conclude with international law and an exploration of the future of international relations.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
GOVT E-40
International Conflict and Cooperation
Dustin Tingley PhD, Professor of Government, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24799 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the analysis of the causes and character of international conflict and cooperation. Theories of international relations are presented and then applied to contemporary and historical cases. The course begins with a foundational review of the different levels at which states interact and the primary theoretical paradigms in the field. It then addresses how states achieve cooperation in the face of international anarchy, a question that has attracted the attention of scholars since Thucydides. The course next addresses basic bargaining theory, which uses insights from economics to explore how bargaining breakdowns, commitment problems, and incomplete information can lead to war. Thereafter we examine three popular topics in contemporary international relations research: the roles that psychology, leaders, and domestic politics play in explaining international conflict and cooperation. We also explore the sources and effects of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Trade Organization. We spend a week studying terrorism, a problem of particular significance in the modern world. We also look at trade, foreign aid, international development, and climate change. We conclude with international law and an exploration of the future of international relations.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
GOVT E-594
Deliberative Justice Precapstone: The Theory and Practice of Good Citizenship
Sergio Imparato PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16373 | Section 1
Description
The course is an introduction to the theory, methods, and practice of deliberative moral reasoning. Students learn how to effectively identify and analyze ethical dilemmas relevant to their communities, how to constructively engage in civic debates, and how to present persuasive moral arguments in public settings. Class meetings feature presentations that address the students’ topics of interest, discussions on methods of moral deliberation, and assignments that bolster written and oral communication. Emphasis is placed on the development of the written and rhetorical skills needed to advance moral arguments of a political nature. Examples include issues of social, political, and economic inequalities; environment, healthcare and biomedical issues; migration, civic membership, and issues of privacy; technology; and dignity of work.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, GOVT E-599c, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required. Students in this course and GOVT E-94 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
GOVT E-595
Policy Writing and Analysis Precapstone
Nicholas Coburn-Palo PhD, Preceptor in Public Speaking, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16184 | Section 1
Description
The aim of the course is to provide students with the critical and analytical skills to evaluate, design, and write a policy paper. A policy paper is a scholarly work that analyzes a relevant policy issue and provides evidence-based, actionable recommendations. Emphasis is placed on the identification of policy problems, the use of methodological tools to analyze them, and the design and presentation of potential solutions. Class meetings feature presentations of policy papers that address the students’ topics of interest, discussions of research strategies employed by policy analysts, and assignments that bolster written and oral communication. Students learn about all aspects of policy paper design, including the identification of relevant data sources, techniques for analysis, and the proper method of presenting policy paper findings. Examples of policy paper topics include migration and refugee policies, social and economic inequality issues, environmental and sustainability issues, gender equality and gender-based violence issues, cyberwarfare strategies, counterterrorism strategies, and issues of international security and nuclear proliferation.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, GOVT E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course with the same instructor. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
GOVT E-595
Policy Writing and Analysis Precapstone
Michael David Miner PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15493 | Section 2
Description
This course prepares students for advanced study, writing, and research in policy analysis. Lectures and in-class activities prioritize diagnosis and communication of problems followed by the development of methodological policy prescriptions. Topical readings encompass the foreign and domestic spectrum including historical case studies to illustrate dynamics in motion. Coursework stresses tangible skills to better evaluate, design, and write policy papers. A policy paper is a scholarly work that analyzes a relevant issue and provides evidence-based, actionable recommendations for decision-makers and organizational leaders. Emphasis is placed on the identification of policy challenges, the use of methodological tools to analyze them, and the design and presentation of potential solutions. This course further explores public policy including a comprehensive review of processes that drive and inform decision making at the local, state, federal, and international levels. Students are provided ample writing and research opportunities to explore issues of personal and professional interest in the production of a high-quality policy paper. Assignments include practical tools and skills most frequently used in policy settings such as memos and briefings, but also longer analytical papers and presentations.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, GOVT E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course with the same instructor. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
GOVT E-597
National Security Writing and Analysis Precapstone
Derek Reveron PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, and Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16317 | Section 1
Description
This course prepares students for advanced study, writing, and research in national security. This course explores the national security system and policy processes that drive and inform decision making. Readings span current affairs and historical cases to illustrate dynamics of strategic decision making. Assignments include the development of practical tools and skills most frequently used in national security settings such as memos, briefings, and working group presentations. There is individual and in-class group work that simulates the experience of real-world practitioners working in national security from the front lines of the military, intelligence community, and civilian workforce to top level decision making inside the White House.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, GOVT E-599b, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 10:00am-12:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 21 students
GOVT E-597a
Precapstone: Strategies to Advance Social Change
Flavia Perea PhD, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16632 | Section 1
Description
How can we make change? In this course we explore the ethical foundations, principles, methods, tools, and skill-set essential for designing strategies to advance social change. We explore various perspectives and practices for students to equip themselves with the tools to imagine and design novel, rigorous, and equity-centered strategies to make progress towards justice in society. Together we engage with various ideas and materials drawn from law and policy, community organizing, advocacy, the social sciences, journalism, documentary film, community health, and personal narrative, as well as scholarly literature, both contemporary and historical, with an eye towards the future. The course emphasizes collaborative approaches for advancing social change through partnership, movement and coalition building, collective agency, empowerment, and organizing to cultivate and sustain collaborative efforts that leverage individual and collective agency and capacity for our liberation. Interrogating and dissecting harmful systems of power is central to our work, as students each develop individual projects that leverage inquiry for purposeful transformative action to help dismantle structures of domination and oppression. Students may not take both GOVT E-597a and GOVT E-1072 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government, international relations, or religion, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, GOVT E-599a, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
GOVT E-599
Policy Analysis Capstone
Nicholas Coburn-Palo PhD, Preceptor in Public Speaking, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25762 | Section 1
Description
This course offers candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in GOVT E-595 to conduct independent policy analysis and write a professional policy paper. In consultation with the instructor, students select a concrete policy problem, produce autonomous research to analyze it, and provide a set of actionable recommendations to solve it. Throughout the semester, students receive feedback both from their peers and the instructor to aid the development of their projects. Class meetings include the development of writing schedules, discussions focused on policy analysis methodology, and peer-review analysis of student projects. Emphasis is placed on the identification of potential target audiences, such as governmental agencies, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and policy makers and practitioners. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ projects to a panel of experts.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, GOVT E-595, with the same instructor in the prior fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
GOVT E-599
Policy Analysis Capstone
Michael David Miner PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25115 | Section 2
Description
This course offers candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in GOVT E-595 to conduct independent policy analysis, write a comprehensive paper, and brief a professional audience. In consultation with the instructor, students select a concrete policy problem, conduct autonomous research to analyze the topic in detail, and provide a set of actionable recommendations for consideration by an outside panel of experts. Throughout the semester students receive feedback from their peers, instructors, and staff to aid project development. Class meetings include the creation of writing schedules, discussions focused on policy analysis methodology, and peer-review analysis of student projects. As time permits special guests are invited to share insights on policy related issues. Students are provided ample writing and research opportunities to explore topics of personal and professional interest in the production of high-quality policy papers worthy of publication outside of the course. Projects are team oriented reflecting a real-world approach seen at the local, state, federal, and international levels on policy matters foreign and domestic. Emphasis is placed on the identification of potential target audiences, such as governmental agencies, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), policymakers, and practitioners. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of projects to a panel of policy experts and includes detailed feedback and consideration of the arguments, ideas, and recommendations.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, GOVT E-595, with the same instructor in the prior fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
GOVT E-599a
Social Justice Capstone: Equity and the Struggle for Justice
Flavia Perea PhD, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25071 | Section 1
Description
In this course, candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government, international relations, or religion further develop and implement the project they began designing in GOVT E-597a, as students move from concepts, theory, and aspirations to their concrete applications in the real world. Projects require a strong conceptual foundation ground in evidence, best practices, as well as the principles and methods integral for the formulation of equitable, impactful, and transformative strategies to advance social change. The course takes a workshop approach where students work in small groups, continually supporting each other to further develop individual projects that engage collaborators, communities, stakeholders, or the broader public to plan and carry out action. Students share their work and progress in their small groups and with the whole class throughout the term.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government, international relations, or religion, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, GOVT E-597a, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
GOVT E-599b
National Security Analysis Capstone
Derek Reveron PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, and Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25112 | Section 1
Description
This course provides candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, an opportunity to complete a policy research project on behalf of a US national security organization. The students frame a problem for analysis, complete a group in-depth research project, and present their findings to senior representatives from a government organization. Students work in small groups to address the question: What challenges do gray zone conflicts pose to the United States? Individually, students write strategic options memos to address pressing national security challenges.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, GOVT E-597, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 10:00am-12:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, April 15-16, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 21 students
GOVT E-599c
Deliberative Justice Capstone
Sergio Imparato PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25957 | Section 1
Description
This course allows students to apply the knowledge acquired in GOVT E-594 to produce a capstone essay. In consultation with the instructor, students work in groups to identify ethical conflicts that affect their communities and work towards the development of an argumentative essay. Throughout the semester, students receive feedback both from their peers and the instructor to aid in the development of their group projects. Class meetings include the development of writing schedules, discussions focused on moral reasoning methodology, and peer-review analysis of student projects. The capstone culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ argument to a local town hall meeting.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or international relations, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, GOVT E-594, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
GOVT E-94
Deliberative Justice: The Theory and Practice of Good Citizenship
Sergio Imparato PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16401 | Section 1
Description
The course is an introduction to the theory, methods, and practice of deliberative moral reasoning. Students learn how to effectively identify and analyze ethical dilemmas relevant to their communities, how to constructively engage in civic debates, and how to present persuasive moral arguments in public settings. Class meetings feature presentations that address the students’ topics of interest, discussions on methods of moral deliberation, and assignments that bolster written and oral communication. Emphasis is placed on the development of the written and rhetorical skills needed to advance moral arguments of a political nature. Examples include issues of social, political, and economic inequalities, environment, healthcare, and biomedical issues, migration, civic membership, and issues of privacy, technology, and dignity of work.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required. Students in this course and GOVT E-594 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course.
HARC E-170
Manet and Modernism: Challenging Cultural Limits
Mary Crawford-Volk PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16794 | Section 1
Description
French painter douard Manet (1832-1883) now enjoys sustained admiration as a pioneer modernist. During his Paris career, however, he was harshly and continually criticized for making and exhibiting paintings that defied conventional expectations in technique, subject matter, scale, and circumstances of display. Beleaguered but resolute, he persisted in creating a body of work that decisively transformed the art of painting. This course closely examines how he did this. Focusing on major works and the context of their creation, it includes Manet’s relations with friends, critics, and colleagues, and also looks at his rich posthumous legacy, from impressionism to post-impressionism to Pablo Picasso.
Prerequisites: An introductory art history course and/or a course in nineteenth-century European art.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HARC E-178
Evolution of the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form
Alex Krieger MCPUD, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Benjamin B. Bolger DDes, Consultant, Bolger Strategic
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26064 | Section 1
Description
The course is an interpretative look at the characteristic patterns of settlement and attitudes towards cities and urban life that are identified with American urbanization. The course seeks to foster a critical understanding of the national ideals, cultural aspirations, governance, planning policies, and design actions that have influenced American urbanization. The course chronicles an ongoing search for alternative ways to form communities, evident in both utopian and pragmatic efforts to re-conceive of how and in what shape cities and urban regions should grow. This proceeded originally in concert with a body of ideals that became fundamental to the European enlightenment and soon after the explosion of urban growth brought about by the industrial revolution. Just being built, rather than like European cities needing to adapt, with considerable difficulty, to the cultural, political, and technological transformations of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries, American cities heralded the arrival of the modern world. This is key to their understanding and appreciation. The course addresses the idea of American society being “a volatile mixture of hopeful good and curable bad,” as Michael Kammen put it. Thus, we weigh those soaring American aspirations related to liberty, equality, justice, and the desire to perfect the world, against dystopian aspects of American history: the near-total destruction of Indigenous cultures, the horrors of slavery and systemic racism, the conceits of manifest destiny and American exceptionalism, the corporate and political restraints on economic parity, and the despoiling of the environment in the name of progress. The course seeks comparisons and contrasts between periods of rapid urban growth across American history and the even more rapid urbanization currently taking place in many regions of the world. American cities grew largely in emulation of and in contrast to their much older European counterparts, as today many cities globally seek inspiration from and attempt to improve upon the American urban experience.
Prerequisites: Some familiarity with American history.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
HARC E-179
Understanding Architecture
Mark R. Johnson MArch, Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24591 | Section 1
Description
How does one understand a work of architecture? We can look to the humanities to help answer this question. For example, identifying a poem’s characteristics its form, rhyme, meter, imagery and so forth can enrich one’s understanding of the poet’s artistic intent and the meaning ascribed to the work today. What are the analogous methods for understanding a work of architecture? Using the finest examples of American architecture located on the Harvard campus, students are asked to analyze buildings using a rigorous conceptual framework and then synthesize their findings according to how contemporary observers may ascribe meaning to the built work.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HARC E-181
Reinventing the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: The Twentieth Century and Today
Mary Crawford-Volk PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26385 | Section 1
Description
Art museums have become central institutions in American culture and large city museums like Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) play complex roles in contemporary life. Using the MFA as a case study of this larger phenomenon, the course examines the twentieth-century development of the museum as a treasure-house of masterpieces, and then addresses how it has dealt with a range of issues that bear on its continuing vitality today. These include ethical questions about object provenances, procedures for new acquisitions, commercial sources of revenue, appropriate exhibition content, and programming for diverse audiences. Students are encouraged to address these issues in their research papers. At least one field trip to the museum is planned, to include discussion with one or more staff members.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-10c
World History III: The Age of Empires, 1500-1800
Donald Ostrowski PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16807 | Section 1
Description
This course examines major aspects of world history from 1500 to 1800. Topics include the Reformation, European expansion, the Aztec and Inca Empires, formation of the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and British overseas empires, the city civilizations of Africa, the Russian conquest of Siberia, the four Islamic Empires (Morocco, Ottoman, Persian, and Mughal), Ming and Manchu China, the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. Although empires existed earlier and later, this period displayed a remarkable penchant for empire building.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
HIST E-10d
World History IV: Globalization, 1800-Present
Donald Ostrowski PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26395 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on crucial developments in, and controversies about, the study of world history from 1800 to the present. Topics include the Industrial Revolution, Latin American independence, European colonization of Africa, independence movements in Africa and India, the end of Imperial China and the rise of the communist regime, the Meiji restoration and the Japanese recovery, the origins of World Wars I and II, the Russian revolutions, fascism, the cold war, and the computer revolution. This course attempts to place these events in their global economic and cultural contexts.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
HIST E-1225
The Rise of the Far Right in Europe
John R. Boonstra PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16700 | Section 1
Description
Far-right movements have, in recent years, gained striking momentum across Europe. From France’s anti-immigrant National Front and neo-Nazis in Germany to efforts to rehabilitate Franco and Mussolini in Spain and Italy, forces of extreme nationalism, xenophobia, and imperial nostalgia have increased in prominence as well as popularity. The current moment is not, of course, the first time that the continent has experienced a rise in right-wing extremism. Fascism, from the 1920s onward, likewise offered violent, totalitarian solutions to the tensions of mass politics and populist resentment in polarized societies. How, precisely, do today’s reactionary political formations relate to their fascistic forebears? What social and cultural dynamics is each responding to and, perhaps just as significantly, what historical legacies are they drawing on? In this course, we ask how has the present wave of far-right parties in western and central Europe tapped into notions of national decline, instability, and changing demographics? What can we learn about these movements by studying histories of European fascism in France, Germany, Spain, and Italy? And finally, how have these histories been obscured and rehabilitated in different ways in each of these countries? By moving from contemporary cases of resurgent nationalist sentiment to their interwar predecessors and back again, and through a consideration of novels, films, historical documents, speeches, and monuments, among other sources, the course seeks to uncover how anxieties of migration, race, and empire as well as changing roles of religion, gender, and nationhood shaped political animosities and allegiances within the European far right both a century ago and today.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
HIST E-1402
Early Modern Britain, 1485-1714
Flynn Cratty PhD, Lecturer on History, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16765 | Section 1
Description
The history of Tudor and Stuart Britain is filled with dramatic personalities and frequent catastrophes. It is no wonder that the period has inspired so many novels, films, and television shows. In addition to bodice rippings and beheadings, however, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries also witnessed the formation of British political, religious, intellectual, and economic institutions that would eventually be exported across the world. This course surveys these developments with special attention to the ways men and women sought to imagine new worlds in times of instability. Topics include the English and Scottish reformations, magical and scientific cultures, Puritanism and Arminianism, the civil wars, the growth of the public sphere, and the evolving British political constitution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
HIST E-1425
Jane Austen’s World in History, Literature, and Film
Maura A. Henry PhD, Professor of History, Holyoke Community College and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16583 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the cultural attitudes, institutions, and social practices of England during the period 1750 1850 through the lens of Jane Austen. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we address topics such as social rank, gender, landed society, and culture, as well as the ways in which the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries view the past.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1439
Charles Dickens’s London through History, Literature, and Film
Maura A. Henry PhD, Professor of History, Holyoke Community College and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26391 | Section 1
Description
A vibrant multi-class, multi-racial, and multi-ethnic jigsaw puzzle, nineteenth-century London was a capital city, the center of a vast empire, the largest city on the planet, and a place of both danger and opportunity. Charles Dickens called London his “magic lantern:” he used a series of lenses to project the lives of the metropolis and its inhabitants onto the page. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students examine London through the writings of Dickens (novels, short stories, journalism, and letters focused on London), recent historical scholarship, and modern film and television adaptations of Dickens’s novels. Students analyze Dickens’s London through a series of analytical lenses such as class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, urbanization, industrialization, theatre and leisure, and crime and punishment.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1465
The United States and World Order since 1900
Erez Manela PhD, Professor of History, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16779 | Section 1
Description
Since the turn of the twentieth century, as the United States became a major economic and military power, Americans have tried to mold and manage international order. In this course, we explore and assess these efforts through the rise of US overseas expansion, two world wars, the Cold War, and into the twenty-first century.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course History 1465. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
HIST E-1486
Global Empires and Migration
John R. Boonstra PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Rebecca H. Hogue PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26481 | Section 1
Description
From Mexico to the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia to the South Pacific, migration has been labeled a crisis for the countries to which migrants arrive. It is no coincidence, this course posits, that migratory trajectories toward these nations tend to reflect, reproduce, or reverse those of their imperial pasts and indeed presents. How, we ask, did these historically imbalanced relationships for France and Algeria, for the American Southwest and US overseas territories, for the British legacy in India and Pakistan, or for Jews in Nazi Europe affect the routes, as well as the reasons, along and for which peoples have moved, whether by boat, by train, or on foot, across oceans, deserts, mountains, or seas, and in the past or in the present? What colonial power dynamics informed the push as well as the pull of those who departed, and of those who arrived? How, in other words, is the history of empire intertwined with the history of migration? We propose to disentangle these histories through close analysis of a range of sources, texts, media, and methods, drawing on literary as well as historical approaches to understand how migrants and societies alike were shaped and reshaped by the making and unmaking of global empires.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1551
Mapping the Russian Empire
Kelly O’Neill PhD, Lecturer on History, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26279 | Section 1
Description
Maps and empires have entangled histories. In this intensive January session course, we study the Russian Empire through deep dives into some of the most important maps produced in the nineteenth century. Politics, ethnic tension, environmental change, the history of data we dig into all of this and more. In the final unit we analyze (and map) the cholera epidemic of 1892 a public health crisis that swept across Europe and Asia.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of Russian language helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1607b
Boston in the American Revolution
Robert J. Allison PhD, Professor and Chair of History, Language, and Global Culture, Suffolk University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26376 | Section 1
Description
Why did the American Revolution begin in Boston? This intensive January session course takes an in-depth look at the political and social climate in Boston in the 1760s and 1770s, and the events that transformed resistance into revolution: the Stamp Act riots, the Boston Massacre, and the destruction of the tea. The course meets in the classroom for the first session; subsequently, it meets at historical sites including some of Boston’s revolutionary sites, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, January 13, 5:30pm-8:30pm, 1 Story Street 304
Saturday, January 14, 9:00am-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Sunday, January 15, 9:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: January 13, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Final papers due Monday, January 30. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
HIST E-1607s
Boston Under Siege
Robert J. Allison PhD, Professor and Chair of History, Language, and Global Culture, Suffolk University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26373 | Section 1
Description
We explore the siege of Boston from the arrival of British troops in June 1774 to their evacuation on March 17, 1776. How did Boston and the surrounding communities respond to British occupation? How did this military action turn colonial resistance into revolution? In addition to time in the classroom, we visit crucial sites for Boston in the revolution in Cambridge, Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, Dorchester, and Roxbury to get a better understanding of the social, political, and military aspects of the American Revolution.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, April 21, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, April 22, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, April 23, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: April 21, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Final papers due Monday, May 8. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
HIST E-1611
The Age of Benjamin Franklin
Robert J. Allison PhD, Professor and Chair of History, Language, and Global Culture, Suffolk University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16761 | Section 1
Description
Benjamin Franklin was the prototypical American. The son of a Boston soap-maker, he became one of the most noted men of his age, a pioneer in science, politics, and diplomacy, and in many ways the first self-made man. With just over a year of formal education, he received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and St. Andrews, and knew personally and well Cotton Mather, Voltaire, George Whitefield, and David Hume. Both Beethoven and Mozart composed pieces for a musical instrument Franklin invented. He wrote a treatise on chess published in the first Russian book on the game and his autobiography influenced generations of successors, though Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and D.H. Lawrence were just a few of his detractors. Franklin was engaged with every facet of his age, and it seems, our own. What made him such a pivotal figure, and what can we still learn from his remarkable life?
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
HIST E-1632
The History of Boston
Robert J. Allison PhD, Professor and Chair of History, Language, and Global Culture, Suffolk University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26374 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the history of Boston from the 1620s to the Big Dig. We discover the people who built, rebuilt, and transformed the city, from the days of the Puritans through the era of the American Revolution, nineteenth-century immigration and industrialization, and twentieth-century decline and revival.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
HIST E-1636
Introduction to Harvard History
Zachary Bostwick Nowak PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16721 | Section 1
Description
Who made Harvard University what it is today? Harvard’s history is a story of professors, students, courses, and research that has led to world-changing innovations. But it is also a story of student unrest, gender unease, and exclusion. Hundreds of thousands of people made Harvard and left traces in its archives, libraries, and museums; its buildings; and even in its soil. Some Harvard stories have been told; others have been forgotten. In this course, we uncover those lost legacies, histories, and stories. This is a historical methods course disguised as a class about Harvard’s history. It aims to give students excellent research, reading, and writing skills to use for all their other courses. That said, it is a good introduction to the history of the institution to whose history you now belong.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1680
Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History
Andrew Joseph Pope PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16857 | Section 1
Description
The course examines the history of riots, strikes, and conspiracies in America from the 1600s to the present. This course uses readings and discussions to focus on a series of short-term events that shed light on American politics, culture, and social organization. It emphasizes finding ways to make sense of these complicated, highly traumatic events, and on using them to understand larger processes of change in American history. While race has been an important element to every riot, strike, and conspiracy in American history, most of these events represented overlapping interests of race, gender, class, and even sexuality. As such, we consider events that occurred in a variety of circumstances. The present conditions of poverty, policing, and protest always inform our starting point when we engage the readings. A central thesis of this course is that the present is best understood through a deliberate examination of the past.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
HIST E-1682
White Rage: Progress and Backlash in American History
Andrew Joseph Pope PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26379 | Section 1
Description
This course examines how people struggled to achieve the full-promise of freedom throughout American history. The organizing theme of this course is the cycle of progress and retrenchment, of revolutions and counter-revolutions, that has come to define American life. The course begins with enslaved people’s struggles for freedom, and the white planters who created a form of representative government to maintain the institution. From there, we proceed chronologically through American history to the present, exploring changing notions of community, strategies used to gain freedom, and the range of violent responses that groups seeking liberation encountered. Our readings include a play by Suzan Lori-Parks, manifestos by white power advocates, George Schuyler’s novel Black No More, essays by Toni Morrison, political speeches, and oral history interviews with formerly enslaved people and migrant workers, among many other historical and literary sources. While race has been an important element to every debate about political representation in American history, most debates represented overlapping interests of race, gender, class, and even sexuality. As such, we take up each issue throughout the semester.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
HIST E-1710
More Than Just a Meal: American Food, a Global History
Zachary Bostwick Nowak PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26287 | Section 1
Description
How can food let us taste the past? This course uses food history to reveal the stories of Native Americans, women, enslaved people, factory workers, and other everyday people in the American past. By looking at what people in the United States ate from the twelfth century onward, we uncover how historical actors other than just elite white men made America. The course is about contributions to American food culture, but also about resistance and liberation. We make extensive use of primary sources of all kinds about food, including cookbooks, menus, recipes, wills, tax lists, and even objects. The goals of this course are not just to teach content but also to teach students how to analyze historical data, as well as convey skills that are useful for other courses students may take. It is designed to help students become much better researchers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HIST E-1775
New Worlds and American Borderlands: Histories, Cultures, Identities
Davíd Carrasco PhD, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America, Harvard University
Octavio Carrasco PhD, Visiting Instructor, Religious Studies, Georgia State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26377 | Section 1
Description
This course establishes a broad understanding of American history as a dynamic, contested, and creative cultural encounter of Indigenous-Afro-Eurasian cultures and people. The borderlands and new worlds framework reflects a historical process, a geographic reality, and a focusing lens through which to think about the present with special attention to the role of political-religio-cultural dynamics. We take seriously the different narratives and perspectives involved in the colonization of parts of the Caribbean, Mexico, Guatemala, and a significant segment of what is now US territory so we can begin to grapple with the contested present. Many cities, states, and counties are still marked by Indigenous and Spanish names, while the old world continues to be manifested in architecture and culture. The history of the US is an ever-evolving struggle and blend of the ideology and religious sensibilities of the peoples dwelling in and shaping this contested space. Drawing from the history of religions, anthropology, American, and ethnic studies scholarship, we draw on historical accounts, autobiographies, art, and music to illuminate the human identities, symbols, and the social complexity of rural spaces and urban sites in the various borderlands including Mexico City, El Paso, New York, New Orleans, and Santa Fe, and their implications for today. We view the films Chulas Fronteras, Alambrista and the soon to be released Song for Cesar about the music, teatro campesino, and labor struggles of the United Farm Workers. We come to better understand the many meanings of living in the contemporary world through the influences of these borderlands’ histories and peoples.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
HIST E-1827
The United States and China: Opium War to the Present
Erez Manela PhD, Professor of History, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26183 | Section 1
Description
This seminar focuses on the history of Sino-American relations and interactions since the Opium War (1840s). It examines these relations through the lens of major events such as the Boxer intervention, the first and second world wars, the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Mao-Nixon rapprochement, and the post-Mao transformations. Central themes include trade, diplomacy, conflict, mutual perceptions, cultural influences, and migration.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
HIST E-1851
Japan in Asia and the World
Andrew Gordon PhD, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
David Howell PhD, Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History and Professor of History, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16778 | Section 1
Description
From the emergence of a court-centered state 1,500 years ago to a warrior-dominated society centuries later, Japan’s premodern past fascinates people around the world. The people, institutions, and ideas behind these traditions and the close connection of developments in Japan to those in Asia are the focus of the first half of the course. The second half of the course turns to Japan’s modern era and one of the more striking transformations in world history. We examine the tumultuous changes that occurred in a constant global dialogue from the mid-1880s through the present and explore how people in Japan have dealt with the dilemmas of modernity that challenge us all.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course History 1023. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
HIST E-1960
The History of the Cold War
Nikolas Gvosdev DPhil, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval War College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24927 | Section 1
Description
The cold war was the crucible by which the United States was transformed into a global superpower and laid the basis for the national security state. The ideological and geopolitical competition between the US and the Soviet Union shaped the global and regional makeup of the modern world and its legacies continue to influence global politics in the twenty-first century. This course charts the origins of the cold war, provides an overview of the ideological and geopolitical drivers of the conflict, examines how the cold war was played out in Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and the third world, assesses its impact as a driver for the development of both conventional and nuclear forces, and charts the mechanisms that developed in Washington and Moscow for managing the cold war. The course concludes with charting how the cold war wound down and the legacies it has left for the twenty-first century.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
HIST E-1961
Europe after the Cold War
Briana J. Smith PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26479 | Section 1
Description
In the summer of 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama infamously declared the “end of history,” marking the “unabashed victory” of liberal market capitalism and defeat of communism. A few months later, East Germans poured through the Berlin Wall. The cold war was over. But what came after? This course examines the history of Europe since 1989 and questions how the aftermath of the cold war in Germany, France, and the former Eastern Bloc has shaped politics and culture in contemporary Europe and beyond. Course topics include post-socialism and Ostalgie, Holocaust memory, neoliberalism, Islam, the 2010s migrant crisis, the Orange and Maidan Revolutions in Ukraine, and right-wing populist and authoritarian movements from Hungary’s Viktor Orb n to Germany’s Alternative f r Deutschland party. Course materials include texts by May Ayim, Ingo Schulze, J rgen Habermas, Svetlana Boym, Vaclav Havel, Ian Buruma, Joan Scott, Jenny Erpenbeck, and Fatima El-Tayeb; art by Christoph Schlingensief, Maziar Moradi, Seraphina Lenz, and the Center for Political Beauty, as well as films like the 1993 French drama La Haine, 2004 documentary Czech Dream, and the 2016 German comedy Toni Erdmann.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 23 students
HIST E-597
Social Reform Movements in America Precapstone
Stephen Shoemaker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15772 | Section 1
Description
This course inherently espouses an interdisciplinary approach. We consider the multi-century narrative of social reform movements in the United States by emphasizing the materials and methods used in government, history, and religion. Topics include abolition, suffrage, temperance, the New Deal, civil rights, and Great Society initiatives of the 1960s. While together studying the primary sources relevant to the weekly topics, students assemble their own topics and produce an analysis of the literature relevant to their research topic.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, history, government, or religion, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, HIST E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HIST E-597b
Precapstone: Historical Biography
Ariane Liazos PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16603 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches students the research and writing skills they need to write biography. It is interdisciplinary, as writing biography requires the research skills of the historian, the close textual analysis skills of the literary scholar, and the writing skills of the journalist. We read and discuss excerpts from biographies. We also develop research and writing skills through short assignments. Students submit an annotated bibliography as their final assignment for the course.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, government or history, capstone track, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, HIST E-599b, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HIST E-599
Social Reform Movements in America Capstone
Stephen Shoemaker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25381 | Section 1
Description
This course continues the work done in HIST E-597. The course shifts to a workshop model, where presentations are given each week by students as they work toward the production of a substantive scholarly article. The article must incorporate all the elements required by academic peer-reviewed journals. Students make presentations on argument, their theory component, scholarly context, and genres of evidence. In this workshop context, students also engage in review of each other’s writing. At the end of course, each student delivers a professional quality article suitable for submission to a scholarly journal in their respective field.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, history, government, or religion, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, HIST E-597, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HIST E-599b
Capstone: Historical Biography
Ariane Liazos PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26191 | Section 1
Description
This course builds on the work done in HIST E-597b. Students use the research and writing skills they have developed to produce a sample chapter of a biography, one that could be submitted as part of a book proposal. Students include a bibliography and endnotes with their final submission. This semester predominantly consists of workshops of student writing-in-progress; students are evaluated on the feedback they provide for each other.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, government or history, capstone track. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, HIST E-597b, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Dramatic Arts, English, and Religion
Collier Brown PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16627 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of textual analysis. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Dramatic Arts, English, and Religion
Stephen Shoemaker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12944 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of textual analysis. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Dramatic Arts, English, and Religion
Elise Madeleine Ciregna PhD, Program Administrator, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26093 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of textual analysis. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Dramatic Arts, English, and Religion
Stephen Shoemaker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25780 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar focuses on the research, writing, critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of competency in close-reading and to the strategies of textual analysis. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15449 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Katie Beth Kohn MA, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environment Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15538 | Section 2
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Leah De Forest MFA, Writer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15911 | Section 3
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Bryan Delaney MA, Playwright and Screenwriter
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25950 | Section 1
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. The last day to take the test of critical reading and writing skills for this section is December 1. Students registered in the alternate expository writing course in the fall term may not register for this section. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 10:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Katie Beth Kohn MA, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environment Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25574 | Section 2
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta PhD, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25074 | Section 3
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-101
Proseminar: Elements of the Writer’s Craft
Leah De Forest MFA, Writer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25168 | Section 4
Description
This is an intensive course in the craft and analysis of prose from a writer’s perspective. Francine Prose, in her book Reading Like a Writer, observes that historically “writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors.” In other words, we cannot write well if we do not know how to read well. The focus of this course is to teach prose writers how to read well. Students explore the potential and possibilities of different approaches to writing, and, by the end of the course, apply their close reading to their own fiction and nonfiction. The goal of this course is to build a deep understanding of key elements of craft through close reading and textual analysis of the work of master prose writers. We analyze the work of these writers, discussing how they employ structure, character, setting, dialogue, point of view, and other aspects of craft. Students write critically and creatively, both in class and out of class, about the works under discussion and about possible applications to their own creative writing. Students examine the conscious choices about craft that published writers make in order to fully realize a piece of writing.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42a is strongly recommended. Students in this course are expected to have a firm command of grammar, syntax, and prose composition, and to have read widely.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
HUMA E-103
Sea Monsters Throughout the Ages: Fables, Films, and Facts
Peter Girguis PhD, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16875 | Section 1
Description
There have always been tales of sea monsters. For as long as we humans have ventured into the ocean, our imaginations have conjured images of serpents, krakens, leviathans, and other creatures, all of whom seem bent on the destruction of those who dare set foot into the sea. Humankind’s conviction that sea monsters are real is so powerful that even today rumors abound of sea monsters lurking in the depths. Indeed, every major religion eastern and western features sea monsters. Are these declarations true? Do giants roam the deep sea? Did the explorers of centuries ago see creatures from their small wooden boats that we do not see today? During this course we explore sea monsters through a social, spiritual, literary, and scientific lens. We study the sea monsters that flourish on ancient maps to understand the minds of sixteenth century scholars. We examine the bodies of real sea monsters, and consider the world in which such grotesque creatures might evolve. We read tales of creatures from classic and contemporary literature. Most importantly, we develop a better understanding of how humans perceive the world, and how our consciousness can simultaneously embrace our wildest dreams and cower from our greatest fears. Sea monsters, both real and imagined, tell us much about life in the deep sea, and even more about humankind.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
HUMA E-108
Dreams: From Antiquity to Modernity
Panagiotis Roilos PhD, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16827 | Section 1
Description
Dreaming is one of the most intriguing distinctive qualities of the human mind and soul. Against the dual background of ancient and medieval commentaries, on the one hand, and modern psychoanalytic and ethnographic approaches and cognitive studies, on the other, diverse literary texts and theories of dream interpretation are explored. This course addresses the following questions: how do different cultures dream and approach this fascinating activity of the human psyche? Why do we tell others our dreams? How are dreams related to linguistic discourse, in general, and to literature, in particular? How do oral narratives and literary texts interact? How do different cultures produce different typologies of dreams? How do we integrate texts from the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman worlds with modern ones? How do we juxtapose theoretical treatises with literary texts? Where does anthropology play a part? How are dream themes and images formed, transmitted, and interpenetrated across time and genres? Theoretical readings to include Aristotle, Aelius Aristides, Artemidorus, Synesius of Cyrene, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Claude L vi-Strauss, Michel Foucault, and Jean-Fran ois Lyotard. We discuss movies by Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorcese, and Andrei Tarkovsky.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
HUMA E-110
Masterpieces of World Literature
Martin Puchner PhD, Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
David Damrosch PhD, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26011 | Section 1
Description
This course surveys world literature from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the present, with an emphasis on different cultures and writing traditions. Produced by HarvardX, the course is based not on lectures but on a more vivid dialogue format between instructors Martin Puchner and David Damrosch. The course also includes travel footage from Istanbul and Troy to Jaipur and Weimar and interviews with authors, such as Orhan Pamuk, and other experts.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the HarvardX course.
HUMA E-111
Mental Health and Mental Illness through Literature and the Arts
Karen Thornber PhD, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16842 | Section 1
Description
Mental health experts believe that globally, even before COVID-19, more than one billion people had a diagnosable mental disorder. The numbers and intensity have only increased in the years since the onset of the pandemic. And yet the biases and misconceptions surrounding mental illness, not to mention the dehumanization and abuse in many communities of individuals with a mental illness, remains acute. This course uses literature and the arts to help students learn more about some of the prevalent biases, misconceptions, myths, and stigmas against individuals with mental illness and how these biases could be (and in the past have been) ameliorated.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HUMA E-112
Family Drama: Bonds of Blood and Feeling in Greek Tragedy
Keating Patrick Joseph McKeon PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26514 | Section 1
Description
Family, in all its forms, has been a central concern of dramatists throughout the ages. The three major tragedians of the fifth-century BCE Athenian theater are no exception. In numerous works, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides depict the complexity of familial bonds connecting spouses, siblings, parents and children, and generations past and present. This course explores Attic tragedy by surveying the diverse, and sometimes disturbing, manifestations of these relationships across seven plays, devoting particular attention to the theatrical construction of gender. Family can be a safe space: it is a source of profound love, immense sacrifice, and courageous solidarity. But family may also threaten grave dangers: old resentments blossom, new disputes loom, and the weight of ancient wrongs is never fully relieved. As we immerse ourselves in the most intimate dynamics of families not our own, we consider the persistent draw of this thematic focus for playwrights and probe the larger commentaries inherent to the families of theater on the nature of dramatic performance itself, and on the cohesion of the civic community. Is family fundamentally a source of stability or insecurity? What does any one person owe their parents, children, siblings, and fellow citizens? Are we all dealing with an undiagnosed Oedipus or Electra complex? Can the women of Greek tragedy truly speak when they are scripted, acted, and viewed exclusively by men? Does democracy wither without good drama? Students are invited to think creatively in assessing points of evolution and continuity in social and literary understandings of family.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HUMA E-120
Why Beethoven?
Paul-André Bempéchat DMA, Research Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26517 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the centrality of Ludwig van Beethoven to the evolution of music, not simply at the technical and spiritual levels, but how his stupendous influence over the world of classical music transcended into high art and popular culture. We examine in tandem the evolution of his musical style with representative paintings and sculptures of him and of monuments in his honor. How Beethoven became central to the Peanuts comic strip and inspired eponymous and biographical films plays a significant role in this course. Why, for example, would a Saint Bernard have been called “Beethoven” and not another breed of dog? Why and how did “F r Elise” become such an iconic piano work, adored by many, deplored and bemoaned by as many? How have the opening motive of his Fifth Symphony and the “Ode to Joy” of the Finale to the Ninth borne the mantle of human rights? And finally, has Beethoven been overpopularized? We also examine popular representations serious, whimsical, and gaudy to substantiate his ubiquitous stature in world culture. These and many more issues and questions are discussed as we discover and for some, rediscover at least fourteen major works during this fourteen-week course. In addition to in-class time, private tutorials are available to discuss issues of writing techniques, specific issues related to musical vocabulary, and bibliography.
Prerequisites: A musical background and reading knowledge of German would be most helpful, but are not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
HUMA E-134
Introduction to German Literature and Thought
John T. Hamilton PhD, William R. Kenan Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26447 | Section 1
Description
This is a survey course on major works in German literature, philosophy, and critique from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Close reading of representative texts opens onto broader ramifications in cultural and intellectual history with further consideration of societal and political tensions. Periods and themes covered include the enlightenment and the rise of the bourgeoisie, romanticism, idealism, and the problem of identity; realism and nationhood; language and political crises; and the guilt, responsibility, and existential angst that mark the postwar period.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course German 100. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Wednesdays, 12:45-2:25 pm starting January 25 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
HUMA E-160
Buddhism and Japanese Artistic Traditions
Ryuichi Abe PhD, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26320 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to enable students to analyze a wide range of Japanese artistic creations including the traditional Noh theater, modern Japanese paintings, and contemporary anime by illustrating the influence of Buddhist philosophy both on their forms and in their depths. The first part of the course is a study of major Buddhist theories and their impact on Japanese literature. The second part observes Buddhist ritual practices and their significance for Japanese performing arts. The last part traces the development of Japanese Buddhist art, and considers the influence of Buddhism on diverse contemporary popular Japanese art media.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
HUMA E-220
Frida Kahlo’s Mexico: Women, Arts, and Revolution
María Luisa Parra PhD, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26478 | Section 1
Description
This course revolves around the short and creative life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, as a window to explore the cultural and political revolution that shaped Mexico’s identity in the twentieth century and continues to influence Mexican’s daily lives. Kahlo lived at a time when Soviet politics and French surrealism merged with national agendas that sought to redefine Mexico’s identity through the integration of their indigenous heritage. The result was a time of booming creativity in the arts, radical expansion of educational and political agendas, as well as a redefinition of women’s identity, sexuality, and the Mexican family. We trace Kahlo’s romantic and artistic relationship with Diego Rivera as we learn about the Mexican muralism and graphic arts traditions along with the beauty of Mexican music and popular culture. We also become familiar with the works of some of Kahlo’s female artist friends, such as Lola lvarez Bravo, Tina Moditti, Aurora Reyes and Mar a Izquierdo, who gave voice to the voiceless: women, indigenous communities, and the disabled. Finally, we explore topics of Kahlo’s representations in media, the commodification of her persona, and how and why she has become a global icon.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
HUMA E-225
The Culture of Convenience
John T. Hamilton PhD, William R. Kenan Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16812 | Section 1
Description
Digitization has had many consequential effects in our personal, social, and political lives. How might we understand these effects? How might we distinguish between the beneficial and the detrimental? If the digital age has flattened the world, what are the limits of convenience and how might we evade the pitfalls of complacency? The course considers these and related questions through a careful review of literary texts and artworks, alongside social, political, and philosophical critiques.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Comparative Literature 121x/German 121. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 pm starting September 7 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
IORP E-1501
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Adam Smith PhD, Senior Associate Consultant, Kincentric
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16845 | Section 1
Description
How would you choose the ideal worker out of 400 applicants? Is it possible to predict employee motivation? Are virtual teams more effective than in-person teams? Questions like these can be answered through the help of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology, which is the application of psychological theories and principles to the workplace. Examining decades of research from psychology, sociology, management, and statistics, we discuss a wide range of theories and practices which have had an impact on I/O psychology applications. We also focus on how organizations currently use I/O principles in everyday scenarios and evaluate practical examples of how the field continues to influence talent management. Examined through the scientist-practitioner lens, course material covers both theoretical and real-world applications and addresses the gap between the two. Course topics include job/worker analysis, organizational research methods, employee selection, motivation, attitudes, health and stress, leadership, and a variety of other content areas. Students may not take both IORP E-1501 and PSYC E-1501 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
IORP E-1501
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Adam Smith PhD, Senior Associate Consultant, Kincentric
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26452 | Section 1
Description
How would you choose the ideal worker out of 400 applicants? Is it possible to predict employee motivation? Are virtual teams more effective than in-person teams? Questions like these can be answered through the help of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology, which is the application of psychological theories and principles to the workplace. Examining decades of research from psychology, sociology, management, and statistics, we discuss a wide range of theories and practices which have had an impact on I/O psychology applications. We also focus on how organizations currently use I/O principles in everyday scenarios and evaluate practical examples of how the field continues to influence talent management. Examined through the scientist-practitioner lens, course material covers both theoretical and real-world applications and addresses the gap between the two. Course topics include job/worker analysis, organizational research methods, employee selection, motivation, attitudes, health and stress, leadership, and a variety of other content areas. Students may not take both IORP E-1501 and PSYC E-1501 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
IORP E-1502
Psychometric Theory and Assessment
Daniel Schroeder DPhil, President and Chief Executive Officer, Organization Development Consultants, Inc.
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16846 | Section 1
Description
This course exposes the student to the basic principles of test construction and interpretation, including issues related to reliability and validity. Additionally, issues related to test administration, scoring, and reporting are explored, with emphasis given to the ethical uses of tests. Attention is also given to emerging trends in the practical uses and applications of tests. Students may not take both IORP E-1502 and PSYC E-1502 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 54 students
IORP E-1502
Psychometric Theory and Assessment
Daniel Schroeder DPhil, President and Chief Executive Officer, Organization Development Consultants, Inc.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26453 | Section 1
Description
This course exposes the student to the basic principles of test construction and interpretation, including issues related to reliability and validity. Additionally, issues related to test administration, scoring, and reporting are explored, with emphasis given to the ethical uses of tests. Attention is also given to emerging trends in the practical uses and applications of tests. Students may not take both IORP E-1502 and PSYC E-1502 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
IORP E-1512
Applied Workplace Assessment
Daniel Schroeder DPhil, President and Chief Executive Officer, Organization Development Consultants, Inc.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26454 | Section 1
Description
This course explores emerging trends and best practices in the application of assessments in organizational settings. Emphasis is given to the use of reliable and valid measures and the criteria that practitioners should utilize in order to make defensible assessment decisions. Practical applications of tests and measures for individuals (that is, selection, placement, and development), teams (that is, cohesion, civility, and effectiveness) and organizations (that is, employee engagement and climate or culture) are highlighted. Students may not take both IORP E-1512 and PSYC E-1512 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: B- or higher in IORP E-1502 or PSYC E-1502.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ISMT E-102
Case Studies in Enterprise Architecture
Zoya Kinstler PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25653 | Section 1
Description
Architecture is the art and craft of designing complex structures. Enterprise architecture (EA) is the art and craft of designing software solutions for business needs, which are driven by strategy decisions including how to win revenue in the competitive market. The market is rapidly changing under the impact of such disruptive technologies as cloud computing, internet-of-things (IoT), machine learning, blockchain, and robotic automation. It is an enterprise architect’s job to translate a strategy decision into a business capability, design a technology solution, and fit it into existing working enterprise. This is a threefold challenge: first, cutting through the complexity of the business ecosystem; second, implementing the new technology; and last but not least, delivering the solution very quickly. The course explores real-life scenarios of digital solutions implementations in various industry settings. We read case papers and discuss them in class. No outdated EA frameworks. No tedious methodologies. Lots of reading and practical learning.
Prerequisites: At least two courses towards the Master of Liberal Arts, software engineering or information management systems, or a working experience with software systems in business settings.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
ISMT E-111
Advertising Analytics and Real-Time Technology
Justin E. Fortier MBA, Principal Data Scientist, ViralGains
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25797 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a detailed overview of today’s digital advertising technology industry. Students learn the ecosystem, common goals, success metrics, and key national and local competitors that define the industry. Key terms, such as real-time bidding and walled gardens, are introduced. Topics include the use of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence as advertising technology optimization tools, and the challenges that recent legislation protecting consumer data present to advertising technology firms.
Prerequisites: Students need laptops loaded with Jupyter notebooks and Python 3.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ISMT E-136
Time Series Analysis with Python
Dmitry V. Kurochkin PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16180 | Section 1
Description
Time series data (for example, closing prices of an exchange-traded fund, maximum yearly temperatures, monthly PC sales, or daily numbers of visitors) arise whenever correlations of adjacent observations in time cannot be ignored. This course covers modern methods for time series analysis and forecasting. In addition to mathematical foundations of time series, students get hands-on experience building predictive models in cases of both stationary and non-stationary time series. Topics covered in the course include autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation, Fourier analysis, stationarity, time series decomposition, autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) process and the Box-Jenkins methodology, generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model, and long short-term memory (LSTM), a special type of recurrent neural networks (RNN) which has demonstrated to be superior to classical time series models in many applications.
Prerequisites: Introductory probability and statistics, multivariate calculus equivalent to MATH E-21a, and proficiency in Python programming equivalent to CSCI E-7. Familiarity with deep neural networks is helpful but not required. All coding exercises are performed in Python. Students are required to take a short pretest at the beginning of the course. The pretest score does not count toward the final grade but helps students understand whether their background in calculus, probability theory, as well as command of coding positions them for success in this course.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Emerson Hall 108
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
ISMT E-138
The Future of Humanity: A System Approach
Fawwaz Habbal PhD, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26470 | Section 1
Description
It is irresistible to think that the human race will survive forever. Yet, major changes are happening every day, and some of them create new challenges. Challenges can be complex and wicked. They may be related to new technology, the decline of sustainability, and human conflicts. Life goes on and even when there are wars, hope prevails. But is humanity safe? Are there existential risks? Is growth limitless? Are human values protected? Are there tipping points when the future becomes at risk? Among so many possible perils, how do we fit in? What is our role? How do we sustain sociability? What are the opportunities? What tools do we need to acquire and add to our skills? In this course, the instructor creates the provocations and exercises and guides the group. This course is a combination of learning useful techniques as well as valuable content, and is structured over three parts: an overview of systems thinking and systems mapping, tools and challenges, and navigating uncertainty by thinking in futures. Students learn through reflections and discussions, and solve problems using systems analysis and design methods. Students read, write, watch movies, and search the web for data to synthesize information. Most importantly, they create new ideas and solutions with their peers. Learning takes place through creating innovative solutions to human challenges, and small groups work to create insights and prototypes. Critical thinking and collaborations are the fuels for creating these innovative proposals.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, 1 Story Street 302
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
ISMT E-150
Introduction to GIS
Jeff Blossom MS, GIS Service Manager, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12917 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the concepts and components of a geographic information system (GIS). It also teaches the essential skills of spatial data management, analysis, and visualization through the use of the ArcGIS software package. Upon completion of this course, students understand the fundamental concepts of a GIS including spatial data models, spatial analysis, and cartographic principles. They also gain hands-on training in spatial data collection, editing, transformation, and mapping, as well as spatial analysis operations such as location-based query, address geocoding, terrain and watershed analysis, spatial interpolation, spatio-temporal analysis, 3D modelling, and a number of other GIS modeling techniques. GIS technology has broad applications in the natural and social sciences, humanities, environmental studies, engineering, and management. Examples include wildlife habitat study, urban and regional planning, contagious disease monitoring, agriculture and forestry, environmental quality assessment, emergency management, transportation planning, and consumer and competitor analysis. This course introduces a few selected cases of GIS application in different disciplines.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Word documents, spreadsheets, and browsing the Internet.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ISMT E-158
Remote Sensing Data and Applications
Magaly Koch PhD, Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16059 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to remote sensing data, methods and tools used for the study of global environmental change. The growing concern about human impact on the environment has led to the development of new observation and analysis tools to tackle and monitor types, magnitudes, and rates of environmental changes. Timely observations by Earth observation (EO) satellite systems and improved mapping and analysis tools are enabling a better understanding of the environmental interactions that underlie our Earth systems, which is critical for developing sustainable solutions. This course enables students to search and use satellite imagery in the context of a number of disciplines including environmental studies, ecology, geology, hydrology, disaster assessment and management, and public health. Students learn the fundamentals of the EO systems and the tools (geo-portals, web-based tools, and open-source software) to observe, monitor, and assess the changes occurring on or near the Earth’s surface. Hands-on activities explore human and physical dimensions of environmental change, environmental conservation and management, and disaster detection and mitigation. Students search and analyze global spatial data portals made available by various agencies and organizations (such as the United States Geological Survey, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the European Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). Potential topics covered in case studies and exercises include land use and cover change (urban sprawl, deforestation, and irrigated agriculture); extreme weather events (floods, droughts, wildfires, typhoons, and hurricanes); human and ecological health (aerosol and air pollution, wetland and forest health); food security and environmental sustainability (agriculture and water resources); and disaster assessment and management.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of geospatial data or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Required labs to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
ISMT E-182
Strategic Information Systems
William Waas MBA, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Professional Studies, Northwestern University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25088 | Section 1
Description
This course examines current issues, themes, and research related to the strategic use of information systems in organizations. It focuses on the use of information and information technology for competitive advantage in businesses, organizations, and nonprofits. It explores the impact of an innovative environment on the design and implementation of strategic systems and explores the concept of strategic alignment between the business and information technology. It examines in detail the use of portfolio management in selecting information technology projects that provide real strategic value to the company. It explores the issue of deriving real value out of information technology investments and discusses the development of meaningful benchmarks. Also included are in-depth discussions regarding the impact of IT security and government regulations on the organization.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ISMT E-189
Information Technology Finance and Communications
William Waas MBA, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Professional Studies, Northwestern University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15435 | Section 1
Description
Many information technology (IT) organizations lack the formal policies and procedures required to understand the true cost of providing IT services. IT managers and executives must communicate complex information and initiatives that improve productivity, cost management, and competitive advantage. To support better consideration of the factors driving technology decisions and formal cost recovery methodologies, the IT professional must present data and strategies to both other IT professionals and lay people without an IT background to executives, management, and staff within their organizations and to outside vendors and suppliers. Often, IT professionals must work and communicate productively in teams. This course focuses on the processes that make it possible to fairly allocate costs for IT services and gain information for assessing options, managing consumption, and perceiving the true value of IT; and the means of conveying information to ensure understanding and gain the cooperation of key partners in initiating positive IT financial initiatives.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
ISMT E-599
Capstone Seminar in Digital Enterprise
Zoya Kinstler PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14790 | Section 1
Description
This interactive fast-paced seminar focuses on digital technologies as tools for achieving business goals. A digital enterprise is defined as an organization whose business model and operating platform are driven by information technology (IT). Through readings and case studies, we learn how companies transform their products and systems by implementing digital technologies: cloud services, mobile and social platforms, data analytics, and internet-of-things communications. Then we roll up our sleeves and build a capstone project, architecting an IT solution for a realistic business scenario. The following concepts are covered: enterprise architecture, software systems, business processes, service orientation, system integration, and project implementation framework.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts, information management systems. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be good academic standing and have completed at least nine courses toward the degree, including all the core degree requirements. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, September 23, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 202
Saturday, September 24, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Sunday, September 25, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Required sections Mondays, 7:40-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ISMT E-599
Capstone Seminar in Digital Enterprise
Zoya Kinstler PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24470 | Section 1
Description
This interactive fast-paced seminar focuses on digital technologies as tools for achieving business goals. A digital enterprise is defined as an organization whose business model and operating platform are driven by information technology (IT). Through readings and case studies, we learn how companies transform their products and systems by implementing digital technologies: cloud services, mobile and social platforms, data analytics, and internet-of-things communications. Then we roll up our sleeves and build a capstone project, architecting an IT solution for a realistic business scenario. The following concepts are covered: enterprise architecture, software systems, business processes, service orientation, system integration, and project implementation framework.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts, information management systems. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be good academic standing and have completed at least nine courses toward the degree, including all the core degree requirements. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, February 17, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, February 19, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Required sections Mondays, 7:40-8:30 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ISMT E-599a
Capstone Seminar in Information Management
Richard E. Joltes ALM, Senior Content Analytics Architect, US Department of Transportation
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24506 | Section 1
Description
The management and utilization of digital assets, especially those containing large amounts of unstructured text, represent an ongoing and rapidly growing challenge for all types of enterprises. In many cases, a large amount of textual content is created and stored on a daily basis, only to languish unused in forgotten archives until discarded or forgotten. In the intervening storage period, this content consumes valuable storage space and other resources that may be better utilized for other purposes, while producing no tangible benefit. Given the rapid growth of such content (EMC, a major player in storage, recently estimated that 40 trillion gigabytes of data [40 zettabytes] will have accumulated around the world by the end of 2020), what steps should enterprises take in order to manage and capitalize on it? Is it possible to glean useful, actionable insights from unstructured text, while not wreaking havoc on already strained IT budgets? How should projects intended to utilize this content be organized, and what objectives and success metrics should be established? Even more importantly, how can organizations plan for the future in the face of burgeoning, almost exponential growth in content and complexity? This course discusses approaches to these problems. We first cover the backdrop of today’s storage nightmare and how it has evolved over time, then proceed to an assessment of the current state of unstructured content management. Using this background material, students then extrapolate on existing trends and needs for an organization (real or fictional), ultimately producing both short and long term plans of some duration (say, three to five years) for the organization’s management and utilization of unstructured content.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts, information management systems. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be good academic standing and have completed at least nine courses toward the degree, including all the core degree requirements. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Saturday, February 25, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Sunday, February 26, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
ITAL E-1
Intensive Elementary Italian I
Antonio Di Sanzo PhD, Instructor, Arlington High School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26525 | Section 1
Description
Conducted in Italian, this course is designed for beginners with no knowledge of Italian. The aim of the course is to develop oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. Class time is devoted to paired, group, and cultural activities.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, Thursdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
JAPA E-1
Elementary Japanese I
Ikue Shingu MA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16324 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed for people with little or no background in Japanese. It covers Lessons 1-6 of volume one of the textbook Genki, third edition. Students develop basic conversational skills as well as basic reading and writing skills necessary for situations in daily life.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, Thursdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
JAPA E-2
Elementary Japanese II
Ikue Shingu MA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25912 | Section 1
Description
This course aims to further develop a basic foundation in modern Japanese, leading to proficiency in the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It covers Lessons 7-12 of volume one of the textbook Genki, third edition.
Prerequisites: JAPA E-1, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, Thursdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
JOUR E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Journalism
Hannah Rosefield AM, MA, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15913 | Section 1
Description
This graduate proseminar introduces students to the fundamentals and practices of journalism at the graduate level research, interviewing, reporting, and writing by exposing them to a variety of reporting assignments. Students learn how to construct a lead as well as how to structure a story. They experience the difference between a feature story and a news story by having to write them both.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-100
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Journalism
Sallie Martin Sharp PhD, Editor and Journalist
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26477 | Section 1
Description
This graduate proseminar introduces students to the fundamentals and practices of journalism at the graduate level research, interviewing, reporting, and writing by exposing them to a variety of reporting assignments. Students learn how to construct a lead as well as how to structure a story. They experience the difference between a feature story and a news story by having to write them both.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-105
Essentials of Editing
Christina Thompson PhD, Editor, Harvard Review, Harvard College Library
Laura Healy MA, Editor and Literary Translator
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26005 | Section 1
Description
This course offers an overview of editing theory and practice for journalists and others in writing professions. Topics to be covered include line editing, copyediting, common syntactic and grammatical pitfalls, word choice, paragraph structure, clarity, and concision. The emphasis is on learning to identify and correct errors that commonly appear in professional writing. Students may not receive degree credit for this course if they have previously completed EXPO E-160 or EXPO E-170.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, March 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, March 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: March 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Final exams due Sunday, March 12. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-110
The Constitution and the Media
Franklin J Schwarzer JD, Attorney, Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP
Elisabeth Ryan MPH, JD, Director of Compliance, Ascend, LLC.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22424 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the concept of freedom of the press the basis for it and the restrictions on it in the United States. We begin by examining the concept of free speech and free press as used in the First Amendment of the US Constitution and trace its historical development to the present. We discuss the ways the Supreme Court has addressed three contentious press issues: the conflict between disclosure and national security (for example, the Pentagon Papers case); the defamation of public figures in news reporting (New York Times Co. v. Sullivan); and reporters’ shield laws and the limits of the journalist’s privilege to keep sources confidential. We also examine the constitutional basis for governmental regulation of broadcast content, and the interplay (or tension) between cyberspace and freedom of the press (for example, the 2011 Wikileaks controversy).
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
JOUR E-136
First-Person Journalism
Martha Nichols MA, Founder and Publisher, Talking Writing Magazine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26474 | Section 1
Description
First-person journalism is an exciting genre that combines a personal perspective with solid research and observations of the larger world. This intensive January session course emphasizes both long and short formats from topical features to investigative reports to book-length works of first-person journalism. It underscores the difference between journalism and creative nonfiction, and the way those two genres often merge. Students do a lot of writing and get practice pitching ideas to editors. For a final project, students have the option of producing several short pieces or one long work of first-person journalism.
Prerequisites: Experience with journalism and other forms of nonfiction writing is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-137
Feature Writing
Matthew T. Teague Contributing Writer, The Atlantic Magazine and National Geographic Magazine
Patricia M. Bellanca PhD, Head Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16160 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches the craft of feature writing, focusing on the development of human-interest reporting techniques that lead to stories that sing with rich detail and narrative style. Compelling stories introduce a conflict that finds resolution. They answer complicated questions through immersion into a subject that deserves time and careful attention. Descriptive scenes, intriguing characters, and active language move the story forward. Students complete weekly assignments that include short, postcard-style dispatches and magazine-length features. Readings include features from writers who invented and continue to shape the form, from Ida B. Wells to Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe to Tom Junod, and David Foster Wallace to Pam Colloff.
Prerequisites: An introductory journalism course, some journalism experience, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-137
Feature Writing
Kim Cross MA, Author
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26490 | Section 1
Description
Feature writing combines the literary craft of fiction with the fact-gathering skills of the journalist, historian, and documentary filmmaker. The best feature stories are both timely and timeless, using a narrative as a vehicle to touch upon something expansive, some universal truth or subtle meaning. Feature stories can take many forms, but in this course we focus on two: a reported personal essay and a third-person narrative. Both stories range from 2,000 to 4,000 words, and a sequence of weekly writing exercises (ungraded but required) build up to both. Students learn the publishing process from pitch to publication, with emphasis on immersion reporting, interviewing, story structure, editing, and fact-checking. Students also learn organizational techniques essential for stories with many sources and tools that enable them to reconstruct scenes they are not able to witness as a writer. The end goal of this course is to complete and polish two feature stories to submit to a target publication.
Prerequisites: An introductory journalism course, some journalism experience, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-139
Community Journalism
Matthew Hay Brown MS, Americas Editor, The Washington Post
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16792 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on covering the news that is often of the most interest and greatest consequence to readers: events, developments, and challenges in the places where they live. We operate in the manner of a newsroom: students, working in their own communities, report and write on local government, schools, business, crime, culture, people, and life. Then, as a class, we critique the work. We discuss the enduring role of community journalism in a changing media landscape, study exemplary pieces, and meet with working journalists. Students get practical guidance on developing story targets, identifying outlets, and pitching for professional publication.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-140a
News Reporting and Writing
Ana L. Campoy Thompson MA, Deputy Editor, Global Finance and Economics, Quartz
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15467 | Section 1
Description
In this changing media landscape, a journalist has no choice but to become a jack of all trades and to develop capabilities to be able to work on various media platforms. This fast-paced course teaches students to master the fundamentals of news writing and reporting for a variety of media. Students learn to think, observe, and ask questions like career journalists while developing the skills needed to shift seamlessly from writing for traditional news publications to updating web sites or tweeting. The course stresses accuracy and fact-checking as well as the importance of reporting a balanced story.
Prerequisites: Basic journalism course or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-140c
Race, Media, and News Writing
Austin B. Bogues MA, Commentary Editor, USA Today
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26460 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the role race plays in current events and news writing. Students read a variety of opinion and news reporting pieces, and develop multiple original reporting pieces involving issues of race, race relations, and demographics in the United States. The course also brings in guest speakers to discuss reporting on race.
Prerequisites: An introductory journalism course, some journalism experience, or permission of the instructor. Students need to have standard reporter gear including smartphones, laptops, notebooks, and pens or other camera gear in order to produce multimedia pieces.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-142a
The Art and Craft of Interviewing
Al Powell ALM, Senior Science Writer, Harvard Gazette
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16803 | Section 1
Description
This course on interviewing is intended to help beginning journalists, bloggers, social media professionals, and public relations professionals conceive, set up, and execute interviews that provide the foundation for an engaging and informative article, blog post, podcast, or video feature. The course includes a review of effective interviews, such as Katie Couric’s 2008 interview with then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, which altered how Palin was viewed by the public, and the work of famed radio journalist Studs Terkel, whose ability to extract and portray ordinary people’s stories led to his being awarded the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The course covers interview preparation, source selection, conduct of the interview itself, and how to make the highest and best use of the material that sources provide. We also discuss what can go wrong in an interview, how to ask hard questions, when to go off the record, and the ins and outs of difficult interviews. The course expands upon our examination of classic examples with a discussion of interview techniques, exercises to gain effectiveness, and real-world reporting experiences, from which students produce print, audio, or video stories.
Prerequisites: A college-level writing course.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, October 28, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, October 29, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, October 30, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: October 28, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Final papers due Monday, November 14.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-155
Magazine Writing
Martha Nichols MA, Founder and Publisher, Talking Writing Magazine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26411 | Section 1
Description
Magazine writing is the home of good storytelling and in-depth feature writing, even as digital media has blurred the lines between news and magazine sites. In this course, students try out different magazine styles and voices, exploring a range of channels (including health and lifestyle, politics, business, and science), with some multimedia options. We delve into the nuts-and-bolts of pitching and publishing magazine articles as a freelancer as well as the many ethical conundrums that have popped up in recent years. Throughout, we return to the question of what it means to be a trustworthy and engaging magazine writer in the digital age.
Prerequisites: An introductory journalism course, journalism experience, or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Friday, March 31, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, April 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, April 2, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-161
Podcasting
Robert E. Frederick MS, Digital Managing Editor, American Scientist
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16866 | Section 1
Description
The podcasting world includes millions of episodes in over 100 languages. Regularly, news shows top the podcast charts, with journalists talking about their own reported stories. Those journalists who have the skills to tell their stories in a podcasting format are more likely to get greater exposure for their work. In this course, students gain those skills, including interviewing for audio, writing and editing for the ear, and producing podcasts in their entirety. Smaller assignments over the semester scaffold together so the student is prepared to construct a 15-minute podcast of their own by the end of the term. For the first class meeting students should come prepared with a list of three podcast episodes that they enjoy from storytelling podcasts (for example, The Daily, 99% Invisible, or Endless Thread).
Prerequisites: A basic journalism course. The course requires a smartphone, headphones, and access to a basic Mac/Windows computer.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-161
Podcasting
Iris Adler MA, Audio Journalist and Podcast Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26489 | Section 1
Description
There are more than two million podcasts currently available, and the number of podcasts and the audience for them is growing. It has become essential for journalists to gain the skills necessary to create compelling on-demand content on this platform. In this course, students choose a journalistic topic they would like to explore in a podcast, and they gain the necessary skills to produce it: reporting, audio storytelling, scripting, interviewing, and basic audio production and design. We develop these skills through practice, collaboration, and feedback as well as by listening to and analyzing state-of-the art podcasts, such as S-Town from This American Life and Malcom Gladwell’s Revisionist History. Short skill-building assignments culminate in a podcast episode on the topic of the student’s choice. During our final class meetings, we explore possibilities for bringing our podcasts to the public.
Prerequisites: Basic journalism course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-162
Reporting on Climate Change
Robert E. Frederick MS, Digital Managing Editor, American Scientist
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16819 | Section 1
Description
Reporters familiar with how climate change affects our lives have a powerful lens to discover important stories at the local, national, and international level. Through a sequence of assignments, students in this course gain practical reporting experience both on climate change’s effects (such as coastal flooding, hurricanes, drought, heat waves, cold snaps, and wildfire) and on societal responses (such as agricultural production, civil engineering, environmental justice, and governmental policy). Students also gain an appreciation for the complexity of climate science itself so as to be able to cover the science responsibly. Increasingly, media outlets are adding climate change beats. This course is designed to help students, science communication professionals, and working journalists deepen their understanding of climate change as well as improve their capacity to tell the important stories that climate change prompts.
Prerequisites: An introductory journalism course, some journalism experience, or permission of the instructor. Prior education in a scientific discipline, although helpful, is not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-174
The Art of the Book Review
Maggie Doherty PhD, Biographer and Critic
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16775 | Section 1
Description
Many aspiring writers get their first byline by writing a book review. Many successful writers continue to write book reviews throughout their careers. This course prepares students to excel at this genre of writing with the goal of having a book review pitch accepted for publication by the end of the course. We discuss the different types of book reviews, from the evaluative review to the round-up review to the review-essay. Students learn how to pitch a book review, how to read a book for the purposes of reviewing it, and how to conduct the outside research necessary for writing a strong review. Course readings include book reviews from a range of publications the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the London Review of Books, among others to show the different approaches to book reviewing. Guest speakers provide students with insight into how to launch a career as a reviewer and how to use book reviews to develop other writing projects.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-175
Photojournalism
Samantha K. Appleton BA, Freelance Photojournalist
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16673 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to photojournalism for students and professionals. Through weekly photo assignments and critiques, students learn to look critically at images, make photographs that are both creative and rich in content, and produce a body of work through the editing and sequencing of images. The course touches on the historic role of photography through the essential work of photographers like Dorothea Lange, Yoichi Okamoto, and James Nachtwey, but focuses on the process of creating a lasting photograph. By the end of the course, students have a portfolio of images and basic strategies for working in the industry.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of photography. This course spends only a small amount of time on technical issues.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-186
Reviewing the Performing Arts
Sarah L. Kaufman MSJ, Chief Dance Critic and Senior Arts Writer, The Washington Post
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26429 | Section 1
Description
This workshop course offers practical guidance for journalists who wish to write about the performing arts: drama, music, and dance. We read and analyze works by such critics and essayists as A.O. Scott, Emily Nussbaum, Peter Marks, Zadie Smith, Frank Rich, and Angelica Jade Basti n. Students write film (and other) reviews, opinion pieces, and critical essays while learning to develop their skills in perception, analytical thinking, organization, and persuasiveness. We hear from guest artists and writers, watch recorded performances, and read arts criticism published by a wide range of critics in a variety of media, both legacy and new. Students learn to develop their own distinctive voices while tapping into their critical faculties to analyze the arts in new and convincing ways. Although this is a course for journalists, it is useful for students with an interest in performance or in dramatic writing because it provides them with a new understanding of the view from the other side of the stage and screen.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
JOUR E-599
Journalism Capstone Project
June Carolyn Erlick MSJ, Publications Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and Editor-in-Chief, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13272 | Section 1
Description
The capstone is the culmination of the student’s work in the Master of Liberal Arts, journalism program and consists of a series of substantial stories completed in one semester. The capstone generally consists of three to five related pieces, text or multi-media based, in different styles. Text-based projects are generally about 5,000 words; the parameters of projects in other media are determined by the student and the project director together, and are based on the requirements of the story. Past capstone directors have included Boston Globe editors and reporters, former fellows from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and other professionals in the field.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, journalism. Prospective degree candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing with a minimum of 36 degree-applicable credits completed with required grades. In addition, candidates must submit capstone proposals by June 1. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements or do not have their capstone proposals approved by the deadline are dropped from the course. See the journalism capstone website for proposal details and approval deadlines.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
JOUR E-599
Journalism Capstone Project
June Carolyn Erlick MSJ, Publications Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and Editor-in-Chief, ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23092 | Section 1
Description
The capstone is the culmination of the student’s work in the Master of Liberal Arts, journalism program and consists of a series of substantial stories completed in one semester. The capstone generally consists of three to five related pieces, text or multi-media based, in different styles. Text-based projects are generally about 5,000 words; the parameters of projects in other media are determined by the student and the project director together, and are based on the requirements of the story. Past capstone directors have included Boston Globe editors and reporters, former fellows from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and other professionals in the field.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, journalism. Prospective degree candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing with a minimum of 36 degree-applicable credits completed with required grades. In addition, candidates must submit capstone proposals by October 1. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements or do not have their capstone proposals approved by the deadline are dropped from the course. See the journalism capstone website for proposal details and approval deadlines.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
LATI E-1a
Beginning Latin I
Ivy Livingston PhD, Senior Preceptor in Classics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14239 | Section 1
Description
This course is a first step in reading Latin, which was the language not only of ancient Rome, but also of science, culture, and more in Europe until the early modern era and is still in use today. The course focuses on Classical Latin (as it would have been written, for example, by Julius Caesar), but engages with a variety of texts including inscriptions and graffiti. Ancient texts are supplemented with modern ones to help develop not only fluency in reading continuous narratives but also the cultural knowledge that is necessary to understand Latin literature.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 27 students
LATI E-1b
Beginning Latin II
Ivy Livingston PhD, Senior Preceptor in Classics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25493 | Section 1
Description
This course continues to develop reading ability in Latin, building on the skills learned in LATI E-1a. Readings include inscriptions and short texts mainly from the classical period (such as the poetry of Martial), as well as longer mythological stories written for learners.
Prerequisites: LATI E-1a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
LATI E-2a
Intermediate Latin I
Ivy Livingston PhD, Senior Preceptor in Classics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16590 | Section 1
Description
This course follows LATI E-1a and LATI E-1b. Students progress from the straightforward narratives and short inscriptions of the introductory courses to more complex authentic texts. Readings are from the classical period to the middle ages and from various genres, including lyric poetry and history, as well as the Vulgate (a fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible). After this course, students have experience with all the standard forms and syntax of Latin and should be prepared for further literature courses or independent study.
Prerequisites: LATI E-1a and LATI E-1b or equivalent background; please consult with the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
LATI E-2b
Intermediate Latin II
Ivy Livingston PhD, Senior Preceptor in Classics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26172 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students transition to reading more extensive passages of unadapted literature. The main texts will be a mythological story of transformation from Ovid’s epic poem, Metamorphoses and the beginning of Julius Caesar’s account of his subjugation of Gaul. This course is intended for students who have begun (or are beginning) to read classical Latin texts that include all the standard grammatical structures of the language.
Prerequisites: LATI E-2a or equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
LSTU E-109a
The Constitution Beginning to End
Allan A. Ryan JD, Director of Intellectual Property, Harvard Business School Publishing
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16800 | Section 1
Description
We thoroughly examine the US Constitution, every part, beginning to end, enlivened with historical and legal insights.
Prerequisites: Pre-course reading is listed on the syllabus.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, November 4, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, November 5, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, November 6, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: November 04, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Final papers due Monday, November 21.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
LSTU E-113
International Human Rights Law
Diana Buttu MBA, JD, Lawyer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24451 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to international human rights law. This course looks at the relationship between human rights and international action. By examining various international mechanisms and cases, students are able to critically assess the efficacy of the international human rights law system. Throughout this course we examine topical issues in international human rights law.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
LSTU E-126
Voting Rights, Race, and the Supreme Court
Allan A. Ryan JD, Director of Intellectual Property, Harvard Business School Publishing
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16810 | Section 1
Description
In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the states from denying the right to vote “on account of” race. But the states of the former Confederacy devised ways to evade this prohibition, and beginning in 1890 they adopted new constitutions that effectively disfranchised Black Americans for 75 years. With few exceptions, Congress and the Supreme Court did not interfere. Not until the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 did the Fifteenth Amendment come alive, vigorously enforced by the US Department of Justice and upheld by the court. But the tide has turned in the twenty-first century. The Supreme Court in 2013 nullified a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, enabling states to impose new impediments on access to the polls in 2022 and to dilute minority voting strength through partisan redistricting (gerrymandering). We examine the history of race and voting rights in US law, from antebellum laws and the Fifteenth Amendment to the Voting Rights Act, and the retreat from those rights by Congress and the Supreme Court, first in the era of Jim Crow and again now.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, November 18, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, November 19, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, November 20, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: November 18, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $990, graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Final papers due Monday, December 5.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
LSTU E-132
Disability, Law, and Medicine
Michael Stein PhD, JD, Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16626 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to bioethical questions raised in the context of health care provision to people with disabilities. Students are encouraged to think critically, openly, ethically, rationally, and collegially about often difficult, delicate, and controversial topics involving issues of medical ethics, autonomy, dignity, civil and human rights, stigma, personal integrity, culture, public health, and informed consent, among others, as expressed through interactive discussion, a research project, application of case studies, and role playing. The instructor draws from the fields of disability studies, bioethics, medicine, law, social science, and history. The first half of the course introduces some core theoretical questions in the study of disability and bioethics. The second half of the course analyzes how theories apply across case studies and vary between particular patients. Students leave with a social science, legal, bioethical, medical, and cultural immersion into the study of disability and the normative issues arising in the lives of persons with disabilities. Also provided are a practical set of concerns to orient students as they interact with healthcare systems throughout their lives, whether as patients, physicians, policy makers, lawyers, advocates, or caregivers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
LSTU E-138
Criminology and Justice: An Exploration of Crime, Courts, and Sentencing
Michael Livingood MS, Federal Law Enforcement Official
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25781 | Section 1
Description
Substance addiction, mental health, youth, and poverty. How do these elements influence criminal behavior? How are criminal justice systems responding to such issues? What causes people to commit crime, and why do people choose to commit specific types of crime? This course explores the most challenging issues facing the criminal justice system today and in the future. The course consists of an examination of theories related to crime causation, crime typologies, and special considerations such as substance addiction, mental health, youth, and poverty. Facilitated in part by a reading of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, students are given the unique opportunity to synthesize their learning to create pre-sentence reports, which are used in modern-day courts to inform sentencing decisions. Students gain a deep appreciation of the challenges courts and judges face in assessing criminal behavior. Students are challenged to consider the changing landscape of criminal justice and how rehabilitation and alternative sentencing can and will play a vital role in the future of our court systems. This course is not limited to those who work in the field of criminal justice or the courts and would benefit students from a variety of disciplines.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 9:00am-11:00am
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
LSTU E-145
Censorship: Legal, Ethical, and Policy Issues
Ellsworth Lapham Fersch PhD, JD, Lecturer on Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15495 | Section 1
Description
This course explores how America’s legal and social systems cope with moral ambiguity and controversial ethical questions. The course analyzes major cases and issues concerning attempted or actual censorship of sexually explicit, religiously proscribed, and politically volatile written and visual materials. In addition, it focuses on more recent developments concerning censorship by what is termed big tech, by social media platforms, by corporations and universities, and by individuals and groups themselves. The course examines original documents as well as the commentaries, arguments, and actions about them. The course evaluates accompanying ethical, social, and policy implications and assesses various approaches to fundamental ethical dilemmas and the impact of law in contemporary society.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
MATH E-10
Precalculus
David Arias EdD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12572 | Section 1
Description
An intensive course for students with superior algebra skills who want to enroll in MATH E-15 the following term. During the semester, linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, polynomial, and rational functions are discussed. Requires the use of a graphing calculator. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory placement test score.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-10
Precalculus
David Arias EdD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22379 | Section 1
Description
An intensive course for students with superior algebra skills who want to enroll in MATH E-15 the following term. During the semester, linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, polynomial, and rational functions are discussed. Requires the use of a graphing calculator. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory placement test score.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-115
Introduction to Complex Analysis
David Arias EdD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26355 | Section 1
Description
Complex analysis is the study of functions of a complex variable. A complex variable (z) can take on the value of a complex number (x + iy), where i is the unit imaginary number and x and y represent real numbers. Differentiation and integration of complex functions involve procedures used to differentiate and integrate functions of real numbers. Thus, if you enjoyed calculus of real variables, you would enjoy complex analysis. During the semester, we discuss limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration involving exponential, logarithmic, power, trigonometric, hyperbolic, inverse trigonometric, and inverse hyperbolic complex functions. Cauchy-Riemann equations, analytic functions, harmonic functions, Cauchy-Goursat theorem, Taylor series, Laurent series, and Cauchy’s residue theorem are also discussed.
Prerequisites: Math E-21a or equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-125
Introduction to Vector Calculus and Matrix Algebra Using Python
Kris Lokere ALM
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26428 | Section 1
Description
This is an introductory course in vector calculus and linear algebra, with an emphasis on using Python to build intuition and to do computations. Key theorems are stated, but not proved. Rather, we aim to understand why they work by showing examples in software.
Prerequisites: MATH E-16 or similar background in calculus is required. Either some background with Python or some prior exposure to linear algebra and/or multivariable calculus is preferred.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-15
Calculus 1
Eric C. Towne AB, Curriculum Advisor, Advanced Placement Calculus, The College Board
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10436 | Section 1
Description
This is a complete course in first-semester calculus. Topics include the meaning, use, and interpretation of the derivative; techniques of differentiation; applications to curve sketching and optimization in a variety of disciplines; the definite integral and some applications; and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: MATH E-10, or the equivalent, or satisfactory placement test score. The graduate-credit option is available only to students participating in the Extension School’s mathematics for teaching program.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections for all students Thursdays, 7-8 pm; required weekly seminars for graduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
MATH E-15
Calculus 1
Eric C. Towne AB, Curriculum Advisor, Advanced Placement Calculus, The College Board
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20399 | Section 1
Description
This is a complete course in first-semester calculus. Topics include the meaning, use, and interpretation of the derivative; techniques of differentiation; applications to curve sketching and optimization in a variety of disciplines; the definite integral and some applications; and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: MATH E-10, or the equivalent, or satisfactory placement test score. The graduate-credit option is available only to students participating in the Extension School’s mathematics for teaching program.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections for all students Thursdays, 7-8 pm; required weekly seminars for graduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
MATH E-151
Classic Mathematics with a Modern User Interface
Paul G. Bamberg DPhil, Senior Lecturer on Mathematics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16435 | Section 1
Description
The course presents a variety of topics from linear algebra, abstract algebra, and geometry that lend themselves to an interesting visual display: for example, groups, finite fields, graph theory, finite, Euclidean, and spherical geometry. Students implement key mathematical ideas in R, build an application in R Shiny Dashboard that can be deployed to the internet, and use their software to devise conjectures that they can then prove as theorems.
Prerequisites: Solid command of precalculus mathematics. A course in linear algebra is useful but not required. Programming ability in some language (Python, Java, C/C++) is essential, but no prior knowledge of R, HTML, or client-server programming is assumed.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MATH E-156
Mathematical Statistics
Dmitry V. Kurochkin PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16470 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to mathematical statistics and data analysis. It starts by introducing central concepts of probability theory (events, probability measure, random variables, distributions, joint distributions, and conditional distributions) and then moves on to the development of mathematical foundations of statistical inference. Topics covered in the course include random variables, expectations, parameter estimation (method of moments, method of maximum likelihood, and Bayesian approach), properties of point estimators (bias, variance, consistency, and efficiency), confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, likelihood ratio test, data summary methods, and introduction to linear regression. A class of distributions, including chi-squared, t, and F distributions, the distributions derived from normal that occur in many applications of hypothesis testing and statistical inference, are introduced.
Prerequisites: MATH E-15 or equivalent. No prior knowledge of probability is assumed. Students are required to take a short pretest at the beginning of the course. The pretest score does not count toward the final grade but helps students understand whether their background in calculus positions them for success in this course.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Sever Hall 102
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-156
Mathematical Statistics
Dmitry V. Kurochkin PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26408 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to mathematical statistics and data analysis. It starts by introducing central concepts of probability theory (events, probability measure, random variables, distributions, joint distributions, and conditional distributions) and then moves on to the development of mathematical foundations of statistical inference. Topics covered in the course include random variables, expectations, parameter estimation (method of moments, method of maximum likelihood, and Bayesian approach), properties of point estimators (bias, variance, consistency, and efficiency), confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, likelihood ratio test, data summary methods, and introduction to linear regression. A class of distributions, including chi-squared, t, and F distributions, the distributions derived from normal that occur in many applications of hypothesis testing and statistical inference, are introduced.
Prerequisites: MATH E-15 or equivalent. No prior knowledge of probability is assumed. Students are required to take a short pretest at the beginning of the course. The pretest score does not count toward the final grade but helps students understand whether their background in calculus positions them for success in this course.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Sever Hall 102
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-16
Calculus 2 with Series and Differential Equations
Srdjan Divac MA, Lecturer on Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10437 | Section 1
Description
This course covers integration, differential equations, and Taylor series with applications. It covers most of the topics in a second-semester calculus course with the emphasis on applications as well as graphical and numerical work. The use of a graphing calculator with the capability of computing (approximating) definite integrals is required. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: MATH E-15, or the equivalent in other words, an excellent working knowledge of first-semester calculus, including the trigonometric and logarithmic functions, or satisfactory placement test score.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections Mondays, 6-7:30 pm for all students; required weekly seminars for graduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-16
Calculus 2 with Series and Differential Equations
Srdjan Divac MA, Lecturer on Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20395 | Section 1
Description
This course covers integration, differential equations, and Taylor series with applications. It covers most of the topics in a second-semester calculus course with the emphasis on applications as well as graphical and numerical work. The use of a graphing calculator with the capability of computing (approximating) definite integrals is required. Students enrolling for graduate credit participate in weekly pedagogical seminars designed for current and future K-12 teachers.
Prerequisites: MATH E-15, or the equivalent in other words, an excellent working knowledge of first-semester calculus, including the trigonometric and logarithmic functions, or satisfactory placement test score.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Optional sections Mondays, 6-7:30 pm for all students; required weekly seminars for graduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-216
Real Analysis, Convexity, and Optimization
Grant Andrew Murray MA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26065 | Section 1
Description
This course develops the theory of convex sets, normed infinite-dimensional vector spaces, and convex functionals and applies it as a unifying principle to a variety of optimization problems such as resource allocation, production planning, and optimal control. Topics include Hilbert space, dual spaces, the Hahn-Banach theorem, the Riesz representation theorem, calculus of variations, and Fenchel duality. Students are expected to understand and invent proofs of theorems in real and functional analysis.
Prerequisites: MATH E-21a and MATH E-21b, MATH E-23a, or the equivalent, plus at least one other more advanced course in mathematics. Students need to know linear algebra and multivariable calculus and be comfortable with proofs.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the 2015 Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Mathematics 116.
MATH E-21a
Multivariable Calculus
Robert Winters PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 11648 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the following topics: calculus of functions of several variables; vectors and vector-valued functions; parameterized curves and surfaces; vector fields; partial derivatives and gradients; optimization; method of Lagrange multipliers; integration over regions in R2 and R3; integration over curves and surfaces; Green’s theorem, Stokes’s theorem, Divergence theorem.
Prerequisites: MATH E-16, or the equivalent; placement test is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Emerson Hall 108
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-21b
Linear Algebra
Robert Winters PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 21474 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the following topics: solving systems of linear equations; matrices and linear transformations; image and kernel of a linear transformation; matrices and coordinates relative to different bases; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; discrete and continuous dynamical systems; least-squares approximation; applications, differential equations, and function spaces.
Prerequisites: MATH E-16 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor; some familiarity with vectors; general familiarity with matrix-capable calculators or mathematical software; the placement test is recommended but not required.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Emerson Hall 108
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: On-campus meetings are recorded. A live stream is available at the time the class meets. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-21c
Ordinary Differential Equations
Robert Winters PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16432 | Section 1
Description
This course covers ordinary differential equations (ODEs); continuous models; analytic, graphical, and numerical solutions; input-response formulation of linear ODEs; systems of first-order ODEs and matrix exponentials; and nonlinear systems and phase-plane analysis.
Prerequisites: One variable calculus; some familiarity with multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and complex numbers.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-23a
Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I
Grant Andrew Murray MA
Kris Lokere ALM
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15176 | Section 1
Description
This is the first half of an integrated treatment of linear algebra, real analysis, and multivariable calculus. By combining these disciplines into one course, we show important relations between each, which allows us to use results from one topic to gain deeper understanding of other topics. We cover matrices, eigenvectors, dot and cross products, limits, continuity, and differentiability, all in multiple dimensions, with an introduction to manifolds. This course covers both mathematical proofs as well as applications. Students learn to write more than twenty important proofs and see how proof-based mathematics prepares them for applications in engineering, economics, data science, and artificial intelligence.
Prerequisites: A grade of A in MATH E-16 or the equivalent. Some experience with multivariable calculus and linear algebra is not necessary but preferred.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-23c
Mathematics for Computation and Data Science
Kris Lokere ALM
Grant Andrew Murray MA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25129 | Section 1
Description
Topics in discrete mathematics, real analysis, linear algebra, and integral calculus, chosen for their relevance to computer science, probability, statistics, and data science. Foundations of probability, logic, vector spaces, infinite series, and integration. Application to statistical problems. Includes an introduction to statistical and graphical tools in the R programming language. Students may not take both MATH E-23c and MATH E-23b for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: Linear algebra, solid single-variable calculus, and introductory multivariable differential calculus. MATH E-23a would be more than sufficient.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MATH E-3
Quantitative Reasoning: Practical Math
Graeme D. Bird PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 12500 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews basic arithmetical procedures and their use in everyday mathematics. It also includes an introduction to basic statistics covering such topics as the interpretation of numerical data, graph reading, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. No previous knowledge of these tools is assumed. Recommendations for calculators are made during the first class.
Prerequisites: A willingness to (re)discover math, appreciate its practical uses, and enjoy its patterns and beauty.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 101
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-3
Quantitative Reasoning: Practical Math
Graeme D. Bird PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20389 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews basic arithmetical procedures and their use in everyday mathematics. It also includes an introduction to basic statistics covering such topics as the interpretation of numerical data, graph reading, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. No previous knowledge of these tools is assumed. Recommendations for calculators are made during the first class.
Prerequisites: A willingness to (re)discover math, appreciate its practical uses, and enjoy its patterns and beauty.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Harvard Hall 101
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,000.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-300
Mathematical Foundations for Teaching Secondary School Math
Andrew Engelward PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13787 | Section 1
Description
Why do students have such a difficult time with basic math concepts such as working with fractions and negative numbers? It could be because arithmetic is significantly more complex than we initially suspect. For instance, the symbol ½ has at least four different interpretations, and students need to be able to quickly figure out which interpretation will be of most use for solving a particular problem. This course was created for middle and high school mathematics teachers to give them a chance to explore the inner workings of fundamental mathematical concepts involved in arithmetic as well as the basis for working with a variety of number systems. The course deconstructs basic math concepts that many people often take for granted, but yet which can continue to give students difficulties throughout their school years. The course emphasizes mathematical reasoning rather than memorizing facts and formulas. In addition to the mathematical content, we also discuss how different methods of teaching affect students differently and we explore a variety of activities and games that teachers can bring to their own classrooms to enhance their students’ understanding and enjoyment of mathematics.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with K-12 mathematics.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-301
Elementary Number Theory
David Arias EdD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16762 | Section 1
Description
Number theory can be used to find the greatest common divisor, determine whether a number is prime, and solve Diophantine equations. With the improvement of computer technology, number theory also helps us to protect private information by encrypting it as it travels through the internet. During the course, we discuss mathematical induction, division and Euclidean algorithms, the Diophantine equation ax + by = c, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, prime numbers and their distribution, the Goldbach conjecture, congruences, the Chinese remainder theorem, Fermat’s theorem, Wilson’s theorem, Euler’s theorem, and cryptography. Additional topics may include number-theoretic functions, primitive roots, and the quadratic reciprocity law.
Prerequisites: MATH E-8.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MATH E-302
Math for Teaching Geometry
Carolyn Gardner-Thomas PhD, Director, Mathematics for Teaching Program, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26524 | Section 1
Description
Geometry is about symmetry, shape, and space. This course emphasizes mathematical reasoning and the role of mathematical discourse in geometry classrooms. Our explorations begin with the classic work on geometry, Euclid’s The Elements. We study straightedge and compass constructions; investigate golden rectangles, constructible numbers, and geometry in higher dimensions; and work to more modern topics such as tessellations and Pick’s Theorem.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of number systems, algebra, and other standard precalculus mathematics. Experience teaching geometry would be useful, but not essential.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MATH E-345
Math Teacher Leadership
Carolyn Gardner-Thomas PhD, Director, Mathematics for Teaching Program, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16409 | Section 1
Description
This course supports math teacher leadership knowledge and skill development through investigations of practice, reflections, design, and implementation of programs oriented to address dynamic contextual school situations. Using research-based frameworks for teacher leadership development, we explore strategies to drive school improvement efforts in mathematics teaching, learning, and school culture. Students engage with collaborative and system-based approaches for timely, relevant, data-informed, and sustainable mathematics education improvement. The course is designed for math teachers and administrators interested in formal and informal coaching and mentoring of math teachers, the design and facilitation of professional development experiences for math teachers, and transformational leadership in mathematics education.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of number systems, algebra, and other standard precalculus mathematics. A minimum of three years of teaching mathematics is assumed.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MATH E-4
Mathematical Modeling with Spreadsheets I
Eric Connally BA, Principal Engineer, Illustrative Mathematics
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16456 | Section 1
Description
Mathematical modeling uses a variety of mathematical tools to describe a wide range of real-world situations. Such tools include algebraic expressions, graphs, and statistics to represent critical elements of complicated systems. When done well, it can help us to understand such systems as well as to predict their future behavior. In this course, we employ the highly versatile structure of spreadsheets to explore a wide range of mathematical models involving topics from finance, biology, and physics, among others. This course builds on the basic arithmetical, algebraic, and graphing skills developed in MATH E-3 and is intended for students who want develop more applied mathematical skills, expand their expertise in the use of spreadsheets, or enroll in MATH E-8 in the future.
Prerequisites: MATH E-3 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MATH E-599
Teaching Projects: Math for Teaching Capstone
Carolyn Gardner-Thomas PhD, Director, Mathematics for Teaching Program, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16408 | Section 1
Description
This course is intended to give current and aspiring secondary math teachers an opportunity to become engaged in a variety of teaching-related projects. In the first part of the course, participants are given a chance to research a current topic in mathematics education through use of journal articles, giving a presentation of their findings to the math for teaching community. In the second part, participants are asked to investigate how use of a particular technology can be used to enhance classroom math lessons. In addition, everyone gets a chance to participate in an alternative math teaching experiment.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts, mathematics for teaching, capstone track. Prospective degree candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March, with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone). Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MATH E-599
Teaching Projects: Math for Teaching Capstone
Carolyn Gardner-Thomas PhD, Director, Mathematics for Teaching Program, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 22946 | Section 1
Description
This course is intended to give current and aspiring secondary math teachers an opportunity to become engaged in a variety of teaching-related projects. In the first part of the course, participants are given a chance to research a current topic in mathematics education through use of journal articles, giving a presentation of their findings to the math for teaching community. In the second part, participants are asked to investigate how use of a particular technology can be used to enhance classroom math lessons. In addition, everyone gets a chance to participate in an alternative math teaching experiment.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted degree candidates for the Master of Liberal Arts, mathematics for teaching, capstone track. Prospective degree candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May, with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone). Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MATH E-6
Mathematics and the Greeks
Graeme D. Bird PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23689 | Section 1
Description
In this course we seek to understand how the ancient Greeks thought about mathematics by focusing on three activities: finding solutions and proofs for simple numerical problems, drawing geometrical constructions using compasses and straightedge, and reading brief historical abstracts by and about early Greek mathematicians. Students also learn the Greek alphabet to enable them to read a few common mathematical terms. Graduate-credit students either write a research paper on some aspect of Greek mathematics or prepare a series of lesson plans showing how a section of the course material could be taught in high schools.
Prerequisites: High school algebra or MATH E-8.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MATH E-8
College Algebra
David Abbruzzese, Jr. BSEE
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20393 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews arithmetic and covers algebraic expressions and equations; their manipulation and use in problem solving; word problems; and an introduction to inequalities, absolute values, and graphing. This course features some of the same topics as MATH E-10, but at a slower pace and more introductory level. In addition, it does not cover trigonometry and sinusoidal functions, which are discussed in depth in MATH E-10.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory placement test score.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections Mondays, 4-5 pm.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-10
HBS CORe: Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15074 | Section 1
Description
The Credential of Readiness (CORe program) is a primer on the fundamentals of business offered through Harvard Business School Online. Developed and taught by Harvard Business School faculty, this course covers business analytics, economics for managers, and financial accounting the essentials to contribute to business discussions and decision making. The business analytics portion is taught by Janice Hammond and introduces quantitative methods used to analyze data and make better management decisions. The economics for managers portion is taught by Bharat Anand and applies fundamental economic principles to business decisions, covering customer demand, supplier cost, pricing, markets, and differentiation. The financial accounting portion is taught by V.G. Narayanan and teaches key accounting concepts and principles to illuminate financial statements and unlock critical insights into business performance and potential. All learning materials and instructor and participant interaction take place within the online HBS Online learning environment. Although the professors do not have direct real-time interaction with students, they have developed short video lectures, cases, exercises, and other interactive learning elements to create a highly engaging educational experience. Participants typically learn as much (if not more) from thoughtful participation and from peers in this active learning ecosystem as they do from faculty content. For more information see HBS Online’s CORe webpage. Students who have previously enrolled in HBS Online’s Financial Accounting, MGMT E-10 (or MGMT S-10), HBS Online’s CORe, or the HBS Online section of MGMT E-1000 (or MGMT S-1000), and were still enrolled after the 100% refund deadline are not eligible to enroll in MGMT E-10.
Prerequisites: To register for this course, students must apply to and be admitted by HBS Online for the September cohort. Apply now. If accepted, registration transactions must all be done on the HBS Online website. For more information, visit the HBS Online support portal. After registering with HBS Online, students receiving financial aid or any other type of financial assistance (for example, consortium agreements) should contact the Extension School Student Financial Services office at studentfinance@extension.harvard.edu.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: September 07, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $3,840.
Credits: 8
Notes:
This course is graded pass/fail with grades of high honors, honors, pass, or fail. Extension of time (EXT) grades are not available. Harvard University’s Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) cannot be used. Certain other scholarships and waivers are also excluded. Admission, registration, refund, make-up exam, and grading policies are determined by the HBS Online CORe administration and have precedence over corresponding Extension School policies.
- Last day to apply: August 30
- Last day to register: September 2
- Course start date: September 7
- Last day to drop for 100% tuition refund, minus the HBS Online $100 nonrefundable enrollment fee: September 8
MGMT E-10
HBS CORe: Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24586 | Section 1
Description
The Credential of Readiness (CORe program) is a primer on the fundamentals of business offered through Harvard Business School Online. Developed and taught by Harvard Business School faculty, this course covers business analytics, economics for managers, and financial accounting the essentials to contribute to business discussions and decision making. The business analytics portion is taught by Janice Hammond and introduces quantitative methods used to analyze data and make better management decisions. The economics for managers portion is taught by Bharat Anand and applies fundamental economic principles to business decisions, covering customer demand, supplier cost, pricing, markets, and differentiation. The financial accounting portion is taught by V.G. Narayanan and teaches key accounting concepts and principles to illuminate financial statements and unlock critical insights into business performance and potential. All learning materials and instructor and participant interaction take place within the online HBS Online learning environment. Although the professors do not have direct real-time interaction with students, they have developed short video lectures, cases, exercises, and other interactive learning elements to create a highly engaging educational experience. Participants typically learn as much (if not more) from thoughtful participation and from peers in this active learning ecosystem as they do from faculty content. Students registered in CORe will be required to keep up with the course material during the Harvard Extension School’s Spring Break. For more information see HBS Online’s CORe webpage. Students who have previously enrolled in HBS Online’s Financial Accounting, MGMT E-10 (or MGMT S-10), HBS Online’s CORe, or the HBS Online section of MGMT E-1000 (or MGMT S-1000), and were still enrolled after the 100% refund deadline are not eligible to enroll in MGMT E-10.
Prerequisites: To register for this course, students must apply to and be admitted by HBS Online for the January cohort. Apply now. If accepted, registration transactions must all be done on the HBS Online website. For more information, visit the HBS Online support portal. After registering with HBS Online, students receiving financial aid or any other type of financial assistance (for example, consortium agreements) should contact the Extension School Student Financial Services office at studentfinance@extension.harvard.edu.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 10, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $3,960.
Credits: 8
Notes:
This course is graded pass/fail with grades of high honors, honors, pass, or fail. Extension of time (EXT) grades are not available. Harvard University’s Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) cannot be used. Certain other scholarships and waivers are also excluded. Admission, registration, refund, make-up exam, and grading policies are determined by the HBS Online CORe administration and have precedence over corresponding Extension School policies.
- Last day to apply: January 2
- Last day to register: January 5
- Course start date: January 10
- Last day to drop for 100% tuition refund, minus the HBS Online $100 nonrefundable enrollment fee: January 11
MGMT E-1000
Financial Accounting Principles
Andrew Azer MS, Assurance Senior Manager, CohnReznick
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16426 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the generally accepted principles that govern an entity’s financial accounting system and the income statement and balance sheet that are the principal end products of the system. Students learn how accounting information is used to evaluate the performance and financial status of an organization, both by managers within the organization and by shareholders, lenders, and other outside parties. Students who have completed MGMT E-10 may not count this course toward the ALB degree. Students may not take both MGMT E-1000 and ECON S-1900 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-1000
Financial Accounting Principles
V. G. Narayanan PhD, Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15877 | Section 2
Description
Be it a Fortune 500 company, a startup, or a nonprofit, having a solid understanding of financial accounting principles is essential for making critical business decisions. Offered in collaboration with Harvard Business School Online, a digital learning initiative from the faculty at Harvard Business School, this pre-recorded online course covers concepts such as profit and revenue, assets and liabilities, and students learn how to prepare and analyze financial statements. The course covers important accounting principles, such as how to record transactions using journal entries; how to post transactions to accounts; and how to prepare a trial balance, balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. Other topics covered include analyzing financial statements and forecasting and valuation. Students emerge with a deeper understanding of the financial accounting methodology and its application in a number of business scenarios. Learning materials and interaction take place primarily within the HBS Online learning environment. Although the professor does not have direct real-time interaction with students, he has developed short video lectures, cases, exercises, and other interactive learning elements to create a highly engaging educational experience. Participants typically learn as much (if not more) from thoughtful participation and from peers in this active learning ecosystem as they do from faculty content. Students who have previously enrolled in HBS Online’s Financial Accounting, MGMT E-10 (or MGMT S-10), HBS Online’s CORe, or the HBS Online section of MGMT E-1000 (or MGMT S-1000), and were still enrolled after the 100 percent refund deadline are not eligible to enroll in this section of MGMT E-1000. They will be dropped from the course. Students may not count this course toward the HBS Online noncredit CORe or the HBS Online Financial Accounting Certificate. Students may not take both MGMT E-1000 and ECON S-1900 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged. Sections meet roughly every other week via live web conference starting the first week of classes. Students sign up for sections (first come, first served) on the Canvas course website. See course syllabus for details.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Registration for this section of MGMT E-1000 ends on August 25 for all students.
- Last day to register: August 25
- Last day to make credit status changes or drop for 100% tuition refund: September 6
- Last day to drop for 50% tuition refund: September 13
- Last day to withdraw for WD grade: November 18
MGMT E-1000
Financial Accounting Principles
Andrew Azer MS, Assurance Senior Manager, CohnReznick
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26201 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the generally accepted principles that govern an entity’s financial accounting system and the income statement and balance sheet that are the principal end products of the system. Students learn how accounting information is used to evaluate the performance and financial status of an organization, both by managers within the organization and by shareholders, lenders, and other outside parties. Students who have completed MGMT E-10 may not count this course toward the ALB degree. Students may not take both MGMT E-1000 and ECON S-1900 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-1000
Financial Accounting Principles
V. G. Narayanan PhD, Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25179 | Section 2
Description
Be it a Fortune 500 company, a startup, or a nonprofit, having a solid understanding of financial accounting principles is essential for making critical business decisions. Offered in collaboration with Harvard Business School Online, a digital learning initiative from the faculty at Harvard Business School, this pre-recorded online course covers concepts such as profit and revenue, assets and liabilities, and students learn how to prepare and analyze financial statements. The course covers important accounting principles, such as how to record transactions using journal entries; how to post transactions to accounts; and how to prepare a trial balance, balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. Other topics covered include analyzing financial statements and forecasting and valuation. Students emerge with a deeper understanding of the financial accounting methodology and its application in a number of business scenarios. Learning materials and interaction take place primarily within the HBS Online learning environment. Although the professor does not have direct real-time interaction with students, he has developed short video lectures, cases, exercises, and other interactive learning elements to create a highly engaging educational experience. Participants typically learn as much (if not more) from thoughtful participation and from peers in this active learning ecosystem as they do from faculty content. Students who have previously enrolled in HBS Online’s Financial Accounting, MGMT E-10 (or MGMT S-10), HBS Online’s CORe, or the HBS Online section of MGMT E-1000 (or MGMT S-1000), and were still enrolled after the 100 percent refund deadline are not eligible to enroll in this section of MGMT E-1000. They will be dropped from the course. Students may not count this course toward the HBS Online noncredit CORe or the HBS Online Financial Accounting Certificate.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged. Sections meet roughly every other week via live web conference starting the first week of classes. Students sign up for sections (first come, first served) on the Canvas course website. See course syllabus for details.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Registration for this section of MGMT E-1000 ends on January 19 for all students.
- Last day to register: January 19
- Last day to make credit status changes or drop for 100% tuition refund: January 29
- Last day to drop for 50% tuition refund: February 5
- Last day to withdraw for WD grade: April 21
MGMT E-104
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Economics and Finance
Sudhakar Raju PhD, Professor of Finance and Data Science, Rockhurst University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16613 | Section 1
Description
This course is a rigorous introduction to quantitative methods for students intending to study economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and management science. Examples are drawn from these areas. Topics covered include probability distributions, statistical inference, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, optimization, and machine learning. This course focuses on applications illustrating concepts with datasets. The statistical programming language, R, is completely integrated into the course. Students may count one of the following courses toward a degree or certificate, but not more than one: MGMT E-104, STAT E-100, STAT E-101 (offered previously), STAT E-102, or STAT E-104.
Prerequisites: Prior college-level course in statistics, and prior courses in economics or finance recommended. Familiarity with Excel. Familiarity with R is desirable but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-104
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Economics and Finance
Sudhakar Raju PhD, Professor of Finance and Data Science, Rockhurst University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26002 | Section 1
Description
This course is a rigorous introduction to quantitative methods for students intending to study economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and management science. Examples are drawn from these areas. Topics covered include probability distributions, statistical inference, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, optimization, and machine learning. This course focuses on applications illustrating concepts with datasets. The statistical programming language, R, is completely integrated into the course. Students may count one of the following courses toward a degree or certificate, but not more than one: MGMT E-104, STAT E-100, STAT E-101 (offered previously), STAT E-102, or STAT E-104.
Prerequisites: Prior college-level course in statistics, and prior courses in economics or finance recommended. Familiarity with Excel. Familiarity with R is desirable but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-1300
Nonprofit and Governmental Accounting
James F. White MS, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller, Berklee College of Music
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13384 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the fundamentals of accounting and finance associated with governmental and nonprofit organizations. It emphasizes the issues related to fund accounting including general and special revenue funds, debt service funds, capital project funds, internal service funds, and enterprise and fiduciary funds. It emphasizes the issues related to net asset accounting including unrestricted net assets and restricted net assets (temporarily and permanently restricted). A detailed review of the complete preparation of financial statements for both governmental and nonprofit organizations is a core concept in the course. There is a review of the concepts associated with long-term debt and fixed-asset accounting, planning and control of cash and temporary investments, budgeting and budgetary control, management control and financial reporting, strategic planning, program analysis, measurement of output, reporting on performance, external auditing cost determination, and tax levies.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MGMT E-1600
Managerial Accounting
Gregory Sabin DBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16398 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the basic principles, methods, and challenges of modern managerial accounting. It covers traditional topics such as job-order costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting and variance analysis, profitability analysis, relevant costs for decision making, and cost-plus pricing, as well as emerging topics such as activity-based cost (ABC) accounting. The material is examined from the perspective of students preparing to use management accounting information as managers, to support decision making such as pricing, product mix, sourcing, and technology decisions, and short- and long-term planning; and to measure, evaluate, and reward performance. This course emphasizes the relationships between accounting techniques and other organizational activities, such as strategy and motivation. Students may not take both MGMT E-1600 and ECON S-1901 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 200 students
MGMT E-1600
Managerial Accounting
Gregory Sabin DBA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26409 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the basic principles, methods, and challenges of modern managerial accounting. It covers traditional topics such as job-order costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting and variance analysis, profitability analysis, relevant costs for decision making, and cost-plus pricing, as well as emerging topics such as activity-based cost (ABC) accounting. The material is examined from the perspective of students preparing to use management accounting information as managers, to support decision making such as pricing, product mix, sourcing, and technology decisions, and short- and long-term planning; and to measure, evaluate, and reward performance. This course emphasizes the relationships between accounting techniques and other organizational activities, such as strategy and motivation. Students may not take both MGMT E-1600 and ECON S-1901 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 200 students
MGMT E-2000
Principles of Finance
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13407 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introductory survey of the field of finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are introduced: present discounted value, option value, and the efficient markets hypothesis. Recent developments in the field in particular, the application of psychology to financial markets (called behavioral finance) are also discussed. The course is designed to equip students with the tools they need to make their own financial decisions with greater skill and confidence. Specifically, we see how insights from academic finance can inform and improve students’ own investing decisions.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2000
Principles of Finance
Gregory Sabin DBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16378 | Section 2
Description
This course provides an introductory survey of the field of finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are introduced: present discounted value, option value, and the efficient markets hypothesis. Recent developments in the field in particular, the application of psychology to financial markets (called behavioral finance) are also discussed. The course is designed to equip students with the tools they need to make their own financial decisions with greater skill and confidence. Specifically, we see how insights from academic finance can inform and improve students’ own investing decisions.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2000
Principles of Finance
Gregory Sabin DBA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26202 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introductory survey of the field of finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are introduced: present discounted value, option value, and the efficient markets hypothesis. Recent developments in the field in particular, the application of psychology to financial markets (called behavioral finance) are also discussed. The course is designed to equip students with the tools they need to make their own financial decisions with greater skill and confidence. Specifically, we see how insights from academic finance can inform and improve students’ own investing decisions.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2000
Principles of Finance
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23258 | Section 2
Description
This course provides an introductory survey of the field of finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are introduced: present discounted value, option value, and the efficient markets hypothesis. Recent developments in the field in particular, the application of psychology to financial markets (called behavioral finance) are also discussed. The course is designed to equip students with the tools they need to make their own financial decisions with greater skill and confidence. Specifically, we see how insights from academic finance can inform and improve students’ own investing decisions.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the fall course.
MGMT E-2020
Managerial Finance
C. Bulent Aybar PhD, Professor of International Finance, Southern New Hampshire University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16043 | Section 1
Description
The objective of the course is to provide the student with the basic analytical tools required to make value-creating financial decisions. The student is provided with an introduction to theoretical foundations and practical applications in financial decision making. Topics covered in the course include analysis of financial and operating performance, assessment of financial health, financial planning, working capital and growth management, the time value of money, risk-return trade off, valuation of financial and real assets, investment, funding, and distribution decisions in the context of nonfinancial firms.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-2035
Principles of Real Estate
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14821 | Section 1
Description
This course offers practical, real-world knowledge for investing in real estate. It’s designed both for those pursuing an active career in the industry as well as individuals interested in building wealth through passive real estate holdings. You learn what really drives land values. You explore how market forces shape your city and where to look for future growth. You practice spotting investment opportunities in the lifecycles of properties, neighborhoods, and cities. You study the four phases of the 18-year cycle which shape the real estate investment landscape. You receive hands-on training building financial models, analyzing cash flows, and measuring investment returns. Finally, you learn how entrepreneurs raise capital through debt and equity partnerships and explore strategies for successful investing. No prior real estate background is required. This course has an optional, concurrent on-campus active learning weekend, MGMT E-2035w. In a noncredit format, you can extend your learning on the topic while engaging with peers and faculty on the Harvard University campus. If you successfully participate in the entire weekend, MGMT E-2035 and MGMT E-2035w fulfill four credits of on-campus course work for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) or Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), management or finance degrees.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that the optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
MGMT E-2035
Principles of Real Estate
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24792 | Section 1
Description
This course offers practical, real-world knowledge for investing in real estate. It’s designed both for those pursuing an active career in the industry as well as individuals interested in building wealth through passive real estate holdings. You learn what really drives land values. You explore how market forces shape your city and where to look for future growth. You practice spotting investment opportunities in the lifecycles of properties, neighborhoods, and cities. You study the four phases of the 18-year cycle which shape the real estate investment landscape. You receive hands-on training building financial models, analyzing cash flows, and measuring investment returns. Finally, you learn how entrepreneurs raise capital through debt and equity partnerships and explore strategies for successful investing. No prior real estate background is required. This course has an optional, concurrent on-campus active learning weekend, MGMT E-2035w. In a noncredit format, you can extend your learning on the topic while engaging with peers and faculty on the Harvard University campus. If you successfully participate in the entire weekend, MGMT E-2035 and MGMT E-2035w fulfill four credits of on-campus course work for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) or Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), management or finance degrees.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that the optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
MGMT E-2035w
Principles of Real Estate: Applied Methods
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16852 | Section 1
Description
This on campus, active learning weekend is an immersive learning experience for investing in real estate. Students participate in a property investment simulation based on real-life assets in the Harvard Square area. Working in teams, students gain hands-on experience in conducting market research, identifying acquisition targets, performing financial due diligence, and developing persuasive investment proposals. At the end of the weekend, teams present their investment opportunities to the class, exposing students to a variety of presentation styles and techniques that can strengthen their own investment pitches in the future. Augmented by Harvard Business School case studies, the experience takes students from Harvard’s campus into the neighborhoods beyond as they practice market analysis and real estate investment decision making.
Prerequisites: Students must be concurrently enrolled in MGMT E-2035 in order to enroll in this course.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, November 11, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, November 12, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, November 13, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: November 11, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750.
Credits: 0
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn residency credit for MGMT E-2035. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. International students see important visa information. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that this optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 52 students
MGMT E-2035w
Principles of Real Estate: Applied Methods
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26476 | Section 1
Description
This on campus, active learning weekend is an immersive learning experience for investing in real estate. Students participate in a property investment simulation based on real-life assets in the Harvard Square area. Working in teams, students gain hands-on experience in conducting market research, identifying acquisition targets, performing financial due diligence, and developing persuasive investment proposals. At the end of the weekend, teams present their investment opportunities to the class, exposing students to a variety of presentation styles and techniques that can strengthen their own investment pitches in the future. Augmented by Harvard Business School case studies, the experience takes students from Harvard’s campus into the neighborhoods beyond as they practice market analysis and real estate investment decision making.
Prerequisites: Students must be concurrently enrolled in MGMT E-2035 in order to enroll in this course.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, April 21, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, April 22, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, April 23, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: April 21, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750.
Credits: 0
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn residency credit for MGMT E-2035. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. International students see important visa information. For Harvard University TAP eligible employees, please note that this optional on-campus active learning weekend component is considered a separate course and will be counted as such for the purposes of TAP limits and fees.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-2037
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15718 | Section 1
Description
This course presents a toolkit for maximizing investment returns. Students closely examine the four sources of real estate returns (cash flow, appreciation, loan amortization, and tax advantages) which have an impact on their investment strategy. They develop an investment scorecard for scrutinizing new investment opportunities. They practice a rigorous, rational approach to deciding when to hold, sell, refinance, or renovate a property. They study strategies for raising capital from investors and work through examples of successful partnership structures. Finally, students learn how to efficiently manage a growing portfolio of cash-flowing assets.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2035 is strongly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2037
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24505 | Section 1
Description
This course presents a toolkit for maximizing investment returns. Students closely examine the four sources of real estate returns (cash flow, appreciation, loan amortization, and tax advantages) which have an impact on their investment strategy. They develop an investment scorecard for scrutinizing new investment opportunities. They practice a rigorous, rational approach to deciding when to hold, sell, refinance, or renovate a property. They study strategies for raising capital from investors and work through examples of successful partnership structures. Finally, students learn how to efficiently manage a growing portfolio of cash-flowing assets.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2035 is strongly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2600
Financial Statement Analysis
James F. White MS, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller, Berklee College of Music
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15437 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to prepare students to interpret and analyze financial statements for tasks such as credit and security analyses, lending and investment decisions, and other decisions that rely on financial data. This course explores in greater depth financial reporting from the perspective of financial statement users. Students develop a sufficient understanding of the concepts and recording procedures and therefore are able to interpret various disclosures in an informed manner. Students learn to compare companies financially, understand cash flow, and grasp basic profitability issues and risk analysis concepts. Ultimately, students who complete this course develop a more efficient and effective approach to researching, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 and MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent required; MGMT E-1600 and MGMT E-2020 helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, 1 Story Street 302
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MGMT E-2600
Financial Statement Analysis
Surjit Tinaikar PhD, Associate Professor of Accounting, College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26204 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to prepare students to interpret and analyze financial statements for tasks such as credit and security analyses, lending and investment decisions, and other decisions that rely on financial data. This course explores in greater depth financial reporting from the perspective of financial statement users. Students develop a sufficient understanding of the concepts and recording procedures and therefore are able to interpret various disclosures in an informed manner. Students learn to compare companies financially, understand cash flow, and grasp basic profitability issues and risk analysis concepts. Ultimately, students who complete this course develop a more efficient and effective approach to researching, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 and MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent required; MGMT E-1600 and MGMT E-2020 helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-2600
Financial Statement Analysis
Andrew Azer MS, Assurance Senior Manager, CohnReznick
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25065 | Section 2
Description
This course is designed to prepare students to interpret and analyze financial statements for tasks such as credit and security analyses, lending and investment decisions, and other decisions that rely on financial data. This course explores in greater depth financial reporting from the perspective of financial statement users. Students develop a sufficient understanding of the concepts and recording procedures and therefore are able to interpret various disclosures in an informed manner. Students learn to compare companies financially, understand cash flow, and grasp basic profitability issues and risk analysis concepts. Ultimately, students who complete this course develop a more efficient and effective approach to researching, interpreting, and analyzing financial statements.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 and MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent required; MGMT E-1600 and MGMT E-2020 helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-2620
Business Analysis and Valuation
Surjit Tinaikar PhD, Associate Professor of Accounting, College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16352 | Section 1
Description
Financial statements are widely used to evaluate the past financial performance and forecast the future financial performance of publicly traded firms. This course introduces a framework for the analysis of financial statements, with particular focus on valuation and evaluating corporate and management performance. By carefully reviewing financial statements, students are able to forecast pro forma financial statements and determine the value of a firm.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, and either MGMT E-2020 or MGMT E-2700, or the equivalents.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2620
Business Analysis and Valuation
Ned Gandevani MBA, PhD, Senior Portfolio Manager, Moloney Securities, RBC Capital
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25659 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces a framework for the analysis of financial statements and financial plans, with a particular focus on their usefulness in valuing and financing companies and evaluating corporate and management performance. Students learn how to value financial assets by gaining an in-depth understanding of valuation theory and how valuation models work. To value a company, students study how to assess the financial health of a company by considering macroeconomic data and corporate strategies, and analyzing the company’s financial statements. They utilize different valuation methods including discounted cash flow (DCF), dividend discount model (DDM), residual income valuation (RIM), and market multiples to ascertain the intrinsic value or fair value of the company.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, and either MGMT E-2020 or MGMT E-2700, or the equivalents.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2700
Corporate Finance
Ned Gandevani MBA, PhD, Senior Portfolio Manager, Moloney Securities, RBC Capital
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14293 | Section 1
Description
The goal of this course is to develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include discounted cash flow and other valuation techniques; risk and return; capital asset pricing model; corporate capital structure and financial policy; capital budgeting; mergers and acquisitions; and investment and financing decisions in the international context, including exchange rate/interest rate risk analysis. Students may not count both MGMT E-2700 and MGMT E-2710 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2700
Corporate Finance
Gregory Sabin DBA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16615 | Section 2
Description
The goal of this course is to develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include discounted cash flow and other valuation techniques; risk and return; capital asset pricing model; corporate capital structure and financial policy; capital budgeting; mergers and acquisitions; and investment and financing decisions in the international context, including exchange rate/interest rate risk analysis. Students may not count both MGMT E-2700 and MGMT E-2710 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-2700
Corporate Finance
Bruce D. Watson MA, Master Lecturer on Economics, Boston University and Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23462 | Section 1
Description
The goal of this course is to develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include discounted cash flow and other valuation techniques; risk and return; capital asset pricing model; corporate capital structure and financial policy; capital budgeting; mergers and acquisitions; and investment and financing decisions in the international context, including exchange rate/interest rate risk analysis. Students may not count both MGMT E-2700 and MGMT E-2710 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2700
Corporate Finance
Gregory Sabin DBA
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26205 | Section 2
Description
The goal of this course is to develop skills for making corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include discounted cash flow and other valuation techniques; risk and return; capital asset pricing model; corporate capital structure and financial policy; capital budgeting; mergers and acquisitions; and investment and financing decisions in the international context, including exchange rate/interest rate risk analysis. Students may not count both MGMT E-2700 and MGMT E-2710 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-2720
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings
Viktoria Dalko PhD, Professor of Finance, Hult International Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25743 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of financial strategies aimed at repositioning and revitalizing companies faced with major competitive or environmental challenges, problems, and opportunities. The course helps students to understand how to create corporate value by restructuring a company or by combining businesses. After reviewing valuation methods based on strategic, ratio, and financial forecasting analysis, we analyze cases of the different solutions, including leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, corporate downsizing programs, mergers and acquisitions, corporate spinoffs, divestitures, and joint ventures and alliances. Emphasis is given to contemporary expectations and requirements of good governance, based on the roles corporations play in society, and the timing and principles of merger integration. The course is supplemented by guest speakers including investment buyers and sellers as well as valuation experts.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 and MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent; business analysis and valuation helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-2720
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings
Nicolas Deffrennes MSc, President, Blason Wines Group SAS
Marion Laboure PhD, Analyst, Thematic Research, Deutsche Bank
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25935 | Section 2
Description
This course provides students with a thorough understanding of the principles of mergers and acquisitions (M A) with a distinct real-life approach from practitioners (for example, from investment banking, private equity, and McKinsey). It covers the core aspects of a deal, including strategic rationale, valuation, structuring, and financing. It is illustrated by a case study from the Harvard Business School.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000 and MGMT E-2000, or the equivalent; business analysis and valuation helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-2725
Global M A Design: Digital Business Model Innovation and Cross-Border Deals
C. Bulent Aybar PhD, Professor of International Finance, Southern New Hampshire University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16878 | Section 1
Description
In rapidly evolving markets and industries with patterns of digital disruption, business model innovation, and global value chain strategies are paramount to increasing shareholder value and propelling growth. Business strategies have to be sensitive to their specific ecosystem and should be tailor-made. Mergers and acquisitions (M As) are a specific approach to leverage growth and value by redesigning corporate portfolios or by creating a competitive advantage at the business unit level. The dark side of these strategies is that they have significant risk profiles, and they tend to under-deliver on promised synergies and may seriously diminish shareholder value. This course focuses on the strategic and technical challenges of M A process in the international context and offers a rich toolbox for prospective analysts and managers.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000, MGMT E-2020, or MGMT E-2700, or equivalent courses in finance.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-2740
Investment Theory and Applications
Faris Saah MS, Structured Credit Portfolio Manager, Exos Financial
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25339 | Section 1
Description
The course covers the theoretical and practical applications of investments. The topics covered include portfolio and diversification theory, short-term investments, long-term investments, investment banking, security trading, measuring portfolio performance, international investing, and mutual funds.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2020 recommended, but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-2750
Alternative Investment Management
Faris Saah MS, Structured Credit Portfolio Manager, Exos Financial
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25718 | Section 1
Description
Product innovation in the asset management industry has led to a proliferation of alternative funds and investment strategies, many of which are in nontraditional, often illiquid, asset classes. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of alternative investments, how to evaluate them (risks and returns), and the role they play in portfolio diversification. The course covers many prevalent strategies including private credit, private equity, structured credit, real assets, and hedge funds. Students form teams of investment analysts tasked with evaluating an alternative investment opportunity for the chief investment officer of a university endowment fund.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, April 15-16, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-2760
Financial Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies
Dorian Klein MBA
Marion Laboure PhD, Analyst, Thematic Research, Deutsche Bank
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26238 | Section 1
Description
The course gives students knowledge on how to invest in cryptoassets. It covers the brief history of bitcoin, how it works on the blockchain, introduces other cryptoassets (Ethereum, Ripple, and Neo), and explores important topics like storage, liquidity, exchanges, custody, mining, regulation, use cases, digital assets, and other related topics.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, March 25, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, March 26, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-2784
Hedge Funds: History, Strategies, and Practice
Peter Marber PhD, Chief Investment Officer for Emerging Markets, Aperture Investors, and Adjunct Instructor, Finance, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16818 | Section 1
Description
While beating the markets was long thought to be impossible, hedge funds have seemingly challenged many financial theories, cracked the mysteries of Wall Street, and made fortunes in the process. They are also one of the fastest growing and least understood areas in the asset management industry. What exactly are hedge funds? How has the sector developed? What do hedge fund managers strive to capture and how do they do it? What are the major hedge fund strategies and their mechanics? What are their hidden risks and unique limitations? How important are hedge funds to investors, regulators, and the public? From both a theoretical and practical perspective, this course is geared to help answer these questions. It surveys the hedge fund industry from its origins in the 1940s and explores hedge fund strategies including long/short, event-driven, market neutral, relative value, dedicated short-bias, convertible arbitrage, emerging markets, fixed income arbitrage, global macro, managed futures, and multi-sector investing. Students develop an understanding of how hedge fund managers as well as hedge fund investors think, operate, and invest. The course tracks a live multi-sector hedge fund portfolio throughout the semester and analyzes current events and price action.
Prerequisites: The course requires a basic knowledge of finance and modest competency in MS Excel. Prior coursework or work experience in finance would also be useful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-2790
Private Equity
Viney Sawhney MS, President, Boston National Capital Partners
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26390 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course provides the intellectual framework used in the private equity process: valuation in private equity settings, creating term sheets, and the process of due diligence and deal structuring. Other learning objectives include building an understanding of harvesting through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions, public-private partnerships, and sovereign wealth funds. The final objective is to show how corporate governance, ethics, and legal considerations factor into private equity deals.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-2790
Private Equity
Ned Gandevani MBA, PhD, Senior Portfolio Manager, Moloney Securities, RBC Capital
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26356 | Section 2
Description
The course provides the intellectual framework used in the private equity process: valuation in private equity settings, creating term sheets, and the process of due diligence and deal structuring. Other learning objectives include building an understanding of harvesting through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions, public-private partnerships, and sovereign wealth funds. The final objective is to show how corporate governance, ethics, and legal considerations factor into private equity deals.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-2795
Venture Capital
Viney Sawhney MS, President, Boston National Capital Partners
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16798 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the venture capital cycle and typical venture-backed start-up companies. It covers the typical venture fund structure and related venture capital objectives and investment strategies, intellectual property, and common organizational issues encountered in the formation of start-ups. It covers matters relating to initial capitalization and early stage equity incentive and compensation arrangements, valuation methodologies, challenges of fundraising, due diligence, financing strategies, and harvesting. Students critically examine investment terms found in term sheets and the dynamics of negotiations between the owners and the venture capitalist. The course examines the role of venture capitalists in adding value during the growth phase for portfolio companies. Alternate financing channels that include incubators, accelerators, crowd-funding, angels, and super-angels are studied in depth. The system of rules, practices, and processes by which start-ups are directed and controlled and the typical dynamics that play out between the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur are an integral part of this course.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2000 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-3010
Leadership Communications
Michelle Ehrenreich MBA, Founding Partner, Acuity Partners
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13584 | Section 1
Description
Students learn how to communicate clearly and persuasively, in a way that inspires action. They learn how to tailor communications to different audiences, apply the principles of logical reasoning in structuring communications, connect authentically with their audience through their unique leadership style, and create compelling, high-impact presentations and communications. Classes are often spent on hands-on exercises and offer ample opportunity for discussion and feedback.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-3010
Leadership Communications
Michelle Ehrenreich MBA, Founding Partner, Acuity Partners
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24058 | Section 1
Description
Students learn how to communicate clearly and persuasively, in a way that inspires action. They learn how to tailor communications to different audiences, apply the principles of logical reasoning in structuring communications, connect authentically with their audience through their unique leadership style, and create compelling, high-impact presentations and communications. Classes are often spent on hands-on exercises and offer ample opportunity for discussion and feedback.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-3012
The Art of Communication
Mimi Goss PhD, President, Mimi Goss Communications
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25976 | Section 1
Description
Today’s leaders must convey their messages concisely, confidently, and memorably. This course is for students to strengthen their public speaking and writing skills, and their authentic voices as professionals. We explore speechwriting, public speaking in victory and crisis, communicating from values, and working with social media and the news media. How can you make every communication a dialogue? How can you advance your goals and those of your listeners? How does speaking from the best of yourself give you confidence? How do you distill a message into one memorable sentence that captures your listeners’ attention, moves your ideas forward, focuses the problem, and helps you achieve your goals? The course emphasizes weekly practical assignments. The goal of the course is for students to create final projects based on their specific interests and useful in their professional lives.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
MGMT E-3038
Public Relations in Business and Entrepreneurship
Frank White MPhil, Communications Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15426 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the rapidly changing field of public relations as a sub-field of communications. Students learn about the history of public relations and its evolution in the digital age. We also cover the nonprofit counterpart to public relations, known as public affairs. Specific aspects of the profession are considered, such as crisis communications, strategic communications planning, and media relations.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-3300
Development Communications
Frank White MPhil, Communications Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25660 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the rapidly evolving world of fundraising communications, including case statements, annual fund appeals, proposals, and research. In addition to print communications, the course considers other media used to deliver development messages, including social media and other technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-3310
Grant Proposal Writing
George T. Kosar PhD, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Partnerships, Office of Advancement, Georgetown University and Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13610 | Section 1
Description
This project-based course covers the complete process of grant proposal development: identification of an achievable and fundable project, research and assessment of viable funding sources, funder relations, proposal writing, budget development, preparation of a full proposal package for submission, and post-award or rejection follow-up with funders. The course emphasizes grants to private, community, and corporate foundations. Students gain an understanding of the nonprofit philanthropic environment and become familiar with tools and resources available to assist them as they seek funds for their projects, institutions, or causes.
Prerequisites: Students must have a specific project or a fairly well-developed idea that they build upon as the basis for their coursework and final grant proposal. This project or idea cannot be for a for-profit business. Solid writing skills and experience or coursework in nonprofit sector/management highly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
MGMT E-3500
Enterprise Social Media and Organizational Collaboration
Aline Yurik PhD, Director, Information Technology, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25079 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on the use of enterprise social media and collaboration technology available to today’s organizations. Organizations in today’s world are increasingly distributed and include remote members and global locations. Organizations are also tapping the power of social media networks to engage with customers, build brand and product awareness, and collaborate and innovate with their customers, partners, and employees. Social media and collaboration technologies provide immediate communication and exchange of information that replaces or supplements the traditional internal and external communication methods. We examine the principles that allow organizations to engage successfully in e-collaboration. We analyze external and internal uses of social media networks for organizations, including refocusing of business strategies and operational processes to incorporate social media communication. We review and access tools that allow team members to communicate with each directly. We also review the tools that allow delayed communication where the members do not all have to be present at the same time, such as enterprise social media networks and team collaboration tools. Effective tools for broadcasting information internally and externally are also discussed.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Lee G. Bolman PhD, Professor and Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership Emeritus, Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14515 | Section 1
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Paul Green DBA, Assistant Professor of Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15733 | Section 2
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 65 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Paul Green DBA, Assistant Professor of Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16484 | Section 3
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 65 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Carmine P. Gibaldi EdD, Professor of Management and Organizational Psychology, St. John’s University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13813 | Section 4
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Lee G. Bolman PhD, Professor and Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership Emeritus, Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25539 | Section 1
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, April 28, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, April 29, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, April 30, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Ellen Harris EdM, Director, Thompson Island Outward Bound Professional and Coach, Harvard Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23220 | Section 2
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Paul Green DBA, Assistant Professor of Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26053 | Section 3
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 65 students
MGMT E-4000
Organizational Behavior
Robert T. Anthony MBA, Professor of Management, Hult International Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25661 | Section 4
Description
This course deals with human behavior in a variety of organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, and organizational design and development. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4030
Leading through Change
Harold V. Langlois PhD, President, CMS Associates
Kathrine Suzanne Livingston MEd, Managing Partner, CMS Associates
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23860 | Section 1
Description
This course is designed to be an introduction to the challenges of adapting to the rapidly changing conditions that we all face as our workplace becomes more automated, as our assumptions surrounding our skills sets become outdated, and as new additions to the decision-making process such as big data increases the need to cope with exponential complexity. This approach to understanding what it means to adapt and to remain flexible extends to almost every profession. To a future practitioner it’s creating a mindset that supports diversity of viewpoints by remaining open to new ways of thinking in order to facilitate creativity and innovation. From a macro-perspective, students are made aware of alternative ways of framing change initiatives either as incremental or transformational events within an organization. From this viewpoint they are then able to search for appropriate strategies designed to optimize present and future resources. Over the years management theory has evolved from adopting best practices as a prescriptive approach to solving problems to one that incorporates the latest research in mindfulness as a method for slowing down the process, creating a brief moment of stability, deconstructing the issues, and generating multiple alternatives that address present concerns. A learning experience of this type poses many interesting philosophical perspectives and provides a foundation for better understanding the complex decision-making matrices that drive most organizational dynamics.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
MGMT E-4100
Managing Yourself and Leading Others
Margaret C. Andrews MS, Managing Director, Higher Ed Associates and Founder, The MYLO Center
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15413 | Section 1
Description
Managing others may not be complex, but it is certainly not easy. Simple, straightforward management principles can often be deceptively difficult to implement. This course teaches the fundamentals of management from different angles managing oneself, managing organizational life, and managing others (managing upward, downward, and sideways). Using a variety of readings, written assignments, in-class exercises, and case discussions, the class focuses on understanding individual strengths, preferences, and blind spots our own and others’ and working with other people to advance career goals and organizational objectives. Management requires judgment and students should expect to grapple with ambiguous situations that do not have simple solutions.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Friday, September 16, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 205
Saturday, September 17, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Sunday, September 18, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4105
Cultivating Authentic Leadership
Anne N. Occhipinti MA, Assistant Dean for Professional Education, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16617 | Section 2
Description
Self-awareness is essential on your path to authentic leadership. This course uses a variety of self-assessment tools, readings, and discussions to help us understand work styles and preferences, strengths and goals, and how those factors contribute to the type of leader we want to be. It is increasingly important for people to have a clear idea of who they are and their purpose in life in order to navigate their work-life and become confident and inspiring leaders. Authenticity is about the true self; having clarity about and acting based on one’s deepest interests, values, and motivations, and most importantly how we can bring our authentic selves into all corners of our lives. Students apply what they have learned from the course to their personal development through in-depth self-exploration. Students also use peer coaching which allows them to explore areas of growth, as well as to develop this important skill set. The course aims to promote skills for students to understand and develop authenticity in themselves.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4105
Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Margaret C. Andrews MS, Managing Director, Higher Ed Associates and Founder, The MYLO Center
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25961 | Section 1
Description
Emotional intelligence (EI) the ability to recognize and positively manage emotions in yourself and others is a powerful component of effective leadership. Understanding and developing EI helps us understand ourselves, build and maintain strong personal and professional relationships, and effectively lead others. Going beyond the basics of emotional intelligence, we concentrate on skills to build and maintain trust, become more resilient, manage difficult interactions, enhance team performance, respond to stress and pressure more effectively, and lead for long-term results. Students improve their understanding of themselves and others, and learn how to better work with and through others to achieve organizational objectives. Throughout the course, we use a variety of readings, discussions, reflective exercises, activities, and a 360-degree emotional intelligence assessment to understand emotional intelligence, learn how to make emotions work for you rather than against you, create an environment that fosters EI, and expand leadership capacity.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-4100 would be helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Friday, February 10, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 204
Saturday, February 11, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Sunday, February 12, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4122
Influence and Power in Organizations
Laura Downing MBA, Founder, CLIR Coaching
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16871 | Section 1
Description
In a world of flattening organizations and expanding networks, success accrues to those who understand how to influence effectively and use power to their advantage. Unfortunately, very few know what influence and power are or how to build skills in these areas. In this course, students learn how to use influence and power as tools for understanding environments, crafting agendas, and reaching personal goals. The course is designed to uncover individual views and feelings about personal presence and influence and power, and develop practical perspectives and approaches to overcome problems and capitalize on opportunities. Through lecture, case discussions, and weekly application assignments, students learn how to grow influence and power in their own organizations.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 37 students
MGMT E-4140
Gender, Leadership, and Management
Patricia H. Deyton MDiv, Senior Advisor, Council of Women World Leaders
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24485 | Section 1
Description
This discussion-based seminar, which is equally important for women and men, examines leadership and management from gender-based historical and current perspectives. Issues covered include leadership styles and their impact, understanding power, conflict management, ethical decision making, workplace stereotypes, impact on policy making, differences in communication, negotiations, and approaches to teamwork. Students have the opportunity to lead discussions and engage in a small-scale research project of their own design.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 23 students
MGMT E-4160
Creating and Leading Team Dynamics
Harold V. Langlois PhD, President, CMS Associates
Kathrine Suzanne Livingston MEd, Managing Partner, CMS Associates
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13375 | Section 1
Description
In today’s complex organizational environments, working within a team format, whether in a leadership role or as an active participant, requires a different set of skills than going it alone. This course focuses on the role of teaming as an executive function and the challenges of developing an effective communication style. Creativity, conflict resolution, and facilitating innovation are some of the major themes. Other topics explore building a climate of accountability and establishing conditions that provide flow and high performance. The course is highly interactive with case-based exercises intended to build students’ skills as effective, contributing team members. Self-reflection about one’s own teaming behavior is a central activity during the semester.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MGMT E-4178
Optimizing Leadership
Ashley Prisant MBA, PhD, President, Square Peg Solutions
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26369 | Section 1
Description
Leadership takes many forms, and the challenges that the inexperienced new manager and highly tasked frontline manager faces can be considered significant to the individuals. Topics include communication, motivation, perception, personality, difficult employees, career engagement, change management, traits and characteristics, and talent management. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills that new and frontline managers need to improve leadership skills, team relationships, and performance.
Prerequisites: At least one to three years of job experience plus experience in influencing others either past or present are recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Saturday, Sunday, February 18-19, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4189
Nonprofit Leadership and Community Engagement
Madeline Dupre McNeely MEd, Principal and Founder, Conditioning Leaders
Harry Harding ALM, Owner and Lead Instructor, LeaderFULL Life Works, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14789 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on developing twenty-first century leadership skills, values, and habits. A collaborative, inclusive, and equitable approach is essential for sustained, meaningful leadership and community engagement in both local and global contexts. Leaders provide the best possible outcomes when they collaborate at the person, role, and system levels. Students learn how to leverage the wisdom and resources of multiple perspectives and constituencies. Students expand their ability to address and negotiate leadership challenges that arise when stakeholders come together to plan, make decisions, and take action in nonprofit, organizational, and community settings. Students also reflect on their current leadership habits and have a chance to practice new leadership habits through applying course content to self-designed approved organizational or community projects. The course creates an experiential learning community that calls for students to stretch themselves in the emotional, intellectual, and civic domains of their lives.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-4190
Case Studies in Leadership through Literature and Film
Raymond F. Comeau PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Tiffany Nancy Lin ALM, Staff Scientist, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23635 | Section 1
Description
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton).
Prerequisites: An interest in literature and the flexibility to apply concepts gleaned from the readings to practical situations faced by managers.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Maurie Kelly PhD, Director, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Instructor of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16525 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 37 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Paula Gutlove MD, Deputy Director, Institute for Resource and Security Studies
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14248 | Section 2
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Diana Buttu MBA, JD, Lawyer
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15130 | Section 3
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, November 12-13, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Nicholas Coburn-Palo PhD, Preceptor in Public Speaking, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26370 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Maurie Kelly PhD, Director, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Instructor of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24082 | Section 2
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Paula Gutlove MD, Deputy Director, Institute for Resource and Security Studies
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26081 | Section 3
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Diana Buttu MBA, JD, Lawyer
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24760 | Section 4
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, April 22-23, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4225
Negotiation and Organizational Conflict Resolution
Edward Barrows DBA, Managing Director, Duke Corporate Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26520 | Section 5
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept and types of negotiation. It is designed for students who wish to manage individual and organizational conflict and negotiations more effectively based on the premise that those in management positions engage in some form of negotiation daily. Students discuss the meaning, types, and different strategies of negotiation with an emphasis on an integrative, collaborative, win-win negotiation approach. A variety of topics are discussed including, but not limited to: workplace conflict, strategies for diagnosing conflict situations, power, culture and diversity in negotiation, emotional elements in approaching negotiation and conflict resolution, psychological sub-processes, social contexts, individual differences, multiparty situations, and dealing with impasses. Students learn theories of interpersonal and organizational conflict and its resolution as applied to personal, corporate, historical, and political contexts. The course brings out the significance of leadership in approaching and managing a negotiation situation and organizational conflict resolution.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4230
Advanced Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Strategies: Mastering the Science and Art
Maurie Kelly PhD, Director, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Instructor of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24814 | Section 1
Description
We all have had experiences where we find ourselves in the company of a master negotiator. You most likely can name someone you admire, someone whose abilities you wish you had. These individuals seem to know how to turn a hopeless situation into an amazing agreement. You may think they were born that way but this is rarely true. In order to be a master negotiator, you must be a master of both the science and the art. You need to have a deep understanding of the basics as well as keen insight into when to create and when to claim value, how to structure a negotiation, and how to address barriers. You should be able to be a master architect in designing your negotiation, long before you ever get to the table. It is imperative that you understand how to bring in new elements, partners, and processes that make up your negotiation campaign. Finally, the proof of your mastery of the science and your entr e into the art is when you are faced with a truly complex situation and understand how to put the science of strategy and experience into action. Becoming a master negotiator requires a solid foundation in negotiation concepts; the ability to structure and execute complex negotiations strategically; experience, but an ongoing desire to learn and grow; expertise in set up and design, agility and flexibility; empathy, sensitivity, and creativity; multidimensional thinking and planning; crisis leadership skills; system 2 thinking; and constant mindful practice. This highly interactive course delves into the strategic system 2 thinking and planning that drive success in multiple arenas including multiparty negotiations, international coalitions, and multiphase situations. We explore impossible situations, deadlocked conflicts, and interpersonal, organizational, and international disputes and learn the skills required to address these scenarios. You develop more sophisticated negotiating skills, learn how to avoid the most serious pitfalls, and emerge prepared to conduct a wider range of complex negotiations and resolve conflicts with confidence.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-4225, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4240
Human Resource Management
Michael K. Thomas EdD, President and Chief Executive Officer, New England Board of Higher Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13365 | Section 1
Description
Human resource management (HRM) can be defined as the effective use of human resources in an organization, through the management of people-related activities. It is a strategic organizational activity of increasing complexity and importance. This introductory course covers the range of critical HR issues and core activities that all managers need to understand, including strategic HRM, legal issues, talent acquisition, performance management, employee development, and compensation and rewards. Through interactive lectures and case studies, students become familiar with the basic principles and techniques of strategic human resource management. The course takes a practical view that integrates contemporary management thought with practical aspects of implementing HR functions in the real world. It enables students to be effective talent managers and to ensure that people are a source of an organization’s competitive advantage. Additionally, the course focuses on a set of emerging, innovation-oriented issues that are applicable across all of the core topics. These include: HR and people analytics to better justify investments in HRM and people, leaders are increasingly looking for ways to leverage data and analytics to drive individual and collective performance; and coaching, mentoring, and performance improvement leaders and managers are tasked with helping to improve employee satisfaction, growth, and performance, but leaders and managers need support in learning to provide sustained and effective feedback in its various forms. We also cover: continuous learning the organization that learns the most and the fastest will have a competitive advantage; changing world of work and contemporary issues the global pandemic and other forces are quickly changing work and organizations, pushing HR professionals to learn and lead in new ways; and equity, diversity, and inclusion the workforce is changing to reflect societal diversity and organizations face new pressures to demonstrate their commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MGMT E-4240
Human Resource Management
Michael K. Thomas EdD, President and Chief Executive Officer, New England Board of Higher Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23214 | Section 1
Description
Human resource management (HRM) can be defined as the effective use of human resources in an organization, through the management of people-related activities. It is a strategic organizational activity of increasing complexity and importance. This introductory course covers the range of critical HR issues and core activities that all managers need to understand, including strategic HRM, legal issues, talent acquisition, performance management, employee development, and compensation and rewards. Through interactive lectures and case studies, students become familiar with the basic principles and techniques of strategic human resource management. The course takes a practical view that integrates contemporary management thought with practical aspects of implementing HR functions in the real world. It enables students to be effective talent managers and to ensure that people are a source of an organization’s competitive advantage. Additionally, the course focuses on a set of emerging, innovation-oriented issues that are applicable across all of the core topics. These include: HR and people analytics to better justify investments in HRM and people, leaders are increasingly looking for ways to leverage data and analytics to drive individual and collective performance; and coaching, mentoring, and performance improvement leaders and managers are tasked with helping to improve employee satisfaction, growth, and performance, but leaders and managers need support in learning to provide sustained and effective feedback in its various forms. We also cover: continuous learning the organization that learns the most and the fastest will have a competitive advantage; changing world of work and contemporary issues the global pandemic and other forces are quickly changing work and organizations, pushing HR professionals to learn and lead in new ways; and equity, diversity, and inclusion the workforce is changing to reflect societal diversity and organizations face new pressures to demonstrate their commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 80 students
MGMT E-4241
Nonprofit Human Resource Management
Cindy Joyce MA, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Pillar Search and Human Resources Consulting
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25940 | Section 1
Description
How do you make the most of your more valuable asset your team in a nonprofit, and how do you ensure that they are well aligned with your mission? This course examines human resources (HR) in the nonprofit setting, providing an introduction to the practices, policies, and theories related to nonprofit human resource management. Whether you are now or plan to be an HR practitioner, leader, or board member with a nonprofit organization, museum, school, or foundation, this course prepares you with the knowledge and skills needed to manage, train, and support human capital and ensure a positive and productive employee experience.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4255
People-Focused Organizations
Jennifer Kay Stine PhD, Vice President, Academic Leadership Group
Dean Milton Rockwell EdD, Director of Research, Academic Leadership Group
Julie Jungalwala EdM, Co-Founder and President, Academic Leadership Group
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16771 | Section 1
Description
Ensuring employees have the mindsets and capabilities needed to thrive in the face of rapid change is increasingly a leadership priority. In this course we explore the benefits and challenges of a people-first strategy and take a deep look at the tools leaders in human resources are using today to transform their organizations. Through readings, written assignments, in-class exercises, and case studies, we explore the future of work, coaching for high performance, workforce development, leadership development, cultures that support learning and change, preparing for the future of work, and assessing for growth and impact. Students gain hands-on experience with strengths coaching.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 39 students
MGMT E-4310
Creativity and Innovation
Margaret C. Andrews MS, Managing Director, Higher Ed Associates and Founder, The MYLO Center
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25687 | Section 1
Description
Creativity is serious business. Whether in the business, not-for-profit, or public sector, organizations increasingly need people who understand the creative process, know how to manage creative professionals, and can develop an organizational climate that fosters innovation. This intensive January session course focuses on creativity and innovation, examining the interplay between creativity, organizational processes and systems, and successful innovation. Throughout the course we explore tools and techniques for fostering individual and group creativity, management practices that foster (or inhibit) innovation, methods for developing and evaluating ideas for new products and services, and the business models to execute these ideas, and principles and practices for leading innovation. Using a variety of readings, case examples, discussions, experiential exercises, and a challenging team project, students explore and apply the principles of creativity and innovation.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4400
Diversity and Inclusion Management
Tracie Denise Jones MEd, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26241 | Section 1
Description
As workplaces become increasingly diverse, both opportunities and challenges arise. People must constantly interact with peers, managers, and customers with different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. When used effectively, these differences can not only improve performance and creativity, but they can also lead to greater employee and customer engagement, satisfaction, and inclusion. This course is designed to help employees and managers navigate diverse work settings more effectively and provide them with the tools to deepen their understanding of the differences around them, overcome barriers to creating inclusion, manage and communicate with people from different backgrounds, and identify and implement approaches for managing diversity.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
MGMT E-4410
Inclusive Leadership
Christal Morris EdD, Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Peloton
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16850 | Section 1
Description
This is an interactive course on the topics of diversity, equity and inclusion. The course focuses on gaining alignment and understanding on why creating workplace inclusion is equally important to a focus on building diverse teams, and how systemic barriers to entry impact the ability to establish inclusion and belonging. The course combines a variety of learning formats, including self-reflection, breakout groups, experiential learning, and full group discussions. The course asks participants to consider the definitions of concepts like diversity, equity and inclusion, microaggressions, and privilege, and takes leaders through an unwritten rules exercise to uncover opportunities to progress policies and norms in client assignments, talent and engagement, recruitment, and performance. As an outcome of this course, participants should understand why inclusion must be felt in order for a diverse team to thrive. Leaders should also understand a new avenues to lean in on topics that are difficult to discuss at work such as race and diversity, and why we gravitate towards some people more than others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4420
Corporate America Advancing Racial Equity
Peter M. Williams MPA
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16858 | Section 1
Description
The killing of George Floyd and other incidents of racial violence have spotlighted corporate America’s role in advancing racial equity. After Floyd’s death, several corporations made pledges to advance racial equity in this nation. However, many social justice advocates have instead questioned whether these pledges have been attained or have gone far enough. This course examines the literature and the strategies advocates have used to persuade corporations to go beyond diversity and inclusion programs and how our nation’s private sector can help work towards a more fair and just society for all its citizenry. The course uses a framework that provides students with a new pathway for this nation’s chief executive officers (CEOs) to lead more equitable businesses. This pathway offers a strategy to achieve a fairer country for all by having companies reimagine their actions within their four walls, in the communities where they are situated, and at the societal level. The students explore the historical context for the current inequities within the US and strategies practitioners use to persuade CEOs to adopt a racial equity framework as part of their business model. A primary focus of the course is tointroduce students to the cutting-edge practices utilized by companies that have adopted the racial equity framework.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4500
Work and Well-Being
Jeff Steiner PhD, Doctoral Candidate, Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26400 | Section 1
Description
This course draws from multiple disciplines to examine the complex relationship between human labor and human flourishing. Topics include the history and evolution of work; the future of work; the measurement of well-being at work and in life; the modern employee engagement crisis; similarities and differences across countries and work contexts; the role of individuals, managers, organizations, and policy-makers in improving well-being outcomes; and the role of individuals in managing their own work and careers in pursuit of the good life.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4520
The Science of Happiness and Wellbeing
Mukul Kumar PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, Hult International Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16863 | Section 1
Description
The course translates findings from academic research, particularly in positive psychology and behavior change, into attitudes, behaviors, and practices that students can adopt to have happy, fulfilling, and meaningful lives. We explore the foundation of happiness and what makes us happy, set goals, and chart a path for achieving a greater sense of happiness. The course goes beyond knowledge acquisition and requires hands-on student engagement with weekly reflections and practices for behavior change. We also survey the growing range of happiness technology tools and technologies that support individuals in their quest for a more fulfilling life and explore entrepreneurial ideation for creating new happiness technology ventures.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, Sunday, September 24-25, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-4600
Exploring the Coaching Landscape in Business
Kathrine Suzanne Livingston MEd, Managing Partner, CMS Associates
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26482 | Section 1
Description
Coaching is an emerging area of interest in personal and professional circles and a sought-after skillset in business settings. As coaching has grown in popularity, it is often confused with other forms of developmental activity such as formal supervision, consulting, mentoring, and even therapy. This course provides a foundational understanding of the distinct purpose, skills, and applications of coaching and the role it plays in business settings. Students learn how coaching has evolved as a recognized profession with specific ethics, competencies, and certification processes. We explore the academic research that supports coaching as a vehicle for change and growth, including insights from psychology, human performance studies, and neuroscience. While not a certification course, the content provides students with opportunities to learn core coaching tenets and frameworks and actively practice key coaching skills of self- and other-awareness, listening, inquiry, reframing, and exploring options. Other topics may include emerging areas in the coaching field such as team coaching, somatics, and trauma-informed approaches. This course is well suited for students who already do some coaching in their personal and/or work settings and would like a more fundamental understanding of what coaching is, how it works, and why. This course is also useful for students who are considering more formal training in the coaching field.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MGMT E-4625
Building Relationships for Impact
Bushra Guenoun AB, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Business School
Elizabeth Rachel Johnson AB, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16864 | Section 1
Description
Have you ever wondered how to effectively build relationships in the workplace and throughout your career? Research shows that individuals who form and maintain strong mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship relationships are significantly more likely to succeed professionally. In this course, we explore each of these developmental relationships and discuss their unique benefits, challenges, and opportunities. We begin by focusing on how you can make the most of these developmental relationships when you are in the learning position (mentee, coachee, or sponsee). We address questions such as: what are the best ways to network so you can build development relationships? Once you are in a meeting with a mentor, coach, or sponsor, what are the right questions to ask them? How do you know when to start or end a developmental relationship? Then, we shift focus and learn how to be an effective mentor, coach, and sponsor to others. We discuss questions such as: how do you give good advice? How do you recognize the type of support that your mentee, coachee, or sponsee needs? How do you evaluate your performance as a mentor, coach, or sponsor? Finally, we discuss how organizational structures affect the extent to which these relationships can be successful. We answer questions such as: when do formalized mentorship or coaching programs work? How should these programs be designed to optimize outcomes? This course is designed to introduce you to different forms of and perspectives on developmental relationships so that you can understand the unique value of different types of developmental relationships in the workplace; learn how to create and make the most of developmental relationships when you are in the learning position; discover how to become a more effective leader by strengthening your mentorship, coaching, and sponsorship skills; and understand how organizational structures can affect developmental relationships within an organization.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Mohsin Habib PhD, Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15110 | Section 1
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Areen Shahbari MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Cactus International and Principal, Shahbari Training and Consultancy
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15722 | Section 2
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Saturday, Sunday, September 24-25, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Joshua Brand MBA, Senior Director of Corporate Learning and Business Development, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16620 | Section 3
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Kenneth Baylor DBA, Principal, Advanced Leadership Solutions, LLC
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13351 | Section 4
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Mohsin Habib PhD, Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23354 | Section 1
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International Students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Greg Miller PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, CrossCom LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25345 | Section 2
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Areen Shahbari MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Cactus International and Principal, Shahbari Training and Consultancy
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26088 | Section 3
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Saturday, Sunday, May 6-7, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Shawn O’Connor MBA, JD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26131 | Section 4
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 37 students
MGMT E-5000
Strategic Management
Kenneth Baylor DBA, Principal, Advanced Leadership Solutions, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25344 | Section 5
Description
To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets both traditional and emerging. The way in which organizations attempt to develop such competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy. This course introduces the concept of strategic management through case analyses, and considers the basic direction and goals of an organization, the environment (social, political, technological, economic, and global factors), industry and market structure, and organizational strengths and weaknesses. The emphasis is on the development and successful implementation of strategy in different types of firms across industries.
Prerequisites: Course work in accounting and two other functional areas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 41 students
MGMT E-5005
Corporate Strategy
Eric H. Chung MBA, Partner, Energy and Utilities, West Monroe
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24503 | Section 1
Description
This course deals with understanding the value created by managing multiple lines of businesses under the ownership of one corporate umbrella that is, a diversified firm. The ultimate goal is to create what we call a corporate advantage by anticipating the challenges a firm faces in managing its diverse businesses, assessing its future performance, and developing alternative strategies. The recognition, development, and deployment of resources across these diverse businesses play a key role in corporate strategy formulation. Limits to firm growth are recognized, specifying boundary conditions of corporate strategy. Business portfolio methodologies are applied to define strategic business units, determine their fit within the corporate parent, allocate resources among them, and influence their corporate development approach. Mergers and acquisitions, decision making, and transformation are also covered as critical issues in corporate strategy.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5015
Applied Corporate Responsibility
Charles Bradford Allen PhD, Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Plymouth State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15748 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the role of corporate responsibility as a strategy to improve products, profits, and brand equity. The idea of corporations as simply wealth-creating organizations with no obligations to the environment is no longer acceptable. Globalization and increased transparency of corporate operations have revealed significant variations in how organizations attempt to balance the pursuit of profits and good corporate citizenship. Expectations for measurable progress of corporate environmental programs addressing natural resources, pollution controls, monitoring ethical supply chains, and expanded training of employees are growing globally. Stakeholder expectations have accelerated the need to monetize these initiatives. However, the lack of standardized methodology and metrics has resulted in confusion within many industries, hindering progress. Tracking sustainability progress within organizations has often revealed tremendous opportunities for growth.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 71 students
MGMT E-5015
Applied Corporate Responsibility
Charles Bradford Allen PhD, Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Plymouth State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26209 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course examines the role of corporate responsibility as a strategy to improve products, profits, and brand equity. The idea of corporations as simply wealth-creating organizations with no obligations to the environment is no longer acceptable. Globalization and increased transparency of corporate operations have revealed significant variations in how organizations attempt to balance the pursuit of profits and good corporate citizenship. Expectations for measurable progress of corporate environmental programs addressing natural resources, pollution controls, monitoring ethical supply chains, and expanded training of employees are growing globally. Stakeholder expectations have accelerated the need to monetize these initiatives. However, the lack of standardized methodology and metrics has resulted in confusion within many industries, hindering progress. Tracking sustainability progress within organizations has often revealed tremendous opportunities for growth.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 70 students
MGMT E-5017
Greed Gone Good: Creating Social and Financial Value
Jane Hughes MBA, MA, Author
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26247 | Section 1
Description
A great innovative moment has arrived in the financial world as the notion of blended value takes hold. This course is for students who wish to harness the power of financial markets to create a better world. As the gatekeepers to finance, lenders and investors are responsible for allocating scarce capital to the most promising sectors. Traditionally, MBA programs have taught that these promising sectors were those most likely to maximize shareholder value. Other stakeholders, including the government and society, were considered for their nuisance value more than for their intrinsic worth. In the past two decades, however, the notion of blended value investing investing for both financial and social gain has gained credence, even among the most cynical of managers. Moreover, it is widely recognized that lenders and investors, as the ultimate financial decision makers, have special responsibilities in this regard. Investing in women through microfinance, gender lens investing, or other instruments also play a special role in this arena. Blended value which encompasses the social, environmental, and financial performance of a business only becomes more important in a globalized economy marked by scarce and shrinking resources. In this course, we learn to apply the tools of efficient capital markets risk/return analysis, cost/benefit analysis, and much more to produce both financial and social value. We study various instruments that have been designed to achieve these goals and absorb the lessons learned from success and failure of these early instruments. We consider how best to measure social value and how to balance this against the needs of financial investors in order to optimize financial markets to fund the achievement of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5020
Management of Technology: Strategies for the Digital Economy
Nataliya Langburd Wright MPhil, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Business School
Stephen Impink MBA, Doctoral Candidate, Stern School of Business, New York University
Nicholas Psyhogeos JD, Chief Executive Officer, Fork Inc.
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26249 | Section 1
Description
Companies make decisions daily to compete in the digital age; some are laying strategic building blocks for the future while others are toiling away on tactical distractions or leading their organizations headlong down the path to obsolescence. The advent of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), has transformed how firms organize, operate, and compete. It is now more critical than ever for entrepreneurs and managers to understand the effects of new technologies and the competitive landscape in which those new technologies are developed and deployed. The course assesses these effects in three sections: how technological change affects the global competitive landscape; how digitization influences the firm and managers within the firm; how these technological changes influence the nature of work within firm units. The course is intended for managers and entrepreneurs who seek to gain or improve awareness of key trends in the digital economy. Prior technical knowledge (that is, coding, understanding computer languages, or working with algorithms) is not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, May 6, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Sunday, May 7, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5030
Project Management
Timothy Mills MS, Member, Board of Directors, 3HO Foundation and Project Management Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16654 | Section 1
Description
This course guides students through the fundamental project management concepts, practices, and behavioral characteristics needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize benefits from projects in profit and nonprofit organizations. Effective project managers possess the skills necessary to manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders to produce a desired outcome. Students analyze the impact of organizational change management theory and explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through case studies, team assignments, and individual contributions. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without direct influence, gaining the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. Special attention is given to critical success factors required to overcoming resistance to change. The course simulates a project in its project team framework, group accountability, and schedule deadlines.
Prerequisites: Experience working in a company or nonprofit is advisable.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-5030
Project Management
Shannon Pettiford MS, IT Program Manager, Boston Consulting Group
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16400 | Section 2
Description
This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of project management, with an emphasis on the tools, techniques, and processes involved. The course provides an overview of the project management process, focusing on its lifecycle, project definition, scope, planning, and project monitoring. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basic exposure to the tasks and challenges facing project managers, the tools and techniques used to manage projects, and how to analyze complex projects across multiple functions in a global environment. Project managers must have the abilities and skills to simultaneously manage their teams, schedules, risks, and resources, and deliver a successful outcome and this course is designed to help students learn to do just that. The objective of the course is to learn the skills and tools of the project management discipline, with a practical, hands-on, and real-world approach. Not to be underestimated is the challenge of managing without authority, an essential skill for project managers to gain the support of resources not directly under their management control. Most organizations are matrix-led, which means that resources are shared and temporary. The project manager must be able to use resources efficiently to achieve the goals and objectives required for a successful outcome, on time, within scope, and under budget. Regardless of one’s project management experience, this course is designed to bring project principles to life by practicing the skills and facilitation techniques in an online team environment.
Prerequisites: Experience working in a company or nonprofit is advisable.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5030
Project Management
David A. Shore PhD, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Development, Business School, University of Monterrey, Mexico
Deb Cote MA, Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Performance, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23361 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course guides students through the fundamental project management concepts, practices, and behavioral characteristics needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize benefits from projects in profit and nonprofit organizations. Effective project managers possess the skills necessary to manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders to produce a desired outcome. Students analyze the impact of organizational change management theory and explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through case studies, team assignments, and individual contributions. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without direct influence, gaining the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. Special attention is given to critical success factors required to overcoming resistance to change. The course simulates a project in its project team framework, group accountability, and schedule deadlines.
Prerequisites: Experience working in a company or nonprofit is advisable.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 2:00pm-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5030
Project Management
Eric Pool EdD, Assistant Professor of Health Care Administration, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24504 | Section 2
Description
This course guides students through the fundamental project management concepts, practices, and behavioral characteristics needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize benefits from projects in profit and nonprofit organizations. Effective project managers possess the skills necessary to manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders to produce a desired outcome. Students analyze the impact of organizational change management theory and explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through case studies, team assignments, and individual contributions. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without direct influence, gaining the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. Special attention is given to critical success factors required to overcoming resistance to change. The course simulates a project in its project team framework, group accountability, and schedule deadlines.
Prerequisites: Experience working in a company or nonprofit is advisable.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
MGMT E-5030
Project Management
Timothy Mills MS, Member, Board of Directors, 3HO Foundation and Project Management Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25804 | Section 3
Description
This course guides students through the fundamental project management concepts, practices, and behavioral characteristics needed to successfully initiate, plan, manage, and lead projects in profit and nonprofit organizations. Effective project managers possess the skills necessary to effectively manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders to produce a desired outcome. Students analyze the impact of organizational change management theory and explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through case studies, team assignments, and individual contributions. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without direct influence, gaining the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. Special attention is given to critical success factors required to effectively managing projects in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. The course simulates a project in its project team framework, group accountability, and schedule deadlines.
Prerequisites: Experience working in a company or nonprofit is advisable.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5042
Agile Project Management
Shannon Pettiford MS, IT Program Manager, Boston Consulting Group
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16874 | Section 2
Description
Change is the new norm, and global organizations must adapt to dynamic and varied environments and challenges. A thorough review of agile techniques and methodologies helps address such concerns, providing the skills, knowledge, and techniques to ensure projects deliver benefit realization, deliver on time, and improve team efficiency. In this course, students learn to differentiate between agile and waterfall project management methodologies, exploring when each is most beneficial to use, and assessing how the agile methodology is leveraged to address stakeholders’ changing requirements. Students learn project management skills and best practices to lead agile project teams and provide effective delivery solutions. Agile project management practices and principles are discussed in detail, including self-organizing teams, project management roles, adaptive planning, value-driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, problem detection and resolution, print execution, and retrospective analysis. Current trends and best practices are also explored, using case studies to discover best practices and techniques in the field. In team settings, students use the scrum approach to understand better what executing an agile methodology of a project feels like. Regardless of project management experience, this course is designed to bring agile principles to life by practicing the skills and facilitation techniques in a team-based environment. Students may not take both ISMT E-101 (offered previously) and MGMT E-5042 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5042
Agile Project Management
Lisa Sieverts MBA, Owner, Facilitated Change
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25688 | Section 1
Description
In this course, students learn the agile project management framework with an emphasis on the product owner’s role. Using organizational strategy as their foundation, students have the opportunity to learn how to write the product goal, identify user roles, generate user stories, and develop the story map for their project. Students create a presentation that clearly tells the story of their project. Additional topics include agile culture, project selection, scrum, kanban, team development, retrospectives, and risk management. Students learn by doing, using their own projects for most activities. This course is appropriate for all students, regardless of whether they have prior agile or project management experience. Students who bring agile experience to the course have the opportunity to deepen their skills and practice agile facilitation techniques. Students should check with the instructor if they have any questions about whether this course is right for them. Students may not take both ISMT E-101 (offered previously) and MGMT E-5042 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Friday, April 14, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Harvard Hall 201
Saturday, April 15, 9:00am-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Sunday, April 16, 9:00am-1:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MGMT E-5042
Agile Project Management
Shannon Pettiford MS, IT Program Manager, Boston Consulting Group
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25977 | Section 2
Description
Change is the new norm, and global organizations must adapt to dynamic and varied environments and challenges. A thorough review of agile techniques and methodologies helps address such concerns, providing the skills, knowledge, and techniques to ensure projects deliver benefit realization, deliver on time, and improve team efficiency. In this course, students learn to differentiate between agile and waterfall project management methodologies, exploring when each is most beneficial to use, and assessing how the agile methodology is leveraged to address stakeholders’ changing requirements. Students learn project management skills and best practices to lead agile project teams and provide effective delivery solutions. Agile project management practices and principles are discussed in detail, including self-organizing teams, project management roles, adaptive planning, value-driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, problem detection and resolution, print execution, and retrospective analysis. Current trends and best practices are also explored, using case studies to discover best practices and techniques in the field. In team settings, students use the scrum approach to understand better what executing an agile methodology of a project feels like. Regardless of project management experience, this course is designed to bring agile principles to life by practicing the skills and facilitation techniques in a team-based environment. Students may not take both ISMT E-101 (offered previously) and MGMT E-5042 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5060
Operations Management
Zal Phiroz PhD, President, Pier Consulting Group
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16104 | Section 1
Description
The operational function lies at the heart of every organization, whether for profit or nonprofit, whether manufacturing or service. All organizations take some inputs and transform them into outputs for consumption by customers. The operational function focuses on this transformation process. It examines how value is added to a product or service. This course covers the design, planning, execution, control, and improvement of operational systems in organizations with a special focus on the strategic role of the operational function in helping the organization achieve its mission.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-5080
Thinking in Management Science
Phil Bangayan MBA, Principal Data Scientist, Teradata
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16110 | Section 1
Description
Given today’s information-rich environment, companies need more competent managers and analysts to apply quantitative thinking to make data-driven decisions. However, not everyone has the background to transform and utilize information into valuable and actionable insights. This course is aimed at making students comfortable with the methods in management science to improve their companies. This course applies spreadsheets to the business-driven contexts in operations, finance, and marketing. Through case studies and spreadsheet-based examples, students learn how to make a strong business recommendation based on analysis and modeling as appropriate.
Prerequisites: High school algebra, basic probability, spreadsheet knowledge, and the ability to form and communicate logical recommendations in a written format such as a memo.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5090
Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness
Arnold M. Howitt PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26210 | Section 1
Description
As the world’s struggles with COVID-19 show, crises challenge individuals and organizations to respond creatively to high-stakes and novel circumstances. Today not only traditional emergency responders (police, firefighters, and emergency medical teams) must be ready for crises, but also private and nonprofit organizations, as well as a wider spectrum of public sector responders (for example, public health, transportation, and public works). Through study of cases of a range of actual crises and of conceptual frameworks for understanding the dynamics of crises, this course takes a managerial perspective on crisis management and emergency preparedness. It focuses both on what responders must do during the critical period of crisis response and on how organizations can prepare themselves for high performance in these situations. It examines how individuals and groups make decisions in crises, identifies the skills and management systems crises demand, considers the differences between managing routine emergencies and crises, and asks how organizations can effectively prepare for crises in advance.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
MGMT E-5100
Essentials of Management
Carmine P. Gibaldi EdD, Professor of Management and Organizational Psychology, St. John’s University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16622 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the important aspects of managing a business in a global environment. It addresses decision making in connection with communications, marketing, human relations, managing people, corporate social responsibility and managerial ethics, issues affecting efficiency, and it provides the framework for making sound decisions among competing strategic priorities and objectives. Students weigh the risks and rewards of different types of management decisions while acquiring varied business skills.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 57 students
MGMT E-5100
Essentials of Management
Carmine P. Gibaldi EdD, Professor of Management and Organizational Psychology, St. John’s University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24767 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the important aspects of managing a business in a global environment. It addresses decision making in connection with communications, marketing, human relations, managing people, corporate social responsibility and managerial ethics, issues affecting efficiency, and it provides the framework for making sound decisions among competing strategic priorities and objectives. Students weigh the risks and rewards of different types of management decisions while acquiring varied business skills.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
MGMT E-5110
Business Law
Shawn O’Connor MBA, JD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26243 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course examines the legal structure of corporations and other business forms such as partnerships and limited liability companies. Topics include the distinction between corporations and other business forms; legal separateness of business enterprises from their owners; formation of corporations; financing of corporations under federal securities law; management duties and powers; shareholder rights; fundamental changes such as mergers, sales of assets, and tender offers; and insider trading.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5310
Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations
Patricia H. Deyton MDiv, Senior Advisor, Council of Women World Leaders
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13357 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to the major issues and challenges leaders and managers face in increasing nonprofit organizational effectiveness. Topics include mission statements, ethics and leadership, managerial and financial controls, building organizational capacity, fundraising and revenue generation, marketing and the external environment, volunteer management, governance and boards of directors, evaluation of operations and programs, and sustainability.
Prerequisites: Experience working or volunteering in a nonprofit organization strongly preferred but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 33 students
MGMT E-5312
Innovations in Nonprofit Management
John R. Whitman PhD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26228 | Section 1
Description
This course engages students as nonprofit leaders and policy makers in the United States and other countries in applying methodologies for innovation at the institutional, organizational, and individual levels. Applying lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, students critically examine the nonprofit’s readiness for innovation and learn new approaches to using innovation for creating the resilience required to prepare for and survive potential future shocks as independent entities, in partnership with other organizations, or in a federated system. Nonprofits include those that provide amenities such as libraries, museums, music, arts, entertainment, and sports, and services such as education, healthcare, housing, food, daycare, and crisis centers. The nonprofit mission and business model are central to the analysis, with consideration of supporting roles through director or trustee boards, c-suite management, strategic planning, development and fundraising, human resources including volunteer management, supply chain, information technology, and service delivery. Crucial distinctions are made between for-profit and nonprofit options. Professional practitioners from the field share timely insights. The course prepares nonprofit leaders for likely dislocations (for example, climate change) and unexpected threats (for example, pandemics), as well as opportunities ahead.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-5330
Principles and Practices of Fundraising
Frank White MPhil, Communications Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13439 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to the field of nonprofit fundraising, also called development or advancement. It is designed for nonprofit executives and managers who are unfamiliar with development, professionals wishing to transition into the nonprofit sector, individuals seeking to get a start in the fundraising field, and others. It covers annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation fundraising, events, and crowdfunding. Topics include case statements, boards, capital campaigns, ethics, donor motivations, fundraising anxieties, volunteers, stewardship, and how to make an ask. While some attention is paid to international fundraising, the overwhelming emphasis of this course is on development practices for nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5330
Principles and Practices of Fundraising
George T. Kosar PhD, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Partnerships, Office of Advancement, Georgetown University and Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26442 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an introduction to the field of nonprofit fundraising, also called development or advancement. It is designed for nonprofit executives and managers who are unfamiliar with development, professionals wishing to transition into the nonprofit sector, individuals seeking to get a start in the fundraising field, and others. It covers annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation fundraising, events, and crowdfunding. Topics include case statements, boards, capital campaigns, ethics, donor motivations, fundraising anxieties, volunteers, stewardship, and how to make an ask. While some attention is paid to international fundraising, the overwhelming emphasis of this course is on development practices for nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
MGMT E-5408
Breakthrough Innovation with Blockchain Technology
William L. Wellman MS, Founder, Personated Reality Solutions
Paul Quigley MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Liberado
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25067 | Section 1
Description
Breakthrough innovation that fundamentally transforms society, business, and government has historically been enabled by general purpose technologies (GPT) that disrupt/transform industries, societies, and daily living. The second industrial revolution was enabled by two GPTs: electricity and the internal combustion engine. The third industrial revolution was also enabled by two GPTs: computers and the internet. The fourth industrial revolution has already begun with blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) as two of the enabling technologies. Other promising technologies include the internet of things (IoT), robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing, and quantum computing. Blockchain supports all of these technologies by increasing trust through security and reducing cost. This course explores blockchain technologies in combination with AI and other technologies in the transformation of business across several economic sectors including supply chain, fintech, healthcare, and energy. The course explores how the exchange of value between trading partners is being transformed. Use cases exploring the innovative uses of these technologies and the value they are generating are explored. Students complete a project using blockchain and AI technologies to solve a problem and potentially disrupt an industry with a breakthrough innovation.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5420
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
James C. Fitchett MA, Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder, Voda.ai
William L. Wellman MS, Founder, Personated Reality Solutions
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13355 | Section 1
Description
Innovation, globalization, and digitalization are transforming every industry. This course focuses on creating new businesses, new markets, and effectiveness through innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital capabilities. Entire industries are threatened by disruptors like Uber, Airbnb and blockchain: outsiders with new, less expensive solutions for customers. Apple, Amazon, Skype, and digital currencies have created uncontested markets, delivered higher value, redefined channels, and secured competitive advantages. Blockchain is capable of transforming virtually every industry. Entrepreneurs and existing firms are compelled to create innovative environments, products, processes, services, and new business models. Incremental improvements are not enough. We examine successful strategies, business models, frameworks, funding options, barriers, and risks for introducing breakthrough products and services. Topics include business model innovation, design thinking, lean thinking, organizational learning, agility, blockchain, and fundraising.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-5420
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
James C. Fitchett MA, Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder, Voda.ai
William L. Wellman MS, Founder, Personated Reality Solutions
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25031 | Section 1
Description
Innovation, globalization, and digitalization are transforming every industry. This course focuses on creating new businesses, new markets, and effectiveness through innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital capabilities. Entire industries are threatened by disruptors like Uber, Airbnb and blockchain: outsiders with new, less expensive solutions for customers. Apple, Amazon, Skype, and digital currencies have created uncontested markets, delivered higher value, redefined channels, and secured competitive advantages. Blockchain is capable of transforming virtually every industry. Entrepreneurs and existing firms are compelled to create innovative environments, products, processes, services, and new business models. Incremental improvements are not enough. We examine successful strategies, business models, frameworks, funding options, barriers, and risks for introducing breakthrough products and services. Topics include business model innovation, design thinking, lean thinking, organizational learning, agility, blockchain, and fundraising.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-5425
Design Thinking and Innovation
Tessa Tzeitel Forshaw MA, Lecturer, Experience and Curriculum Designer in Teaching and Learning, Stanford d.school, and Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Richard Lee Cox Braden BSEE, Lecturer in Management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26396 | Section 1
Description
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace and ambiguity is everywhere. Design thinking, innovation, agile, and many other approaches to problem solving have never been more important. But often these methods are only accessible to an exclusive club of people who are certified in a methodology and allowed to practice design and innovation. In this course, we believe in radical access to design and innovation. We believe that for design and innovation to change the world for the better it has to be inclusive, human centered, and accessible to everyone everywhere. In this course, students learn how to become innovation(ish), and leverage the foundational mindsets and abilities of design thinking and innovation to make change in their lives, organizations, and the world. Students hone their ability to learn from others, find unexpected insights, tell world changing stories, and generate innovative ideas through ongoing collaborative course work. This is a very practical, hands-on course. It requires lots of group work and ambiguity (just like design in the real world).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Friday, February 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, February 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, February 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5472
Strategic Business Insight
Jon A. Fay AB, Managing Partner, Wilson Alan LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25978 | Section 1
Description
This intensive course focuses on giving students a robust set of analytical frameworks and tools for understanding how businesses create and sustain value. The course focuses on key strategic questions. What are the elements of a business model and how do they fit together? What financial footprints do different types of business models generate? What drives market adoption and purchase patterns, and what are the implications for investment and monetization decisions? What are the key structural, operational, and economic drivers of costs? What are the different patterns of competition and ways of building competitive advantage? How can leaders design an organizational operating system that aligns with strategy? How can a winning strategy be disrupted? Drawing on both classic and current case examples, this course is intensely interactive, with an emphasis on team-based case analysis.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-1000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5625
Sustainability and International Business: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies
Maurie Kelly PhD, Director, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Instructor of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14484 | Section 1
Description
Sustainability in international business is more than simply adopting sustainable practices it has the potential to help companies gain competitive advantage. This course is designed to be highly interactive. We use articles, cases, group simulations, and videos to support learning and engage students. Students also have a chance to interact with each other through decision-making exercises, simulations, and group discussions. The course explores the global business environment in the context of sustainability. It focuses on the meaning of sustainable development in relation to for-profit global corporations, the effect of sustainability on global corporate development strategies, and how corporations interact with nations across the globe positively and negatively. We examine the sustainability issues faced by different regions of the world such as Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Topics covered include corporate social responsibility, sustainability and strategic leadership, chemical and environmental pollution impacts, fast fashion and the apparel industry, labor rights and child labor, climate change impacts and opportunities, supply chains, renewable energy, food systems, and the role of consumers in sustainability. Companies examined include Walmart, Interface, UPS, Exxon, Patagonia, Ikea, Google, Unilever, Heineken, Nestl , H M, Adidas, and DuPont. Countries discussed include Brazil, Costa Rica, Nigeria, South Africa, Haiti, China, Singapore, Germany, Sweden, and the US.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5700
Management Consulting
Shawn O’Connor MBA, JD, Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16107 | Section 1
Description
This course offers an in-depth view of the management consulting industry. Topics include the structure, conduct, and performance of the management consulting industry; firms in the industry and their competitive strategies; key strategic and organizational issues facing these firms; ideas, tools, and frameworks that these firms have put into practice; problem-solving, communication, and client relation skills that are necessary for success in the industry; management consulting careers; and ethical issues facing management consultants. Conceptual material is illustrated and applied to the real world through rigorous class discussion of business cases, examples, group and individual exercises, and students’ own business and consulting experiences. The course emphasizes hands-on practice and real-time feedback simulating an actual consulting engagement.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 48 students
MGMT E-5700
Management Consulting
Mukul Kumar PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, Hult International Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25029 | Section 1
Description
This course offers an in-depth view of the management consulting industry. Topics include the structure, conduct, and performance of the management consulting industry; firms in the industry and their competitive strategies; key strategic and organizational issues facing these firms; ideas, tools, and frameworks that these firms have put into practice; problem-solving, communication, and client relation skills that are necessary for success in the industry; management consulting careers; and ethical issues facing management consultants. Conceptual material is illustrated and applied to the real world through rigorous class discussion of business cases, examples, group and individual exercises, and students’ own business and consulting experiences. The course emphasizes hands-on practice and real-time feedback simulating an actual consulting engagement.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Friday, March 24, 5:30pm-8:30pm, 1 Story Street 304
Saturday, March 25, 9:00am-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Sunday, March 26, 9:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-5750
The Art and Science of Decision Making
Robert S. Duboff JD, CEO, HawkPartners, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26487 | Section 1
Description
This course helps students become aware of the factors that really influence decision outcomes. Using cases, readings about the latest scientific research, and discussions, students get both practical and academic insights. They should become better at making decisions and much better at understanding and influencing how others decide.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-5806
Real Estate Development
Teo Nicolais AB, MS, President, Nicolais, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26506 | Section 1
Description
Real estate development is the process by which ingenuity and financial capital are transformed into the built environments that shapes our cities and lives. This course takes students through the real estate development process. Starting with inception phase, we walk through the processes of market research, site selection, and working with public and private stakeholders. Students study how developers perform due diligence and manage risks in the pre-development phase. Students learn how developers raise capital through construction loans and complex joint venture partnerships. For managing the physical construction, we examine a variety of delivery methods, risk sharing agreements, and the construction contracts that govern them. Students also learn strategies for achieving stabilization, operation, and exit from the project. At every stage, we learn to balance risk and reward, with a focus on generating investment returns while making a lasting, positive impact on our cities.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-2035 strongly recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
MGMT E-597
Precapstone in Management: Entrepreneurship in Action
Henrik Totterman DSc, Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship and Management, Hult International Business School and Chief Executive Officer, Lead X3M, LLC
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25671 | Section 1
Description
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the underlying dynamics of entrepreneurial business. It is mandatory for capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, management who wish to register for MGMT S-599 in the following Harvard Summer School term. The course is focused on flexibility, innovation, resource management, and responsiveness when starting and operating high growth potential ventures, which are required skills when taking the capstone course.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in the in the Master of Liberal Arts, management, capstone track. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and have completed the seven core courses, half the residency requirement, and plan to take the capstone, MGMT S-599, in the upcoming Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Areen Shahbari MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Cactus International and Principal, Shahbari Training and Consultancy
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15727 | Section 1
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Saturday, Sunday, October 22-23, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Patricia Hambrick MBA, Master Lecturer, Marketing, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16518 | Section 2
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Scott Mantie PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Plymouth State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15726 | Section 3
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Scott Mantie PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Plymouth State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24308 | Section 1
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Shawn O’Connor MBA, JD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25786 | Section 2
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
John L. Teopaco DBA, Senior Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College, and Part-time Faculty, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26357 | Section 3
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm, Harvard Hall 202
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6000
Marketing Management
Patricia Hambrick MBA, Master Lecturer, Marketing, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25349 | Section 4
Description
In this comprehensive and practical introduction to marketing management, students improve their ability to make effective marketing decisions, including assessing marketing opportunities and developing marketing strategies and implementation plans. Course topics include market-oriented strategic planning, marketing research and information systems, buyer behavior, target market selection, competitive positioning, product and service planning and management, pricing, distribution, and integrated communications including advertising, public relations, internet marketing, social media, direct marketing, and sales promotions. Through a combination of interactive discussions, cases, practical examples, individual assignments, and a group project, the course applies marketing topics to consumer and business-to-business products, services, and nonprofit organizations. Students gain significant experience in communicating and defending their marketing recommendations and building on the ideas of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MGMT E-6040
International Marketing
Nicholas Nugent, Sr. PhD
Charles Bradford Allen PhD, Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Plymouth State University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24252 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the development of international marketing programs from the determination of objectives and methods of organization through the execution of research, advertising, distribution, and production activities. Students examine the international similarities and differences in marketing functions as related to the cultural, economic, political, social, and physical dimensions of the environment. Students also consider the changes in marketing systems and the adoption of marketing philosophies and practices to fill conditions in different countries.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, MGMT E-6615, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6100
Branding Strategy
Thomas Murphy MBA, Associate Professor of Practice, Graduate School of Management, Clark University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24567 | Section 1
Description
This course covers the principles and practices of brand management. The course content focuses on applied strategies and tactics used by marketers to build and reinforce successful global brands for products, services, and corporate social responsibility.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, MGMT E-6615, or one year of experience in a management, marketing, or consulting role in a company or nonprofit organization.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, January 27-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 37 students
MGMT E-6600
Strategic Brand Marketing
John L. Teopaco DBA, Senior Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College, and Part-time Faculty, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
David A. Shore PhD, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Development, Business School, University of Monterrey, Mexico
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24272 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course focuses on three core marketing strategies: positioning, branding, and building trust. In today’s market, almost any product or service can be transformed into a commodity quickly as competitors copy successful products. Students learn how to analyze the competition, and then position and brand products or services in the marketplace to prevent them from being turned into commodities. Case examples are used to illustrate theory as well as how to build, manage, and measure brands. By the conclusion of the course, participants understand the key variables to a successful branding campaign and have a blueprint to use for their own campaigns.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000 or permission of the instructors.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 10:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 306
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6605
Luxury Marketing
Sandrine Crener PhD, Portfolio Director, Executive Education, Harvard Business School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16108 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to the marketing of luxury goods and services. The luxury industry is unlike any other; it is an inspiring and fascinating world that involves a diverse group of competitors. On the supply side, it encompasses a broad range of sectors from hotels to real estate, yachts to private jets, fashion to jewelry, and pits small independent businesses against established multinational conglomerates. On the market side, luxury consumers are extremely demanding and sophisticated; luxury goods and services must not only be of exceptional quality but also provide a complex set of functional, social, and emotional benefits to consumers. The course explores the origin, history, and evolution of luxury and gives an overview of the global luxury industry including markets, major players, and trends. Then it highlights the specificities of marketing in the luxury sector. Luxury brands are an entirely different proposition and require a very specific approach to brand management and marketing. They notably have to manage a number of inherent paradoxes and tensions. We discuss differences in mass versus luxury marketing approaches. The course also focuses on examining the main challenges with which luxury brands are currently confronted.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, MGMT E-6615, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6615
Digital Marketing: Foundations and Framework for Success
Greg O’Brien DBA, Founder/President, Rockport Advisors
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15485 | Section 1
Description
Marketing has become digital marketing, with digital ads (as a function of all advertising spending) growing at roughly 15-20 percent annually, and recently having taken over traditional advertising (broadcast television and radio) when measured by ad spend. This course teaches students the foundation elements of digital marketing and advertising from media mix and channels to techniques, economics, and measurement. We review key performance metrics for digital marketing channels including paid search, organic search, e-mail, social, and display. We review techniques and tools for optimizing digital marketing spend across various channels and products.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-6615
Digital Marketing: Foundations and Framework for Success
Andrew M. Blum MBA, Instructor of the Practice, Business Communications, Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University and Lecturer of Marketing, Columbia University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25665 | Section 1
Description
Marketing has become digital marketing, with digital ads (as a function of all advertising spending) growing at roughly 15-20 percent annually, and recently having taken over traditional advertising (broadcast television and radio) when measured by ad spend. This course teaches students the foundation elements of digital marketing and advertising from media mix and channels to techniques, economics, and measurement. We review key performance metrics for digital marketing channels including paid search, organic search, e-mail, social, and display. We review techniques and tools for optimizing digital marketing spend across various channels and products.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MGMT E-6630
Sustainability Marketing and Branding
Thomas Murphy MBA, Associate Professor of Practice, Graduate School of Management, Clark University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15433 | Section 1
Description
This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully market sustainable products and services. At the end of the course students are able to understand the key elements of developing a successful marketing strategy and branding approach for a sustainable market offering. The course also reviews global trends and issues that influence sustainable product success.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6615 or the equivalent. Introductory marketing or management course or one year of work experience in a business-to-business, business-to-consumer, or nonprofit organization.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Fridays, September 2-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-6670
Fundamentals of Search Engine Marketing
Christina Inge MS, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Thoughtlight
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16438 | Section 1
Description
As search engine marketing plays a larger role in business communications than ever before, marketers and developers increasingly need to understand how to optimize websites to be found on search engines, mobile devices, and voice assistants. In this hands-on course, we explore both the theory and practice of search marketing. Students learn about how search engines work, the ways in which websites can be found, and the role of content in search marketing. Covering both search marketing and search advertising, this course provides managers with the high-level strategies they need to ensure the sites they own are findable on the web. This course also features hands-on, practical labs in which students develop a search strategy to ensure a brand’s prominence in the age of ambient findability the permanent interconnectedness of consumers via a wide range of wearable devices, voice assistants, and more traditional online consumer behavior. This course covers both organic search engine optimization (SEO) and search-based advertising such as pay-per-click (PPC) to provide complete coverage of the topic.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MGMT E-6750
Marketing Analytics: Fundamental Data-Driven Marketing
Christina Inge MS, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Thoughtlight
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24774 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces marketing analytics, including web analytics and data modeling. As big data moves into the mainstream, marketers are seeing the opportunity to make the profession more scientific and numbers-driven than ever before. Marketing analytics is one of the largest areas of marketing today. In addition, with measurement at the center of every marketing campaign, marketers have the opportunity to prove the return on investment of their programs with unprecedented accuracy. Yet, this wealth of data can be overwhelming. Every channel has its own metrics, every demographic group’s behavior can be mined for targeting information. What are the numbers that matter? And what are they really telling us? How can we best leverage big data and marketing analytics to optimize results? This course explores the growing role of data in marketing. Taking a two-fold approach, the course focuses on the data of marketing. Students learn how to use the two main categories of data available to marketers: internal, or what is called marketing analytics; and external, or big data. In this course, students learn web analytics fundamentals, creating data dashboards, and predictive analytics. This is a purely data-driven course; it does not teach programming. Using real-world examples and practical exercises, the course allows students to understand the interactions between both kinds of data, and how best to use analytics to improve marketing outcomes, demonstrate return on investment to the C-suite, and create increasingly effective marketing campaigns.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, MGMT E-6615, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MGMT E-6800
Professional Selling and Sales Management
John Westman MA, MBA, Vice President, Citius Pharmaceuticals
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24321 | Section 1
Description
Do you want to improve your persuasion skills? Would you like to study and apply approaches that drive sales and sales management success? Would you like to join a community of continual learners who strive to help others perform even better? This highly interactive, high energy, action-oriented course is designed based on accelerated learning and distance learning best practices and is improved each year based on student feedback. Topics include ideal customers, sales process, buying process, prospecting, negotiating, and closing, as well as motivating, compensating, coaching, and training salespeople. Teaching methods include student presentations and real-life cases, techniques such as the persuasion equation, the trust call, why/how/what statements, and guest speakers.
Prerequisites: MGMT E-6000, MGMT E-6615, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday, April 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, April 2, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MUSE E-100
Introduction to Museum Studies
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10207 | Section 1
Description
All museums share responsibility for preserving and interpreting our cultural and natural heritage for the benefit of the public and society. However, museums are more than the collections they house and the exhibits and programs they present. Each museum is a complex network of individuals whose common goal is to create knowledge and to share information and experiences with others. This course provides a broad introduction to the museum world. Students gain an understanding of the museum and the challenges and responsibilities that museums and their staff members encounter. After discussing what a museum is, the various types of museums, and their roles in the community, we introduce current and emerging issues in museums in a number of areas including governance, management of collections, fundraising, and museum jobs and responsibilities.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 302
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
MUSE E-102
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Research in Museum Studies
Cynthia A. Fowler PhD, Professor of Art, Emmanuel College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16172 | Section 1
Description
In this proseminar, students develop the skills necessary to engage in graduate-level research in the field of museum studies. Students read classic scholarly texts in museum studies and complete short assignments designed to hone their academic writing skills including critical reading, textual analysis, and argument development. Students also write a 10-page research essay that reflects a particular area of interest within the field of museum studies. Throughout the semester we consider the theory that informs museum practice. In particular, we examine how museums can powerfully mediate encounters with the collective past and reflect the politics of race, class, and gender as well as individual, communal, and national identities. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. MUSE E-100 and EXPO E-42a recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-102
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Research in Museum Studies
Jeffrey Robert Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14775 | Section 2
Description
In this proseminar, students develop the skills necessary to engage in graduate-level research in the field of museum studies. Students read classic scholarly texts in museum studies and complete short assignments designed to hone their academic writing skills including critical reading, textual analysis, and argument development. Students also write a 10-page research essay that reflects a particular area of interest within the field of museum studies. Throughout the semester we consider the theory that informs museum practice. In particular, we examine how museums can powerfully mediate encounters with the collective past and reflect the politics of race, class, and gender as well as individual, communal, and national identities. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. MUSE E-100 and EXPO E-42a recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-102
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Research in Museum Studies
Jeffrey Robert Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25503 | Section 1
Description
In this proseminar, students develop the skills necessary to engage in graduate-level research in the field of museum studies. Students read classic scholarly texts in museum studies and complete short assignments designed to hone their academic writing skills including critical reading, textual analysis, and argument development. Students also write a 10-page research essay that reflects a particular area of interest within the field of museum studies. Throughout the semester we consider the theory that informs museum practice. In particular, we examine how museums can powerfully mediate encounters with the collective past and reflect the politics of race, class, and gender as well as individual, communal, and national identities. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. MUSE E-100 and EXPO E-42a recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-102
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Research in Museum Studies
Eleanor M. Hight PhD, Professor of Art History and Humanities, Emerita, University of New Hampshire
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25244 | Section 2
Description
In this proseminar, students develop the skills necessary to engage in graduate-level research in the field of museum studies. Students read classic scholarly texts in museum studies and complete short assignments designed to hone their academic writing skills including critical reading, textual analysis, and argument development. Students also write a 10-page research essay that reflects a particular area of interest within the field of museum studies. Throughout the semester we consider the theory that informs museum practice. In particular, we examine how museums can powerfully mediate encounters with the collective past and reflect the politics of race, class, and gender as well as individual, communal, and national identities. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. MUSE E-100 and EXPO E-42a recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-106
The Business of Museums
Lawrence Scott Motz MBA, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25501 | Section 1
Description
Museums, in addition to being repositories for scholarly, educational, and cultural stewardship functions, are businesses, and the astute museum professional benefits from understanding how they operate and how they are structured. This course teaches the basic business of museums, large and small, and provides instruction so that museum professionals can operate in the most efficient manner possible. The course is designed to be enlightening to current or prospective staff in all functional areas within a museum, as every department contributes to operations either directly or indirectly. Though there are discussions that introduce basic financial concepts, this is not a finance course. Rather, this course provides history, theory, and practical management considerations for museums operating in today’s environment.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MUSE E-109
Exhibit Design through Narrative
Michael Howard Maler ALM, Regional Site Manager, Metro Boston, Historic New England
Cesar Zapata MPA, Founder and Designer, Zapata Design Studio
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26073 | Section 1
Description
Students collaborate in groups through a lecture-workshop format, exploring exhibit design history, theory, and practice in how it relates to visitor experience and engagement, culminating in the development of an exhibition design proposal and 3-D scaled model of a narrative-style exhibition. The course introduces practices from multiples disciplines that allows students to understand their role as exhibit designers working with other sectors of the museum fields including architecture, design, fabrication, and new media.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, March 31, 5:30pm-8:30pm, 1 Story Street 304
Saturday, April 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Sunday, April 2, 9:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: March 31, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Final papers due Monday, April 17. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MUSE E-110
Museum Exhibition Content Development
Shelley N. Monaghan CMS, Consultant
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15158 | Section 1
Description
All exhibitions start with a key concept that informs all decisions. This course explores the issues and processes involved in the development of that concept, and the planning of exhibition content in a variety of museum settings. Topics include the development of exhibition themes and educational goals, visitor engagement, intellectual and physical accessibility, universal design, working with designers, and exhibit evaluation methods. The course encourages students to acquire creative communication and problem-solving skills.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
MUSE E-115
Collections Management: Issues and Solutions
Sara M. Frankel MA, Collections Manager for the David P. Wheatland Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16086 | Section 1
Description
The course explores the main issues encountered during museum collection management activities. These activities not only affect collections care, but also curation, research, exhibits, and educational projects. Specific challenges and solutions are examined through case studies and analysis of different scenarios. Topics addressed include acquisitions, documentation, digitizing, storage, disaster planning, ethics, and museum-wide strategies for successful collection management.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MUSE E-117
Museum Collections Care
David K. DeBono Schafer MA, Director of Collections Technologies, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Adam J. Aja PhD, Chief Curator, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Adam Baldinger MA, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Christina Byrd MS, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Mark Omura MS, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Jennifer Winifred Trimble ALM, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Jeremiah Trimble ALM, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26381 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course offers a hands-on training experience in collections care, documentation, and processing at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. Students work directly with collections management, curatorial, and archives staff members on specific collections-based projects.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:30pm, Peabody Museum 12
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 10 students
MUSE E-120a
Informal Learning: Theories and Approaches
Christina Smiraglia EdD, Learning Researcher, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lynn Baum MEd, Principal, Turtle Peak Consulting
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26235 | Section 1
Description
This course examines selected learning theories that have shaped and are shaping the development of educational offerings like programs and exhibitions in museums and similar informal learning environments. We explore a variety of ways that learning happens in these institutions, focusing on the visitors themselves. Students consider informal learning from the lenses of both educator and learner, experiencing and reflecting on educational approaches firsthand before then analyzing and suggesting improvements to an existing educational offering (virtual or onsite) based on the discussed learning theories and approaches.
Prerequisites: MUSE E-100 or equivalent museum experience.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-March 11, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. This course meets for a half term, January 23-March 11.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
MUSE E-126a
Museum Evaluation: Audience Data Analysis and Reporting
Christina Smiraglia EdD, Learning Researcher, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lynn Baum MEd, Principal, Turtle Peak Consulting
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16862 | Section 1
Description
Research and evaluation are critical for museums and similar institutions. In this time of data-driven decisions and public accountability, it is especially important to authentically collaborate with communities and stakeholders, which we explore throughout the course. The course offers a general overview of the research process, focusing on data analysis and reporting. Museum professionals in nearly any position find themselves required to make sense of data or oversee consultants. The course is appropriate for emerging and experienced professionals, especially those interested in education, exhibitions, marketing, and development in museums and related organizations. The course is centered around an experiential project in which students collaboratively interpret actual data for a museum partner.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-October 15, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. This course meets for a half term, August 29-October 15.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 16 students
MUSE E-130
Museums and Technology
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23583 | Section 1
Description
The internet has changed the way nonprofits deliver information to constituents and the general public. In this course, we explore the ways in which nonprofits use the web and social media to deliver programmatic content as well as how the web and social media are used in marketing, public relations, and fundraising. We also take a look at the back-of-house systems that these organizations rely on for their information infrastructure, providing an in-depth look at the use of databases and websites to further the organization’s mission.
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of computer systems, especially in the nonprofit sector.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
MUSE E-135
The Future of Historic House Museums
Abby Battis ALM, Associate Director for Collections, Historic Beverly
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25975 | Section 1
Description
The changing attitudes in historic interpretation along with challenges facing historic house museums today, such as recovering from a worldwide pandemic, shifting demographics, funding, maintenance, and technology have contributed to declining attendance and waning interest in historic house museums around the world. This course examines the traditional methods for historic house museum sustainability, including collections care and exhibit design, and explores feasible and reinvented methods for reinterpreting the historic house museum in order to maintain its relevance in a changing society.
Prerequisites: Museum experience is a plus.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MUSE E-139
Museums as Sites for Social Action
Brenda Tindal MA, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16770 | Section 1
Description
The twenty-first century museum is not merely a cabinet of curiosity. It is well-positioned to serve as a hub for new learning, an arbiter of equitable and inclusive practices, and to play a meaningful role in helping its visitors, stakeholders, and communities grapple with hard truths and nuanced issues. Using a survey of museum case studies, key literature, and the Socratic method of inquiry, this course explores museums as sites of social action through a series of questions, including: what is the role and responsibility of the museum in responding to issues affecting our communities locally and globally? How do the museum’s internal practices need to change to align with, and better inform, their public practice?
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MUSE E-141
Close Looking in the Museum: Pedagogies in Practice
Jennifer Thum PhD, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Assistant Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums
Jeanne Marie Burke ALM, Academic and Public Programs Coordinator, Harvard Art Museums
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16835 | Section 1
Description
The average museum visitor spends less than 30 seconds looking at a work of art. However, research shows that there are many benefits to slowing down, looking closely, and making room for deeper engagement. What are those benefits? How does one even begin to look closely? And how can we convince audiences of the power of slowing down? This course takes advantage of the diverse, world-class collections at the Harvard Art Museums to teach first-hand the principles of close looking, while taking a critical approach to this form of museum pedagogy. We read key scholarship on a variety of close-looking methods from writing to juxtaposition to contour drawing and then experience and assess those methods for ourselves at the Harvard Art Museums. We explore what close looking can look like for various types of audience and imagine creative ways to engage viewers longer and more deeply. Course activities include close looking alone and in groups, active discussions, and group presentations. Readings on the theories and methods of close looking form the basis of our inquiries. The final assignment is for students to design their own close-looking programs for audiences they know well.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, October 14, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Harvard Hall 201
Saturday, October 15, 9:00am-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Sunday, October 16, 9:00am-1:00pm, Harvard Hall 201
Term Start Date: October 14, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $1,550.
Credits: 2
Notes: Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn credit for this course. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Final papers due Monday, October 31.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
MUSE E-149
New England and the South Seas: Studying Exploration and Exploitation through Museum Collections
Ingrid Ahlgren PhD, Curator of Oceanic Collections, Peabody Museum at Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26449 | Section 1
Description
At the end of the 18th century, the United States was recently successful in its struggle for political independence, but was then driven to establish its economic autonomy. New England’s merchants needed a way to escape the depression that had followed the American Revolutionary War and had closed British ports to US imports. It was a need fulfilled and exceeded by the ever-shifting iterations of trans-Pacific trade, connecting Indigenous and settler communities in New England, the Northwest Coast, the Pacific Islands, and China. As the fledgling United States actively explored and exchanged goods with the islands across the great wide Pacific Ocean, it was New England and Massachusetts in particular that led the charge of exploration, exploitation, and expansion, resulting in massive accumulations of cultural collections and historical accounts of cross-cultural encounters. This history of exchange and contact has had significant impacts for both the Pacific and the United States, economically, culturally, and politically. Using a variety of sources, including items from Harvard’s Peabody Museum, historical accounts, oral histories, and anthropological writings, this course illuminates some of these historical legacies and demonstrates how museum collections can shed light on the unique relationships and exchanges between Pacific Islanders and New Englander settlers. Specifically, the course investigates the China Pacific trade, the whaling industry, the foreign Christian ministries, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as important events and spaces where the United States took its clumsy first colonizing steps towards becoming a global power.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MUSE E-152
Museums and Material Culture
Reed A. Gochberg PhD, Associate Curator and Manager of Exhibitions, Concord Museum
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16329 | Section 1
Description
How can museums tell more inclusive histories through objects? In this course, we explore how material culture can illuminate the lives of people often left out of the archive or historical record. From clothing and accessories to food and toys, objects and the institutions that collect them provide a material record of how political, economic, and social events shaped the lives of ordinary people. By examining how objects were made, used, and collected, we explore how they open up possibilities for interpreting familiar subjects in new ways and developing inclusive programs. Throughout the semester, we practice methods for analyzing objects, understanding them in the context of museums, and incorporating them into exhibitions and programs. We consider objects alongside advertisements, archival records, and other primary sources in order to explore strategies for interpretation, curatorial interventions, and public programs. We also consider the history of museums and their collecting practices in relation to contemporary scholarship and cultural debates about decolonization, repatriation, and ownership. Readings and assignments include scholarship by James Delbourgo, Amy Lonetree, Christine DeLucia; works and exhibitions by Fred Wilson, Kara Walker, and Wendy Red Star; and individual research and writing assignments such as op-ed essays, exhibition proposals, and lesson plans.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MUSE E-161
Museum Ethics: Framework and Practice
Kara L. Schneiderman MA, Director of Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16650 | Section 1
Description
Now more than ever, ethical considerations touch all areas of the museum profession. But what are ethical standards and best practices for the museum field and why do they matter? Or do they matter? How are ethics and the law different and when do they overlap? Where do organizational management and museum policy fit in? And what do you do when faced with an ethical challenge at your museum? This course provides both a theoretical framework and practical tools for applying professional codes of ethics towards a better understanding of the critical role of museums in society today. Modules examine museum ethics in the context of governance, fundraising, collecting and curating, deaccessioning, cultural heritage, decolonization, diversity and inclusion, and social justice. Through a case study approach, students analyze and evaluate the outcomes of real-world ethical challenges and broaden their understanding of the expanding role of museums as catalysts for ethical change.
Prerequisites: MUSE E-100 or the equivalent recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
MUSE E-165
Museum Registration: Systems and Strategies
Kara L. Schneiderman MA, Director of Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25625 | Section 1
Description
Registrars wear many hats in the museum world. They are organizers, risk managers, and problem solvers as they tackle the many legal and managerial challenges faced by today’s museums. In this course, students delve into the numerous facets of museum registration systems and the role of the registrar in museum management and administration. Modules focus both on policy development and procedural solutions, including collections management and ethics policies, acquisitions and accessioning, deaccessioning, loans, documentation, provenance research, legal issues, and rights and reproductions. Procedures such as condition reporting, object numbering and labeling, packing and shipping, and managing traveling exhibitions are also covered. Through lectures, readings, case studies, and in-class activities, students learn about the administrative, legal, and practical concerns of museum registration within the context of professional standards and best practices for the museum field.
Prerequisites: MUSE E-100 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
MUSE E-186
Mastering Museum Management
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Lawrence Scott Motz MBA, Consultant
Laura B. Roberts MBA, Principal, Roberts Consulting
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26240 | Section 1
Description
The course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of assorted topics at the intersection of managerial structures, external constituencies, financial sustainability, and operational efficiency. The first module of the course looks at the building blocks of nonprofit organizational development in the context of museums: mission and vision, strategic planning, organizational lifecycle, and governance. The second looks at managing relationships with a museum’s various audiences and stakeholders through fundraising and membership programs, community engagement strategies, and various marketing tools. Module three focuses on managing the financial aspects of museums and other institutions operating in the current environment, specifically strategic revenue sources, an in-depth look at endowments, and creating a project plan and projections. The final module provides an opportunity to synthesize the first three by examining the various areas of museum operations and engaging with two scenarios from guest speakers. This module highlights the importance of a cohesive team and a robust communication plan, both internal and external. This course is about the real-world challenges facing museum managers and draws on management theory, case studies, and current thinking about the directions and initiatives museums need to engage in. Guest speakers offer perspectives from a variety of museums and administrative functions.
Prerequisites: While there are no academic prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that the student have taken two or more of the following courses: MUSE E-100, MUSE E-102, MUSE E-105, and MUSE E-185 (offered previously).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
MUSE E-190
Art Crime: Implications and Investigations
Anthony Amore MPA, Security Director and Chief Investigator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Geoffrey Kelly MA, Federal Law Enforcement Official
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26340 | Section 1
Description
Crimes against art are a multi-billion dollar per year illicit activity. They range from thefts from museums and homes to the trafficking of looted antiquities. This course explores the impacts of art crimes and the methods of investigating them through the use of real-world examples.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
MUSE E-599
Capstone Projects in Museum Studies
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14868 | Section 1
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to complete a capstone project related to their professional interests. Capstone projects can include an analysis of a compelling and hotly debated issue within the field of museum studies or, perhaps, creation of a final product that can be used as demonstration of expertise to future or current employers, such as a museum education curriculum, multimedia design, or exhibit.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, museum studies. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in March with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, MUSE S-598, in the previous Harvard Summer School term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, September 16, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, September 17, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, September 18, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-599
Capstone Projects in Museum Studies
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24273 | Section 1
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to complete a capstone project related to their professional interests. Capstone projects can include an analysis of a compelling and hotly debated issue within the field of museum studies or, perhaps, creation of a final product that can be used as demonstration of expertise to future or current employers, such as a museum education curriculum, multimedia design, or exhibit.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, museum studies. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, MUSE E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Friday, February 10, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, February 11, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, February 12, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSE E-599
Capstone Projects in Museum Studies
Katherine Burton Jones MA, Director, Museum Studies, Harvard Extension School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26521 | Section 2
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to complete a capstone project related to their professional interests. Capstone projects can include an analysis of a compelling and hotly debated issue within the field of museum studies or, perhaps, creation of a final product that can be used as demonstration of expertise to future or current employers, such as a museum education curriculum, multimedia design, or exhibit.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, museum studies. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone tutorial, MUSE E-598, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Friday, February 17, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 205
Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Sunday, February 19, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 205
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
MUSI E-190r
Technomusicology
Wayne G. Marshall PhD, Assistant Professor of Music History, Berklee College of Music
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25695 | Section 1
Description
This course uses hands-on media production, in the form of audio and video art, to examine the interplay between music and technology since the dawn of sound reproduction, especially in the digital age. Embracing such technologies ourselves, we use music software (Ableton Live) to explore new techniques and idioms by composing audio/video artworks. Readings, discussions, and projects focus on significant forms and their histories, including soundscapes, mashups, podcasts, supercuts, and DJ-style mixes. Students develop a fluency in the history of sound studies while cultivating competencies in audio and video editing, sampling and arranging, mixing and remixing, and, in framing their projects, descriptive and poetic forms of writing.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
NUTR E-1036
The Science of Physical Activity for Health and Well-Being
Rachele Pojednic PhD, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance, Norwich University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26455 | Section 1
Description
Exercise is medicine and fundamental to good health. Given the current epidemic of disease related to sedentary behavior, it is imperative to train future healthcare providers to understand the relationship between physical activity and health. There is also a need to educate healthcare professionals on the benefits of prescribing exercise to their patients. While the benefits of exercise are widely known, healthcare practitioners, including health and wellness coaches, do not always have the necessary training to counsel their patients on how to incorporate exercise and physical activity into their daily routines. Students may not take both NUTR E-1036 and PSYC E-1036 (offered previously) for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
NUTR E-105
Food and Nutrition in Health and Well-Being
Rachele Pojednic PhD, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance, Norwich University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14784 | Section 1
Description
Students examine evidence-based relationships between nutrition and the promotion of long-term health and well-being. They become familiar with food-related policy and recommendations, including the US dietary guidelines, FDA food labels, and evidence-based nutrition programs, and gain practical skills to make healthful dietary choices. Moreover, students learn health promotion strategies to help influence other people’s food choices and apply these strategies to specific modifiable chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. After successful completion of this course, students are able to identify the fundamentals of a healthy eating pattern; recognize associations between dietary behaviors and non-communicable diseases and identify evidence-based dietary interventions for those diseases; understand barriers to healthful eating, including cultural, environmental, and social; utilize validated tools to encourage healthful food choices; provide practical advice to improve dietary behaviors; and become adept at accessing evidence-based resources to maintain the most up-to-date knowledge, skills, and tools to promote good nutrition.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
NUTR E-106
Nutrition as Lifestyle Medicine for Brain Health and Performance
Stephanie Peabody PsyD, Founding Director, Brain Health Initiative
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Uma Naidoo MD, Director of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Barton Seaver AB, Chief Education Officer, Coastal Culinary Academy
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26472 | Section 1
Description
We have heard the expression you are what you eat, but have we really thought about it? This course introduces the science of a brain (and body) healthy diet and the concepts of the neuropsychology of eating, and offers practical applications of the science that you can adopt to support your own brain health and that of those you care for. It is not just what you eat, but how. Eating mindfully means choosing foods that balance blood sugar and provide adequate levels of brain-boosting nutrients like essential fatty acids, lean proteins, and a rainbow of antioxidants. The nutrients extracted from food enter metabolic pathways that are manipulated, modified, and molded into molecules that the body can use. This nutritional psychiatry course includes opportunities to ask questions of the faculty, experience live cooking demonstrations, and engage with other members of the brain healthy community for inspiration from similarly motivated individuals. When it comes to diet, most people’s concerns involve weight loss, fitness, cardiac health, and longevity. But what we eat affects more than our bodies; it also affects our brains. Now more than ever our food is something we can control. Foods can boost our immunity which is also linked to levels of depression and anxiety; studies also show a link to insomnia, dementia and beyond. This course guides students through the principles from Dr. Uma Naidoo’s cutting-edge book, This Is Your Brain on Food, Barton Seaver’s books American Seafood: Heritage, Culture Cookery From Sea to Shining Sea and Two If By Sea: Delicious Sustainable Seafood, and National Geographic’s Foods for Health: Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet, and then goes even deeper with professional lessons, resources, recipes and insights. This course also provides action steps and resources to take control of your own brain health, performance, and wellbeing, and to support those you care for and about with every brain-healthy food choice.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PHIL E-105
The Meaning of Life
Mathias Risse PhD, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy, Harvard Kennedy School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16601 | Section 1
Description
Many of us have good reasons for doing this or that, making this decision rather than that, choosing this path over another. There is often a point to these choices that we can identify and sometimes have thought hard about. But is there a point to life as a whole? That is the question about the meaning of life. Though the question is notoriously hard to make precise, one way or another it has animated much literature and art, and also much philosophy. Some philosophers have provided very disheartening answers to the questions of whether life has meaning, including that life is suffering and then it ends; life is absurd and never gains any meaning; life is all about creating hell for each other and we cannot escape. But other philosophers have provided more uplifting answers. Both kinds of answers deserve serious scrutiny. Such scrutiny should be of interest to anybody who wishes to make reflection on their life as a whole part of their education. After reviewing a number of pessimistic and more optimistic approaches to the meaning of life we also turn to the subject of death. We all die eventually. We normally encounter death among family and friends before we have to deal with our own. These themes too are the subject of philosophical reflection. The course finishes with a discussion of an important set of lectures on the topics of this course by a contemporary philosopher. This course is quite wide-ranging and integrates historical figures and references to art and literature as appropriate, but its main focus is on contributions by relatively recent thinkers in the Anglo-American analytical tradition of philosophy. The methodology of this course is philosophical. Some of the topics may touch you quite personally and you should take this into account before enrolling.
Prerequisites: None, but prior exposure to philosophy is a plus.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PHIL E-110
The Good Life: Learning from Classical India
Parimal G. Patil PhD, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16719 | Section 1
Description
What is a good life? How does it relate to personal happiness, or to being a good ruler, citizen, friend, or lover? What is the relative value of justice, citizenship, loyalty, friendship, personal profit, and pleasure? How do we make reasoned choices when these values are in conflict? What are our sources and models for such reasoning? When is such reasoning ethical? Are we all subject to the same ethical norms? Should we be? Is the good life the same for everyone? Questions such as these were of enduring concern for philosophers, political theorists, literary theorists, and theorists of pleasure in classical India. This course is devoted to investigating how classical South Asian intellectuals wrestled with such questions and to thinking critically about their responses to them in the context of our own lives.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Harvard Hall 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
PHIL E-113
Buddhist Philosophers and their Critics: Mind, Matter, and Meditation
Parimal G. Patil PhD, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26394 | Section 1
Description
Buddhist theories in epistemology, metaphysics, and mind were contested by a broad range of philosophers, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist. In this course, we discuss rival views on the epistemology of perception, the metaphysics of momentariness, and the nature of consciousness. In addition to understanding these arguments in their historical contexts, we ask what we can learn from them today and, when relevant, investigate how they are being used in contemporary philosophy.
Prerequisites: Previous coursework in philosophy.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Harvard Hall 201
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
PHIL E-124
Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, and Current Social Debates
Raymond F. Comeau PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16455 | Section 1
Description
The writings of Albert Camus (1913-1960), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), and Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), representative of French existentialism, have made a lasting impact, resonating today in a number of issues that still cause lively debate, among them anti-semitism, epidemics, terrorism, suicide, feminism, capital punishment, authoritarianism, and ageism. Just as important, these writers are artists and masters of thought and expression. We study their creative works aesthetically and follow their thinking closely as they develop such concepts as freedom, revolt, justice, individual responsibility, authenticity, committed writing and action, and the appeal to the conscience. Among works to be studied by Camus are The Myth of Sisyphus, The Guest, Reflections on the Guillotine, The Plague, and The Fall; by Sartre, Existentialism and Human Emotions, No Exit, Anti-Semite and Jew, and What is Literature?; and by Beauvoir, The Second Sex and The Coming of Age. They are truly writers of our times. Some works are read in their entirety, some in excerpts. All of the works are available on the internet. Students write reflection papers and, following the lead of these writers, they practice committed writing applied to current social arenas.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PHIL E-162
Economic Justice
Mathias Risse PhD, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy, Harvard Kennedy School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26186 | Section 1
Description
Capitalism organizes society around individual pursuits of material gain. Capitalism seems to have won the great ideological struggle with other ways of organizing society, but there is much discontent. The occupy movement made clear that Americans now care about excessive inequality and many worry about the future in an increasingly economically divided society where access to technology richly rewards some to the exclusion of many others. Capitalism is also closely associated with what is arguably the biggest policy problem of the twenty-first century, climate change. So how can we justify capitalism? And what are feasible alternative ways of organizing society? This course begins with an assessment of the current crisis and explores a range of influential arguments for capitalism. Then we turn to socialist and communist approaches, focusing on some of the more influential writings of Karl Marx. Finally, we explore the liberal egalitarianism of John Rawls. The debate about capitalism and its alternatives (and about what capitalism might learn from those) addresses the central political and social concerns of our times. This course offers an in-depth encounter with the major positions in that debate and thereby prepares students to participate in that debate in an informed way. While the first three lectures explore the current predicament and focus on social-scientific readings, the methodological outlook of the course is philosophical. Nonetheless, our concern is always with questions that shape political agendas now and in the foreseeable future.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science companion course Gen Ed 1121. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
PHIL E-166d
Introduction to Ethics
Benjamin Roth PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26196 | Section 1
Description
What does morality require us to do? Minimize suffering? Act in a way that everyone can, never making exceptions or excuses for ourselves? Develop character traits like courage and generosity? Is morality objective, relative, dependent on god, or created by humans? This course introduces students to the main theories of ethics in Western philosophy. We read major historical texts such as John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism, Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, and other influential philosophers and contemporary thinkers on the moral permissibility of eating animals and abortion, and other concrete issues like if we should, or are even obligated to, give a significant portion of our incomes to charity.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PHIL E-4
Introduction to Philosophy
Benjamin Roth PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15501 | Section 1
Description
What is happiness? Should we fear death? Does ethics depend on god’s existence? Do we have free will? What should we do when we think a law is immoral? This course introduces students to Western philosophy through fundamental questions about how we should live. Beginning with Plato’s account of his teacher Socrates’ trial and execution for impiety in ancient Athens, we read central historical thinkers such as Aristotle, Augustine, Montaigne, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Thoreau, Nietzsche, Sartre, Beauvoir, and King, Jr., as well as a number of influential contemporary philosophers who show why these questions remain pressing today.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PHYS E-1ax
Physics I (Lecture): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Kelly Miller PhD, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14586 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to classical mechanics, with special emphasis on the motion in fluids of biological objects, from proteins to people. Topics covered include momentum and energy conservation, kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, oscillations, elasticity, fluids, random walks, and diffusion. Examples and problem set questions are drawn from the life sciences and medicine. This course does not include a lab; students who need a physics lab should enroll concurrently in PHYS E-1axl.
Prerequisites: Students should have a firm foundation in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Although we discuss some elementary concepts of calculus in class, we do not expect students to use calculus on homework or examinations.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. This course incorporates recorded lectures that need to be watched each week prior to attending the live session or watching the class session recording.
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14589 | Section 1
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14590 | Section 2
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14591 | Section 3
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14592 | Section 4
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14593 | Section 5
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1axl
Physics I (Lab): Mechanics, Elasticity, Fluids, and Diffusion
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14594 | Section 6
Description
A hands-on lab course intended to complement PHYS E-1ax. Students work together in small groups to complete six experiments over the course of the term. Experiments include aspects of measurement and uncertainty, force and momentum, simple harmonic oscillators, fluid mechanics, and diffusion.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1ax or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, September 3-December 17, 9:00am-12:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bx
Physics II (Lecture): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, Optics
Kelly Miller PhD, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24293 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to electromagnetism, circuits, waves, optics, and sound. Topics covered include electric and magnetic fields, electrical potential, analog and digital circuits, wave propagation in various media, microscopy, sound, and hearing. Many questions and examples are drawn from the life sciences and medicine. This course does not include a lab; students who need a physics lab should enroll concurrently in PHYS E-1bxl.
Prerequisites: PHYS E-1ax, or equivalent preparation in physics (mechanics).
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,485.
Credits: 3
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. This course incorporates recorded lectures that need to be watched each week prior to attending the live session or watching the class session recording.
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24300 | Section 1
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24301 | Section 2
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24302 | Section 3
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24303 | Section 4
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24304 | Section 5
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PHYS E-1bxl
Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics
Anna M. Klales PhD, Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24305 | Section 6
Description
This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Saturdays, January 28-May 13, 9:00am-12:00pm, Science Center 115
Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $495.
Credits: 1
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 36 students
PSYC E-1007
Wellbeing from the Inside Out: Working toward a Healthy Body, Peaceful Mind, and Joyful Heart
Elizabeth Frates MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16805 | Section 1
Description
This course explores how to enhance our state of wellbeing. We look at what it means to be in a state of health and what it takes to move beyond that into wellbeing and thriving. The course focuses on the research that helps us understand how to keep our bodies healthy, our minds peaceful, and our hearts joyful. We examine both the science and the art of wellbeing. Our own experiences help to formulate our own inner wisdom, and we work to draw that out in this course as we search for the meaning of wellbeing.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 62 students
PSYC E-1017
Grief
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16781 | Section 1
Description
Grief is ubiquitous. At some point in our lives, each of us will grieve, yet it can be a taboo topic. This course provides an overview of the major theories, modern research, and current issues for understanding the phenomenon of grief. We examine psychological as well as anthropological and sociological research articles so we can better address questions such as, what is grief? Why do we grieve? Did Neanderthals grieve? Is grieving over the death of pets a new phenomenon? Is there more than one normal pattern of recovery? Are there effective treatments for people with complicated grief? What are some of the grieving practices of people in different cultures? At different times in history? Is it possible to have a meaningful and worthwhile life, despite grief? What does it mean to be resilient? We read and discuss a fascinating set of materials, enriching our knowledge and understanding of this important, universal topic. This course has an optional, concurrent on-campus active learning weekend, PSYC E-1017w. In a noncredit format, you can extend your learning on the topic while engaging with peers and faculty on the Harvard University campus. If you successfully participate in the weekend, PSYC E-1017 and PSYC E-1017w fulfill four credits of on-campus course work for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) degree or the Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, or other liberal arts programs.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1017w
Grief: Active Learning Weekend
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16861 | Section 1
Description
Grief is ubiquitous. Yet, in many cultures, this aspect of human experience is taboo to discuss and scientific research into understanding grief is a relatively recent endeavor. This course provides a rich, meaningful, on-campus supplement to the semester-long course PSYC E-1017. We also focus on meaning-making creative activities and on addressing collective grief. Weather permitting, we take a guided tour and explore an historic and innovative cemetery. Students learn about ethical wills and begin creating their own legacy writing.
Prerequisites: Students must be concurrently enrolled in PSYC E-1017. Students should bring laptops to class.
Class Meetings:
Active Learning Weekend
Friday, November 4, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 201
Saturday, November 5, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Sunday, November 6, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 201
Term Start Date: November 04, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750.
Credits: 0
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students must be present for the entire three-day weekend to earn residency credit for PSYC E-1017. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals. See Visiting Campus and Finding Housing for information about visiting Cambridge. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
PSYC E-1018
Psychological Resilience
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25649 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course covers the field of resilience research, including an examination of evidence-based cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and self-care skills that have been demonstrated to reduce risk of major psychological disorders, such as major depression and anxiety disorders, in the face of adversity.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1019
Stress, Coping, and Resilience
Evan Kleiman PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25196 | Section 1
Description
Everyone experiences stress, but stress does not affect everyone the same way. This course explores how stress affects individuals and the process by which individuals cope with stress. The goal of this course is to give an in-depth understanding of the theoretical and empirical work on stress (negative life events, psychological and physiological stress), coping, and resilience. The course is taught from the perspective of clinical psychology and positive psychology and covers factors like social support, self-efficacy, optimism, and gratitude. Major focus is given to the study of resilience to stress and related topics (depression, anxiety, self-injury) through the lens of positive psychology. The course includes assignments that allow students to experience first-hand how positive psychological interventions work.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 35 students
PSYC E-1022
Happiness and Affective Forecasting
Marcia Steinbrook PhD, Professor of Psychology, Emerita, Salem State University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16774 | Section 1
Description
This course provides students with depth in a focused topic in psychology, while taking a developmental perspective. To arrive at a working definition of happiness, we review classic philosophical theories that underlie the psychology of happiness. After a brief overview of the history of happiness, we explore developmental foundations for it, and factors that contribute to or detract from it over a lifetime. We review affective forecasting skills that are essential for making better choices, in order to enhance marriage, parenting, and career satisfaction.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or equivalent. At least one other course in social, clinical, or developmental psychology is recommended. A basic grasp of applied statistics would be helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PSYC E-1023
Habits and Habit Change
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26286 | Section 1
Description
This course examines habits and habit change at several levels of analysis, including the biological (neurobiological), psychological (emotional, cognitive, and behavioral), and socio-cultural levels. Some of the topics we cover include the definition and measurement of habits, individual differences in our propensity to form habits and make changes to them (in other words how our personality affects our habits), the role of IQ, gender, age, and cultural differences in habits, and the relationship of habits to various forms of psychopathology. We also apply what we learn by forming a new habit of our own during the course.
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 22 students
PSYC E-1027
Psychophysiology of Stress and Resilience
Vladimir Ivkovic PhD, Instructor in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26450 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the concepts of stress and resilience in relation to the underlying psychophysiologic mechanisms that regulate them. Shaped by evolutionary forces, human psychophysiologic, emotional, behavioral, and social performance continuously adapts to intrinsic and extrinsic stressors with the aim of improving fitness. The traditional topics are supplemented with current stress-related research in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. These core topics and processes are discussed in the broader context of (mental) health and understanding of the etiology of stress-related psychopathologies, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contemporary findings from research studies conducted in laboratory (for example, neuroimaging), occupational and extreme (for example, spaceflight), and clinical (for example, mental health clinic) environments are discussed in the context of history, systems, and research paradigms used to study psychophysiology of stress. Theoretical concepts and research findings are evaluated relative to their utility in developing prevention and mitigation strategies for stress-related psychopathologies, and translational implementation in clinical treatments. This course may feature expert guest lecturers (occupational health experts, and NASA and Antarctic researchers) and demonstrations of state-of-the-art experimental methodologies used in psychophysiologic research on stress and resilience.
Prerequisites: An introductory-level courses in psychology and human physiology is recommended prior to taking this course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1037
Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
Elizabeth Frates MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26035 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course focuses on lifestyle medicine, which is the science and application of healthy lifestyles as interventions for the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, some neurological conditions, and some cancers. It is the evidence-based specialty bridging the science of physical activity, nutrition, stress management and resilience, sleep hygiene, and other healthy habits to individuals through clinical practice in healthcare. Lifestyle interventions include exercise prescriptions, nutrition prescriptions, stress management and resilience, smoking cessation programs, sleep evaluations, identifying and encouraging social connections, harnessing individuals’ strengths, and using positive emotions such as gratitude and laughter as medicine to empower individuals to reach their optimal state of health and wellbeing. Starting with Hippocrates and ending with modern medicine, we explore how trends and guidelines in lifestyle choices by individuals and clinicians have shaped and altered the health of the population. This course brings evidence-based knowledge and practical strategies to those professionals aspiring to instill healthful lifestyle behaviors in themselves as well as in their patients, clients, family, and friends.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
PSYC E-1038
Health: A Positive Psychology Perspective
Ellen Langer PhD, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16826 | Section 1
Description
Why does it seem that some people are so resilient and content? This course looks at psychological and physical health from the perspective of positive psychology. The major focus is on mindfulness theory and its relationship to stress and coping, illness and wellness, decision making, and placebos. The medical model, the biosocial model, and a unified mind-body model are compared to examine their role in becoming mindful and thus healthier, happier, and less stressed.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the fall 2022 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Psychology 1005.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PSYC E-1038
Health: A Positive Psychology Perspective
Ellen Langer PhD, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26459 | Section 1
Description
Why does it seem that some people are so resilient and content? This course looks at psychological and physical health from the perspective of positive psychology. The major focus is on mindfulness theory and its relationship to stress and coping, illness and wellness, decision making, and placebos. The medical model, the biosocial model, and a unified mind-body model are compared to examine their role in becoming mindful and thus healthier, happier, and less stressed.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the fall 2022 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Psychology 1005.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 42 students
PSYC E-1050
Introduction to Social Psychology
Holly Parker PhD, Lecturer on Psychology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13822 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of the major concepts and questions in the field of social psychology. Students have the opportunity to discuss and think critically about a variety of exciting issues, such as the impact of social perceptions on individual behavior, factors that influence how people see themselves, romantic relationships, aggression, and the act of helping others.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1240
Psychopathology
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10236 | Section 1
Description
We examine a variety of mental disorders from several different theoretical perspectives. We focus on diagnostic issues, epidemiology, causes, gender differences, and treatments of each disorder.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1320
Brain Mechanisms of Psychiatric Disorders and Drug Actions
Simon Barak Caine PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26308 | Section 1
Description
Though psychopharmacology is typically restricted to training in psychiatry, it is a fascinating and rigorous science with far reaching applications for many aspects of our everyday lives. Have you wondered whether depression is caused by too little serotonin, schizophrenia by too much dopamine, or anxiety by too much cortisol? Is all that true? What does the science tell us? This course challenges the assumption that this material is of use only to health professionals and basic research scientists through an examination of specific examples of patient populations, many of which may remind you of someone you know or have known. Finally, what about recreational drugs and commonly used drugs? Is nicotine a carcinogen? Is too much caffeine bad for your health? Are cannabinoids addictive? What is the difference between cannabinoids and cannabidiols? The course covers these questions and more.
Prerequisites: Background in neurobiology and/or neuroscience is extremely relevant.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1356
Evolutionary Psychology
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26283 | Section 1
Description
Evolutionary psychology is the application of principles from evolutionary biology to the study of human behavior. In this course, we explore the underlying theories in evolutionary psychology and how they have been applied to topics covering the range of human experience, including cooperation, mating, friendship, aggression, warfare, collective action, kinship, parenting, social learning, dietary choice, spatial cognition, reasoning, emotions, morality, personality and individual differences, predator avoidance, hazard management, culture, and more.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15, or the equivalent; PSYC E-1050 or PSYC E-1240 recommended.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required live web conference section Fridays, time to be arranged. See course syllabus for details. Each week there is a module of online and self-paced assignments (including readings, lecture videos, activities, and a quiz) to prepare students for the live web conference section.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1415
Dopamine
Simon Barak Caine PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16732 | Section 1
Description
A Parkinson’s victim regains control of her body with l-dopa. A schizophrenic man paralyzed by fear and hallucinations is freed from a mental institution by clozapine. A meth addict lies, cheats, and steals, ending up emaciated and dead. Miracles and monstrosities, all related to a single molecule dopamine. The overall goal of this seminar is to focus on a single subject, a single chemical neurotransmitter, and remain on that topic to proceed through three phases of study, as follows. First, to orient students to tools from multiple traditional disciplines: synaptic mechanisms of neurotransmission, neuropharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, neuroanatomy, and psychiatry. Second, to elicit interest and curiosity through examples of specific and important disease states: Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, and drug addiction. Third, to gain a historical perspective by reviewing articles of recent years. The main discipline presented in this course is pharmacology, specifically, in vivo pharmacology and more specifically, behavioral pharmacology in humans. Pharmacology has played and continues to play a key role in the history of neuroscience, in many applications of clinical medicine, and in the relationships among mind, brain, and behavior.
Prerequisites: No science background is necessary, however an inclination for scientific material, and prior introductory coursework in neurobiology, neurosciences, physiological psychology, medical sciences, systems physiology, or biology is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
PSYC E-1437
Memory Systems of the Brain
Simon Barak Caine PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16731 | Section 1
Description
This course is a neuroscience-based survey of memory systems including the disciplines of traditional psychology (for example, behaviorism versus cognitivism), behavioral neuroscience (in animals and human patient case studies), neuroanatomy (both extrinsic and intrinsic circuitries), cognitive neuroscience (executive functions, including semantic and episodic memory, and language) and contemporary topics in learning and memory research (including epigenetics, optogenetics, and chemogenetics). Students learn how to approach original scientific articles, including citation, hypothesis, methods (key dependent and independent variables), results (including graphs, statistical analyses, and interpretation), and conclusions, and importantly, learn to determine in their professional scientific opinion if the conclusions are sufficiently justified by the results, or not.
Prerequisites: Background in neurobiology and/or neuroscience is highly relevant, and in the absence of the latter, an inclination to science-based coursework and neurobiology/neuroscience especially is an advantage.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1440
Sleep and Mental Health
Edward Franz Pace-Schott PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16052 | Section 1
Description
The scientific study of sleep is an area of research that is both highly diverse and among the most interdisciplinary and unifying of topics in psychology and neuroscience. In the past several decades, exciting new discoveries on the neurobiology of sleep have been facilitated by technologies such as functional neuroimaging and molecular genetics. Nonetheless, sleep remains mysterious and controversial and, remarkably, there still is no generally agreed upon function for this behavioral state that occupies one third of our lives. Importantly, sleep science exemplifies the translational approach in biomedical science whereby human and animal research together continually advance the field of sleep medicine. Following an overview on the physiology and behavioral neuroscience of sleep, students choose a topic related to the effects of sleep on mental health to research in depth, to present to the class, and to discuss in a term paper. Topics might include the characteristic abnormalities in sleep occurring in mood, anxiety, psychotic, addictive, autism spectrum, or neurodegenerative disorders. Such changes are increasingly seen as bidirectional, with sleep disturbances contributing to the waking symptoms of these mental disorders. Other topics might focus on the contribution of primary sleep disorders to psychiatric and neurological illness such as the linkage between sleep apnea and depression, circadian rhythm disorders in bipolar illness, insomnia as a risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders, or contribution of nocturnal seizures to neurodevelopmental disorders. Still other topics may focus on the contribution of normal sleep to emotional regulation, memory consolidation, and human performance factors. For those with more neuroscientific interests, topics might include neuroimaging of cognitive functioning following sleep deprivation or the growing interest in trafficking and disposal of abnormal proteins during sleep having a potential role in neurodegenerative illness.
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course (such as PSYC E-15).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1440
Sleep and Mental Health
Edward Franz Pace-Schott PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26426 | Section 1
Description
The scientific study of sleep is an area of research that is both highly diverse and among the most interdisciplinary and unifying of topics in psychology and neuroscience. In the past several decades, exciting new discoveries on the neurobiology of sleep have been facilitated by technologies such as functional neuroimaging and molecular genetics. Nonetheless, sleep remains mysterious and controversial and, remarkably, there still is no generally agreed upon function for this behavioral state that occupies one third of our lives. Importantly, sleep science exemplifies the translational approach in biomedical science whereby human and animal research together continually advance the field of sleep medicine. Following an overview on the physiology and behavioral neuroscience of sleep, students choose a topic related to the effects of sleep on mental health to research in depth, to present to the class, and to discuss in a term paper. Topics might include the characteristic abnormalities in sleep occurring in mood, anxiety, psychotic, addictive, autism spectrum, or neurodegenerative disorders. Such changes are increasingly seen as bidirectional, with sleep disturbances contributing to the waking symptoms of these mental disorders. Other topics might focus on the contribution of primary sleep disorders to psychiatric and neurological illness such as the linkage between sleep apnea and depression, circadian rhythm disorders in bipolar illness, insomnia as a risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders, or contribution of nocturnal seizures to neurodevelopmental disorders. Still other topics may focus on the contribution of normal sleep to emotional regulation, memory consolidation, and human performance factors. For those with more neuroscientific interests, topics might include neuroimaging of cognitive functioning following sleep deprivation or the growing interest in trafficking and disposal of abnormal proteins during sleep having a potential role in neurodegenerative illness.
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course (such as PSYC E-15).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1475
Culinary Psychology: How the Mind and Body Work Together to Maximize the Enjoyment of Healthy Eating
Elizabeth Frates MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Stelios Kiosses MS, Clinical Lead, Edison Education, and Research Collaborator, Computational Psychopathology Research Group, University of Oxford
Neil Rippington MA, Consultant and Author
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26058 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches the basics of the psychology of eating and cooking, with an emphasis on how our minds have an impact on our taste and appetite for food. Healthy thinking and lifestyle patterns are an integral part of nutrition. Exercise, sleep, friendships, attitude, and alcohol have a significant impact on what food we consume and when we consume it. We explore the importance of our senses for the perception and enjoyment of food. We review cultural and historical aspects of food such as aphrodisiacs, processed foods, and the use of cutlery.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 54 students
PSYC E-15
Introduction to Psychology
Todd Farchione PhD, Research Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10232 | Section 1
Description
This course is a broad introduction to the field of psychology. Students explore the key figures, diverse theoretical perspectives, and research findings that have shaped some of the major areas of contemporary psychology. This course also examines the research methods used by psychologists across these areas to study the origins and variations in human behavior.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-15
Introduction to Psychology
Todd Farchione PhD, Research Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23862 | Section 1
Description
This course is a broad introduction to the field of psychology. Students explore the key figures, diverse theoretical perspectives, and research findings that have shaped some of the major areas of contemporary psychology. This course also examines the research methods used by psychologists across these areas to study the origins and variations in human behavior.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1503
The Psychology of Close Relationships
Holly Parker PhD, Lecturer on Psychology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14319 | Section 1
Description
This course is an exploration of the psychology of close human relationships. We learn about intimate (romantic) relationships and friendships, and the ways in which these two kinds of relationships interact. Other kinds of close relationships (family and work relationships, for example) are integrated into the course, and although they are extremely valuable relationships in their own right, they are addressed secondarily to romantic relationships and friendships for the purposes of this course. Examples of topics include attraction and love, relationship formation and dissolution, relational interaction patterns, relationship satisfaction, and the social context of relationships (the influence of others). Students have an opportunity to explore relationships through readings in the popular press, but ultimately a scholarly, critical examination of the scientific literature serves as the foundation of our learning throughout the course. Students find that the literature contains unexpected findings that can change the way they look at relationships, both from academic and applied, real-life perspectives.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1506
Groups and Culture
Roberta Wegner PsyD, Adjunct Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26528 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of groups and culture. It is designed to help students understand key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and demonstrate how individuals can come together as a group and function across scale. Drawing on examples of successful organizations and small group experiences, students learn the recipe to positive group functioning and how to create a culture that promotes learning, growth, collaboration, trust, and positive change. Students also learn how to lead a successful small group and translate these skills to larger systems. Students learn about what not to do as well; past flops from groups and organizations are shared, and how to reform a toxic culture is addressed. The course is viewed through the lens of practical application. Students walk away understanding the basic principles of group dynamics, group facilitation, and culture. There are guest speakers from both business and psychology.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1507
Psychology of Diversity
Mona Sue Weissmark PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15447 | Section 1
Description
The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and the world increasingly globalized. The central focus of the course is on the links between diversity and psychological processes at individual, interpersonal, and international levels. We consider several basic questions, including: What is diversity? How do race, nationality, and religion influence individuals? What impact does diversity have on cross-group relationships? How is diversity related to people’s perceptions of fairness and justice? What is the relevance of people’s perceptions of fairness and justice to social problems and social change? Does respect for diversity promote peace and positive change? Much research has addressed these questions, and we closely examine the evidence that has emerged so far.
Prerequisites: Previous coursework in psychology is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1508
Motivation
Roberta Wegner PsyD, Adjunct Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16739 | Section 1
Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of motivation. It is designed to help students understand what motivation is, how it relates to needs, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. It also covers how to assess and intervene to help people achieve goals effectively. Students learn the different types of motivation, what shapes it, how to assess and measure it, how to make a theoretical formulation on where people are in their readiness for change, how to foster motivation through intervention such as motivational interviewing, and how to promote motivation on an individual and systems level. This course is led by a practicing clinical psychologist and the semester is viewed through the lens of application. Students walk away understanding what to look for, how to ask questions and assess, how to formulate an understanding of an individual’s motivation to change, what tools to use, and how to think about motivation on an individual and systems level. Theory of change is touched upon as well.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1508
Motivation
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25117 | Section 1
Description
Motivation is an internal process that drives behavior. Understanding motivation is essential for effecting change in ourselves and in others. In this course students learn the theories and empirical research regarding motivation, as well as consider how to apply what they learn to a variety of contexts ranging from improving workplace productivity, enhancing learning in school, changing personal habits, and understanding the behaviors of others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 61 students
PSYC E-1511
Is Persistence a Panacea? Contextualizing Human Motivation
Timothy Valshtein PhD, College Fellow in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26446 | Section 1
Description
From self-help books to the latest task-tracking application, it can seem as though ample motivation is all that stands in the way of life’s successes. But is it really that simple? In this course, we explore this dilemma and more by diving into the major theories of motivation and self-regulation. Taking an empirical approach, we explore how we set goals, effortfully pursue them, resist temptations, break bad habits, and develop new ones. However, this is not the whole story. In the second half of the course, we examine key drawbacks and limitations of human motivation, such as whether it is possible to have too much motivation, what happens when we give up on our goals, and the role of self-regulation in psychopathology. This course outlines the development, interrelations, and contradictions of the different approaches to understanding motivation and self-regulation, ultimately challenging and refining our understandings of human agency, self-directed behavior, and beyond.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1515
The Psychology of Competition and Peak Performance
Emily Hangen PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26318 | Section 1
Description
Competition is ubiquitous: athletes compete on the sport field, dancers and actors audition for coveted roles, candidates vie for employment or political positions, businesses compete for profit, and students compete for scholarships and program admission. Why do some individuals choke under the pressure of competition, while others thrive? How does having a competitor or audience watching you affect how well you perform? In this course we elucidate the relation between competition and performance in discussions of social comparison theory, social facilitation, goal adoption, the opposing process model of competition, performance under stress, and deliberate practice. Students develop a scientifically-grounded understanding of how competition affects motivation and performance and learn practical, evidence-based tips for how to reach their own peak performance.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with general psychology is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1520
Psychology of Willpower
Rebecca Fortgang PhD, Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16417 | Section 1
Description
It’s two in the morning. Will you finally write that paper, or will you give up and go to sleep? You are not the only person who faces dilemmas like these. Self-control is challenging, and everyone struggles with it. How do we find the willpower to do the things we will be happy about tomorrow, and stay away from things we regret? This course brings together insights from psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and behavioral economics to identify how we can break old habits and forge new ones, resist temptation, and pursue goals. Students learn about the science of self-control and put empirically-supported strategies to the test in their own lives.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1550
Psychology and Religion in Historical Context
Nadine Weidman PhD, Lecturer on the History of Science, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16789 | Section 1
Description
From Sigmund Freud’s denunciation of the Judeo-Christian god as an infantile delusion to Dr. Herbert Benson’s discovery that meditation can make us healthier, psychology and religion have had a long and complicated relationship. This course examines how psychologists and psychiatrists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present have tried to explain and sometimes explain away religious and spiritual experiences, practices, and phenomena. Is faith in the supernatural an essential human trait a channel to the “superconscious,” as William James argued? Or is it a form of madness? Is religion responsible for humans’ longevity as a species, as evolutionary psychologists claim? Or are religious differences now tearing us apart? If religious phenomena become increasingly subject to to psychological explanation, is there still a place for god in a secular world? We ponder our own answers to these questions as we read those offered by such major scientific thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, William James, Gordon Allport, Aldous Huxley, Lois Murphy, and E.O. Wilson, and by religious, spiritual, and mystical thinkers from a range of traditions Judeo-Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PSYC E-1552
Music and the Mind
Mayron Pereira Piccolo Ribeiro PhD, College Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26322 | Section 1
Description
Music is an important ally when we feel like celebrating and when we are feeling down. It can distract us, or make us forget or remember things more easily. Why do songs like “The Scientist” give us a sad vibe while songs like “I Got a Feeling” set the stage for a fun night ahead? Is music training like crossfit for the brain? How can music engagement (that is, passive listening or active making of music) support wellbeing? In this intensive January session course, we explore how music modulates our emotions and behaviors through the lens of psychological science. We look at how the brain experiences music and the impact of music and musical training on brain plasticity throughout different stages of development. Finally, using empirical research and case studies, we discuss how music is applied to daily life and how it has benefited premature babies, individuals with mental disorders (such as depression), as well as conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
PSYC E-1552
Music and the Mind
John Patrick Whelan MD, PhD, Lecturer on Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26511 | Section 2
Description
Fifty years ago Leonard Bernstein presented six seminal lectures entitled, “The Unanswered Question,” first in the Harvard Square Theater and later to a national Public Television audience. What is the meaning of music, he asked, and why do we enjoy it? This course takes his inquiry several steps further, exploring the evolutionary origins of our musicality, the relationship between music and speech, and the unique emotional impact of music. We explore the neuroanatomy of hearing and music perception, its relationship to sound perception in other species, the extraordinary capacity for musical memory, the relationship between music and emotion, the role of involuntary music (that is, ear worms), and alterations in music perception experienced by patients with autism, Williams syndrome, stroke, and dementia. No previous musical training is necessary, but students can anticipate gaining an improved appreciation of musical form and variety across cultures, and a sense of the experimental progress the past twenty years in the neuroscience of music perception.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1557
Self and Identity
Alexandra Sedlovskaya PhD, Associate Director, C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Business School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25118 | Section 1
Description
Our sense of who we are permeates every aspect of our life. This course explores how we develop a sense of self; how we navigate multiple identities, some of which may be conflicting or socially devalued; and how these identities affect both consciously and unconsciously our thoughts, motives, feelings, and behavior. Students engage with classical theories and contemporary research to gain insight into psychological perspectives on self and identity.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:50pm-7:50pm, Harvard Hall 101
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
PSYC E-1586
Confronting Bias in the Self and Others
Joseph Vitriol PhD, Assistant Professor, Management, Lehigh University College of Business
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25675 | Section 1
Description
Most people reject hostile expressions of prejudice and are motivated to reduce bias in their judgment and behavior, but many groups continue to be marginalized and discriminated against in modern society. Targets of prejudice often experience interpersonal and institutional discrimination that undermines their psychological well-being and economic mobility. In this intensive January session course, we critically examine the psychological processes that underpin conscious and unconscious forms of prejudice and stereotyping. We examine the effectiveness of various interventions for reducing bias, considering how and why many people fight back rather than self-improve when confronted with evidence of their own bias or that of others in society. Together we work to develop a scientific understanding of how modern forms of prejudice and discrimination operate in human relations and how to confront biases in the self and others.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PSYC E-1587
Fake News and Political Misperceptions
Joseph Vitriol PhD, Assistant Professor, Management, Lehigh University College of Business
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26383 | Section 1
Description
At its core, politics is about the psychology of persuasion. Through rhetorical machination, argumentation, and debate, communicators try to influence how citizens think about an issue, candidate, or event. In the age of fake news and alternative facts, where misleading, sensationalized, or disproven information abounds, how individuals arrive at their political beliefs and acquire political knowledge is of central importance. In this course, we step inside the mind of citizens and political elites to explore the psychological processes underlying the persistence and consequences of misinformation for political psychology. We examine interdisciplinary perspectives on mass communication, the structure and function of belief systems and political identity, and strategies for correcting political misperception (which often fail). A major goal of this course is to consider how psychological science contributes to our understanding of politics, and how the study of politics advances our understanding of human nature.
Prerequisites: A background in social sciences, especially psychology and political science, is encouraged but not required.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1590
Psychology of Terrorism and Intergroup Conflict
Miriam Lindner PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16830 | Section 1
Description
In recent years, the specter of terrorism has returned to Western democracies, where violent attacks have shaken the United States, Canada, Norway, France, and Germany. While leaders and civilians are usually quick to respond with an outpouring of grief and solidarity, critics point to the selective outrage that citizens of industrialized nations often display. When terrorist attacks occur in non-Western countries, such as Lebanon or Nigeria, news coverage is staggeringly scarce. Similarly, we witness differential standards in other domains of political violence: outside attackers like the 9/11 hijackers or the shooters in the streets of Paris are treated in terms of the impact and consequences of their actions, whereas those who come from within as Norwegians see Anders Breivik or Americans see mass shooters are examined for their intentions and what made them act the way they did. These examples highlight only some of the key questions that arise in the wake of terrorism: why are so many people quick to refer to some events as terrorist attacks, yet debate whether the label applies to other cases in other words: when is a terrorist not a terrorist? Why are some attacks met by calls for stricter security policies, even if they curtail civil liberties? Why are we so outraged when violence hits us at home, while at the same time we turn an eye to similar atrocities occurring on foreign soil? These questions, and many others, are the province of political psychology, a field that uses experimental methods and theoretical ideas from psychology as tools to help understand political processes. After completing this course, students are able to tackle the puzzles above by referring to relevant psychological frameworks and concepts and apply them to the study of terrorism and current events. Topics covered include: in-groups and out-groups; the role of gender, ethnicity, perceived threat, political ideology, religiosity, and emotions in shaping responses to terrorism and conflict; media portrayal and elite rhetoric in the wake of terrorist violence; and interventions to curb intergroup hostility.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
PSYC E-1605
The Brain in Psychology I: The Neuroanatomical Basis of Psychological Function
William Milberg PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14011 | Section 1
Description
This course reviews contemporary neuroscience and neuroanatomy relevant to understanding higher psychological functions. It combines lectures and laboratory methods to help students gain understanding of the topology and connectivity of cortical structures. Students learn how anatomy as viewed through neuroimaging techniques is related to actual brain tissue and the methods through which inferences about the relationship between neural structure and function are made.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
PSYC E-1609
Neuroscience of Learning: An Introduction to Mind, Brain, Health, and Education
Tracey Noel Tokuhama-Espinosa PhD, Educational Researcher
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25122 | Section 1
Description
This course provides an overview of the neuroscience of learning through mind, brain, health, and education science (MBHE), or the intersection of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, health, and education. Fundamental biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors are introduced with an emphasis on critical functions related to learning and achievement across settings, age groups, and concepts, such as epigenetics, sensitive periods, and neuroplasticity. In addition, factors that facilitate and roadblocks that inhibit optimization of learning are explored as we discuss key cognitive constructs (language, attention, memory, executive functions, and affect/emotions) with special attention to comparative cultural influences on neurocognitive processes. These studies are directly applied by students who complete the semester research project, which is conducted in an area of personal interest.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Required sections for graduate-credit students, optional sections for undergraduate-credit students to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
PSYC E-1610
The Brain in Psychology II
William Milberg PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23820 | Section 1
Description
This seminar is an introduction to the neuropsychological aspects of cognition, personality, and social behavior. Students are introduced to the intellectual underpinnings, assumptions, and methods used in contemporary neuropsychological research and learn how these apply to the classical problems of psychology. As part of the course, students present and analyze recent literature in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience and neuropsychology.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-1605, or the equivalent recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 20 students
PSYC E-1612
Lifestyle Medicine for Brain Health and Performance
Stephanie Peabody PsyD, Founding Director, Brain Health Initiative
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26503 | Section 1
Description
The brain plays a critical role in every area of an individual’s life, from learning, working, and playing, to personality, aptitude, and memory. The profound implications of lifelong neurogenesis (creation of new neurons), lifelong neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain through experience), and cognitive reserve (delaying the onset of degenerative symptoms via a brain health lifestyle) are too often taken for granted in our culture. It is not just about eating blueberries, taking a walk, or doing a daily puzzle. What we do at every stage of life has an impact on our brain performance. This course offers core information on the brain, brain health, performance, and optimal functioning, as well as practical ways to promote brain-healthy living to prevent injury, diseases, and other brain health problems for individuals and communities. Topics include brain anatomy and function (including plasticity and neurogenesis); common myths about the brain and brain health; the brain and brain body connection; and how to protect and promote the developing, maturing, and aging brain (for example, physical activity, nutrition, sleep, social engagement, how positive and negative thoughts affect brain functioning, stress resilience, and cognitive stimulation). Throughout the semester, students are introduced to and have the opportunity to experience evidence-based brain health and performance assessments, protocols, and tools to optimize brain health and enhance brain performance.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Saturday, May 6, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, May 7, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
PSYC E-1620
Brain and Behavior in the Extremes
Vladimir Ivkovic PhD, Instructor in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16124 | Section 1
Description
What happens to the human brain and behavior when we are exposed to isolated, confined, and extreme environments? Examples include spaceflight; high altitude flights or mountaineering; submersed or underwater activities; and polar, desert, or jungle exploration. In addition to these classical extreme environments, the COVID-19 pandemic placed a large portion of the world’s population in an extreme environment defined by social and physical isolation/confinement, movement and travel restrictions, disruption of personal and professional activities, and novel health risks and behavioral adjustments. This course covers the effects of extreme environmental exposures on major physiologic systems and the resulting neurophysiologic and neurobehavioral performance and (re)adaptation. These topics are augmented by contemporary findings from research studies conducted in operational environments and discussed in the context of history, experimental methods, and research paradigms used in extreme environmental physiology and translational neuroscience. We also review current studies emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss them in the context of transition from every day to a new normal extreme environment, including physiologic, behavioral, and social adaptations. Theoretical concepts and research findings are evaluated relative to their utility in developing functional countermeasures for extreme human habitation as well as methods for clinical treatment of related medical conditions in the general population. As such, this course may be particularly interesting to students pursuing careers in translational neuroscience, psychology, extreme physiology/medicine, and human performance in extreme environments. This course features expert guest lecturers (for example, NASA astronauts and researchers, Antarctic expeditionary physicians, and underwater explorers) and demonstrations of unique experimental methodologies and equipment used in isolated, confined, and extreme environments.
Prerequisites: Prospective students would benefit from completing introductory-level courses in psychology and human physiology prior to taking this course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1704
Creativity Research: Eccentrics, Geniuses, and Harvard Students
Shelley H. Carson PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15403 | Section 1
Description
Human creativity is essential to our ability to survive and thrive as a species. In addition, creativity in the arts enriches and adds breadth to our everyday experiences. Creativity in the sciences has extended our lifespan, made living conditions more comfortable, and opened the worlds of outer space and inner space to our scrutiny and amazement. This course provides an overview of the major theories, modern research, and current issues in the field of creativity. We examine creativity from different levels of analysis, including biological, psychological, and social levels. We use three different approaches in our examinations: first, we examine empirical research; second, we employ the case-study approach to learn from the lives of history’s most eminent creative achievers; and finally, we use ourselves as subjects to arrive at valuable insights about the creative process. Some of the topics we cover include the definition and measurement of creativity, the nature of the creative process, the creative personality, the role of family life and culture in creativity, the relationship of creativity to IQ, and the relationship of creativity to psychopathology.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
PSYC E-1853
Psychosis: Development, Symptoms, and Treatment
Rebecca Fortgang PhD, Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26393 | Section 1
Description
Psychosis is among the most mysterious states of the human mind. It is a symptom of several psychiatric disorders, most notably schizophrenia. It can also be experienced temporarily under the influence of psychoactive drugs, sleep loss, or extreme stress. In this course, we discuss the symptoms and phenomenology of psychosis and how it manifests in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Students also learn about the various pathways of its development, with a focus on genetic and environmental influences, as well as possible treatment interventions. Students are challenged to confront their preexisting notions about psychosis and to develop understanding and empathy for those experiencing it.
Prerequisites: An introductory psychology course recommended.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1860
Pseudoscience and Mental Health
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26507 | Section 1
Description
In clinical psychology, it is essential to distinguish valid scientific claims from pseudoscientific ones so that we conduct research that is elucidating and provide treatments that work. This course teaches students the critical thinking skills necessary to identify the characteristics of pseudoscience, applying what they learn to evaluate popular, and often controversial, methods, assessments, and treatments within the field of clinical science. Controversies to be examined include the following: is the Rorschach inkblot test a valid measure of psychopathology? Is there such a thing as multiple personality disorder? Is it possible to remember events that did not actually occur? The critical thinking skills learned in this course can help students recognize bias and errors in their own research and that of others.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or permission of the instructor.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
PSYC E-1865
Psychopaths and Psychopathy
Ellsworth Lapham Fersch PhD, JD, Lecturer on Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25735 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on criminal as well as successful white-collar and street psychopaths. Topics include definitions of psychopathy and its relation to sociopathy and antisocial personality disorder; neuroscientific and psychological research into causation and treatment; similarities and differences among male and female psychopaths; social and media reaction; and legal responses. The course examines psychological and neuroscience research as well as case studies.
Prerequisites: Introductory psychology or abnormal psychology, or introductory neuroscience.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
PSYC E-1871
Power and Privilege in Systems
Lindsey Davis PhD, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, William James College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16661 | Section 1
Description
This course looks at a variety of intersections between human psychology and the functioning of organizations and systems, with a focus on issues related to power and privilege. Students examine the role of psychological research in understanding and resolving systemic inequities. The differential treatment of individuals in a variety of systems (for example, criminal justice, health care, and education) are examined using social science research and case studies. These ideas are applied to analyze aspects of workplace culture and dynamics, including recruitment, retention, and conflict resolution. Students are encouraged to explore their own roles in these dynamics through self-reflection assignments and small and large group discussions. The final project requires students to work remotely in small groups to consult with an organization of their choosing regarding an identified issue related to equity and/or inclusion, using culturally competent and trauma-informed approaches.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
PSYC E-1874
Does the Clinician-Scientist Have a Social Justice Mandate?
Kelsey Quigley PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26480 | Section 1
Description
Central to the work of clinicians and scientists alike is a neutral stance. Mental health clinicians must act as neutral containers for their patients’ experiences and emotions. Clinical scientists should, in theory, be agnostic when encountering political and cultural influences, remaining open to the full range of possible results that may be generated by their investigations. In reality, however, psychological practitioners and scientists operate within and may need to address real environmental conditions affecting the lives of their patients and participants. In this course we take up the question of what role does social justice play in the work of the clinician-scientist? In our first unit, we ask what role, if any, social justice should play in mental health assessment and treatment, drawing on literature from developmental psychopathology (where does disorder come from?) and evidence-based assessment and treatment (how do we understand it and what do we do about it?). In the second unit, we turn to the role of the scholar, asking what responsibilities the clinical scientist has as a citizen-expert. We look to historical examples in which clinical science has (or hasn’t) informed public policy and consider the extent to which policymakers listen to or rely on scientific expertise. In the final part of the course, students select an aspect of clinical practice or science to examine further in a final paper or project. Example topics include: an investigation of how Henry Kempe’s discovery of battered child syndrome informed child welfare law, or composition of a set of policy recommendations in partnership with a child welfare organization; an analysis of social justice components of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, or a clinical case presentation and treatment plan for a hypothetical patient; or an examination of policymakers’ key considerations in addressing child homelessness in Massachusetts, or consultation with a local shelter to assess their needs and draft an action plan (for example, for funding, policy change, or staff trainings). Throughout, we make use of audio (podcast) and video recordings of assessment and therapy sessions to see how clinicians gather evidence, formulate arguments, and incorporate social justice into their work or not. Likewise, we watch congressional briefings and hear from experts who have collaborated with policymakers to understand how they balance scientific neutrality with duty to share knowledge that could improve the lives of real people.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PSYC E-1877
The Psychology of Cults
Bethany Burum PhD, Lecturer on Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26044 | Section 1
Description
In November of 1978, 909 members of the People’s Temple perished in Jonestown, Guyana. In March of 1997, 39 followers of the Heaven’s Gate cult died in a mass suicide, believing that their souls would join a spacecraft following the comet Hale-Bopp. In the 1960s and 70s, David Berg of the Children of God convinced his followers to abandon their monogamous marriages, encourage pedophilia, and allow their children to be sex trafficked. How do these things happen? This course explores the psychological mechanisms that enable cults to form and to take things to such extremes. What do cults share with other groups (mainstream religions, nations, and everyday social interactions), and what makes them stand apart? In what ways are cults an environment in which many of our psychological tendencies (toward ingroup conformity, heuristic decision making, and rationalization) are magnified? And what do cults reveal about the profound power of our social environment?
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
PSYC E-1880
Clinical Psychology
Nancy Hebben PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14782 | Section 1
Description
Clinical psychology is a diverse and compelling field that combines science and practice. Clinical psychologists research, assess, and treat mental illness. They work with people to help them adjust to challenges and deal with problems of everyday life. They can develop and use empirically validated treatments to alleviate suffering and to improve functioning. They also can assess human abilities and personality traits. This course provides a broad overview of the field and introduces students to topics such as the history of clinical psychology, professional activities of clinical psychologists, diagnosis and treatment, the role of science in clinical psychology, and current issues and ethics. The course also explores some of the most common mental illnesses. In addition, students learn about preparing and applying for graduate school in clinical psychology or related fields.
Prerequisites: Coursework in psychology, preferably abnormal psychology.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
PSYC E-1881
Applied Clinical Psychology
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26509 | Section 1
Description
Clinical psychology is a diverse and compelling field. Clinical psychologists research, assess, and treat mental illness. They work with people to help them adjust to challenges and heal after losses. They can develop and use empirically validated treatments to alleviate suffering and to improve functioning. They also can assess human abilities and personality traits. This course introduces students to clinical psychology, including topics such as the history of treatment and the role of science in clinical psychology. The course also explores some of the most common mental illnesses. We consider challenges and controversies in the field. In addition, we learn about preparing for graduate school in clinical psychology or related fields.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 1:00pm-4:00pm, One Brattle Square 202
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 60 students
PSYC E-1900
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16704 | Section 1
Description
Statistics are the tools we use to summarize and describe the world around us and to explore the causal processes at work. Understanding statistics and how they are used and misused is vital to assimilating information as an informed citizen, as well as pursuing a career in the behavioral sciences and other fields. This course covers introductory and intermediate level statistics, and covers topics including principles of measurement, central tendency and variability, probability and distributions, correlation, hypothesis testing, t-tests, analysis of variance and covariance, linear and logistic regression, and chi-square tests. Students learn to use statistical software of their choice (for example, SPSS, Excel, R, or Jamovi) to help them understand how to manage data, formulate strong questions and hypotheses, and perform and interpret these statistical analyses. Students may not take both PSYC E-1900 and STAT E-150 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged. Each week students may drop in for live help as we talk about and work through the week’s lab problem set. Attendance is not required or graded but recommended to get the most out of the course and to be best prepared for success.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes:
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
PSYC E-1900
Statistical Modeling for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Adam Smith PhD, Senior Associate Consultant, Kincentric
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25981 | Section 1
Description
Understanding and performing statistical analyses is a vital ability for those working in the psychological and behavioral sciences. Regardless of a person’s specialty, the concepts of variability, probability, and predictive modeling are fundamental for answering questions involving data. This intermediate level statistics course is designed to help students understand how to manage data, formulate strong questions/hypotheses, perform analyses, and accurately evaluate statistical results and output. We use the free and open-source program R/RStudio to run statistical analyses. Because we use this tool, both academic and industry-oriented students leave the course with the capability to run complex analyses without the need for expensive software. We cover topics related to the general linear model, including regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Students may not take both PSYC E-1900 and STAT E-150 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 55 students
PSYC E-2000
Case Studies in the Lives of Persons
Wynn Schwartz PhD, Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25693 | Section 1
Description
How do we go about understanding and describing the lives of persons? How can we empathetically depict a life that respects how people actually behave, how people come to be the way they are, and how people change? While acting more or less cognizant and intentionally, engaged in varied roles in multiple and complex communities, people encounter and construct their worlds. Working from a theory-neutral descriptive perspective designed for comparative theoretical approaches, we employ conceptual tools that facilitate an examination of the nuanced commonalities, differences, and significant through-lines in selected adults and then apply these concepts in constructing a psychological biography or autobiography.
Prerequisites: PSYC E-15 or equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 304
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
PSYC E-597
Theory and Research in Human Development Precapstone
Katie Marie Heikkinen EdD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16185 | Section 1
Description
The study of human development is interested in questions about how people learn, grow, and change. This course focuses on using human development research to improve or support human growth, development, and learning. The final paper of the semester is a written proposal for the capstone project (which includes a literature review, rationale, and stakes). Example capstone projects might include helping a public audience understand scientific findings, creating a professional development workshop on empathy for physicians, writing a curriculum to promote prosocial behavior in preschoolers, or designing a multimedia website to help workers transition into retirement. A successful proposal (which is the final product of the fall semester) is an evidence-based academic paper that convinces an audience not only that a strong need for your project exists, but that your project’s theory of change (that is, how you plan to take your learners from point A to point B) is rooted in the literature on human development and psychology. As students work on their capstone proposal, they are exposed to a broad range of literature on various topics in human development. Students learn to become rigorous consumers of the scholarship on human development. Each week, we examine a different topic, drawing on conceptual frameworks and review articles as well as empirical research.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, PSYC E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PSYC E-597
Theory and Research in Human Development Precapstone
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16885 | Section 2
Description
The study of human development is interested in questions about how people learn, grow, and change. This course focuses on using human development research to improve or support human growth, development, and learning. The final paper of the semester is a written proposal for the capstone project (which includes a literature review, rationale, and stakes). Example capstone projects might include helping a public audience understand scientific findings, creating a professional development workshop on empathy for physicians, writing a curriculum to promote prosocial behavior in preschoolers, or designing a multimedia website to help workers transition into retirement. A successful proposal (which is the final product of the fall semester) is an evidence-based academic paper that convinces an audience not only that a strong need for your project exists, but that your project’s theory of change (that is, how you plan to take your learners from point A to point B) is rooted in the literature on human development and psychology. As students work on their capstone proposal, they are exposed to a broad range of literature on various topics in human development. Students learn to become rigorous consumers of the scholarship on human development. Each week, we examine a different topic, drawing on conceptual frameworks and review articles as well as empirical research.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, PSYC E-599, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PSYC E-597c
Measuring the Mind: Precapstone in Psychometrics
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16604 | Section 1
Description
Psychometrics is just a fancy word for the assessment and measurement of psychological characteristics (skills, abilities, personality traits, knowledge, opinions, preferences, and attitudes). Political pollsters, survey writers, market researchers, teachers and trainers, and many others do this all the time without knowing they are doing psychometrics or that there is a whole field of theory and evidence-based insights into ways of doing it better. In this course, we survey the wide field of psychometrics, including principles of measurement, scale development, reliability and validity, and item response theory.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, PSYC E-599c, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
PSYC E-597d
Precapstone: Applied Educational Psychology
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16605 | Section 1
Description
Educational psychology is the study of how students learn, what challenges interfere with their learning, and how to address these challenges. In this course, we develop a firm foundation in the application of psychological insights to all things education, including teaching methods, learning formats, assessment, discipline, and socioemotional growth.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, PSYC E-599d, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
PSYC E-599
Bridging Science and Practice in Human Development Capstone
Katie Marie Heikkinen EdD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25763 | Section 1
Description
This course builds upon the foundation in human development established in PSYC E-597 by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the report. The prototype is the specific product designed according to developmental and learning principles and the report presents the scientific justification of the prototype by explaining the design choices according to the relevant literature. Prototypes can take two different forms. First, they can apply research to practices in order to facilitate learning or behavioral change (for example, curricular materials for an educational program for adolescents to stop smoking, materials for professional development workshops on teamwork). Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, a publishable article or a website explaining current research on emotion function or reasoning about risk for parents and teachers). Projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow the students to seek a practical application in a narrow sub-field of human development, while simultaneously becoming acquainted with new research presented in PSYC E-599 and deepening their understanding of the topics covered in PSYC E-597. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ projects.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, PSYC E-597, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PSYC E-599
Bridging Science and Practice in Human Development Capstone
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26505 | Section 2
Description
This course builds upon the foundation in human development established in PSYC E-597 by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the report. The prototype is the specific product designed according to developmental and learning principles and the report presents the scientific justification of the prototype by explaining the design choices according to the relevant literature. Prototypes can take two different forms. First, they can apply research to practices in order to facilitate learning or behavioral change (for example, curricular materials for an educational program for adolescents to stop smoking, materials for professional development workshops on teamwork). Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, a publishable article or a website explaining current research on emotion function or reasoning about risk for parents and teachers). Projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow the students to seek a practical application in a narrow sub-field of human development, while simultaneously becoming acquainted with new research presented in PSYC E-599 and deepening their understanding of the topics covered in PSYC E-597. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ projects.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, PSYC E-597, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
PSYC E-599c
Measuring the Mind: Capstone in Psychometrics
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26192 | Section 1
Description
This course builds upon the foundation established in PSYC E-597c by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the academic report. The prototype is the specific product designed to address the real-world problem identified in the fall term proposal. Prototypes can take one of several forms. First, they can apply research to design a project to solve or address a real-world problem. Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, an online training, publishable article, informational website, or printable materials). Capstone projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow students to seek a practical application of existing research on psychometrics, while developing their skills designing research-based practice and engaging stakeholders, whether in the role of researcher, designer, consultant, or advocate. The capstone semester culminates with a formal oral presentation.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, PSYC E-597c, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
PSYC E-599d
Capstone: Applied Educational Psychology
Max Krasnow PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26193 | Section 1
Description
This course builds upon the foundation established in PSYC E-597d by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the academic report. The prototype is the specific product designed to address the real-world problem identified in the fall term proposal. Prototypes can take one of several forms. First, they can apply research to design a project to solve or address a real-world problem in the education field. Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, an online training, publishable article, informational website, or printable materials). Capstone projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow students to seek a practical application of existing research on educational psychology, while developing their skills designing research-based practice and engaging stakeholders, whether in the role of researcher, designer, consultant, or advocate. The capstone semester culminates with a formal oral presentation.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, PSYC E-597d, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
RELI E-1010
World Religions
Aaron Spevack PhD, Senior Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University and Associate of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16100 | Section 1
Description
This course seeks to introduce students to a variety of religious traditions, texts, and practices through the lenses provided by the academic study of religion. The traditions studied include Islam, Taoism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Rastafari(ism). Topics studied include liminal states and rites of passage, symbols and social belonging, the sacred and the profane, music and trance, and religion and politics. While this course exposes students to some of the most important figures, texts, beliefs, and practices of these traditions, students also develop analytical frameworks of inquiry through which to contemplate and experience religious concepts and practices provided by the various theorists of the academic study of religion along with comparative insider frameworks of analysis.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
RELI E-1026
Birds in Religion and Mythology
Kimberley Christine Patton PhD, Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion, Harvard Divinity School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26445 | Section 1
Description
Since the Paleolithic period, birds have appeared in art and ceremony as emblems of the soul, the spirits, and the gods. They found cities and dive or scratch to create the world; descend to kings, queens, and messiahs; journey to find God; inspire the shaman’s journey; and in their flight, reveal the future. This course surveys some of the renowned birds that fly through the history of religion, evolution, epic, and mythology. We consider how these tiny, winged dinosaurs have come to mean so much and what their lives show now.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
RELI E-1047
Religion, the Arts, and Social Change
Diane L. Moore PhD, Lecturer on Religion, Conflict, and Peace, Founding Director of Religion and Public Life, Harvard Divinity School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23531 | Section 1
Description
Through historical and contemporary case studies, this course examines the intersection of religion and politics through the lens of the arts. What do particular artistic expressions reveal about religious influences and worldviews within specific social and historical contexts? How do political assumptions about religion and culture influence artistic expression? Genres may include literature, poetry, visual art, music, theater, and dance. The course is divided into roughly four segments. The first segment consists of an introduction of the tools of analysis and the methods that are employed for our exploration of the intersections among religion, the arts, and social change. The second segment focuses on two case studies in depth: the Christian Passion story in historic and contemporary representations, and contemporary Palestinian artists. The third segment consists of a series of shorter case studies chosen by the class from among several options. The fourth segment focuses on the construction and presentation of individual final projects that can take the form of either a personal artistic creation representing the themes of the course or a new case study.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
RELI E-1060
Religious Dimensions in Human Experience: Apocalypse, Sports, Music, Home, Sacrifice, Medicine
Davíd Carrasco PhD, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26527 | Section 1
Description
What is religion? Why does it show up everywhere? Using archaeology, religious studies, and social thought, this course studies the major themes in the history of religions including encountering the holy, sports and ritual, crossing borders, sacrifice as creation, pilgrimage and sacred place, suffering and the quest for wisdom, music and social change, and violence and cosmic law. Readings originate from Native American, African American, Latinx/+, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu traditions. The course focuses on the tension between individual encounters with the holy and the social construction of religion. Readings include works by Gloria Anzald a, Toni Morrison, Judith Sherman, Arthur Kleinman, the Popul Vuj, Mircea Eliade, and Michael D. Jackson.
Class Meetings:
Online
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Anthropology 1475. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting January 23 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
RELI E-1510
Ballots and Bibles: Why and How Americans Bring Scriptures into Their Politics
David Holland PhD, John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church History, Harvard Divinity School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16644 | Section 1
Description
In 2018, the US attorney general used a scriptural passage to defend tougher implementation of immigration laws. His reference bewildered observers who were unaware of a long tradition of citing Romans 13 in American political controversies and conflicts, including the American Revolution and the crisis over slavery. This course introduces students to a complex history of political invocations of scripture. Students engage thoughtfully with primary sources (campaign speeches, Congressional debates, and civil rights slogans) and scholarly literature, such as the wealth of research on the history of biblical justifications for war, biblically inflected calls for social justice, and scripturally resonant theories of Constitutional interpretation. The objective of the course is to equip students to recognize the historical legacies that contemporary political conversations carry, to engage critically the modes of textual interpretation that inform political rhetoric, and to write cogently about the complex implications of political appeals to scriptural authority.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 19 students
RELI E-1520
Religion, Conflict, and Peace in Contemporary Global Affairs
Diane L. Moore PhD, Lecturer on Religion, Conflict, and Peace, Founding Director of Religion and Public Life, Harvard Divinity School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26388 | Section 1
Description
In this course, we explore a series of contemporary conflicts in different regions of the world with a special focus on identifying and analyzing the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence in each context. Students learn a method for recognizing and analyzing how religious ideologies are embedded in all arenas of human agency and not isolated from political, economic, and cultural life as is often assumed. In addition to examining the conflicts themselves, we also explore the religious dimensions of the impacts those conflicts have on civic life in areas such as public health, education, and commerce. What roles do religions play in fostering violence and what roles do they play in promoting peace? How do religious institutions and ideologies function to support and/or thwart public health initiatives? What are the ideological justifications for functional economic policies and how do they reflect and/or challenge diverse religious values? What roles do religions play in advancing or suppressing educational opportunities and for whom? Are media representations of the religious dimensions of conflict accurate? Countries of focus are drawn from Brazil, France, Israel and Palestine, Myanmar, Nigeria, Syria, and the United States, though new case studies are being developed and may be included. Final projects are individually shaped based on interest and (where relevant) professional focus. The course is open to all and especially relevant for aspiring or professional educators, journalists, public health workers, foreign service officers, and government officials who wish to better understand how religions function in contemporary world affairs.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
RELI E-1701
Mindfulness, Meaning, and Resilience
Chris Berlin MDiv, Instructor in Ministry Studies and Pastoral Counseling, and Counselor to Buddhist Students, Harvard Divinity School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16166 | Section 1
Description
Mindfulness is a way of attending to the experience of the present moment with full awareness and without judgment or reactivity. Studies show the benefits of mindfulness include stress reduction, emotional balance, greater mental focus, and increased physical well-being. This introductory course explores the origins of mindfulness in Buddhist philosophy and how it can promote these states, as well as foster greater resilience especially during challenging times. We also discuss its present-day interface with Western psychology, how mindfulness is being applied in clinical contexts, and the role that meaning plays in mindfulness practice and building resilience.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 302
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
RELI E-1702
Compassion, Science, and the Contemplative Arts
Chris Berlin MDiv, Instructor in Ministry Studies and Pastoral Counseling, and Counselor to Buddhist Students, Harvard Divinity School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25923 | Section 1
Description
Recent research shows significant benefits from cultivating empathy and compassion, ranging from physiological changes and brain biology to psychological and emotional well-being. Mindfulness and contemplative practices in Buddhism that emphasize compassion are also increasingly being integrated into Western clinical approaches for mental health. Other studies document the obstacles to compassion that can arise from experiencing fear and prolonged adversity, making it a challenge for some to value empathy, altruistic behavior, and the desire to alleviate suffering for others. This course draws on trends in mindfulness and the Buddhist view of compassion in theory and practice, as well as on scientific research, to explore how compassion can be applied to clinical contexts as informed by contemplative approaches. We also consider notions of compassion fatigue, self-compassion, compassion training for trauma, and its impact on neuroplasticity.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 39 students
SOCI E-10
Introduction to Sociology
Danilo Mandic PhD, Senior Associate Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26458 | Section 1
Description
What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society and how does society affect individual lives? This course introduces students to the field of sociology. By surveying social theory as well as empirical studies, students acquire what C. Wright Mills calls the “sociological imagination:” the ability to think beyond our personal lives and to connect the experiences of individuals with large social structures. The course introduces students to classical theoretical traditions of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and George Simmel, as well as their contemporary theoretical heirs. Readings include prominent empirical investigations into family dynamics, class inequalities, organizations, the nation state, capitalism, democracy, and globalization. We examine common-sense assumptions about culture, politics, history, and psychology, and empower students to replace them with evidence-based reasoning. By emphasizing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, this course helps students build the foundation for a deeper understanding of theory and methods in the social sciences. Students may not take both SOCI E-10 and SOCI S-11 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Sociology 1000. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting January 24 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
SOCI E-114
Fake News and Extremism: Propaganda and Fanatics in History and in the Present
Danilo Mandic PhD, Senior Associate Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Vladimir Petrovic PhD, Core Curriculum Faculty, Boston University and Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Contemporary History, Belgrade
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26219 | Section 1
Description
Why do millions of people come to believe obvious lies? What motivates extremist violence? How can we convince a fanatic not to be fanatical? This course offers a social scientific overview of extremism and propaganda in human history and society. Using historical case studies and social scientific analyses, students become aware of major patters of how fanatical groups and movements emerge, how extremists come to power, to which ends extremists strive, what the role of propaganda in belief-formation and action is, and how violent means are justified. From medieval crusades and inquisition to contemporary terrorism and persecution, the course examines the extreme fringes of politics. It takes us from the horrors of crusades and early modern religious wars to ideological and ethnic violence, the Holocaust and post-cold war mass atrocities. Political violence in the name of race, religion, empire, class, or ethnicity and weaponization of these concepts is examined in historical and comparative perspective. Techniques of its legitimization are given particular attention, including discrimination, stereotyping, scapegoating, dehumanization, and the dissemination of fake news. As they reflect on the roots and causes of extremist politics, students are also asked to reexamine the assets and liabilities of contemporary media and democratic deficit in our world. The course concludes with historical lessons and policy recommendations aimed at breaking the cycle of extremism.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
SOCI E-143
Refugees: Forced Migration in Global Perspective
Danilo Mandic PhD, Senior Associate Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16634 | Section 1
Description
What does it mean to lose your home? Who are refugees? Why are there so many forced migrants in our world? How are they displaced? Where do they travel, and why? This course inquires into the nature, causes, and consequences of contemporary refugee waves in our globalized world. Students survey regional dynamics in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. We examine the particularities of refugees (compared to other migrants) and the changing nature of forced migration since the second world war. Students explore historical precedents to contemporary waves, learn about different host society approaches to asylum, compare government and criminal mechanisms of forced migration, and examine the reasons refugees are the object of increasing suspicion and hostility around the world. Particular attention is paid to the recent European Union crisis, the role of refugee camps in the twenty-first century, and alternative strategies for global asylum management by bridge and destination countries.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
SOCI E-144
Human Trafficking, Slavery, and Abolition in the Modern World
Orlando Patterson PhD, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26049 | Section 1
Description
We often think of slavery as being a dark chapter in our past, but this is a tragic oversimplification. What defines slavery in the modern world, and what are the moral, political, and social implications of its continued existence? As we explore its underpinnings, we discover that all of us may be in some way complicit in its survival. This course surveys the nature, types, and extent of modern servitude such as transnational and domestic prostitution, forced marriage, labor trafficking and forced domestic labor, child soldiering and other forms of enslavement of children, organ trafficking and other health aspects of trafficking, debt-bondage, and the forced exploitation of other vulnerable groups such as refugees and stateless persons. Throughout the course, but especially in the final part, we examine anti-trafficking and anti-slavery measures and movements and ways in which students can increase awareness or become involved. By the end of our exploration, students are able to trace the moral and ethical arguments surrounding human slavery in its various forms, understand the ways in which this problem still affects so many people, and what can and should be done about it.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1115. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
SOCI E-46
The Caribbean Crucible: Colonialism, Capitalism, and Post-Colonial Misdevelopment in the Region
Orlando Patterson PhD, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16599 | Section 1
Description
Caribbean societies are largely the economic and political creations of Western imperial powers and are among the earliest products of globalization. Though in the West, they are only partly of it, and their popular cultures are highly original blends of African, European, and Asian forms. This course examines the area as a system emerging through genocide, piracy, plantation slavery, colonialism, and globalization, from a situation of great social and cultural diversity to the present tendency toward socioeconomic and cultural convergence. Patterns of underdevelopment and government are explored through national case studies (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti) and selected, region-wide modern issues (hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters; migration and transnationalism; crime and drug trafficking), as are cultural adaptations through studies of Afro-Caribbean religions, folkways, and music. America’s special role in the region is emphasized.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Gen Ed 1019. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
SPAN E-1
Intensive Elementary Spanish I
Douglas Morgenstern MA, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 10266 | Section 1
Description
An introduction to oral and written Spanish for students with little or no background in the language. Assignments involve work with an online textbook and occasional videos. Class sessions focus on additional instructor-supplied exercises, conversation, listening comprehension, and reading. Grammar includes present and past tenses.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
See the course syllabus for Tuesday and Thursday meeting times.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
SPAN E-1a
Elementary Spanish I
Catalina Espinosa PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13719 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introductory course in Spanish as a foreign language. The four skills listening, speaking, reading, and writing are covered, although particular emphasis is placed on speaking and listening. At the end of the semester, students are able to speak about themselves and their environment; to introduce themselves and other people; to ask questions and provide information about people, objects, and places; to talk about their daily activities and how they organize their time; as well as to express what their present obligations and needs are and what plans they have for the future.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Boylston Hall 104
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
SPAN E-1b
Elementary Spanish I
Catalina Espinosa PhD
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 21497 | Section 1
Description
This course is the second part of an introductory course in Spanish as a foreign language. At the end of the semester, students are able to talk about their current activities, their likes and dislikes, as well as to express their feelings and opinions and make comparisons. Their knowledge of the verbal system is also enlarged with the introduction of more irregular verbs and the preterit, which enables them to speak about their past experiences. Core grammar points such as the use of direct and indirect object pronouns and the difference between ser and estar are also covered.
Prerequisites: SPAN E-1a or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Boylston Hall 104
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $750, undergraduate credit $990.
Credits: 2
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
SPAN E-2
Intensive Elementary Spanish II
Joy Renjilian-Burgy AM, Associate Professor of Spanish, Wellesley College
Mary-Anne Vetterling PhD, Professor of Spanish, Emerita, Regis College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13968 | Section 1
Description
This course emphasizes oral and written communication using additional language structures, including the future and conditional tenses and the subjunctive mood. Students communicate using role-play and other interpersonal activities. They also read short pieces on modern Spanish culture and write compositions on topics of personal interest.
Prerequisites: SPAN E-1b, SPAN E-1, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Wednesdays, August 29-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
SPAN E-2
Intensive Elementary Spanish II
Douglas Morgenstern MA, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 20240 | Section 1
Description
This course presents additional language structures, including more ways to express the past, the subjunctive mood, and the future and conditional tenses. Assignments involve work with an online textbook, several feature films and documentaries, and websites from Spain and Latin America. Class sessions focus on instructor-supplied exercises, conversation, discussion, listening comprehension, and reading.
Prerequisites: SPAN E-1b, SPAN E-1, or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
See the course syllabus for Tuesday and Thursday meeting times.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
SPCH E-100
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Jill A. Slye ALB, Associate in the MMSc in Dental Education Program, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 13666 | Section 1
Description
This course teaches participants the techniques of capturing and maintaining the attention of an audience by focusing on the content and delivery aspects of public address. Each student has the opportunity to present several speeches.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Friday, December 2, 5:30pm-8:30pm, 1 Story Street 304
Saturday, December 3, 9:00am-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Sunday, December 4, 9:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
SPCH E-100
Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Jill A. Slye ALB, Associate in the MMSc in Dental Education Program, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25036 | Section 1
Description
This intensive January session course covers the basic principles of public speaking. Students learn how to handle nerves, organize and deliver a formal presentation, and use verbal and non-verbal communication to connect with their audience. During class, students learn to use their own communication style while adapting their message for a variety of audiences. Students present several speeches in a safe and comfortable environment. Throughout the semester lectures focus on use of language, narratives, vocal variation, basic techniques for public speaking, and effective methods to overcome the fear of speaking in front of a large audience or small group of people.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
SPCH E-120
Advanced Public Speaking and Professional Presenting
Jill A. Slye ALB, Associate in the MMSc in Dental Education Program, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24704 | Section 1
Description
This course covers advanced public speaking techniques for persuasion, effective interoffice communication, and connecting with an audience. Students learn to use their own communication style while adapting their message for a variety of audiences. Students present several speeches and receive peer review. Throughout the semester lectures include a focus on use of language, narratives, vocal variation, techniques for persuasion, and effective communication in the workplace.
Prerequisites: SPCH E-100 or the equivalent. Students must watch the seven short videos on the course website, available beginning early January.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Friday, March 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, 1 Story Street 304
Saturday, March 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, 1 Story Street 304
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 50 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Richard Joseph Martin PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15914 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Steven Raymond Boomhower PhD, Senior Toxicologist, Gradient
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16155 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Steven Raymond Boomhower PhD, Senior Toxicologist, Gradient
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16323 | Section 3
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16737 | Section 4
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16493 | Section 5
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 18 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Simon Barak Caine PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26307 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 11:00am-1:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Richard Joseph Martin PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25250 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Steven Raymond Boomhower PhD, Senior Toxicologist, Gradient
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26324 | Section 3
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25560 | Section 5
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100a
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology
Steven Raymond Boomhower PhD, Senior Toxicologist, Gradient
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26513 | Section 6
Description
This proseminar introduces students to basic behavioral science research methods in psychology and anthropology. It teaches them how to read and evaluate research papers and translate their ideas into viable research projects. Topics include library and archival research, scholarly writing and argumentation, descriptive research methods, quasi-experimental and experimental design, ethical issues, and analytical methods. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate statistics and research methods courses are recommended, computer literacy (skills and experience with the internet, Word, and Excel) required. Students must receive a satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Doug Bond PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16062 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Friday, September 30, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, October 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, October 2, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. Students in this section and section 1 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 17 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Michael Tworek PhD, Associate, Department of History, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16485 | Section 3
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Ariane Liazos PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15948 | Section 4
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Asher Orkaby PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14601 | Section 6
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Stephen Shoemaker PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25710 | Section 1
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. The last day to take the test of critical reading and writing skills for this section is December 1. Students registered in the alternate expository writing course in the fall term may not register for this section. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 9:00am-12:00pm
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Final papers due between January 19 and February 6. See course syllabus for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Doug Bond PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25989 | Section 2
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Friday, March 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, March 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Students in this section and section 3 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Doug Bond PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25783 | Section 3
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference with Required On-Campus Weekend
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Friday, March 3, 5:30pm-8:30pm, One Brattle Square 203
Saturday, March 4, 9:00am-5:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Sunday, March 5, 9:00am-1:00pm, One Brattle Square 203
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Along with the web-conference meetings, this course also includes an intensive—and mandatory—weekend residency. Students must be present for the entire on-campus weekend session to earn credit for the course. The course begins via web conference during the first week of the term and continues to meet throughout the term. Please see the syllabus for the specific course meeting dates. Tuition does not include hotel accommodations, transportation, or meals for the on-campus weekend session. International students see important visa information. Students in this section and section 2 may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course. Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Asher Orkaby PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24558 | Section 4
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 8:10pm-10:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Ariane Liazos PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25142 | Section 5
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-100b
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Government, History, and International Relations
Harry Bastermajian PhD, Executive Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25226 | Section 6
Description
This proseminar addresses problems and methods related to the study of government, history, and international relations. It stresses the critical analysis of sources, constructing explanatory models, standards of logical demonstration, as well as organizing and presenting research results. Emphasis is on developing both writing and research skills. Students study essential categories of analysis used in history and political science. Because skills learned in this course are useful in subsequent courses, it is the first course that prospective Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) candidates should take toward the degree (or the second, if they are completing the expository writing prerequisite). While not designed to be a thesis or capstone proposal course, this course does serve as a foundation for eventual work on the thesis or capstone.
Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the mandatory test of critical reading and writing skills or a B or higher grade in the alternate expository writing course. EXPO E-42b is strongly recommended. In addition, at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-119
The Psychology of a Public Self in a Modern Media Age
John Paul Rollert PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Alvin Benjamin Carter III JD, Associate Attorney, Brown Rudnick LLP
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26392 | Section 1
Description
Whether in job applications, on social media, or even among friends, we all have a self we present to the public, one that signals how we would like others to see us as well as our personal and professional ambitions. This intensive January session course aims to explore the art of creating, maintaining, and protecting a public self. In the first half of the course, we explore the meaning of a public self, with a special emphasis placed on the work of social psychologist Erving Goffman. In the second half, we examine the nuts-and-bolts of managing a public self in a modern media age.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Harvard Hall 104
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
SSCI E-121
Dying Well
Jason Bryan Silverstein PhD, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine and Co-Director, Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health Program, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15512 | Section 1
Description
“How does one go about dying?” the poet Franz Wright asked. “The world is filled with people / Who have never died.” For a matter so inevitable, which the best minds of every generation have tackled, a good death seems increasingly out of reach. As modern medicine racks up victories to ensure healthier and longer lives, a quieter, darker parallel story is emerging in even our finest hospitals: people die anxious and in pain, pursuing long-shot treatments instead of comfort. Why is dying so difficult, and how can we make death a better experience for others, and ultimately ourselves? This course is split into three units. In the first, we focus on cancer, with a close reading of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air. In this unit, we explore notions of identity, hope, and what counts as a good outcome, especially when it is at odds with the healthcare team. In the second, we reflect on mortality, including the badness of death and how death should change the way we live, reading Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal and Shelly Kagan’s Death. In the final unit, we examine death and dying through case studies, including sudden death, physician aid-in-dying, suicide, and the scientific quest to evade death altogether.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:40pm-7:40pm, 1 Story Street 306
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
SSCI E-122
Social Medicine in the United States
Jason Bryan Silverstein PhD, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine and Co-Director, Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health Program, Harvard Medical School
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25126 | Section 1
Description
If you are sick or hurt, whether you live or die depends not only on biological factors, but social ones: are you wealthy or poor? Do you have a stable home and health insurance? How far away is the closest trauma center or pharmacy? Do people believe your illness is your fault, or even something you deserve? This course explores how social factors create health disparities in the United States. We gain foundational knowledge of key concepts in social medicine, including an overview of health care policy in the United States and the arguments for health as a human right. We then turn to what we can call chronic emergencies: case studies of people and communities who have been denied health care and allowed to suffer and die, because they are poor, uninsured, undocumented, or otherwise social outcasts. Our examples are drawn from across the United States, from the eviction crisis in Milwaukee, to injection drug users in San Francisco, to the people who endure gang violence in Chicago, to the suffering of Mexican migrants in California. We give significant attention to the lived experience of poverty, housing insecurity, addiction, discrimination, and violence. As we encounter these examples, we engage directly with guest speakers from the community. In the final section, we turn from studying how harm falls unevenly to considering how social determinants can be incorporated into action plans; students apply the themes and concepts from the course to explore topics of their own choosing. By the end of the course, students not only have a knowledge of concepts and case studies in social medicine, but also knowledge about how to close the gaps that we study. For premedical students, this course reviews concepts found on the psychological, social, and biological foundations of behavior section of the MCAT, including how sociocultural factors and access to resources have an impact on health.
Class Meetings:
Online or On Campus
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:40pm-7:40pm, One Brattle Square 204
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Students can attend in person on campus, participate live online at the time the class meets via web conference, or watch the recorded video asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Students who attend this course in person must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates site for details. If you will not be coming to campus, documentation is not required.
SSCI E-125
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Cares? Reimagining Global Health
Arthur Kleinman MD, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University, and Professor of Medical Anthropology and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Anne E. Becker MD, PhD, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Salmaan Keshavjee MD, PhD, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 15453 | Section 1
Description
If you are sick or hurt, whether you live or die depends not only on biological factors, but social ones: who you are and where you are, what sort of healthcare system is available to help you survive, and what kind of care is available to help you recover, if society believes you deserve it. The global coronavirus pandemic illustrates with dramatic urgency the role social forces play in patterning health inequities and determining individual fates. The vulnerabilities of those most likely to get sick and to die from COVID-19 stem from the ongoing effects of systemic racism on racialized subjects, the devaluation of eldercare and precarity of low-paid work under neoliberal forms of governance, and enduring material effects of colonial-era power structures that render health care systems dangerously weak or inaccessible for many communities. Now, as ever, it is imperative to develop frameworks and methodologies to identify and to intervene effectively in harmful social configurations that cause illness and suffering. Most medical research narrowly focuses on the biological basis of disease, but this course takes a novel biosocial approach to reveal how governments, institutions, and histories shape health and well-being, how poverty and racism get into someone’s lymph nodes, how cost-saving measures manifest as tuberculosis in someone’s lungs. In doing so, the course challenges the conventional assumptions within the field of global health examining how interventions influence what happens after a catastrophe in unexpected ways, how the persistence of health inequalities over centuries can be explained, how the structures of powerful institutions influence the policies they develop, how the poor deserve not only health care but high quality health care, and how caregiving and global health are urgent moral practices.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Gen Ed 1093. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:45 am starting September 1 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
SSCI E-128
Health Inequities and Health Justice in Urban Communities
Flavia Perea PhD, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26185 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the relationship between health, place, and social location, and how nested factors influence and determine the health of people and communities in urban settings. Emphasizing health as multidimensional, contextual, and socially determined, we explore the history, principles, theories, and frameworks relevant to understanding inequities in health, as well as tools and strategies for advancing justice in health across sectors of civic and community life. We explore how inequity gets under the skin and operates on the body; discuss how racism, oppression, social stratification, and systemic advantages and disadvantages all structure and perpetuate injustice in health; how systems, institutions, and policies influence health. To understand how socio-environmental factors can create pathways to health or disparities, we explore the mechanisms by which poverty, socioeconomic status, education, housing, and the built environment create and sustain inequitable health outcomes in urban communities. Understanding the social conditions people need to be healthy, we turn our attention to approaches for advancing justice in health, with particular attention to root-cause strategies. We explore community development, capacity building, and community mobilization as strategies for building power for health. We discuss health improvement interventions and how community engagement, participatory processes, and cross-sector collaboration can help create and sustain health promoting environments.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 25 students
SSCI E-129
Child Health in America and Around the World
Judith S. Palfrey MD, T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Emerita, Harvard Medical School, and Honorary Associate of Adams House, Harvard College
Sean Palfrey MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Emeritus, Boston University, and Honorary Associate of Adams House Emeritus, Harvard College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26461 | Section 1
Description
This course focuses on children and adolescents and looks at factors that have an impact on their health, growth, and development. Increasingly, it is understood that child health depends on a complex of interrelated factors. Biologic and genetic issues are very important in determining children’s health status. Societal, environmental, community, and family factors also play a major role in child health outcomes. We focus on social concerns such as economic status, class, race, and ethnicity. Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics has called out poverty and racism as actual pathogens. We explore the American healthcare system and ask why in the richest country in the world, our child health outcomes are measured near the bottom in comparison with other industrialized nations and our black infant mortality remains twice that of white infant mortality. In this time of COVID-19, we pay special attention to the impact of infections on children and compare the US response with that of other countries. We also look at the history of infectious disease outbreaks and the ways that these have been controlled and ultimately prevented. Finally, the course emphasizes the importance of team approaches among people from multiple backgrounds and organizations. Increasingly, we are understanding that if the threats to child health live in the society and community, so do the answers. We discuss strength-based approaches and the shifting of power and agency to families and communities and learn how hope and accentuating the positive are new approaches that are beginning to have success in the promotion of child health.
Prerequisites: Interest in children and adolescent health and development. Familiarity with population-based data sets is helpful but not required.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
SSCI E-140
Pursuing Truth and Justice: Community-Based, Participatory, and Action Research
Flavia Perea PhD, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16600 | Section 1
Description
This course explores the principles and methods of community-based, participatory, and action research. We engage with various perspectives on the process, practice, and applications of engaged inquiry, with an emphasis on diverse voices, sources, and materials. The course seeks to connect to students’ professional work and personal pursuits outside of their coursework. Through this course, students learn to apply the course concepts and tools to their academic and professional work, as well as to advocacy and organizing efforts they may be engaged or interested with. In the course we discuss various frameworks and systems of knowing and meaning making through the research process; how they are centered on, or the extent they intersect with the pursuit of equity and justice; and pragmatic approaches for moving from theory to practice. We discuss power and privilege in the context of research; perspectives on investigator identity and location; the promise and limitations of engaged inquiry to help advance social change; and the ethics of inquiry with historically and systemically oppressed people and communities. We explore a variety of approaches, including participatory action research (PAR), community-based participatory research (CBPR), and citizen science, and discuss how different approaches for asking questions, methods for gathering and analyzing information, and sharing knowledge can be applied within various engaged research approaches. Ultimately, we critically examine how inquiry that emphasizes equity, collaboration, and reciprocity in the uncovering, integration, application, and dissemination of knowledge can be a tool of liberation and certain methods a strategy for responding to oppression, colonization, and systems of domination.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
SSCI E-144
Leadership and Politics
John Paul Rollert PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
George Jacob Wendt JD, Consultant
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26456 | Section 1
Description
American politics, in general, and presidential campaigns, in particular, hold many lessons for leading for-profit and not-for-profit start-up ventures. Capital must be raised; a large, diverse team must be organized and deployed; and a brand must be developed and sold. The hours are long, the pressure is incredibly intense, and the stakes could not be higher. Succeed, and you are on your way to a plumb job in Washington, DC. Fail, and you are left looking for a job. Accordingly, popular politics provides remarkable lessons in compelling leadership and successful management. This intensive January session course aims to harvest them by way of an analysis of recent presidential campaigns and contemporary politics. Though emphasis is placed on American politics, lessons may be applied across the public and private sectors. Our readings are drawn from history, literature, philosophy, business, and politics, and in addition to lectures and discussion, the course also features guest speakers from business, journalism, and politics. Students may not take both GOVT E-1353 (offered previously) and SSCI E-144 for degree or certificate credit.
Class Meetings:
On campus only
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, January 3-21, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Harvard Hall 104
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 03, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: Because this course requires in-person attendance, students must comply with the Harvard Extension School mandatory COVID-19 immunization documentation policy. Please see the COVID-19 updates page for details. International students see important visa information.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
SSCI E-173
Self, Society, and Politics
Nicolas Prevelakis PhD, Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26289 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the main ways in which the relationship between self, society, and politics has been conceptualized in major sociological and philosophical texts. What are the political implications of different ways of understanding the self? Is it fair to talk about a western individualistic tradition? And how do recent technological changes affect our understanding of who we are and how we interact? The course relies on readings of classical texts, from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and history. It includes primary texts (Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, mile Durkheim, W.E.B. Du Bois, Michel Foucault, and Judith Butler), as well as recent sociological studies. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which social and political theorists have used conceptions of the self as foundation for their views of society and politics.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 45 students
SSCI E-493
Survey Research Methods
Chase H. Harrison PhD, Senior Preceptor in Survey Methodology, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26404 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to the theoretical underpinnings and practical challenges of survey research, designed to help students better understand, interpret, and critically evaluate surveys and public opinion polls.
Prerequisites: An introductory course in social science research methods, or appropriate background, is helpful.
Class Meetings:
Online
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Science course Government 1010. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:45 pm starting January 24 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
SSCI E-495
Advanced Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Chase H. Harrison PhD, Senior Preceptor in Survey Methodology, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16776 | Section 1
Description
This course surveys a wide range of research methods in the social sciences. The purpose of this course is to teach the theory and application of those research methods to help students create well-designed thesis projects. It gives students a sound grounding in a broad range and variety of approaches, designs, statistical techniques, and methods to conducting social science research, both qualitative and quantitative. Focus is on developing analytical thinking skills, identifying research questions, formulating hypotheses, operationalizing ways to test them, and drawing conclusions based on logical analysis of the source testimony. It is ideally suited for Master of Liberal Arts candidates who are looking for a thesis topic or who would like to do more research on a possible thesis topic, as well as others who are interested in pursuing graduate study in the social sciences.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
SSCI E-495
Advanced Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Nadine Weidman PhD, Lecturer on the History of Science, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25363 | Section 1
Description
This course surveys a wide range of research methods in the social sciences. The purpose of this course is to teach the theory and application of those research methods to help students create well-designed thesis projects. It gives students a sound grounding in a broad range and variety of approaches, designs, statistical techniques, and methods to conducting social science research, both qualitative and quantitative. Focus is on developing analytical thinking skills, identifying research questions, formulating hypotheses, operationalizing ways to test them, and drawing conclusions based on logical analysis of the source testimony. It is ideally suited for Master of Liberal Arts candidates who are looking for a thesis topic or who would like to do more research on a possible thesis topic, as well as others who are interested in pursuing graduate study in the social sciences.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 30 students
SSCI E-597b
Identity Precapstone: Theory and Research
Richard Joseph Martin PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16730 | Section 1
Description
This course exposes students to a broad range of scholarly literature on various topics in the social scientific study of identity, such as class, gender, race, religion, and sexuality. Readings draw on a variety of methodological approaches, and students are expected to critically consume qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research. Students thus cultivate an understanding of psychological approaches and their relevance to solving real-world problems related to identity, building toward a capstone project in applied research. The course requires a midterm essay, as well as a draft, revision, and oral presentation of a written proposal for the capstone project in SSCI E-599b (which includes a problem statement, literature review, identification of sites and stakeholders, and project rationale).
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology or anthropology, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, SSCI E-599b, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-597b
Identity Precapstone: Theory and Research
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16895 | Section 2
Description
This course exposes students to a broad range of scholarly literature on various topics in the social scientific study of identity, such as class, gender, race, religion, and sexuality. Readings draw on a variety of methodological approaches, and students are expected to critically consume qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research. Students thus cultivate an understanding of psychological approaches and their relevance to solving real-world problems related to identity, building toward a capstone project in applied research. The course requires a midterm essay, as well as a draft, revision, and oral presentation of a written proposal for the capstone project in SSCI E-599b (which includes a problem statement, literature review, identification of sites and stakeholders, and project rationale).
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted candidates in Master of Liberal Arts, psychology or anthropology, who are in their penultimate semester. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must be in good academic standing and in the process of successfully completing all degree requirements except the capstone, SSCI E-599b, which they must enroll in the upcoming spring term as their final course. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, August 31-December 17, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-599b
Identity Capstone: Bridging Research and Practice
Richard Joseph Martin PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26310 | Section 1
Description
This course builds upon the foundation established in SSCI E-597b by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the academic report. The prototype is the specific product designed to address the real-world problem identified in the fall term proposal. Prototypes can take two different forms. First, they can apply research to design a project in order to solve or address a real-world problem experienced by stakeholders. Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, a publishable article or a website explaining current research to non-academic stakeholders). Projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow students to seek a practical application of existing research on identity, while developing their skills designing research-based practice and engaging stakeholders. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ projects.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology or anthropology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, SSCI E-597b, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 5:10pm-7:10pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
SSCI E-599b
Identity Capstone: Bridging Research and Practice
Cynthia A. Meyersburg PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26508 | Section 2
Description
This course builds upon the foundation established in SSCI E-597b by creating a capstone project that bridges research and practice. The project includes two components: the project prototype and the academic report. The prototype is the specific product designed to address the real-world problem identified in the fall term proposal. Prototypes can take two different forms. First, they can apply research to design a project in order to solve or address a real-world problem experienced by stakeholders. Second, they may communicate scholarship to specific audiences who would benefit from knowing the information (for example, a publishable article or a website explaining current research to non-academic stakeholders). Projects build on specific interests of each student and are developed in consultation with the instructor. These specialized projects allow students to seek a practical application of existing research on identity, while developing their skills designing research-based practice and engaging stakeholders. The capstone project culminates with a formal presentation of the students’ projects.
Prerequisites: Registration is limited to officially admitted capstone track candidates in the Master of Liberal Arts, psychology or anthropology. Candidates must be in good academic standing, ready to graduate in May with only the capstone left to complete (no other course registration is allowed simultaneously with the capstone), and have successfully completed the precapstone course, SSCI E-597b, in the previous fall term. Candidates who do not meet these degree requirements are dropped from the course.
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 7:40pm-9:40pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 15 students
STAR E-176
The Art and Politics of Propaganda: Lessons from the Nazis
Eric Rentschler PhD, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16330 | Section 1
Description
As thinking beings we often consider the limits of human potential and wonder what the worst might be. The Nazis obsess us because they were masters of extremity who brought to the world unprecedented violence and destruction. They were also masters of propaganda who engineered sophisticated techniques of mass manipulation. Throughout their endeavors cinema and modern media assumed a seminal role. Why, this course asks, were films so essential to the Hitler regime and so captivating to German audiences of the Third Reich? And what explains the continuing allure, to this very day, of what Susan Sontag once spoke of as “fascinating fascism”?
Class Meetings:
Online
Professor Rentschler will offer two live web conference sessions during the term (time to be arranged) via Zoom to engage in robust content discussions and answer students’ questions in real time.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Gen Ed 1012. Registered students can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.
STAR E-182
American Dreams Made in Hollywood and Beyond
Eric Rentschler PhD, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 25916 | Section 1
Description
The American dream once essentialized the grand promise of a better, fuller, and richer life. At the present moment, however, it seems in many minds to have lost its evocative power as a collective myth. One wonders: does it still represent a principle of hope or has it become a form of cruel optimism? In a time of prolonged political crisis, this course has a pressing mission. It aims to further a dynamic understanding of American dreams (for there are many and not just one), to apprehend their complexities and contradictions, to appreciate their diverse manifestations and historical shapes, and above all to take measure of their presence and meaning in the world we now inhabit. To this end, we study the variety of ways in which feature filmmakers, both in and outside of Hollywood studios, have created designs for living, indeed the most influential and resonant incarnations of American dreams. We analyze popular narratives produced during crucial junctures in the modern history of the United States, from the Great Depression and World War II through the cold war and the McCarthy era, up to the late 1960s. We consider the wide range of functions that these productions have assumed, how they have by turns sustained and questioned the status quo. In some instances they have interrogated, revealed, and even indicted social inequity; at other times they have legitimated injustice and fostered exclusion. The course offers a representative sampling of classical Hollywood features as well as some exemplary independent American releases from 1932 to 1969, including Scarface, King Kong, It Happened One Night, Birthright, The Wizard of Oz, Imitation of Life, Casablanca, Cabin in the Sky, Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, Salt of the Earth, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Raisin in the Sun, The Manchurian Candidate, The Exiles, and Easy Rider.
Class Meetings:
Online
Prof. Rentschler will offer two live web conference sessions during the term (time to be arranged) via Zoom to engage in robust content discussions and answer students’ questions in real time.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Fall 2021 Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Gen Ed 1043.
STAR E-198
Blockbuster, Mythbuster: American Superhero Cinema and Television
Charlotte Szilagyi PhD
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16851 | Section 1
Description
This course examines the complex ways in which Hollywood has responded to, and reflected on, the social, cultural, and political need for superheroes. The concept of the superhero functions as a structuring idea in American self-understanding and cultural iconography. Originally the stuff of comic books, the superhero has now become associated with the Hollywood blockbuster, a genre in its own right. And yet, much-deserved scholarly and academic interest has only recently caught up with this popular phenomenon in American cinema and television. How might we make sense of blockbuster superheroes? Are they agents of change, or upholders of the status quo? Are they virtuous or flawed? Are they patriots of the nation, or rather vigilantes distrusting government authority? Are they promoters of the common good, or rather prime exemplars of American individualism? Do they save us from our enemies, or from ourselves? Are they motivated by utopian dreams of a better world, or by collective fears and anxieties? Is the supervillain a foreign entity, an Other antithetical to US values, or a repressed, undesired trait in the American self? And to what extent are race, gender, religion, and ethnicity factors in the development of superhero cinema? What is the relationship between superheroes and real-life heroes? And, above all, what is the place of heroes in American history? At a time when superhero cinema has established itself as a staple of Hollywood blockbuster productions, reaching ever-broader audiences and becoming part of the popular cultural lexicon, the mission of this course is threefold. First, we examine the iconography of the superhero as a timeless mainstay of American mythology. Second, we investigate specific ways in which superhero cinema has mirrored, and intervened in, American political, social, and cultural history, especially when certain ideals, dreams and liberties have become tenuous whether it is fascism, the Holocaust, the cold war, totalitarian governments, 9/11 terrorism, warrantless wiretapping, conspiracy, international espionage, police brutality, suspicious data collection, or fake news. Third, we probe to what extent the Hollywood superhero a barometer of domestic social history and a fundamental part of Americana is actually a product of foreign influence, in surprising, and sometimes even problematic, ways. We examine films and television shows ranging from Superman: The Movie (1978), X-Men (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Spider-Man (2002), V For Vendetta (2005), Iron Man (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Watchmen (2009) Captain America (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Wonder Woman (2017), Black Panther (2018), The Umbrella Academy (2020), The Boys (2910), and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
Class Meetings:
Live Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, September 1-December 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 40 students
STAT E-100
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Hidefusa Okabe ALM, Business Analytics Advisor, Evernorth
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16833 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the basic concepts of data analysis and statistical computing, both increasingly used in the social sciences and the humanities. The emphasis is on the practical application of quantitative reasoning, visualization, and data analysis. The goal is to provide students pragmatic tools for assessing statistical claims and conducting their own basic statistical analyses. Topics covered include basic descriptive measures, measures of association, sampling and sample size estimation, and simple linear regression. Assignments are based on real-world data and problems in a wide range of fields in the social sciences and humanities, including psychology, sociology, education, and public health. Students may count one of the following courses toward a degree or certificate, but not more than one: MGMT E-104, STAT E-100, STAT E-101 (offered previously), STAT E-102, or STAT E-104.
Prerequisites: No prior data analytic experience required, but a working knowledge of basic high school algebra is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, August 30-December 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
STAT E-100
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Hidefusa Okabe ALM, Business Analytics Advisor, Evernorth
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24571 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces the basic concepts of data analysis and statistical computing, both increasingly used in the social sciences and the humanities. The emphasis is on the practical application of quantitative reasoning, visualization, and data analysis. The goal is to provide students pragmatic tools for assessing statistical claims and conducting their own basic statistical analyses. Topics covered include basic descriptive measures, measures of association, sampling and sample size estimation, and simple linear regression. Assignments are based on real-world data and problems in a wide range of fields in the social sciences and humanities, including psychology, sociology, education, and public health. Students may count one of the following courses toward a degree or certificate, but not more than one: MGMT E-104, STAT E-100, STAT E-101 (offered previously), STAT E-102, or STAT E-104.
Prerequisites: No prior data analytic experience required, but a working knowledge of basic high school algebra is recommended.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, January 23-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
STAT E-102
Fundamentals of Biostatistics
Bernard A. Rosner PhD, Professor of Medicine (Biostatistics), Harvard Medical School and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 24540 | Section 1
Description
This course is an introduction to statistical methods used in biological and medical research. Elementary probability theory, basic concepts of statistical inference, regression and correlation methods, and sample size estimation are covered. Emphasis on applications to medical problems. Students may count one of the following courses toward a degree or certificate, but not more than one: MGMT E-104, STAT E-100, STAT E-101 (offered previously), STAT E-102, or STAT E-104.
Prerequisites: High school algebra.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Thursdays, January 26-May 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 100 students
STAT E-109
Introduction to Statistical Modeling
Bharatendra Rai PhD, Professor of Decision and Information Sciences, Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 26040 | Section 1
Description
This is a second course in statistical inference and is a further examination of statistics and data analysis beyond the introductory course. Topics include t-tools and permutation-based alternatives including bootstrapping, analysis of variance, linear regression, model checking, and refinement. Statistical computing and simulation-based emphasis is also covered as well as basic programming in the R statistical package. Emphasis is placed on thinking statistically, evaluating assumptions, and developing tools for real-life applications. By the end of the course, students should be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of statistical techniques appearing in the media, scientific literature, or students’ own work. Students may not count this course toward a degree if they have already completed STAT E-139, offered previously. Students may not count both CSCI E-106 and STAT E-109 toward a degree or certificate.
Prerequisites: An introductory statistics course such as STAT E- 100 or STAT E-104.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Wednesdays, January 25-May 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
STAT E-150
Intermediate Statistics: Methods and Modeling
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 14567 | Section 1
Description
This intermediate statistics course is intended to give students familiarity with statistical tools used to analyze data in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, and provides experience reading and understanding studies based on data analysis. The focus is on understanding underlying concepts rather than on memorizing mathematical formulas. Students use R to analyze data and gain experience reading output and translating it into meaningful findings. The course covers linear and logistic regression, various types of ANOVA, as well as effect sizes and power analyses. Students may not take both PSYC E-1900 and STAT E-150 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: STAT E-100, STAT E-102, STAT E-104, or the equivalent; understanding of univariate statistics, correlation, univariate regression, t-tests, and one-way ANOVA is assumed.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Mondays, August 29-December 17, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Required labs and optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
STAT E-150
Intermediate Statistics: Methods and Modeling
Karyn Gunnet-Shoval PhD, Lecturer in Extension and Associate of the Department of Psychology, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Spring Term 2023 | CRN 23445 | Section 1
Description
This intermediate statistics course is intended to give students familiarity with statistical tools used to analyze data in a variety of disciplines, including psychology, and provides experience reading and understanding studies based on data analysis. The focus is on understanding underlying concepts rather than on memorizing mathematical formulas. Students use R to analyze data and gain experience reading output and translating it into meaningful findings. The course covers linear and logistic regression, various types of ANOVA, as well as effect sizes and power analyses. Students may not take both PSYC E-1900 and STAT E-150 for degree or certificate credit.
Prerequisites: STAT E-100, STAT E-102, STAT E-104, or the equivalent; understanding of univariate statistics, correlation, univariate regression, t-tests, and one-way ANOVA is assumed.
Class Meetings:
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Tuesdays, January 24-May 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm
Required labs and optional sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: January 23, 2023
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
Enrollment limit: Limited to 150 students
STAT E-200
Quantitative Social Science Methods
Gary King PhD, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University
Fall Term 2022 | CRN 16350 | Section 1
Description
This course introduces students to quantitative methods and how they are applied in social science research. It has two overarching goals. First, we focus on the theory of statistical inference using facts you know to learn about facts you don’t know so that students can truly understand the wide range of methods we introduce; feel comfortable using them in their research; digest new ones invented after the course ends; implement them; apply them to data; interpret the results; and explain them to others. Second, students learn how to publish novel substantive contributions in a scholarly journal. A substantial portion of those in this course, including undergraduates and others, publish a revised version of their course paper as their first scholarly journal article.
Prerequisites: STAT E-190 (offered previously) or the equivalent.
Class Meetings:
Online
Required sections to be arranged.
Term Start Date: August 29, 2022
Tuition:
Noncredit credit $1,500, undergraduate credit $1,980, graduate credit $3,100.
Credits: 4
Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course Government 2001. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays, 3:00-5:45 pm starting August 31 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.