STUDENT HANDBOOK Academic Year 2021-2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Mission of Harvard College ................................................................................................................. 7 Honor Code................................................................................................................................................... 7 Covid-19 policies ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Academic Information ................................................................................................................................. 9 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees .................................................................................. 9 Requirements for the Degree ................................................................................................................................ 9 Credit Requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Residency Requirement ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Concentration Requirement..................................................................................................................... 10 Declaring a Concentration................................................................................................................................... 10 Joint Concentrations ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Changing Concentrations.................................................................................................................................... 11 Tutorial ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 General Examinations ......................................................................................................................................... 12 College Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 12 General Education Requirement ......................................................................................................................... 12 Distribution Requirement..................................................................................................................................... 13 Quantitative Reasoning with Data Requirement ................................................................................................. 13 Expository Writing Requirement.......................................................................................................................... 14 Language Requirement....................................................................................................................................... 14 Accessible Education .............................................................................................................................. 16 Other Academic Opportunities ................................................................................................................ 17 Secondary Fields ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Study Abroad ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Earning Degree Credit for Study Abroad ............................................................................................................ 17 Domestic Study Out of Residence ...................................................................................................................... 18 Citations in a Foreign Language ......................................................................................................................... 18 Advanced Standing ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Concurrent Master’s Degree ............................................................................................................................... 19 Study at Other Boston-Area Institutions .............................................................................................................. 19 The Undergraduate Teacher Education Program (UTEP) .................................................................................. 20 Harvard Teacher Fellows Program ..................................................................................................................... 20 Check-in Process and Course Registration ............................................................................................ 21 Check-in Process ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Choice of Courses............................................................................................................................................... 21 Course Registration ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Course Credit Without Letter Grades ...................................................................................................... 22 Freshman Seminars (Graded SAT/UNS) ............................................................................................................ 22 Courses Taken by Cross-Registration ................................................................................................................ 22 Courses Graded Pass/Fail .................................................................................................................................. 22 Courses Graded SAT/UNS ................................................................................................................................. 23 Independent Study (Graded Pass/Fail) ............................................................................................................... 23 Simultaneous Enrollment......................................................................................................................... 23 Cross-Registration ................................................................................................................................... 24 Regulations ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Concentration Credit ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Grading ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 ROTC .................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Change of Course ................................................................................................................................... 26 Dropping/Adding Courses ................................................................................................................................... 26 Withdrawing from Courses Without Credit .......................................................................................................... 26 Changing Letter-Graded or Pass/Fail Status of Courses .................................................................................... 26 Year-long Courses ................................................................................................................................... 27 1 Suspending Credit............................................................................................................................................... 27 Dividing with Credit at Midyear............................................................................................................................ 27 Leaving a Year-long Course at Midyear Because of Absence from the College ................................................ 27 Changing Letter-Graded or Pass/Fail Status ...................................................................................................... 27 Repeating Courses .................................................................................................................................. 28 Rate of Work ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Tuition Charges ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Additional Term........................................................................................................................................ 29 Extra Transfer Term ...............................................................................................................................