Student handbook

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STUDENT HANDBOOK 
Academic Year 2021-2022

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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

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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 ................................................................................................................................ 29
Harvard Summer School ......................................................................................................................... 30
Grades and Honors ................................................................................................................................. 31
Grading System .................................................................................................................................................. 31
Letter Grades ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
Non-Letter Grades .............................................................................................................................................. 31
Grade Point Averages for Undergraduates ............................................................................................. 33
Promotion ................................................................................................................................................ 33
Requirements for Honors Degrees .......................................................................................................... 33