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Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - rebel100 - 04-21-2014
Harvard has begun allowing what it terms "hybrid" courses to satisfy the 8 credits for an AA and 16 credits it requires for a BA.
These hybrid courses meet online like their regular cyber offerings then feature (typically) a 3 day "residency" in Cambridge. Each course generally qualifies for 4 credits. Several business courses are already being offered this way and one interesting offering this semester was "the future of warfare".
The 3 week January semesters are being bolstered by 3 week offerings in the summer. And, of course, you can still satisfy the residency by taking classes in person during the regular semester.
My daughter took a 1 week residence satisfying course (4 credits) this past January. In it she has ample time to network with fellow students, heard a Supreme Court justice speak, and got to meet several well known media and political figures.
It's getting easier to get a degree from the extension school than ever! Applying for internships, my daughter is learning that the Harvard brand, even as it applied to extension students, is respected and highly thought of. As I write this she is in an interview for a summer position at a well respected media company...they called her about 90 minutes afte receiving her application...that's never once happened to me!
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - zenurez - 04-21-2014
How interesting
.I was looking at their website, is that $1200 per credit or per course?
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - rebel100 - 04-21-2014
zenurez Wrote:How interestingyes, that's about right....the courses run between $975 and $1200 usually, though summer school and certain courses can be more. Masters level courses run $2000 a piece. Remember that most classes are 4 credit, so at the bachelors level were only talking $250/credit. That's comparable to many State schools.
I was looking at their website, is that $1200 per credit or per course?
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - cookderosa - 04-21-2014
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Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - rebel100 - 04-21-2014
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Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - zenurez - 04-21-2014
Wow, that's amazing!!! I want to take classes there
So their graduate degrees require 4 courses on campus. Is this where you're referring to using hybrid classes?
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - rebel100 - 04-21-2014
zenurez Wrote:Wow, that's amazing!!! I want to take classes thereYep, in the past the residency could take 12to 14 weeks minimal. If things hold with the hybrids that is reduced to as little as 12 days....it's a big change.
So their graduate degrees require 4 courses on campus. Is this where you're referring to using hybrid classes?
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - soliloquy - 04-21-2014
That is pretty amazing. I'd seriously be considering it if I wasn't one Capstone away from finishing my BS. WOW!
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - soliloquy - 04-21-2014
I see they have a Masters with a concentration in legal studies...hmmmm....
Harvard Extension residency requirement changes - soliloquy - 04-21-2014
Have you all read this?
Did I Really Go to Harvard If I Got My Degree Taking Online Classes? - Theodore R. Johnson - The Atlantic