The Harvard Extension School

[Jonathan Whatley]

As a general rule, do not come to Harvard Extension School for access to "the Harvard network" outside the walls of the campus.

Absolutely, do not come to Harvard Extension School expecting a close replica of a program from the Harvard Kennedy School or Harvard Business School.

Now, I came to Harvard Extension School expecting a program of undergraduate hard-science coursework reasonably similar to coursework from Harvard College, and my interpretation of the evidence suggests that I'm getting it. Some of the difference between my situation and my "do not" situations comes from the nature of the courses. Some of it further comes from faculty overlap, and I believe there's much more faculty overlap between HES and HC in these courses than there is between HES government courses and HKS, or HES management courses and HBS. The HES General Chemistry instructor team-teaches in the corresponding course for HC. The Director of Physical Sciences Education for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (which includes HES and HC), who also team-teaches in the corresponding course for HC, is taking over HES Physics next year.

Do consider coming to Harvard Extension School for high-quality coursework from a school at Harvard University.