Cross Registration Guidelines by University and School
The cross-registration petition for all Harvard graduate students is available on the University Cross-Registration website: http://crossreg.harvard.edu. This website also has information about the individual school deadlines and policies.HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
OF GOVERNMENT
Cross-registration procedures for HKS Students
1. Check the pre-approved list on the Registrar’s
Office website. This is a list of the pre-approved courses
you can take for HKS credit. (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/registrar)
• If the course appears on the pre-approved list you may
proceed to step #2
• If the course is not already pre-approved, and you want
to receive HKS credit, you must submit the ‘Request For
Approval To Take Non- HKS Course For Credit’ (found on the
HKS Registrar’s Office website under cross-registration) to
the Office of the Registrar, BL-1
2. Go to http://crossreg.harvard.edu
3. Print the University-wide
cross-registration petition
4. Obtain the signature of the professor
of the course you wish to take
5. Submit the petition to the Registrar’s
Office of the host school. For office locations and
deadlines please refer to your student handbook, page 20
6. During online course enrollment, select
a placeholder for the school into which you are
cross-registering. The HKS Registrar’s Office will replace
the placeholder with the course when the cross-registration
petition is received.
• Normally, Kennedy School students may not take more than
two credits per semester outside of the Kennedy School.
When a course is jointly listed with another school, you
must sign-up using the HKS course number. (Please refer to
the student handbook, page 17)
• If you submit a cross-registration to another school,
whether or not you expect to earn credit, a grade for the
course will be recorded on your official transcript.
Students must file a drop petition within the appropriate
time frame to have the course removed from their record.
• HKS does not translate grades from other schools into
letter grades (i.e. grades of I, II, III from HBS and DIS,
HP, P from the Design School) are reflected on your
transcript according to the host schools grading system.
Cross-registration information for students wanting to take
an HKS course
Following online course enrollment and
online add/drop, which are only available to HKS students,
students from other schools are welcome to add HKS courses
if space is available.
• Please obtain the signature of the faculty member
teaching the course in which you want to enroll and submit
your cross-registration petition to the HKS Registrar’s
Office, Belfer Building, Lobby 1. Deadlines can be found on
the Registrar’s Office website
www.ksg.harvard.edu/registrar
• HKS does not offer an audit or PASS/FAIL grading option.
A grading option of SAT/UNSAT is only available for Reading
and Research courses.
• HKS offers both full semester (1 credit) courses and
half-semester (.5 credit) modules. Contact the HKS
Registrar’s Office if you have questions on how to register
for modules that begin mid-semester. Module courses are
designated with an “M” in the course number.
• Courses denoted by a “Y” (year-long) or courses in the
100 series are considered “core” courses for students in
the HKS Master in Public Policy (MPP) program. The “Y”
designated courses admit very few non-MPP students and
admission is by instructor approval. Year-long courses are
typically for one credit.
Office of the Registrar contact
information:
Phone: (617) 495-1150
Email: ksg_registrar@harvard.edu
Michelle Kelley
Michelle_kelley@harvard.edu
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last Day for Cross-Registration:
October 4, 2008
Spring
Last Day for Cross Registration:
February 21, 2009
FACULTY OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the FAS Registrar).
For GSAS students, cross-registered courses may not
represent more than one-half the student’s total program of
study in any term.
GSAS students may only cross-register in courses not listed
in the FAS Courses of Instruction.
Cross-registering full time GSAS students must maintain the
equivalent of at least four half-courses in each term.
Cross-registration grading information for
Undergraduate students:
Satisfactory→
A to C-, PA, SAT, CR
Unsatisfactory→
D+ to D-, UNS
Fail→
E, EXCL, FL, ABS, NCR
Cross-registration grading information for Graduate
School students:
Satisfactory A to B-, SAT
Unsatisfactory C+ to D-, UNS
FailE, ABS
Contact Information
(617)
495-1543
ro-help@fas.harvard.edu
Sheila Winborne, Course Information
courses@fas.harvard.edu
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last day undergraduates may complete cross-registration:
Monday, September 29, 2008
Last day Graduate School students may complete
cross-registration:
Monday, October 6, 2008
Last day students from other schools may complete
cross-registration in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences:
Monday, October 6, 2008
Spring
Last day undergraduates may complete cross-registration:
February 13, 2009
Last day Graduate School students may complete
cross-registration:
Monday, March 2, 2009
Last day students from other schools may complete
cross-registration in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences:
Monday, March 2, 2009.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
DESIGN
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the GSD Registrar).
Spring semester course offerings will not be finalized
until December.
For GSD students, cross-registered courses may not
represent more than one half of the student’s total program
in any one term.
Courses taken outside of GSD should normally be in subjects
not available at the Design School. If there is apparent
duplication of the subject in the two schools, there must
be a valid reason for enrolling outside the GSD.
Courses enrolled in outside GSD must not constitute, in
their ensemble, a program that is separate from, or in
addition to, the program for which the student is formally
registered in the Design School.
GSD students may obtain credit toward the fulfillment of a
degree at the Design School for a maximum of two under
graduate-level courses, or the equivalent of eight GSD
units, at Harvard College.
MDesS students may take a maximum of two cross registered
courses without the permission of the program director.
Cross-registration grading information:
Satisfactory DIS, HP, P
Unsatisfactory LP
Fail F
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last Day for Cross-Registration
October 10, 2008
Spring
Last Day for Cross Registration
February 20, 2009
Registrar Contact Information:
48 Quincy Street, Gund 422
Sean Conlon, Registrar
registrar@gsd.harvard.edu
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the HGSE Registrar).
In matters of cross-registration, the earlier of the two
drop deadlines (the student’s home faculty and the host
faculty) applies.
Cross-registration grading information:
Two grading systems are used at HGSE: a letter grade and
satisfactory (“SAT”)/no credit (“NCR”). Letter grades are
A, A-, B+, etc., down to D-; E is failing. The student may
opt to be graded on a SAT/NCR basis. In that case, work at
the level of A to B- is considered satisfactory; work below
the level of B- is awarded no credit. If a student does not
indicate a grade option on their cross-registration
petition, the HGSE Registration Office will assume that the
grade option is a letter grade.
Cross-registrants should always check with their home
faculty to see if a grade of SAT is acceptable in their
program.
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last day for non-HGSE students to cross-register into HGSE
Oct. 9, 2008
Spring
Last day for non-HGSE students to cross-register into HGSE
Feb. 19, 2009
Registrar contact information:
Gayle Merrithew, Registrar, Phone 617 495-3419;
email gayle_merrithew@harvard.edu
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Students must begin the cross-registration process early.
HBS recommends obtaining a signed petition from the home
school registrar beginning August 28, 2008 in the
Fall and January 8, 2009 in the
Spring. Students can petition for up to 6
credits-worth of courses ("Full Courses" are 3 credits and
"Half Courses" are 1.5 credits) plus alternates. Students
must likewise obtain the signatures of the HBS faculty
member or authorized assistant for each class on their
petition prior to submitting that petition to MBA Registrar
Services by 5:00 p.m., September 6, 2008
in the Fall and January 17, 2009 in the
Spring.
Students should rank the courses according to their
preferences.
Cross-registrants are selected at random for available
seats in the course up to the limit set by the instructor
and/or the classroom occupancy limits. The deadline for
entering the lottery is 5:00 p.m., September 6, 2008 for
the Fall and January 17, 2009 for the Spring. Students are
notified of lottery results via email by the evening of
September 8, 2008 in the Fall and the evening of January
29, 2009 in the Spring.
Important note: Classes will start before
you find out if you are accepted. Pick up the free case
materials and prepare for classes. Class participation is
frequently half of your grade.
There is a mandatory materials and technology fee of $150
per 3-credit "Full Courses" and $75 per 1.5-credit "Half
Courses" for all cross-registrants (including auditors)
which will be applied to the students' term bills. The fee
is refundable if the course is dropped by the end of the
third week of classes (September 21, 2007 in the Fall and
February 1, 2008 in the Spring). The fee covers both
technology and the tangible materials used in a course:
i.e., the Course Platform, which offers on-line access (by
password) to daily assignments and other necessary
information about each course, as well as printed case
material, required textbooks, handouts, videos, exams, exam
printing, etc.
The Winter semester at HBS generally corresponds to
the Spring semester at other schools. For clarity, the
Guide refers to the Winter semester as Spring.
Classes are offered on a two-part (X, Y) schedule. Request
a copy of the HBS academic calendar, or look online (see
Online At-A-Glance). You will note that the X schedule
classes meet mostly in the first half of the week while Y
classes meet mostly in the second half of the week, with
Wednesday being a "swing" day.
First year business courses are closed to
cross-registrants.
Check with your home school registrar or online about how a
particular HBS 3-credit course counts toward credit at your
school.
Cross-registrants are limited to the equivalent of six
credits per term in any combination of full semester
courses (3 credits) or half-semester courses (1.5 credits).
The credit value of courses taken for audit count toward
this limit.
Exams at HBS cannot be rescheduled due to conflicts at
another school. Grades are given on a forced curve. See the
HBS handout on information for cross-registrants (available
from the HBS Registrar).
For more information please visit www.crossreg.hbs.edu or http://www.hbs.edu/mba/registrar/crossregistration.html
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the HDS Registrar).
For cross-registering HDS students, one-half of the courses
taken each semester must be taken at HDS.
Cross-registration grading information:
Satisfactory A to C-, Sat.
Unsatisfactory D+ to D-
Fail F, Unsat.
Contact Information
phone: 617.495.5760
registrar@hds.harvard.edu
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last Day for Cross-Registration October 2, 2008
Spring
Last Day for Cross Registration February 13, 2009
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the HLS Registrar).
In addition to the fall and spring semesters, the Law
School offers a limited winter semester that generally
coincides with the Kennedy School’s semester break.
Some legal background may be helpful for some courses.
Check with the professor if the course description suggests
greater legal knowledge than you possess.
Law School students pre-register in the semester prior to
the offering of the next semester’s schedule. Some courses
may be fully subscribed before the semester starts. A list
of the fully subscribed courses is available from the
Registrar.
If you are extremely interested in a course, contact the
professor and obtain his/her signature on the
cross-registration petition. The Law School Registrar will
make the final decision. There is potential that available
seats may change as Law students receive notices of
acceptance for wait-listed classes.
Exams are never given in advance of the printed schedule. A
copy of the deferred exam policy is available from the HLS
Registrar.
Students cross-registering into the Law School from other
degree programs may not cross-register for more than a
total of 6 credits per year, including audits. The only
exceptions are in cases where students are enrolled in
joint degree programs with the Harvard Law School, and such
students should consult with the Assistant Registrar in the
Registrar’s Office about their plans.
For Law students cross-registering outside HLS, a maximum
of 10 credits of cross-registration count toward the JD
degree (4 credits in 2L and 6 credits in 3L), usually the
equivalent of 3-4 courses. Additionally, 8 of the 10
minimum credits required of JDs in fall/spring semesters
must be HLS credits.
Courses not directly related to the study of the law may
require additional HLS approval for an HLS student to
receive degree credit for courses taken outside the school.
Deadlines for 2008/2009 cross-registration
period:
Fall
Last Day for Cross-Registration September 9, 2008
Spring
Last Day for Cross Registration February 6, 2009
HARVARD SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the HSPH Registrar).
Courses at the HSPH are designated Fall, Fall 1, Fall 2,
Spring, Spring 1, and Spring 2. Courses designated Fall are
full semester courses. Fall 1 courses are half semester
courses offered in the first half of the semester. Fall 2
courses are offered in the second half of the semester. The
same system applies for spring courses.
Consult the Registrar’s website for special registration
and deadlines for half-semester courses.
Cross-registered students may not audit a course. Some
courses are limited to HSPH students only. See course
descriptions for more detail.
Cross-registering HSPH Students may not take more than 50%
of their course work outside of the School of Public
Health.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Special
rules apply to cross-registration by Kennedy School
students at MIT. Due to demand, enrollment in MIT courses
is limited to students who demonstrate “compelling
educational” reasons. A petition to enroll (available at
the KSG Registrar’s Office) must be completed and submitted
by October 3, 2008 for the Fall semester and March 6, 2009
for the Spring. The number of KSG students permitted to
cross-register at MIT is limited each term and KSG students
are normally limited to one MIT course per term.
When you deliver your petition to MIT, you must also
complete a brief biographic form.
The current instructions for Harvard students seeking to
cross-register are located at the following link: http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/crossreg/xregi4h.html
TUFTS FLETCHER SCHOOL
OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY
Previous year’s Tufts Fletcher School cross-registration
information:
The registration procedures are standard (i.e. take the
cross-registration petition from your school to the
instructor for his/her signature and submit the petition to
the Fletcher School Registrar). There is also a short form
to be completed in the Fletcher School Registrar’s office
so petitions must be submitted in person.
Note that only the Fletcher School has a cross-registration
agreement with the Kennedy School. Tufts School of Arts and
Sciences offers some courses of interest to nonprofit
students but does not have a cross-registration agreement.
Cross-registration grading information:
Satisfactory A to B-
Unsatisfactory N/A
Fail C and Below
Deadlines for 2007/2008 cross-registration
period:
Fall
First Day of Cross-Registration:
September 3, 2008
Last Day for Cross-Registration:
September 12, 2008
Spring
First Day for Cross-Registration:
January 13, 2009
Last Day for Cross Registration:
January 23, 2009
Contact Information
617-627-3055 (p)
fletcherregistrar@tufts.edu