Course Preview Days Schedule
Fall 2026/January 2027
Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1, 2026
The schedule will be posted by August 17.
Spring 2027
Thursday, January 21 and Friday, January 22, 2027
The schedule will be posted by January 14.
Course preview sessions take place virtually on Zoom via Canvas course sites. Each course is scheduled for a single 25-minute session that will be recorded. If you cannot attend a session, check back on the Canvas course site for the session recording.
See the schedule spreadsheet for the Canvas course site links. The course does not have to be in your Crimson Cart to access Canvas sites.
Course preview sessions are not held for core courses.
The time blocks for course preview sessions are:
• 9:00-9:25am
• 9:30-9:55am
• 10:00-10:25am
• 10:30-10:55am
• 11:00-11:25am
• 11:30-11:55am
Exam Schedule
Fall 2026
December 9-18, 2026
The schedule will be posted by mid-August.
Spring 2027
May 5-14, 2027
The schedule will be posted in December.
Students are responsible for ensuring that they do not register for two classes with exams scheduled at the same time. The exam schedules posted on this page apply only to courses held at HKS.
Jointly-listed courses held at other Harvard schools may operate on a different exam schedule. Check your syllabi carefully for all courses to ensure that you avoid exam conflicts.