How to Select Courses 1 Review the Course Website in Canvas#N#Review the course syllabus to look for additional information about the course including assignments (response papers, problem sets, readings, etc.) and assessments (midterms, exams, final papers, projects, etc.). 2 Review Course Evaluations if available#N#Ensure that the evaluation is for the same instructor as multiple faculty may teach the same course (e.g. Psychology 1 has three different faculty).#N#Review the evaluation as subjective information - every student is different and may have a different experience in a course.#N#Review the answers to the question, “What would you like to tell future students about this class?” which can give you a general sense about the course.#N#Compare information from the evaluation to the current syllabus as the faculty may have changed the course in response to course evaluation feedback.
First-year students take 4 classes (16 credits) in each of the fall and spring term. It is possible to petition to take 5 classes (20 credits) in the spring term, but not the fall term.
My.harvard assigns a Course ID whenever a new course is created in the course catalog. The Course ID acts as the unique identifier for the course over time. The number allows us to track courses despite a change in title and/or catalog number.
In the case of a series of seminars (e.g., Expository Writing undergraduate seminars), the Course Topic Id field in the Schedule of Classes may be used to distinguish individual topics.
The description field is a short title field that should convey the spirit of the Long Course Title. The field holds a maximum of 30 characters (including spaces). It will appear on student schedules and other pages in my.harvard.
Independent Study: Designed to provide course credit for field research or academic study not available in regular course work, or practice or performance in the arts. This course type is used only by the Registrar's Office for approved undergraduate students. For Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. The student petition to undertake Independent Study is available on the Office of Undergraduate Education website. Freshmen may petition the FDO to enroll in one Supervised Reading and Research course (91 and 910 course number). Grade basis is pass/fail.
The spirit of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is that the greatest number of courses should be open to the greatest number of students. As noted in Information for Faculty Offering Instruction in Arts and Sciences: As a general principle, students should be able to study the topics they want and for which they have the appropriate background, with the exception that concentration tutorials, including junior seminar programs, are ordinarily limited to concentrators. If a course has a known enrollment limit, the maximum number of students that can enroll should be indicated in the Enrollment Capacity field on the Schedule of Classes. Any course set to limited enrollment must require instructor approval within my.harvard. If Add Consent is not set to “Inst Cnst”, enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served model.
The Final Exam field in the Course Catalog is a required field that should be defaulted to “Yes" for all FAS courses. This ensures courses are assigned to an exam group, which drives grade due dates.
If a course is not in the Schedule of Classes for a particular term, but the Status is Active in the Catalog, the course will automatically appear in the Advanced Course Search as bracketed.
The evaluations consist of both numeric questions and 4 open-ended questions. Summaries of the four open-ended questions were written by temporary employees of the University Registrar Office. Results of the evaluations are available below by selecting the appropriate term.
Please forward any questions regarding teacher course evaluations to [email protected].