Fall 2023 Registration

Course Previews 
Course previews at HGSE classes occur in two parts in advance of course enrollment: 
  1. Course Previews, Part I: By viewing 8-10-minute pre-recorded videos created by the course instructors and posted to their course websites. These videos will be made available to students starting on Friday, August 25. 
  2. Course Previews, Part II: By attending live, 25-minute question and answer sessions during schoolwide Advising and Registration Week. Fall Q&A sessions will be scheduled on Tuesday, August 29, and Wednesday, August 30. The preview schedule will be posted on my.Harvard on Friday, August 25. These live sessions will also be recorded and posted to course websites. 
Please click here for an updated version of the Live Q&A Schedule for the Course Previews. Schedules can also be found in My.Harvard course search. 
 
HGSE Course Enrollment 
 
Once you have completed check-in (as described above), you may begin the course enrollment process when registration opens. Please see the table below with HGSE enrollment categories for Academic Year 2023-2024. If you have not enrolled in any course prior to 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, September 1, you may enroll late, but a $50 late fee will be assessed. 
  
Grade Options 
 
Students are expected to indicate their grade option (letter grade or satisfactory/no credit) for each course selected at course enrollment. As you plan out your course of study for the year (or for two years if part-time), please keep in mind that, in general, Ed.M. students must take at least 16 credits for a letter grade. 
 
Credit Limit 
 
Full-time students may take no more than 20 credits per semester (fall and spring). Part-time students may take no more than 10 credits per semester (fall and spring).
 
Time Conflict 
 
Under NO circumstances are students allowed to enroll in courses that have overlapping synchronous sessions.
 
Equity & Opportunity Foundations Elective Requirement (Ed.M. Residential)
The list of courses that may be taken to fulfill the Equity & Opportunity Foundations elective requirement, along with additional guidance and information about this requirement, may be found on the E&O Foundations Canvas page here. 
 
The HGSE Quantitative Sequence
HGSE has three year-long quantitative course pathways. See here for a guide to which of these courses may be right for you, including Frequently Asked Questions. 
  
Enrollment Events Timeline 
 
Please see below for a timeline of key fall enrollment events: 
 
  • Friday, August 25: Add courses to your Crimson Cart Opens – This means that you can start adding HGSE courses to your Crimson Cart. This will allow you to validate and submit petitions for instructor permission courses. Please note that you will not be able to enroll into HGSE courses until open-enrollment day: Thursday, August 31 at 12:01am ET. Holds do not impact your ability to add courses to your Crimson Cart and submit petitions! 
  • Friday, August 25: Lottery-based Enrollment Opens (rank your choices) – This means that you can start ranking your course(s) preferences. You can submit and rank your preferences until Wednesday, August 30 at 2:00pm ET. Please note that the lottery-based enrollment is NOT a first-come, first-served process. All ranked preferences will be run via an algorithm that randomizes choices and does not take time of submission into account. In other words, your ranked preferences are treated equally if submitted between when the event opens and when it closes on Wednesday, August 30 at 2:00pm ET. 
  • Friday, August 25: Course Previews Part I (see details above). 
  • Tuesday, August 29 and Wednesday August 30: Course Previews Part II (see details above). 
  • Wednesday, August 30, 2:00pm ET: Lottery-based Enrollment Deadline - The lottery-based enrollment event process will run that afternoon and results will be communicated beginning at around 6pm. Please note that if you are selected as part of the lottery-based enrollment process, you will be auto-enrolled, and no further action is needed from you. Enrollment and registration holds are ignored for the lottery-based enrollment event; however, you have until 12:00pm ET on Friday, September 1 to clear your holds or lottery-based enrollments will be dropped.  
  • Thursday, August 31: Open enrollment begins –You can start enrolling in courses that are in your Crimson Cart. This includes instructor permission courses with approved petitions. Please note that if you have any enrollment and registrations holds at this point, it will prevent enrollment. 
  • Friday, September 1, 3pm ET: Check-In and HGSE Course Enrollment deadline –After this deadline, all courses will require instructor consent.