Harvard Chan degree students may enroll in courses offered by the cross-registration consortium, which consists of the other Harvard faculties, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MGH Institute of Health Professions, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Gerald A. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
Cross-registration is offered only during the academic year, and only students in degree programs classified as residential are eligible to cross-register. Master’s students in programs classified as nonresidential during the fall and spring semesters are not eligible to cross-register, including MHCM, MPH-Epi, MPH-Gen, and students completing summer-focused degree programs.
Harvard Chan non-degree students are not permitted to cross-register into other schools within the cross-registration consortium as part of their School study.
The table below lists the members of the cross-registration consortium, their abbreviations, and their telephone numbers.
Cross-Registration Credit Limits
Harvard Chan degree students may not take more than half of their total degree credits in courses outside the School, or in any given semester. Degree candidates can cross-register for a maximum of half of their total credits per term. For example, a full-time student who is planning to register for a total of 20 credits may not register for more than 10 cross-registered credits.
Cross-Registration Credit Conversion
Credit values for cross-registration courses are converted from the host school’s credit values into Harvard Chan School credit values using the credit-conversion chart in the Student Knowledge Center of the Registrar’s Office.
Cross-Registration Deadlines
Harvard Chan students cross-registering into consortium schools must abide by the deadlines set by both the Harvard Chan School and the host school. Harvard Chan students must finalize their cross-registration enrollment according to the cross-registration deadlines set forth by the host school and before the cross-registration add/drop/change deadline in the Harvard Chan academic calendar.
Cross-Registration Grades
Students who cross-register are bound by the rules and regulations of the respective faculties regarding grades, examination schedules, makeup examinations, and incomplete work. These regulations are often very different from those at the Harvard Chan School. Auditing a cross-registered course is strictly prohibited.
The Harvard Chan School Registrar’s Office receives the grades from the host school’s Registrar’s Office, and they are included as part of the student’s official academic record. These grades will not be translated into the Harvard Chan School’s grading system. For example, Harvard Business School has a Roman numeral grading system (i.e., I, II, and III). Business School grades will appear on the student’s official transcript as Roman numerals. Grades for such grading systems will not calculate into the Harvard Chan School GPA, the credit taken however, will count for ordinal credit. Individual instructors may not determine grading options for cross-registered students but must conform to their faculty’s official regulations.
