Harvard Extension School Students Rally for Degree Name Change

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I do want to add that you can study abroad at the extension school via the summer school program, and you'd be going with students from the college and other graduate schools.

There are also some really great optional programs that look great on a CV but also satisfy degree requirements. For Museum Studies there is an optional internship that Harvard helps organize for you. According to the Museum Studies page: You can complete an 4-credit internship in a museum here in Cambridge (e.g., in a Harvard University or Boston-area museum) or in a museum near your home in the United States. In lieu of the internship, you complete an additional 4-credit elective.

During the condensed January term,Master's candidates in the field of government or journalism can spend a week in Washington, D.C. for credit. The program was suspended during Covid but is now back. Here are some details:
We invite you to join the Inside Washington Seminar in Washington, DC, for an immersive week with college students from across the country to discuss hot-button issues in policy, media, business, and politics. Participants interact with experts and public figures, explore different career paths, and go behind the scenes of organizations in the city where history is made. At the end of the program, you come away with an insider's view of the 2022 midterm election results and the issues at play leading up to the presidential election in 2024. This bipartisan program is one of the best ways to understand the impact of the political process and see how each of us can help shape democracy as citizens, students, and professionals.

The course is led by a Harvard instructor, so you can earn on-campus and Harvard-instructor credit. Details are emailed to eligible candidates early in the fall term and the two-week long course is listed with our January session offerings. The Washington Center’s application deadline is in November.

All you really have to do is look for opportunities and take advantage of them. All of these options look great on a CV, round out your education, give practical skills, and are just really, really, interesting.

I will touch on the online negativity later. I have a lot to say about that.