Category: Announcements

Gen Ed 1032 Featured in the Gazette

Gen Ed 1032: What is a Republic? has struck a chord with students in the current political moment. In this Gazette piece, Professor Daniel Carpenter and his students reflect on how this course takes an interdisciplinary approach to inform our knowledge on republican governments over millennia and today.   …

Into the Unknown Book Talk

Join us on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:15pm in Science Center Hall D for a Harvard Science Book Talk featuring Kelsey Johnson discussing her new book, Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. This event will be hosted by Alyssa Goodman and is co-sponsored by the Program in General Education,…

Gen Ed 1080 Fest

Stop by Gen Ed 1080’s capstone event of the semester! Students will unveil their final projects, perform original music, and interact with one another around our collective love of all things music and engineering. The event takes place on Wednesday, December 11 from 9:00-12:00 in the Lower Level 2 atrium space of the SEC….

The Harvard Gazette on Gen Ed 1200: Justice

This fall marks the return of Gen Ed 1200: Justice: Ethical Reasoning in Polarized Times. Taught by Professor Michael Sandel, this popular course features guided student debate of some of society’s most contested issues, informed by study of classic theories on moral decision-making. Students describe how it has shaped their perspectives and stimulated respectful debate…

Book-Works from Harvard College

Students in the Spring 2023 Gen Ed 1090: What is a Book? From the Clay Tablet to the Kindle display their final creative projects on Monday, October 30 from 4-6pm on the 3rd floor of Lamont Library. Stop by the exhibit opening or check it out over the next few months. Projects on display can be seen below, courtesy…

Spring 2024 Course Selection Advising

Gen Ed will be holding in-person drop-in advising hours at the following times: Advising will take place in the Gen Ed office suite on the 3rd floor at 1414 Massachusetts Avenue. In addition to drop-in advising hours, we are happy to answer questions by email or schedule an individual in-person or Zoom appointment. Please contact gened_questions@fas.harvard.edu. *Please note…

Spring 2023 Gen Ed advising

Gen Ed will be holding advising hours on Zoom at the following times in Spring 2023: We’re also happy set up an in-person advising conversation. Please e-mail gened_questions@fas.harvard.edu to set up an appointment….