Designated Harvard Summer School (HSS) and Harvard Summer Study Abroad courses may count for General Education. Ordinarily, summer courses count if they are identical to courses that receive General Education credit during the academic year and are taught by the same Harvard faculty members who teach them during the academic year (or by a member of the same department). HSS courses that fulfill Gen Ed requirements do not count for the College’s divisional distribution requirement.

The following Summer 2024 courses count for Gen Ed credit. Please note that no more than one HSS course taught through remote formats may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement.  HSS courses taken in 2020 and 2021 (when all courses were offered remotely) do not count towards this limit.

Further details about HSS courses can be found in the Harvard Summer School Course Catalog.

Study abroad courses

Ethics & Civics

• HUMA S-125: The Ethics of Identity (Gen Ed 1009)– Venice

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Online courses

Aesthetics & Culture

• COMP S-120: Disease, Illness, and Health Through Literature (Gen Ed 1078)

Histories, Societies, Individuals

• RELI S-1510: Ballots and Bibles: Why and How Americans Bring Their Scriptures into Their Politics (Gen Ed 1062)
• ANTH S-1150 Can We Know Our Past? (Gen Ed 1105)

Science & Technology in Society

• ANTH S-1150 Can We Know Our Past? (Gen Ed 1105)