<p>I am a grad student from France, and live in Cambridge, and very interessted in particularly 2 finance courses.
I was wondering if it was possible to take one or two courses at Harvard, not to get a degree, but just to follow classes...??</p>
<p>I have heard of the Extension School, and also the Special Student Program, but I think there is a big application process, and the deadlines are past for spring semester. What I was wondering, is it possible to just pay for one courses, and go.</p>
<p>The Harvard Extension School has a open enrollment policy, with regards towards signing up for a class or two. I do know that they offer business/finance classes that you could take as either credit or no credit.</p>
<p>However, if you desire to become a Master in the Liberal Art degree student, you would have to go through the application process after you have completed your first three classes with a “B” grade or better. I am not sure about their certificate program in management requirements. But you could check for these options that suits your interest at Harvard’s website, under Continuing Education program. Hope this helps!!!</p>
<p>I didn’t really understand about how to become a Master in the Liberal Art degree student. You take classes, and then you apply??
Isn’t that kind of strange?</p>
<p>And just one small question, with the Extention school, what is your status? do you have a harvard student ID? or do you have a Extention shool student ID?</p>
<p>sorry for my ignorance, I checked the website, but its not very clear…</p>
<p>The Student ID are given to the admitted students. When a student registers for a class, he is considered as a provisional student. In other words, if you wish to obtain a Graduate Degree from the Harvard Extention School, then you would have to register for a limited number of classes before you apply to their degree program. Thus, you would have to prove to the admissions committee that you can handle the rigorous course work.</p>
<p>There are GRE test requirements of any kind for admission. But for the time being, just register for the classes that interests you. It’s your money that they want from you, after all.</p>
<p>If they are taught through the Business School, your chances of auditing are extremely limited. The only way I know to audit a B-School class is to get hired as a person who takes notes for the professor. I did this one year and had a blast. . . audited the class and got paid to do it. The downside is that not all classes have this type of course assistant, so even if you get hired, you don’t usually get to pick what class you take. You might be able to get more info about this type of opening by going to the hbs.org website, clicking the employment link, and looking for “scribe” positions (that’s seriously what they’re called). </p>
<p>If the class is taught through Harvard College (the undergraduate department). . . I guess that would mean it’s probably in the economics department, not finance. But your chances of auditing would be much, much better in that case. You might be able to just talk the professor into it.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in something taught through the Extension school, you’re all set.</p>
<p>I also know that MIT’s business school (Sloan) tends to be more open to outside students, cross-registration, etc. They also have a world-class finance department. I’d see whether the classes you’re interested in area taught at MIT and try enrolling there.</p>