Prospective Faculty

Most for-credit courses in the Harvard Summer School are seven weeks in length. Courses represent the breadth of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences curriculum, and many of our seven-week courses are approved through FAS departments to receive Harvard College credit. Students consist of college students, adult learners, Extension School students, and high school students in the Secondary School Program. A number of our instructors teach their courses with an online option, or wholly online through web conferencing technologies.

Four-unit courses ordinarily meet twice weekly for six weeks, for three hours each class. Eight-unit courses meet at least three hours a day, four days a week. Additional section or lab time may be arranged as required. The final week of the session is primarily reserved for final exams and final projects, though classes may also meet during the seventh week.

Harvard ladder faculty are typically paid the equivalent of one-ninth of their academic-year salaries for each four units they teach (except when their courses are replaying recorded content). Instructors in full time administrative positions at Harvard, lecturers or preceptors at Harvard, and faculty visiting from other institutions are paid on a different scale; faculty may send inquiries about salary to Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Division of Continuing Education, Lisa Klein Pearo at lkPearo@fas.Harvard.edu.

To initiate a course proposal, please send a c.v. and a draft syllabus (or syllabi) of the course(s) you are interested in teaching to DCE_AcademicAffairs@fas.Harvard.edu by September 16, 2024.

The four-week session is a more intensive version of the seven-week session. Similar to seven-week courses, these courses represent the breadth of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences curriculum, and many are approved through FAS departments to receive Harvard College credit. Students consist of college students, adult learners, Extension School students, and high school students in the Secondary School Program.

Four-credit courses meet Monday through Thursday for two-and-one-half hours each day. In the fourth week there are two regular class days, plus a “reading” day (no class), and a final exam/final project deadline on the final Thursday.

Harvard ladder faculty are typically paid the equivalent of one-ninth of their academic-year salaries for each four units they teach (except when their courses are replaying recorded content). Instructors in full time administrative positions at Harvard, lecturers or preceptors at Harvard, and faculty visiting from other institutions are paid on a different scale; faculty may send inquiries about salary to Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Division of Continuing Education, Lisa Klein Pearo at lkPearo@fas.Harvard.edu.

To initiate a course proposal, please send a c.v. and a draft syllabus (or syllabi) of the course(s) you are interested in teaching to DCE_AcademicAffairs@fas.Harvard.edu by September 16, 2024.

• Session I: June 23 – July 10
• Session II: July 14 – July 31

The Summer School offers a limited number of three-week courses. Three-week courses are intended primarily for Extension School degree candidates and adult learners in professional fields such as management, sustainability, math for teaching, and museum studies. (Secondary school students may not enroll in three-week courses, and Harvard students may not take three-week courses for Harvard College credit.) Courses meet Monday through Thursday for three hours each day. Final exams are taken on the last day of the session.

Harvard ladder faculty are typically paid the equivalent of one-ninth of their academic-year salaries for each four units they teach (except when their courses are replaying recorded content). Instructors in full time administrative positions at Harvard, lecturers or preceptors at Harvard, and faculty visiting from other institutions are paid on a different scale; faculty may send inquiries about salary to Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Division of Continuing Education, Lisa Klein Pearo at lkPearo@fas.Harvard.edu.

please send a c.v. and a draft syllabus (or syllabi) of the course(s) you are interested in teaching to DCE_AcademicAffairs@fas.Harvard.edu by September 16, 2024.

• Session I: June 23 – July 3
• Session II: July 7 – July 18
• Session III: July 21 – August 1

The Pre-College Program is a highly selective program for students entering their junior and senior years of high school. This noncredit program offers students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a rigorous, academic learning experience in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Students attend courses each day for three hours, and additionally attend co-curricular activities that may include presentations on topics such as leadership and productive debate, and excursions to local New England sites. Although the focus of this program is on the academic experience and not formal evaluation, instructors may choose to require projects, papers, and other assignments to help evaluate the student. Faculty members assign a grade of AR (meets all requirements) or NM (does not meet all requirements) to each student as well as a formal written evaluation.

Harvard faculty members or advanced graduate students are encouraged to propose a two-week course for the Pre-College Program. Instructors are all paid approximately $6,600 per course. (The exact amount will be determined in the early fall.) To initiate a course proposal, please send a course description, draft syllabus, and c.v. to Pre-College Program Director Jacqueline Newcomb at PreCollegeStaff@fas.Harvard.edu by September 16, 2024.