College Curriculum
Advising Resources
Electives
Academics
PAF Responsibilities
100
Students in the Class of 2029 may take this many of their Divisional Distribution requirements pass/fail.
What is three?
100
What is Crimson Yard, What is Oak Yard, What is Ivy Yard, What is Elm Yard
100
Past examples of this program include a picnic at Carson Beach, dim sum in Chinatown, Boda Borg, and a Red Sox game.
What is Beyond the Yard?
100
“Members of the Harvard College community commit themselves to producing academic work of integrity” is an excerpt from this statement with which first-years engage as they begin their Writing Exam.
What is the Harvard College Honor Code?
100
The maximum amount that a Proctor can spend on one transaction with the Proctor DBC.
What is $250?
200
Fall 2025 offerings of Stat 100, Physics 15a, Astronomy 2, and Math 18a (but not Stat 110 or Math 1b) fulfill this College Curriculum requirement.
What is Quantitative Reasoning with Data (QRD)?
200
The platform on which students can book 15-minute drop-in advising sessions with APO staff.
What is the Crimson Scheduler?
200
The Class of 2028 event in Lavietes was called the "Welcome to the Community" - this year, this new name starts Orientation.
What is the Crimson Kickoff?
200
This Monday of the term is the last Monday that a student can change the grading basis for a course.
What is the 11th Monday? (Nov 17, 2025)
200
This 1974 law, also known as the Buckley Amendment, allows PAFs to see their advisees' course enrollments and allows students to view their own admissions file.
What is FERPA?
300
Students who have a qualifying placement exam result in Spanish, French, German, or Italian are invited to take this follow-up test to fulfill a college requirement.
What is the Language Verification Exam (LVE)?
300
Other than their pre-concentration advisor, the person in this role in a first-year’s assigned advising network can also release the advising hold.
Who is the Resident Dean of First-Year Students?
300
“The official campus community platform at Harvard College.”
What is SOCO, Student Organization Center Online?
300
Students taking a typical four-course load should expect to spend this many hours on class a week, including class time and homework.
What is 48 hours?
300
Proctor entryway funds come from this office.
What is the FYE?
400
Students interested in changing fall Expos sections may begin submitting section change requests on this date.
When is August 25? [and then also Aug 27, Sept 2, Sept 3]
400
This report in my.harvard tells students what their requirements would look like if they were to declare a given concentration.
What is the What If Report?
400
Preceding Crimson Jam, this event in the Yard on Friday, Sept 5 takes place after classes begin, a reminder that students should prioritize academic work first.
What is the Student Organization Fair?
400
Environmental Science & Public Policy, Applied Math, and Sociology are concentration options in this field cluster.
What is the Quantitative Social Sciences?
400
This is the term on your CitiManager Dashboard for the amount you’ve spent so far since last month’s statement
What is Current Balance?
500
This is the deadline for students to complete their language requirement.
What is graduation?
500
Each spring, this program offers first-years four weeks of events like open houses, panels, and info sessions hosted by concentrations.
What is Exploring Fields of Study?
500
These are all the dorms in Elm Yard.
What are Matthews, Grays, Weld, and DeWolfe?
500
Gateway courses for this concentration have evolved to include Gen Ed 1056: Human Nature and HEB 30: Primate Social Behavior
Human Biology, Behavior, and Evolution (HBBE)
500
This "set of expectations and values for the Harvard classroom" can be compressed, in part, as expecting "that you prioritize your academic pursuits, anticipate encountering evidence and material that challenges your point of view, and do your part to maintain the classroom as a place of respectful intellectual exploration for yourself and your classmates."
What is the Classroom Social Compact