Table of Contents

To The Faculty

Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Responsibilities of Instructors

3: Course Administration

4: Examinations

5: Grades

6: Addressing Student Problems

7: Teaching Resources

8: FAS Directory

The Course Catalog

The course catalog for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Courses of Instruction, lists both graduate and undergraduate courses and is published annually in August. An up-to-date version of the catalog is posted at www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu.

The Office of the Registrar compiles and publishes Courses of Instruction by gathering the information from department, division, and committee offices (not individual instructors) as well as the Dean’s office. All course changes must be brought to the attention of the department’s catalog coordinator and be approved by the department Chair.

Course information published in the catalog becomes the official basis for the Registrar’s records; it affects classroom assignments, examination schedules, and the release of course lists and grade sheets. For this reason it is extremely important that departments and committees notify the Office of the Registrar of any changes—especially changes of instructor or meeting time—regardless of when they occur in the academic year. Moreover, complete and up-to-date course information enables the Registrar to carry out Faculty policy regarding simultaneous course enrollment, as well as to locate individual students in an emergency.