Anthropology and Archaeology

Admission Courses

To begin the admission process, you complete:

• Proseminar: Research Methods and Scholarly Writing in the Social Sciences

• To register, you must either pass the critical reading and writing skills test, or complete a relevant expository writing course with a B grade or higher.

• You need to earn the minimum grade of B in a maximum of two registration attempts. The proseminar cannot be more than two years old at the time of application.

• One anthropology and archaeology course

• One anthropology and archaeology course or elective

You need to have an undergraduate degree to begin taking degree-applicable courses. The admission courses must be 4-credit, graduate-level courses. You complete all admission courses with a grade of B or higher, without letting your overall Harvard cumulative GPA dip below 3.0.

English Proficiency

You must prove English proficiency for admission to a degree program at Harvard Extension School if you did not earn a four-year bachelor\xc2\x92s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, or the United Kingdom.

Undergraduate Degree Accreditation

You need a US regionally accredited bachelor\xc2\x92s degree from a college or university that was regionally accredited at the time of attendance, or its foreign equivalent with a degree conferral date that precedes enrollment in graduate-level courses taken with us.

If you already hold a graduate degree, you may earn a master\xc2\x92s degree provided the two degrees are in different fields.

International Credits and Degrees

If you earned credits or degrees outside the United States, you need to have the credentials verified by a specific third party. Canadian degrees earned at institutions where English was the primary language of instruction do not require credentials verification. The Admissions Office needs to receive an official evaluation in a sealed envelope from that agency.