The Registrar's Office
compiles courses by gathering information from department, division, and committee offices (not individual instructors) as well as the Dean’s office. Department and committee chairs should approve all new courses and course changes. Curriculum Coordinators throughout FAS collaborate with the Registrar's Office to create and maintain curricular offerings. Course information published through the my.harvard Course Search becomes the official basis for the Registrar’s records; it affects classroom assignments, examination schedules, and the release of electronic course lists and grade sheets. 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. For this reason, it is extremely important that departments and committees relay course information changes to curriculum coordinators—especially changes of instructor or meeting time—regardless of when they occur in the academic year. The University reserves the right to cancel or modify courses of instruction, to change times, days, or locations of courses, and to change a course’s instructor(s) at any time.
Curriculum Coordinators may contact Academic Planning (courses@fas.harvard.edu) in the Registrar's Office
for assistance with entering changes.