About Distance Learning for Harvard University

Just like any other school, Harvard also offers online courses, or distance learning, for those that can't make it to campus. These courses are often used for people that are doing continuing education as well people that work full-time. This gives students the opportunity to continue working full-time and raise their families while being able to attend school as needed. 

Offers

Distance learning offers students’ flexibility that they wouldn't have otherwise. To participate in distance learning courses, all that Harvard requires is a standard computer with basic capabilities and the ability to get onto the Internet. Any type of connection is acceptable, however, a quicker connection may be more beneficial if you have to do any chatting or other activities in real time. 

Courses

Harvard offers a wide variety of courses available to the distance learner. Math, English, anthropology, science and history lessons are all available. Courses that require a hands-on component such as chemistry or journalism that requires frequent assignments to be turned in are not available as distance learning courses.

Faculty

While Harvard has no specific faculty that teach strictly distance learning courses, most all faculty can be reached via email most of the time of the day. If you need to speak to someone in person to receive help or turn items in that are late or can't be done online, most professors have posted office hours as well. You might have to wait for students that take physical classes with the professor.

Tuition

Tuition is offered based on your information from the FAFSA that is required from every student to fill out by the federal government. Harvard distance learning courses range between $900 and $2,000 per course depending on how many credits the course is.