Courses Overview

OEB course listings can be found in the Harvard Course Catalog. To aid in your course search, Q guides course evaluation data (HarvardKey required) are helpful in supplying student feedback about courses.

Harvard OEB offers a cross-registration policy with several other schools including MIT.  The Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health offers courses, as well as night courses offered through the University. Cross-registration policy and courses can be found here.

Before enrolling in a non-Harvard course to fulfill a prescription, check with the graduate committee to confirm the course fulfills prescription requirements.

Select faculty members from OEB welcome students from other graduate programs including Biophysics,
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), Program in Neuroscience, Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (MCO), and Systems Biology. Please check the course listings of each program to see what is offered in their program.