Summer Seminars
Summer seminars are inspired by Harvard's renowned freshman seminars, which have provided Harvard freshmen with an intense academic experience since 1963. They are open only to Secondary School Program juniors and seniors, and to college undergraduates. Because enrollment is limited, early application and early registration are advised.
Enrolling a maximum of 15 students, summer seminars are offered over a range of subjects. Lectures by visiting experts may be planned, and each seminar emphasizes small-group instruction, namely, close attention to writing, an expanded opportunity for classroom discussion, and the opportunity to do independent research.
Peer study groups outside of class are encouraged, as are in-class presentations by students; thus, the summer seminar provides ample opportunity for students not only to shape their own course of study, but also to begin to learn by teaching others.
The approach is a dynamic and proactive one, and gives students a major role in determining the focus and methodology of their own research.
Seminars
- CLAS S-125 Summer Seminar—Myth and Poetry in Greece and Rome
- GOVT S-90qb Summer Seminar—International Law and Human Rights
- HARC S-34g Summer Seminar—Rome and Saint Peter's
- HIST S-46t Summer Seminar—Rebels with a Cause: Tiananmen in History and Memory
- HSCI S-25i Summer Seminar—On the Witness Stand: Scientific Evidence in the American Judicial System
- LITR S-34t Summer Seminar—Experimental Fiction
- PSYC S-980v Summer Seminar—The Insanity Defense
- RELI S-43m Summer Seminar—Psychology of Religion
- SWGS S-43s Summer Seminar—Gender, Race, and Ethics in the Twenty-First Century
- VISU S-34z Summer Seminar—The Book as Art: Working with Letters, Ink, and Paper
