• Harvard University's Extension School awards undergraduate and graduate degrees.Books image by explicitly from Fotolia.com
  
  The extension school at Harvard University gives students the opportunity to earn an Ivy League degree through a combination of campus and online courses. Degrees are available in a number of fields at the undergraduate and graduate levels and can be earned on a full-time or part-time basis. Admitted students can take advantage of priority course registration, use of the university's career services office, and, after graduation, participate in the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).
  
  

Associate's Degree

• Students seeking the associate of arts (AA) degree from Harvard Extension School must complete 64 credits (32 at the extension school) and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0. Degree candidates must take courses in humanities, science, and social science. To fulfill Harvard's quantitative reasoning and moral reasoning requirements, students take courses in subjects such as logic and statistics. Additionally, AA students need to take at least eight credits on-campus. Students who do not live at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus can fulfill this requirement by attending a Harvard Summer Session.
  
  

Bachelor's Degree

• There are 26 fields of study available to bachelor's degree candidates at Harvard Extension School, including anthropology, economics, French, mathematics, and psychology. Although selecting a field of study is optional, all bachelor's degree students are required to select from one of three concentrations: humanities, science, or social science and must pass at least 40 credits in the concentration area with a C- or better. Bachelor's students also meet requirements in foreign language, moral reasoning, and expository writing in the 128-credit program. Students interested in graduate study can select from pre-law and pre-medical tracks. The residency requirement can be met by attending up to two Harvard Summer Sessions for a total of 16 credits of on-campus study.
  
  

Master's Degree

• Graduate level study at Harvard Extension School can be completed in liberal arts or professional programs. Liberal arts students can select from fields including biology, linguistics, literature, medieval studies, and religion. Professional master's degree programs include journalism, museum studies, and information technology. Liberal arts master's candidates complete 40 credits and a master's thesis. They spend two semesters in residence in order to meet the seminar requirements. The requirements for a professional master's degree vary by program; for example, a journalism student would choose between a thesis track and a capstone track requiring completion of a major reporting project in lieu of a thesis. An information technology major would select a concentration such as digital media arts or software engineering and complete a thesis or capstone project in order to graduate.