Cross-Registration Resources

HLS students interested in cities should seek out relevant courses at other Harvard schools and MIT. Below are links to general cross-registration information and a small sample of courses that Urbanists may be interested in. Make sure to browse each school’s complete course listings, as well as courses in other departments at each university, for more and more varied options tailored to your specific interests.

Many city-related courses are cross-listed between HKS and GSD, so you can technically cross-register into either school, and the list below is sometimes arbitrary in deciding which school to list a course for. Note, though, that the grade you receive on your transcript reflects the home school’s grading system, so if you cross-register into HKS you will get a grade from A to F, but GSD has a simplified grading system similar to HLS.

Information from HLS about cross-registering at other schools

Harvard cross-registration course catalog (often not as up to date as each individual school’s course webpage)

Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Courses

MLD-620M: The Data Smart City: Driving Innovation with Technology

SUP-600: Equitable Development and Housing Policy in Urban Settings

SUP-666: Affordable and Mixed-Income Housing Development, Finance, and Management

SUP-668: Public and Private Development

SUP-670: U.S. Housing Markets, Problems and Policies

SUP-680: Urban Economic Policy

SUP-683M: State and Local Economic Development

SUP-688: Cities and the Urban Informal Economy: Rethinking Urban Development, Design, and Planning

Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) courses