# Cross-Registration ## expand\_more HDS students may take up to half of their courses in a given semester in the other schools of the University or the affiliated HDS partner schools. These schools include: - **Harvard University** - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) - Harvard Business School (HBS) - Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) - Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) - Harvard Law School (HLS) - Harvard Medical School (HMS) - Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (SPH) - **Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI)** - Boston College Theology Department (BC-THEO) - Boston College School of Theology & Ministry (BC-STM) - Boston University Graduate Program in Religion (BU-GPR) - Boston University School of Theology (BU-STH) - Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) - Hartford Seminary (HS) - Hebrew College (HEBC) - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HC) - St. John’s Seminary (SJS) - **Other Schools** - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Fletcher) The Harvard Division of Continuing Education is not eligible for cross-registration. To register for non-HDS courses, a student must submit a cross-registration petition in the my.Harvard portal or the BTI portal. The procedures and deadlines are different for each school, so students should be aware of and carefully follow these guidelines: - By cross-registering into another faculty or school, students agree to abide by the host school’s rules and meet its deadlines, even when they are more stringent than those of HDS. Students should take care to check the other schools’ schedules. - Grading procedures may vary from school to school; students should be sure they understand all the requirements of the host school. FAS, for example, normally requires all registrants to elect letter grading. Grades will be recorded on a student’s record exactly as they have been reported to the HDS Registrar by the host school. This means, for example, that a grade of B- from FAS cannot be translated into a grade of SAT on a student’s record. - Three- and four-credit courses at other schools are generally equivalent to a four-credit HDS course. Harvard Law School and Harvard Graduate School of Education are examples of schools that offer two-credit courses. - HDS candidates for graduation who have cross-registered for courses outside HDS during their final semester are responsible for arranging with their instructors to have their grades turned in to the host school’s Registrar’s Office no later than Friday, January 2, for March graduation, or by Monday, May 11, for May graduation. - No more than one-half of the coursework (8 credits) in any semester may be taken outside the Divinity School. - **Courses that are offered as “on-line only” are not eligible for cross-registration by HDS students**. The course must have a physical meeting time and location on the host school’s campus. ## Cross-registering to Another School at Harvard All Harvard Schools conduct cross-registration in my.Harvard. Students should consult the HUIT help article, "[Registration, Cross-Registration, Validation, & Enrollment Guide](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=6af11b09dbf94bc4a752f1a51d961984)", for instructions on how to submit a cross-registration petition in my.Harvard. Students should remember these key points of the process: - Before enrolling, students should review the academic calendar of the host school, as well as unique policies or procedures, as each school sets its own dates and has its own academic culture and expectations. - Nearly all schools require students to submit a petition in my.Harvard in order to cross-register into a course. The petition may require a short written statement describing the student's motivation to join the course. In addition to instructor permission, some schools may require Registrar Office approval or have other requirements to enroll. - Once a petition has been accepted, the student must click the "enroll" button in order to complete the process and enroll in the course. This second step is crucial and requires action from the student; without it, a student will not be enrolled in the course. Students must cross-register for audits as well as courses taken for credit. Policies regarding audits vary from school to school. Consult the host school’s Registrar’s Office. ### Links to Cross-Registration Information for Other Harvard Schools - Harvard Business School ([HBS academic calendar](https://www.hbs.edu/mba/registrar/general/Pages/general-calendar.aspx), [HBS cross-registration information](https://www.hbs.edu/mba/registrar/crossregistration/Pages/default.aspx)) - Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences ([FAS academic calendar](https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/academic-calendar), [FAS cross-registration information](https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/cross-registration-partners)) - Harvard Graduate School of Design ([GSD academic calendar](https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/resources/academic-calendars-schedules/)) - Harvard Graduate School of Education ([HGSE academic calendar](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/community/students/academic-calendar), [HGSE cross-registration information](https://registrar.gse.harvard.edu/learning/enrollment/registration/cross-registration)) - Harvard Kennedy School ([HKS academic calendar](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/academic-calendars-policies), [HKS cross-registration information](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/courses/cross-registration-auditing)) - Harvard Law School ([HLS academic calendar](https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/academics/academic-calendar/), [HLS cross-registration information](https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/academics/cross-registration-at-harvard-law-school/cross-registration-for-non-hls-students/)) - Harvard Medical School ([HMS academic calendar](https://meded.hms.harvard.edu/academic-calendars)) - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ([HSPH academic calendar](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/events/category/academic-calendar/), [HSPH cross-registration information](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/r-o-student-knowledge-center/cross-registration-into-hsph-courses/)) ## Cross-registering to a BTI School Students who wish to cross-register into classes at the member schools of the BTI do so online, using a Microsoft SharePoint portal. To start the process, students should follow the steps below: 1. Students should navigate to the [BTI website](https://www.bostontheological.org/) and click on the Cross Registration button on the top right-hand corner of the site, which will bring them to instructions for viewing the list of available cross-registered courses from all member schools. 2. Students should follow the instructions on how to start the BTI cross-registration process. Students who are cross-registering through the BTI for the first time must submit the New Student Registration Form in the BTI portal. 3. The online cross-registration system will generate an email notification to the student advising that their portal account is ready for use, and will contain a link to the login screen and a temporary password. Once their account is ready, students can log in to the portal and submit petitions to enroll in courses. Once HDS students have submitted their cross-registration application for a course, the following steps occur: 1. The student receives a confirmation email detailing the submission. 2. The HDS Registrar's Office is notified about the request, and the request is either approved or denied. 3. Once approved, it is then sent to the host school. 4. The host school will either accept or deny the student. 5. The student is notified of the outcome. When a student is planning to cross-register for a BTI course, they must also register for the placeholder course XREG BTI in my.Harvard.edu during the registration period. If the host BTI school approves enrollment, the Registrar's Office will replace the placeholder course with the specific course number and title from the BTI school. Students who are not accepted must drop the course from their cart or, if past the deadline, via the HDS Course Change Form available in my.Harvard. Since dates vary, students wishing to cross-register within the BTI should consult the Registrar’s Office of the member schools. If the HDS deadlines are earlier, students must follow the HDS dates. To cross-register as an auditor in a BTI course, students follow the same registration process but must indicate on the cross-registration petition form that they are enrolling as an auditor.