Harvard Divinity School

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Academic Life

Students at Harvard Divinity School enjoy the extraordinary academic resources of the Divinity School, as well as those of the wider University. The Harvard Library system has more than 90 libraries, including HDS's Andover-Harvard Theological Library. In addition to taking courses at HDS, students may cross-register at other Harvard Schools or at any of the schools that make up the Boston Theological Institute. 

Programs of Study

• Review our Programs of Study to learn about degree and nondegree programs, part-time study, and dual degree opportunities.  

Faculty and Visiting Scholars 

• Visit Meet the Faculty to read profiles of faculty members, review the courses that they offer, and find contact information through their faculty assistants.
  
  
• The Women's Studies in Religions Program (WSRP) supports research in religion and gender. Each year the WSRP invites scholars to HDS to pursue research projects and to teach. Information on the WSRP research associates and visiting faculty for 2008-09 can be found on the WSRP website.  
  
  
• The Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) is an academic community for interdisciplinary, international, and interreligious learning, research, and dialogue. More information about the CSWR research associate/visiting faculty for 2007-08 can be found on the CSWR website.

Courses

Students at HDS have a wide array of courses available to them, taught by faculty at the Divinity School and in other Schools and departments of the University.

At HDS:

• The HDS Course Listings provide individual course descriptions and allow students to view courses by instructor, degree program, area of focus, or art of ministry, as well as by current and future academic years. 
  

Around Harvard University:

• Students at Harvard Divinity School may register for up to half of their coursework outside the School. This includes courses in the other schools of Harvard University.

Through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI):

• The Boston Theological Institute (BTI) is a consortium of nine seminaries, schools of theology, and divinity schools in the Boston area. Students at HDS may cross-register for courses at any of the other BTI schools.  

Harvard Libraries

• While attending Harvard Divinity School, students have access to the Andover-Harvard Theological Library and to the more than 90 Harvard Libraries and their many resources and research tools. 

Photographs: HDS students in class; Diane Moore, Professor of the Practice in Religious Studies and Education, leading a PRSE seminar; a student using library resources. Photographs by Stephanie Mitchell and Marcus Halevi.

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