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How to Declare CS

My office hours for the next month are listed below. I am in Maxwell Dworkin 237. I am also available by appointment--just email lewis@harvard.edu. And if my door is ajar, just stick your head in--I like to be interrupted!

If you are interested in concentrating in Computer Science, please look over the Fields of Concentration page, and/or consult the CS 50 Guide to Computer Science at Harvard.

Then please fill out a Plan of Study for the CS concentration. This will take only a few minutes and will be instructive even if you aren't sure what courses you should take or even if you really want to concentrate in the field. If you fill out the Plan of Study with the Fields of Concentration page open, you can easily see which courses count in which category. This webform is for our internal departmental bookkeeping. It is not the same as the Registrar's concentration declaration form, on which you must list both your concentration courses and your proposed Gen Ed courses, and then get my physical signature.

Once you have looked at the rules and have tried to fill out our departmental plan of study, come see me. I have listed below my office hours over the next few weeks, but you can come in any time my door is open. Don't put it off--avoid the crowds--come sooner rather than later! When we meet we will discuss your plan of study, and once it is in order and you bring your filled-out Registrar's concentration declaration form, I will approve both and assign you an advisor from among the CS faculty. (I will try to honor preferences you may express, so it's fine to look at the list of CS faculty before you come in.) You then need to get your House dean to sign the Registrar's form too.

Start early and avoid the rush!

  M Tu Weds Th Fri
10/17


3-4

10/24
2-3

4-5

2-3
10/31
2-3
11:30-12:30


2-3
11/7
2-3
11:30-12:30
11:30-12:30


11/14
9:30-10:30, 2:30-5
11:30-12:30, 3-4
9:30-12:30

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Advising Contacts

Prof. Harry Lewis
Director of Undergrad Studies, Computer Science

Assistant Dean Marie Dahleh
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Pierce Hall 111
(617) 495-2833


Concentration Guide

All you need to know about the Computer Science concentration, from course planning to advising.

Degrees offered

Requirements

Links and documents detailing the requirements for the Computer Science Concentration.

Courses

A list of courses in Computer Science.

Faculty

Computer Science at Harvard is highly interdisciplinary. Eighty Harvard faculty members participate in teaching and research in engineering, applied sciences, and related areas, including chemistry, biology, earth and planetary sciences, and physics.

Facilities

Major research facilities, complete with clean rooms and wet labs, are located primarily in the Gordon McKay Laboratory and at 60 Oxford Street. The Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) building opened in 2007 and the Northwest Science building opened in 2008. The Maxwell Dworkin Building (90,000 square feet) and historic Pierce Hall also serve as hubs of study and research.

Number of undergraduates

~ 100 undergraduates