Courses
Gen Ed is a unique place where faculty from across Harvard offer courses they've always dreamed of teaching -- and students take courses they'll never forget
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Gen Ed Categories
Aesthetics & Culture
Aesthetics and Culture courses engage diverse artistic genres and cultural traditions, helping you situate yourself and others as products of and participants in art and culture.
Ethics & Civics
Ethics and Civics courses engage with large questions about right and wrong, helping you grapple with the nature of civic virtue and the ethical dimensions of what you say and do.
Histories, Societies, Individuals
Histories, Societies, Individuals courses engage questions of identity and social change, helping you understand the histories and traditions that you will encounter in a global context.
Science & Technology in Society
Science and Technology in Society courses engage you in the study of scientific innovations and their social contexts, helping you assess the promise and pitfalls of current and future innovations using methods of scientific inquiry.
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