The precapstone must be completed the semester right before the capstone (no earlier).

The capstone needs to be your final, one-and-only course. Due to the heavy demands of the capstone, it is considered a full-time course, and you cannot be registered in any other courses. Moreover, all your other degree requirements must be fulfilled so you can draw upon your entire ALM training to produce a final project worthy of a Harvard degree.

Sample Pathway

You need to complete 12 courses (48 credits) to earn the degree.

If you take one course a semester:

• you'll register for the precapstone course in the fall as your 11th course
• then in the spring, you'll register for the capstone as your 12th and final course

If you take more than one course in a semester:

• you'll register for your 10th course, plus the precapstone as the 11th in the fall
• you'll register for the capstone as your 12th and final one and only course in the spring