ALM English at Harvard University

Deepen your understanding of fiction, poetry, and drama while learning to analyze and interpret literary texts. The English Master’s Degree Program centers on the academic study of literature, emphasizing close analysis of literary texts and the historical, cultural, and formal conditions that shape them. Scholars read across genres and periods, engaging works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction alongside the critical traditions that have interpreted them. Credential: Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies in the field of English.

Faculty: Harvard Extension School (Division of Continuing Education)  |  Duration: 12 courses (11 online) taken part-time  |  Study mode: online  |  Intake: Spring 2027  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Example courses: Example English Courses; Advanced Poetry: Learning from Poets; The Novella: A Global History; Poetry in America: Whitman and Dickinson; Seeing Nature in the Twentieth Century; Example Electives.

Career pathways

Affordability is core to our mission. When compared to our continuing education peers, it’s a fraction of the cost.

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