Nanocourses

Offerings:

About Nanocourses:

Harvard Medical School Office of Graduate Education (OGE) Nanocourses are short, intensive courses (typically 6–8 hours over 2–3 days) designed to address emerging topics, research techniques, and professional skills.

They provide focused learning opportunities for graduate students and allow faculty to offer timely, specialized content outside of a full semester course.

Credit Options:

Nanocourses are not credit-bearing on their own and must be bundled to receive academic credit. Register only after you have completed the required number of Nanocourses and earned the required Milestones for each course. Milestone criteria can be found within each course description.

Half-term QC course (2 credits)

  • Complete 3 Nanocourses and meet all Milestone Criteria.
  • Register for CELLBIO 300qc

Full-term course (4 credits)

  • Complete 6 Nanocourses and meet all Milestone Criteria.
  • Register for CELLBIO 399qc

Important Credit Guidelines:

Eligibility:

HMS-based PhD students and HSDM students can typically combine Nanocourses for academic credit, but should confirm with their program. HSPH students can count CELLBIO 300QC or 399QCC toward elective requirements, but not toward core or critical reading course requirements. Please confirm with your program if you have any questions.

Select HMS Master’s students may also be eligible. Students outside these programs should check with their program administrators to confirm whether Nanocourses can count toward credit.

Earning Credit:

  • Only Nanocourses listed on the Nanocourse Archive count toward credit
  • Each Nanocourse may only count once toward credit
    • After completing 3 Nanocourses and registering for CELLBIO 300QC, you must complete 6 additional Nanocourses to register for CELLBIO 399QC
    • You may repeat CELLBIO 300QC or 399QC using a new set of Nanocourses

Registration:

Register via the registration survey included within each course description. Priority is given to PhD students and eligible HMS Master’s students taking courses toward credit.

Contacts:

Credit & requirements:
OGEPHD_Courses@hms.harvard.edu 
bethany_krevat@hms.harvard.edu

Faculty inquiries:
CFP@hms.harvard.edu