#  Courses 

 



 ### Fall 2026 Courses

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 ### Spring 2027 Courses

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 ### Creative Writing

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 ### Fall 2025 Courses

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 ### Spring 2026 Courses

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##  Course Numbering Explained 

 **The English Department uses this general system of numbering for our courses:**

Sort    Course Number 

  Course Title 

    English 10 

  [Literature Today](/english/course-information#Eng10) 

   English 20 

  [Literary Forms](/english/course-information#Eng20) 

    English 40-49 

  [Literary Arrivals, 700-1700](/english/course-information#literary-arrivals-700-1700) 

    English 50-59 

  [Poets](/english/course-information#poets) 

    English 60-69 

  [Literary Migrations: America in Transnational Context](/english/course-information#literary-migrations) 

    Shakespeare 

  [Shakespeare](/english/course-information#shakespeare) 

    English 90 

  [Undergraduate Seminars](/english/course-information#undergraduate-seminars) 

    English 91r 

  [Supervised Reading and Research](/english/course-information#supervised-reading-and-research) 

   English 97 

  [LiteraryMethods](/english/course-information#Eng97) 

    English 98r 

  [Junior Tutorial](/english/course-information#junior-tutorial) 

    English 99r 

  [Senior Tutorial](/english/course-information#senior-tutorial) 

    100-109 and 200-209 

  [Old English](/english/course-information#old-english) 

    110-119 and 210-219 

  [Middle English](/english/course-information#middle-english) 

    120-129 and 220-229 

  [Renaissance](/english/course-information#renaissance) 

    130-139 and 230-239 

  [17th-c](/english/course-information#17th-c) 

    140-149 and 240-249 

  [18th-c](/english/course-information#18th-c) 

    150-159 and 250-259 

  [Romanticism and 19th-c British](/english/course-information#romanticism-and-19th-c-british) 

    160-169 and 260-269 

  [20th-c and 21st-c](/english/course-information#20th-c-and-21st-c) 

    170-179 and 270-279 

  [American](/english/course-information#american) 

    180-189 and 280-289 

  [Modernism, thematic courses mainly modern](/english/modernism-thematic-courses-mainly-modern) 

    190-199 and 290-299 

  [Criticism, Theory](/english/criticism-theory) 

    English 200 

  [Graduate Seminar](/english/course-information#graduate-seminar) 

    English 300 

  [Graduate Directed Study](/english/course-information#graduate-directed-study) 

    English 397 

  “[Directed Study](/english/course-information#directed-study)” 

    English 398 

  “[Direction of Doctoral Dissertations](/english/course-information#direction-of-doctoral-dissertations)” 

    English 399 

  “[Reading and Research](/english/course-information#reading-and-research)” 

    Cross-Listed Courses 

  [Cross-Listed Courses](/course-information#Cross-Listed%20Courses) 

    General Education 

  [General Education](/english/course-information#general-education) 

    Freshman Seminars 

  [Freshman Seminars](/english/course-information#freshman-seminars) 

 





 

##  Past Courses of Instruction 

The Registrar's office keeps a list of past courses of instruction.

#### [View Past Courses](https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/courses-exams/courses-instruction/previous-courses-instruction)