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Students pass Memorial Hall on the first week of classes at Harvard College. — Students pass Memorial Hall on the first week of classes at Harvard College.

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Students sample variety of courses during add-drop period

DateSeptember 13, 2018July 25, 2019

The fall semester is off to a busy start, with Harvard students scrambling to sample a variety of classes before settling on their course load.

In the first week of each semester, students can take as many classes as they are able to fit into their schedule. For many, it’s a great way to try out different courses before making their final decisions.

Last week, undergraduate and graduate students alike tried out everything from “Death and Immortality” to “Mathematical Modeling” and “Islam and Politics in the Middle East.”

Graduate student Yaniv Toledano (left) and Jacob Bindman ’19, above, listen as Professor L. Mahadevan, below, gives a lesson in “Mathematical Modeling” in Pierce Hall.

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A student makes her way to class in Emerson Hall.

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Adolfo Roquero Gimenez ’22, Anna Biggs ’20, and Sahar Omer ’20, above, take in “Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East” with Professor Malika Zeghal, below, in Emerson Hall.

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Adolfo Roquero Gimenez ’22, Anna Biggs ’20, and Sahar Omer ’20, above, take in “Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East” with Professor Malika Zeghal, below, in Emerson Hall.

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Roxanne Guenette lectures on “Elementary Particle Physics” in Jefferson Hall.

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Professor Lauren K. Williams teaches “The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture” in the Science Center.

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Students pack a Science Center lecture hall for “Madness and Medicine” by Professor and Pforzheimer House co-faculty dean Anne Harrington.

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Students, above and below, get to work in “Drawing 1: Drawing as a Visual Language” by Katarina Burin in the Carpenter Center. Benny Chang ’22 (left) and Ian Webb ’20 draw each other.

Anna Gong ’22 (right) captures partner Tristen Mejias-Thompson ’19. Laura Chang ’18 does a still life.

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Anna Gong ’22 (right) captures partner Tristen Mejias-Thompson ’19. Laura Chang ’18 does a still life.

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Students leave Emerson Hall.

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Professor Lawrence Bobo teaches “Race, Racism, and American Politics” in the Barker Center.

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Arlesia Grace McGowan ’19 participates in “Critical Listening” with Professor and Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer in Paine Hall. Ria Modak ’22 absorbs Professor Sugata Bose’s “Modern India and South Asia” course in Emerson Hall.

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Arlesia Grace McGowan ’19 participates in “Critical Listening” with Professor and Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer in Paine Hall. Ria Modak ’22 absorbs Professor Sugata Bose’s “Modern India and South Asia” course in Emerson Hall.

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Cindy Zhang ’21 waits for a friend in the Science Center.

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