Can you actually cross-register into courses from other schools like GSD?
I have mostly been looking at part-time design master's at the usual art-school names, RCA, UAL, Parsons, RISD, Pratt, the places that carry weight in that domain and keep cohorts small. Harvard would not normally come up for this kind of programme, but the HES ALM in Digital Media Design and Creative AI keeps standing out. The curriculum is the most current and industry-relevant I have come across. It is a combination that requires both design principles and technology, so a school like HES seems to have a serious advantage here over traditional design or engineering schools, as it is multidisciplinary.
My one open question is the electives. The standard pool is Extension and Summer School courses, but ALM candidates can apparently apply for GSAS special-student status and cross-register into select courses at other Harvard schools, including the GSD.
Has anyone actually done this? Are GSD courses realistically reachable, how hard is it to qualify, and was it worth the hoops, or did you just stay with Extension and Summer School courses?
First-hand experiences ideally. The GSD is a serious design school with no part-time route, so being able to cross-register even a couple of its courses would be a real addition to the ALM.