University Offers Broad Choice in Extension Fields

University Extension Courses begin this week with one of the most extensive programs in a 48-year-old history.

Two courses--Introductory Geology and Masters of Modern Drama--will be telecast from the WGBH-TV Studio in Cambridge, each as a combined classroom course and telecast. Students will attend at the studio, where there will be discussion after the program.

Reginald H. Phelps '30, Director of University Extension, said that students would have to go to lectures to receive course credit. The University has no plans to give credit for commercially telecast courses as NYU has done this fall with its "Sunrise Semester," Phelps said.

Meet in Boston

Another area of expansion is the greater use of Boston buildings, to encourage attendance of people who work in the city. Course meetings will be held at Boston University, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Old South Meeting House.

Phelps expects this year's enrollment to top last year's total of 2,890. This is the largest group of individuals outside the College being instructed under Harvard auspices.

Extension courses lead to the degree of Adjunct in Arts, but a survey has shown that over three-fourths of those enrolled did so only because of "general interest." Thirty percent of the students already have either B.A. or S.B. degrees.