哈佛大学物理系设有一个大型且非常活跃的本科课程，每年毕业50-60个专业（选修课）（包括化学和物理专业的课程，也由该系管理）。本科课程的特点是灵活性，因为40％至50％的哈佛物理学毕业生进入物理或相关领域的研究生院，其余的则从事广泛的职业，包括医学院，法学院或商学院以及立即就业。25％的选民是女性，5％的黑人，20％的亚洲人和6％的拉丁裔。相对于哈佛大学的其他科学方向，选修课要求修读的课程数量相对较少。这使集中力变得非常灵活，除了特殊的化学和物理集中力之外，许多学生还选择联合集中力，例如物理-数学，物理-
The Harvard Physics Department has a large and very active undergraduate program, graduating 50-60 majors (concentrators) a year (including those in the Chemistry and Physics concentration, also administered by the department). The hallmark of the undergraduate program is flexibility, as 40-50 percent of Harvard physics graduates go to graduate school in physics or a closely related field, the rest pursue a wide range of careers including medical school, law school or business school as well as immediate employment. 25 percent of concentrators are women, 5 percent black, 20 percent Asian, and 6 percent Latino. Concentrators are required to take a relatively small number of courses relative to other science concentrations at Harvard. This makes the concentration very flexible, and many students choose joint concentrations such as Physics-Mathematics, Physics-Astronomy and Physics-History of Science, in addition to the special Chemistry and Physics concentration. The faculty are enthusiastic about both undergraduate students and physics. Almost all faculty teach in the undergraduate program although not every year. They take pride in their teaching and continually develop new materials and courses such as the honors introductory course, Physics 16 (about which a musical was written in 2002).