Our Offerings

The courses offered at Harvard Kennedy School provide an enriching curricular experience, and are organized around our seven academic areas. They include core courses that are required for earning a degree, along with electives, modules and January-term options to cater to different interests and schedules.

While classroom learning is integral to an HKS education, it is elevated by the many extra-curricular activities and programs, including lectures, seminars, brown bags, conferences and experiential learning, on- and off-campus.

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Featured Course Guides


Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Course Number

Course Title

Instructors

API-102 Resources, Incentives, and Choices II: Analysis of Public Policy
API-114 Econometric Methods for Applied Research I
API-135 Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy
API-205 Politics and Policies: What Is the Impact of Data and AI?
API-211 Program Evaluation and Education Policy
DEV-209 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Henry LeeFaculty
DPI-386M Race and Racism in Public Policies, Practices, and Perspectives
DPI-617 Law, Order and Algorithms
DPI-851M Data and Information Visualization
Hong QuFaculty
MLD-111 Challenges and Choices in Transportation Policy
MLD-370 Social Movements: The Art and Science of Social Change
MLD-377M Organizing: People, Power, Change
MLD-378M Organizing: People, Power and Change Practicum
MLD-427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders
MLD-601 Operations Management
Mark FaganFaculty
MLD-630 Government Turnarounds
MLD-636 Managing Transformations in Healthcare
MLD-802M Nonprofit Management and Leadership
SUP-135 Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems
Raj ChettyInstructor
SUP-150Y Seminar: Social and Urban Policy
SUP-151M Medical Policy Writing
SUP-448 The Political Economy of the School
SUP-452M Politics and Education Change: Case Studies
Christopher GabrieliInstructor
SUP-470 Strategies and Policies for Educational Excellence with Equity
SUP-518 Economics of Disease and Health Equity
SUP-578 U.S. Healthcare Industry and Regulatory Policy
SUP-581M Federal Health Policy Making from Legislative Specs to Regulations
Richard FrankInstructor
SUP-600 Equitable Development and Housing Policy in Urban Settings
SUP-612 Making the American City: Form and Society
Alexander von HoffmanInstructor
SUP-661 Housing and Urbanization in the United States
Jennifer MolinskyInstructor
James StockardInstructor
SUP-663 Land Use and Environmental Law
Jerold KaydenInstructor
SUP-668 Public and Private Development
Jerold KaydenInstructor
SUP-670 U.S. Housing Markets, Problems and Policies
SUP-680 Urban Economic Policy
SUP-683M State and Local Economic Development
SUP-753 A Performance Evaluation of the Criminal Legal System
SUP-921 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy I
Maya SenFaculty
SUP-922 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy II
SUP-923 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy III
SUP-940Y Economics and Social Policy Graduate Student Workshop
SUP-951 Doctoral Seminar in Health Economics