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-141 Finance
Akash DeepFaculty
API-205 Politics and Policies: What Is the Impact of Data and AI?
API-501 Policy Design and Delivery I
BGP-100 The Business-Government Relationship in the United States
DPI-115 The American Presidency
DPI-122 Politics and American Public Policy
David KingFaculty
DPI-150Y Seminar: Democracy, Politics, and Institutions
DPI-312M Sparking Social Change Through Arts and Culture
DPI-422M Reckoning with History: Collective Memory, Leadership, and the Politics of Remembrance
DPI-464 Latin American Politics
DPI-802M The Arts of Communication
DPI-851M Data and Information Visualization
Hong QuFaculty
IGA-125 Reasoning from the Past: Applied History and Decision Making
IGA-211 Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press
MLD-102 Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context
MLD-111 Challenges and Choices in Transportation Policy
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change
MLD-202 Leadership from the Inside Out: The Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive–Self, Identity, and Freedom
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness
MLD-257M Why Won’t You Listen to Me? Understanding People, Conflict, and People in Conflict
MLD-310 Behavioral Science for Inclusive Organizations
MLD-326 Principles and Politics When Running for Office
MLD-355 Public Narrative
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-381 Mitigating and Managing a Crisis
MLD-385 Leading through Public Crises: High-Stakes Decision-Making in Chaotic Events
MLD-401M Financial Analysis of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
MLD-411M Introduction to Budgeting and Financial Management
MLD-412 Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations
MLD-420 Federal Budget Policy
Howell JacksonInstructor
MLD-427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders
MLD-502 Developing People
MLD-515M Serving the Public Good: Planning for Career and Life
MLD-601 Operations Management
Mark FaganFaculty
MLD-617M Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers
MLD-630 Government Turnarounds
MLD-634M Managing the Private Delivery of Public Value
MLD-636 Managing Transformations in Healthcare
MLD-802M Nonprofit Management and Leadership
SUP-683M State and Local Economic Development