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-501 Policy Design and Delivery I
BGP-610 The Political Economy of Trade
DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding
IGA-100 International and Global Affairs: Concepts and Applications
IGA-103 Global Governance
IGA-105 International Law and Global Justice
IGA-108 China and the World: Challenges, Competition and Cooperation
IGA-125 Reasoning from the Past: Applied History and Decision Making
IGA-150Y Seminar: International and Global Affairs
Zoe MarksFaculty
IGA-170 Realism in International Relations
IGA-211 Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press
IGA-217 U.S. Foreign Policy in a Global Age
IGA-222M War: Causes, Dynamics, and Resolution
IGA-229 Gender, Sex, and Violence in Global Politics
IGA-233 Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
IGA-236 Cybersecurity: Technology, Policy, and Law
IGA-237M Future Issues in Cyber-Security Policy
IGA-250 Emerging Tech: Security, Strategy, and Risk
IGA-260 Asia in the World - Regional Security, Integration and Ideology
IGA-385 Strategizing for Human Rights: Moving from Ideals to Practice
IGA-402 Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy
IGA-412 Energy, the Energy Transition, and Geopolitics
IGA-415M Financing the Clean Energy Transition
Ely SandlerInstructor/Staff
IGA-518 Knowledge As Power in Law and Science
David KennedyInstructor
IGA-538 Technology, Privacy, and the Trans-National Nature of the Internet
IGA-632 Africa in Global Politics
Zoe MarksFaculty
IGA-655 Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
IGA-671M Policy and Social Innovations for the Changing Arctic
IGA-677 Russian National Security Policy
MLD-381 Mitigating and Managing a Crisis