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MBA/MPP Curriculum
The MBA/MPP is a three-year program that combines the core curricula of the Harvard Business School MBA and the HKS MPP or MPA/ID with a wide range of elective options from both schools.
The curriculum includes three courses that are exclusive for students in these two programs: the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Seminar (year 1 and 2); the Business-Government Integrative Course (year 3 Fall); and the Capstone Exercise (year 3 Spring). Participants complement their required and elective studies with two summer internships: either a policy-related or international development-related internship in the first summer, and a business-related internship in the second summer.
A typical candidate will follow the sample schedule outlined below.
Year One
Harvard Kennedy School
Fall Term
- Markets and Market Failure
- Quantitative Analysis & Empirical Methods
- The Responsibilities of Public Action
- Strategic Management & Leadership in Public Service
- One HKS Elective Course
- Joint Degree Program Seminar co-taught by HBS and HKS faculty
- Spring Term
- Economic Analysis of Public Policy
- Empirical Methods II
- Political Institutions and Public Policy: (American Politics or Comparative Politics)
- Spring Exercise
- One HKS Elective Course
- Joint Degree Program Seminar co-taught by HBS and HKS faculty
Summer
- Policy-related or international development-related summer internship (recommended)
Year Two
Harvard Business School
Fall Term
- Financial Reporting and Control
- Finance I
- Marketing
- Technology and Operations Management
- Leadership & Organizational Behavior
- Joint Degree Program Seminar co-taught by HBS and HKS faculty
Spring Term
- Business, Government, and the International Economy
- Finance II
- Strategy
- Leadership and Corporate Accountability
- The Entrepreneurial Manager
- Joint Degree Program Seminar co-taught by HBS and HKS faculty
Summer
- Business-related summer internship (recommended)
Year Three
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School
Fall Term
- 3 Elective Courses
- Business-Government Integrative Course
Spring Term
- 4 Elective Courses (two of which must be at HBS)
- Capstone Exercise
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