2012-2013 Course Listing

The course listing is an online catalog, offering course descriptions, information on the faculty, syllabi (if posted by the faculty), as well as course meeting times and locations.  You can search courses by subject area, semester or keyword.

 

Changes in Course Numbers: All HKS communications courses formally listed under MLD-717 through 725, will now be renumbered under DPI to better coordinate with the School’s offerings.

 

Please see the Course Number Conversion Chart.

 

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Note: You may not register for courses with final exams scheduled at the same time. The draft final exam schedule is created at the same time as the course schedule so that you can check to avoid this conflict. Please review the exam schedules before registering for your classes.

Please review Degree Requirements to learn more about what courses are required to earn a degree from Harvard Kennedy School.

 

 

Number Course Title Semester Faculty
MLD-326
Decision Making and Leadership in the Public Sector
Schedule: M/T 10:20 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Philip Heymann
MLD-830-A
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Dick Cavanagh
MLD-201-A
Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Ronald Heifetz
MLD-102
Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Matt Andrews
MLD-221-A
Introduction to Negotiation Analysis
Schedule: M/W 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Brian Mandell
MLD-221-B
Introduction to Negotiation Analysis
Schedule: M/W 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Brian Mandell
MLD-221-C
Introduction to Negotiation Analysis
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Kessely Hong
MLD-304-A
Science of Behavior Change: Judgment and Decision Making
Schedule: M/W 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Todd Rogers
MLD-304-B
Science of Behavior Change: Judgment and Decision Making
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Todd Rogers
MLD-427-A
Managing Financial Resources in Non Profit Organizations
Schedule: M/W 8:30 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall James Honan
MLD-601
Operations Management
Schedule: T/Th 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Mark Fagan
MLD-110-A
Strategic Management for Public Purposes
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Peter Zimmerman
MLD-801
Strategic Management of Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Nathalie Laidler-Kylander
MLD-101-B
Strategy, Structure, and Leadership in Public Service Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Hannah Riley Bowles
MLD-101-C
Strategy, Structure, and Leadership in Public Service Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Steven Kelman
MLD-101-D
Strategy, Structure, and Leadership in Public Service Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Thomas Glynn
MLD-101-A
Strategy, Structure, and Leadership in Public Service Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 10:10 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Nathalie Laidler-Kylander
MLD-202
Exercising Leadership: A Cross-Cultural & International Perspective
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Dean Williams
MLD-305
Emotional Influences on Decision Making: Bias and Benefit
Schedule: W 2:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Fall Jennifer Lerner
MLD-355M
Public Narrative: Self, Us, Now
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Fall Mod1 Marshall Ganz
MLD-401M-A
Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 0.5
 Fall Mod2 Ann Thornburg
MLD-356M
Public Narrative: Conflict, Continuity, Change
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Fall Mod2 Marshall Ganz
MLD-230
Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Credits: 1.0
 January Brian Mandell
MLD-364
Leadership on the Line
Credits: 1.0
 January Ronald Heifetz
MLD-342
Persuasion: The Science and Art of Effective Influence
Credits: 1.0
 January Gary Orren
MLD-417M
Complex Budgeting and Financial Management
Credits: 0.5
 Not Offered Linda Bilmes
MLD-324M
Women and Leadership
Credits: 0.5
 Not Offered Barbara Kellerman
MLD-325
Becoming a Leader
Credits: 1.0
 Not Offered David Gergen
MLD-401M-B
Financial Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod3 Ann Thornburg
MLD-408M
Money Management and Policy Implementation in Developing Countries
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod3 Matt Andrews
MLD-812M
New Frontiers in Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, and Impact Investing
Schedule: M/W 2:40 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod3 David Wood, James Bildner
MLD-617M
Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers
Schedule: M/W 10:10 AM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod4 Francis Hartmann
MLD-810M
Financial Strategy and Leadership in High-Performing Nonprofits
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod4 Luther Ragin
MLD-815M
Topics in Nonprofit Financial Management
Schedule: W 4:10 PM
Credits: 0.5
 Spr Mod4 Luther Ragin
MLD-412
Advanced Applied Management, Operations, and Budgeting
Schedule: M/W 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Linda Bilmes
MLD-411
Budgeting and Financial Management
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Linda Bilmes, Carlos Gonzalez Barragan
MLD-221-D
Introduction to Negotiation Analysis
Schedule: T/Th 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Kessely Hong
MLD-427-B
Managing Financial Resources in Non Profit Organizations
Schedule: T/Th 8:30 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring James Honan
MLD-377
Organizing: People, Power, Change
Schedule: T/Th 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Marshall Ganz
MLD-604
Performance Leadership: Producing Results in Public and Nonprofit Agencies
Schedule: M/W 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Robert Behn
MLD-805
Philanthropy and Public Problem-Solving
Schedule: T/Th 2:40 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Christine Letts, James Bildner
MLD-329
Power and Glory in Turbulent Times: The History of Leadership from Henry V to Mark Zuckerberg
Schedule: T 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Nancy Koehn
MLD-410
State and Local Public Finance
Schedule: F 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Shelby Chodos
MLD-381
The Management of Crises Response
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Juliette Kayyem
MLD-201-B
Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Dean Williams
MLD-620
Innovating in the Public Sector
Schedule: M/W 11:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Mark Moore, Stephen Goldsmith, Jorrit de Jong
MLD-835
Social Entrepreneurship, Policy and Systems Change: How to Drive Real Impact on Social Problems
Schedule: M 4:00 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Alan Khazei
MLD-600
Leadership and Management Skills: A Behavioral Science Perspective
Schedule: M/W 1:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Jennifer Lerner
MLD-110-B
Strategic Management for Public Purposes
Schedule: T/Th 8:40 AM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Steven Strauss
MLD-830-C
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors
Schedule: M 4:10 PM
Credits: 1.0
 Spring Dick Cavanagh