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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-120 Advanced Macroeconomics for the Open Economy II
API-135 Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy
API-165 Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy
API-170 Managing Climate Change Risks: Information, Incentives, and Institutions
API-205 Politics and Policies: What Is the Impact of Data and AI?
API-231 Geographic Information Systems for Public Policy
API-905Y Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
BGP-610 The Political Economy of Trade
BGP-625 Globalization: Past, Present and Future Challenges
BGP-631 Regulation of International Finance
Daniel TarulloInstructor
BGP-670 Financial Crises: Concepts and Evidence
DEV-209 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Henry LeeFaculty
DPI-207 Philosophy of Technology: From Marx and Heidegger to AI,
Genome Editing, and Geoengineering
Mathias RisseFaculty Carr Person
DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding
DPI-418 The Rise of Authoritarian Populism
DPI-442M Leadership and Social Transformation in the Arab World
Sultan Al-QassemiInstructor/Staff
DPI-450 The Political Economy of Transition in China
DPI-515 Disability Law and Policy
DPI-543 Corruption: Finding It and Fixing It
DPI-617 Law, Order and Algorithms
DPI-640 Technology and the Public Interest: From Democracy to Technocracy and Back
DPI-642 Grand Challenges in Technology-Society Clashes
DPI-664M The Internet: What It Is, How Did It Happen, and What Could It Become?
DPI-681M The Science and Implications of Generative AI
Dan LevyFaculty
DPI-703 Democracy: The Long View and the Bumpy History
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-342M Human Rights Dilemmas in Child Protection
IGA-353M Frontline Negotiation Lab
Claude BruderleinInstructor
IGA-355 Migration, Refugees, and Human Rights
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-413M The Energy-Climate Transition
Judy ChangFaculty
IGA-415M Financing the Clean Energy Transition
Ely SandlerInstructor/Staff
IGA-453 Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change