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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-205 Politics and Policies: What Is the Impact of Data and AI?
DPI-115 The American Presidency
DPI-122 Politics and American Public Policy
David KingFaculty
DPI-150Y Seminar: Democracy, Politics, and Institutions
DPI-200 Politics and Ethics in Unstable Times
DPI-202 Moral Leadership: Ethics in Public Life
Mathias RisseFaculty Carr Person
DPI-207 Philosophy of Technology: From Marx and Heidegger to AI,
Genome Editing, and Geoengineering
Mathias RisseFaculty Carr Person
DPI-312M Sparking Social Change Through Arts and Culture
DPI-342 Religion, Politics, and Policy in the United States
DPI-385M Race and Racism in the Making of the United States as a Global Power
DPI-386M Race and Racism in Public Policies, Practices, and Perspectives
DPI-391 Race, Inequality, and American Democracy
DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding
DPI-418 The Rise of Authoritarian Populism
DPI-422M Reckoning with History: Collective Memory, Leadership, and the Politics of Remembrance
DPI-442M Leadership and Social Transformation in the Arab World
Sultan Al-QassemiInstructor/Staff
DPI-450 The Political Economy of Transition in China
DPI-464 Latin American Politics
DPI-515 Disability Law and Policy
DPI-527M Reproductive Rights, Politics, and Policy
DPI-543 Corruption: Finding It and Fixing It
DPI-562 Public Problems and Social Change: Advice, Strategy and Analysis
David BarronInstructor
Sarah WaldFaculty
DPI-563Y Integrated Law/Policy Research and Writing
Sarah WaldFaculty
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-643M Beyond Law and Code – The Governance of Emerging Technologies
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
DPI-802M The Arts of Communication
DPI-810M Writing for Policy and Politics
Alex GreenFaculty
DPI-820M Policy Memo Writing for Decision Makers
DPI-821M Writing Policy Reports
DPI-831M Op-Ed Writing
Alex GreenFaculty
Renee LothFaculty
DPI-835M Speechwriting
DPI-840M Feature Writing
DPI-851M Data and Information Visualization
Hong QuFaculty
DPI-896M Crisis Communications
Jon HaberFaculty
IGA-125 Reasoning from the Past: Applied History and Decision Making
IGA-655 Middle Eastern Politics and Policy
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness
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-420 Federal Budget Policy
Howell JacksonInstructor
MLD-630 Government Turnarounds