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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 2024 - 2025

Course Number

Course Title

Instructors

DEV-210 Public Finance in Theory and Practice
DEV-215 Public Finance in International Perspective
DEV-233 Political Economy and Its Future
Roberto Mangabeira UngerInstructor
DEV-250Y Second-Year Policy Analysis Seminar
DEV-308 Social Institutions and Economic Development
DEV-309 Development Policy Strategy
DEV-320M Scaling Up and Systems Change for Development Impact
DEV-356 Economic Policy in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
DEV-401Y Applications and Cases in International Development (fall)
DEV-501M Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I
DEV-502 Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building II
DPI-115 The American Presidency
DPI-120 The U.S. Congress and Law Making
David KingFaculty
DPI-122 Becoming a Policy Entrepreneur in the United States
David KingFaculty
DPI-127 Who Governs? Power in America
DPI-150Y Seminar: Democracy, Politics, and Institutions
DPI-200 Politics and Ethics in Unstable Times
DPI-202 Moral Leadership: Ethics in Public Life
DPI-207 Philosophy of Technology: From Marx and Heidegger to AI,
Genome Editing, and Geoengineering
DPI-208 Moral Practice for Public Leadership
DPI-210 Indigenous Philosophies for the Technological Age
DPI-247 Justice by Means of Democracy
DPI-342 Religion, Politics, and Policy in the United States
DPI-348 Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Now
Roberto Mangabeira UngerInstructor
DPI-376 Queer Nation: LGBTQ+ Protest, Politics, and Policy in the United States
DPI-386M Race and Racism in Public Policies, Practices, and Perspectives
DPI-398 Islam & the Age of Democracy: Origins, Continuity and Change
DPI-411 Political Philosophy for Development
DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding
DPI-415 Comparative Politics
DPI-422M Reckoning with History: Collective Memory, Leadership, and the Politics of Remembrance
DPI-450 The Political Economy of Transition in China
DPI-505 The Supreme Court, Law, and Public Policy
Maya SenFaculty
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-600 The Politics of the Press
DPI-608 Political Communication Breakdown: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
DPI-610 Data Science for Politics
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-660 Digital Governance and Leadership in the Public Sector
Anil AroraFaculty
DPI-662M Digital Government
Ayushi RoyFaculty
DPI-664M The Internet: What It Is, How Did It Happen, and What Could It Become?
Jim WaldoFaculty
DPI-665M Enabling Digital Delivery: Benefits and Bene-failure
Ayushi RoyFaculty
DPI-678M Product Management and Society: Building Technology in the Public Interest
Kathy PhamFaculty
DPI-681M The Science and Implications of Generative AI
Dan LevyFaculty