Our Offerings

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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Academic Year 2026 - 2027

Course Number

Course Title

Instructors

DEV-101 Economic Development: Theory and Evidence
DEV-102M Economic Development: Using Analytical Frameworks for Smart Policy Design
DEV-130 Why Are So Many Countries Poor, Volatile, and Unequal?
DEV-150Y Seminar: Political and Economic Development
DEV-206 Firms, Markets, and Economic Development
Jie BaiFaculty
DEV-209 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Henry LeeFaculty
DEV-210 Public Finance in Theory and Practice
DEV-250Y Second-Year Policy Analysis Seminar
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-501 Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I
Miriam JorgensenInstructor
DEV-501M Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I
DEV-502 Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building II
DEV-615 Global Warming, Global Poverty, and Globalization
Ishan NathFaculty
DEV-660 Becoming an Education Policymaker: Learning from Diverse Global Contexts
DPI-115 The American Presidency
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-206 Political Philosophy for Public Office: The Good, the Just, and the Legitimate
DPI-207 Philosophy of Technology: From Marx and Heidegger to AI,
Genome Editing, and Geoengineering
DPI-208 Moral Practice for Public Leadership
DPI-212 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity: Ethics and Political Theory
DPI-223 American Political Thought and Culture: Confronting the Crisis
DPI-247 Justice by Means of Democracy
DPI-320 Winning Elections in Developing Countries
DPI-321M Campaigns and Elections in the United States
DPI-341M Make America Great Again: The Ideas Behind The Movement
DPI-348 Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Now
Roberto Mangabeira UngerInstructor
DPI-351M Lobbying: Theory, Practice, and Simulations
Mark FaganFaculty
DPI-376 Queer Nation: LGBTQI+ Protest, Politics, and Policy in the United States
DPI-398 Islam & the Age of Democracy: Origins, Continuity and Change
DPI-406 The Federalist Papers
DPI-410 Politics of Development: Power, Institutions, and Prosperity
DPI-411 Political Philosophy for Development
DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding
DPI-415 Comparative Politics
DPI-422M Reckoning with History: Collective Memory, Strategy, and the Politics of Remembrance
DPI-453 Politics and Policy in South Asia
DPI-515 Disability Law and Policy
DPI-527M Reproductive Rights, Politics, and Policy
DPI-535 Making Change When Change is Hard: the Law, Politics, and Policy of Social Change
DPI-543 Corruption: Finding It and Fixing It
DPI-562 Public Problems: Advice, Strategy, and Analysis
David BarronInstructor
Sarah WaldFaculty
DPI-563Y Integrated Law/Policy Research and Writing
Sarah WaldFaculty
DPI-564 Integrated Law/Policy Written Project
DPI-600 Media, Message, and Leadership