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.

Information on course registration and cross-registration:

Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Course Number

Course Title

Instructors

DPI-555 Policing, Citizenship, and Inequality in Comparative Perspective
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-564 Integrated Law/Policy Written Project
DPI-573 The Politics of Climate and Global Health
DPI-600 Media, Message, and Democracy
DPI-608 Political Communication Breakdown: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
DPI-610 Data Science for Politics
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-678M Product Management and Society: Building Technology in the Public Interest
Kathy PhamFaculty
DPI-681 Public Problem Solving with Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities
DPI-681M The Science and Implications of Generative AI
Dan LevyFaculty
DPI-691M Programming and Data for Policymakers
Aarushi SahejpalInstructor
DPI-703 Democracy: The Long View and the Bumpy History
DPI-802M The Arts of Communication
DPI-805M Writing for Policy and Politics: Mastering Daily Communications
Alex GreenFaculty
DPI-810M Writing for Policy and Politics: Developing Voice and Narrative
DPI-820M Policy Memo Writing for Decision Makers
DPI-828M Persuasive Policy Communication
DPI-830M Column and Opinion Writing Workshop
DPI-831M Op-Ed Writing
Alex GreenFaculty
DPI-835M Speechwriting
DPI-840M Feature Writing
DPI-851M Data and Information Visualization
Hong QuFaculty
DPI-852M Advanced Data and Information Visualization
Hong QuFaculty
DPI-853M Data Visualization: Storytelling Strategies
Hong QuFaculty
DPI-891M Engaging the Media
DPI-896M Crisis Communications
Jon HaberFaculty
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-109 Negotiation and Diplomacy
James SebeniusInstructor
IGA-125 Reasoning from the Past: Applied History and Decision Making
IGA-150Y Seminar: International and Global Affairs
IGA-170M Realism in International Relations
IGA-211 Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press
Derek ReveronInstructor
IGA-217 U.S. Foreign Policy in a Global Age
IGA-229 Sex and Violence in Global Politics
IGA-233 Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence
IGA-236 Cybersecurity: Technology, Policy, and Law
IGA-250 Emerging Tech: Security, Strategy, and Risk
IGA-260 Asia in the World - Regional Security, Integration and Ideology
IGA-298 The War in Ukraine: The Past, Present, and Future of International Law, Geopolitics and Development
IGA-315 Global Ethnic Politics
IGA-342M Human Rights Dilemmas in Child Protection
IGA-353M Frontline Negotiation Lab: Strategic Planning for Complex Engagements