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 2026 - 2027

Course Number

Course Title

Instructors

DPI-600 Media, Message, and Leadership
DPI-608 Political Communication Breakdown: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
DPI-643M Beyond Law and Code: The Governance of Emerging Technologies
DPI-645 Shaping the Technological and Societal Future
DPI-660 Digital Governance and Leadership in the Public Sector
Anil AroraFaculty
DPI-676 Prototypes, Pilots, and Production: Building and Buying Technology to Drive Public Policy
DPI-678M Product Management and Society: Building Technology in the Public Interest
Kathy PhamFaculty
DPI-681 Solving Public Problems with Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities
DPI-681M The Science and Implications of Generative AI
Dan LevyFaculty
DPI-685 The Foundations of AI Governance: From Systems to Policy
Ann-Katrin ReuelInstructor
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 Writing
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 From Dashboards to Agents: The Future of Data 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
Leslie SchumacherInstructor
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 CPL Person
IGA-116 Great Powers in a World of Disorder
IGA-150Y Seminar: International and Global Affairs
IGA-170 Realism in International Relations
IGA-211 Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press
Derek ReveronInstructor
IGA-219M What's Wrong with U.S. Foreign Policy?
IGA-226 Building Leadership Skills to Foresee, Prevent, and Manage Existential and Catastrophic Risks
IGA-232 Controlling the World's Most Dangerous Weapons
IGA-238 Cybersecurity as a Strategic Policy Issue
IGA-250 Emerging Tech: Security, Strategy, and Risk
IGA-260 Asia in the World - Regional Security, Integration and Ideology
IGA-280 National Security Decision Making
IGA-298 The War in Ukraine: The Past, Present, and Future of International Law, Geopolitics and Development
IGA-315 Global Ethnic Politics
IGA-353M Frontline Negotiation Lab: Strategic Planning for Complex Engagements
IGA-356 Migration and Displacement in Crisis: Protection, Policy, and Practice
Patrick VinckInstructor
IGA-357 International Human Rights
IGA-407M Designing and Implementing Energy, Climate, and Environment Policies
IGA-412 Energy, the Energy Transition, and Geopolitics
IGA-413M The Energy-Climate Transition
Henry LeeFaculty