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

MLD-630M Government Turnarounds
MLD-634M Managing the Private Delivery of Public Value
MLD-638M Remaking the Civil Service: Governance, Politics, and Performance
MLD-802 Strategic Management and Leadership for Nonprofits and NGOs
Carlos PonceInstructor/Staff
MLD-820M Strategies for Social Impact
MLD-830 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors
MLD-831 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors (Business Plan Workshop)
MLD-836M Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise Deep Dive: How to Operationalize & Scale for Social Impact
SUP-110 Poverty and Public Policy
SUP-125 Public Economics: Designing Government Policy
SUP-135 Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems
Raj ChettyInstructor
SUP-150Y Seminar: Social and Urban Policy
SUP-152 Experiential Learning at the State and Local Level
SUP-180 Black Genius
SUP-210 Policy Responses to Aging and Declining Populations
SUP-426 Collaborative Action for Children: Redesigning Education for Equity
Rob WatsonInstructor
SUP-427 Education Policy and Advocacy
Michael DannenbergInstructor/Staff
SUP-434 The Teacher Workforce: Management and Policy
Eric TaylorInstructor
SUP-448 The Political Economy of the School
SUP-452M Politics and Education Change: Case Studies
Christopher GabrieliInstructor
SUP-462 Education Policy and Program Evaluation
SUP-483 Why Innovations in Education Fail—and How They Can Succeed: From K to Gray
SUP-500 U.S. Health Care Policy
SUP-600 Building Equitable Cities: Policy Tools for Housing and Community Development
SUP-612 Making the American City: Form and Society
Alexander von HoffmanInstructor
SUP-651 Transportation Policy
SUP-661 Housing and Urbanization in the United States
Jennifer MolinskyInstructor
James StockardInstructor
SUP-663 Land Use and Environmental Law
SUP-668 Public and Private Development
Matthew KieferInstructor
SUP-680 Urban Economic Policy
SUP-683M State and Local Economic Development
SUP-921 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy I
SUP-922 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy II
Susan DynarskiInstructor
SUP-923 Proseminar on Inequality and Social Policy III
SUP-940Y Economics and Social Policy Graduate Student Workshop
SUP-951 Doctoral Seminar in Health Economics