Political Science Courses

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.

Developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty, this professional credential program equips you with the skills necessary to advance the public good.

This free online course from Harvard Kennedy School introduces approaches to analytical decision-making for policy design.

Led by Nancy Gibbs, this video explores the underlying forces that are shaping today’s media environment.

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

Learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

Explore what makes cities energizing, amazing, challenging, and perhaps humanity’s greatest invention.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.