Political Science Courses

Persuasive Communication is designed to help you build a critical set of skills in writing, speaking, and presentation by providing a dynamic forum to learn, practice, and receive feedback on these essential skills.

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

This one-week on-campus executive education program developed by Harvard Kennedy School provides a foundational understanding of decarbonization and its economic impact.

Join Harvard Kennedy School faculty and former Pentagon Chief of Staff Eric Rosenbach to learn how to develop strategies for public leadership success.

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

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.

Turn the uncertainty of today's global economy into an opportunity to manage risk, and create and capture value for your organization, in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Leading People, Building Teams helps you lead with confidence, support colleagues making the transition to management, and strengthen your organization's capacity to coach and retain talent.

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

This on-campus executive program is designed to equip leaders with the technical, strategic, and policy foundations necessary to navigate these critical emerging technologies.

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

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an online executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.

Leading Successful Programs will challenge you to rethink your programs' goals and reassess how you gather, evaluate, and use data to determine their effectiveness.

This three week on campus executive provides a balance of traditional and hands-on learning experiences to help seasoned public officials better address the concerns of their constituents and communities.

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

This on-campus executive program offers a stimulating and challenging curriculum that invites you to learn how to exercise leadership with more courage, skill, and effectiveness.

Leading Economic Growth is an online executive program that brings together leading experts in economic development with practitioners from around the globe to focus on practical approaches to shared growth and development. 

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an online executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.

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

Led by Harvard Instructors and historians, you will discover China’s return to power through political, social, and economic growth in relation to other countries.

This 5-day Harvard Kennedy School executive program will develop and expand your capacity to be one of tomorrow’s leaders.

Senior Executives in National and International Security is an online executive program convening senior security officials from around the world focused on the future of security.

The Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy on-campus executive program lies at the critical intersection of policy and technology.

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

This 5-day Harvard Kennedy School executive program will develop and expand your capacity to be one of tomorrow’s leaders.

The Executive Leaders and Government program at Harvard Kennedy School provides a unique opportunity for senior executives to strengthen their leadership skills and expand their competencies.

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

Strategies for Inclusive Growth is a one-week, on-campus program from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education.