Undergraduate Program
Courses Approved as Gov Electives
Government Elective Courses
2012-2013
The following courses have been approved for elective concentration credit in Government. This list is comprehensive and contains any course that has been approved for department credit in the past, and as a result includes courses that are not currently being offered. If there is a course that you think should count toward the Government Department requirements and it is not on this list, please contact the Undergraduate Program. Courses expected to be offered in the 2012-2013 academic year are indicated in bold.
GOVERNMENT AS AN ELECTIVE-- All Government Department courses (except Gov 91r, Supervised Reading and Research) count for Government elective credit. In addition, the following cross-listed courses count for Gov elective credit. Only cross-listed classes taught by Government faculty may count for subfield credit.
African and African American Studies 128, 130, 191
East Asian Studies 98b, 98d, 121, 195
Economics 1340, 1370, 1430, 2020a, 2020b, 2054, 2080, 2328
Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning 13, 20
Engineering Sciences 103
Environmental Science and Public Policy 78
Ethical Reasoning 11, 16, 22, 27, 30, 34
General Education 103
French 190, 242
Historical Study A-12, A-51, A-71, A-73, B-34, B-60, B-61, B-64
History 73a (formerly History 1474), 82c (formerly 1466), 82f, 1281, 1322, 1329, 1465, 1989, 2472, 2782
Literature & Arts B-62
Modern Middle East 120
Moral Reasoning 17, 22, 28, 58, 64, 68, 74
Philosophy 171z
Quantitative Reasoning 38
Religion 1832
Social Analysis 46, 52, 54
Social Studies 40, 50, 53, 98ji, 98lb, 98ln
Societies of the World 15, 20, 32
Sociology 164, 212, 259
United States in the World 15, 18, 20, 25, 31
House Seminars: Dudley 111, Dunster 103, Leverett 113, Mather 102, Winthrop 108, 114
Freshmen Seminars (as P/F Govt. elective only): 40i, 42k, 42p, 42u, 43e , 43k , 45g, 46m, 48i, 48k, 49i, 49z
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL COURSES PRE-APPROVED FOR GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATION CREDIT
2012-13
| Business and Government Policy | |||
| BGP-100 | The Business-Government Relationship in the United States | Roger Porter | Fall |
| Democracy, Politics, and Institutions | |||
| DPI-225 | Religion and Politics: Defining the Actors and Debating the Issues | Bryan Hehir | Fall |
| DPI-251 | Moral Controversies and Public Policy | Frances Kamm | Fall |
| DPI-329* | Contemporary Issues in American Elections | David Gergen, Elaine Kamarck | Fall |
| DPI-342 | Religion, Politics, and Public Policy | Richard Parker | Fall |
| DPI-413 | Challenges of Democratization | Pippa Norris | Fall |
| DPI-416 | Global Challenges of Electoral Integrity | Pippa Norris | Fall |
| DPI-684 | New Media Surveillance, Access, Propaganda, and Democracy | Nolan Bowie | Fall |
| DPI-120* | The U.S. Congress and Law Making | David King | Spring |
| DPI-132 | Presidents, Politics, and Economic Growth: From WWII to Obama | Richard Parker | Spring |
| DPI-230 | Legitimacy and Resistance | Arthur Applbaum | Spring |
| DPI-431 | Global Europe: Democracy, Policy, and Governance | Muriel Rouyer | Spring |
| DPI-460 | Latin American Politics and Policymaking | Candelaria Garay | Spring |
| DPI-600 | Press, Politics, and Public Policy | Alex Jones | Spring |
| DPI-703 | Understanding Democracy Through History | Alexander Keyssar | Spring |
| DPI-705 | History, Politics, and the Public | Moshik Temkin | Spring |
| International Trade and Finance | |||
| ITF-110 | The Political Economy of Trade | Robert Lawrence | Fall |
| International and Global Affairs | |||
| IGA-103 | Global Governance | John Ruggie | Fall |
| IGA-112 | The Politics and Ethics of Statecraft | Bryan Hehir | Fall |
| IGA-118 | Power and Its Alternatives in International Relations | Richard Rosecrance | Fall |
| IGA-224 | Decision Making in Recent Crises | Meghan O'Sullivan | Fall |
| IGA-232 | Controlling Weapons Proliferation | Matthew Bunn | Fall |
| IGA-304 | Human Rights and International Politics | Mathias Risse | Fall |
| IGA-412 | The Geopolitics of Energy | Meghan O'Sullivan | Fall |
| IGA-422 | Global Food Politics and Policy | Robert Paarlberg | Fall |
| IGA-513 | Science, Power, and Politics | Sheila Jasanoff | Fall |
| IGA-116 | Great Power Competition in the International System | Nicholas Burns | Spring |
| IGA-220 | The Politics and Ethics of the Use of Force | Bryan Hehir | Spring |
| IGA-227 | Insurgents, Terrorists, and Violence: Causes and Consequences of Civil War | Dara Cohen | Spring |
| IGA-335 | Values, Interests, and the Crafting of U.S. Foreign Policy | Sarah Sewall | Spring |
| Political and Economic Development | |||
| PED-313 | The Politics of Development Policy | Jose Carlos Rodriguez-Pueblita | Spring |
| Social and Urban Policy | |||
| SUP-449 | Politics and Education Policy in the U.S. | Martin West | Fall |
| SUP-582 | Health Policy Reform: Comparative Approaches to Reducing Inequalities | Mary Ruggie | Fall |
| SUP-601 | Urban Policies, Planning, and Development | Alan Altshuler | Fall |
Enrollment is always at the discretion of the HKS professor. Please note that there is a special procedure for non-HKS students to register for classes. Also note that according to Harvard College rules, an HKS course can be counted for concentration credit, and thus factored into your college and concentration GPA, only if a cross-registration petition is filed by the Fifth Monday of the semester in which the course is taken. This form, available in the Registrar's Office and the Government Undergraduate Office, requires the signature of the DUS. Please come to the Undergraduate office in CGIS between 9 and 5 to get the cross-registration form signed.
*Enrollment for this course is restricted to juniors and seniors.
