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Learn from Harvard Kennedy School faculty—online, anytime.

Join an open community of adult learners, where world-class faculty bring pressing public challenges to life through engaging online courses. 

Explore high-impact courses that help you build in-demand skills to boost your career. Gain foundational knowledge and leadership strategies that equip you with powerful insights.

Whether you’re advancing your career in public leadership or exploring new ideas in government, politics, or policy, our flexible courses make it easy to learn on your schedule.

Discounts available on select courses for government, nonprofit, education, and military employees. .

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Harvard Online Courses for Adult Learners

 

Build a risk mitigation strategy to protect your organization. You’ll learn to safeguard digital assets and strengthen cyber resilience.

Faculty: Eric Rosenbach
Delivery: Online, Scheduled Cohorts
Commitment: 8 weeks, 8–11 hours per week

 

Learn to execute high-impact strategies and build your skills in communication, crisis response, team leadership, and long-term execution.

Faculty: Eric Rosenbach
Delivery:  Online, Scheduled Cohorts
Commitment: 4 weeks, 4–5 hours per week

 

Navigate privacy challenges and lead responsibly in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Faculty: Michael D. Smith and Jim Waldo, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Delivery: Online, Scheduled Cohorts
Commitment: 5 weeks, 4–5 hours per week

 

Blend research and practical strategies to help you build lasting well-being, improve your mindset, and create a more purposeful, fulfilling life.

Faculty: Arthur Brooks
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 6 weeks, 2–3 hours per week

 

Build foundational leadership skills, understand systems, engage stakeholders, and take action on the issues that matter most to you.

Faculty: Ronald Heifetz
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 4 weeks, 2–3 hours per week

 

Learn to lead change and create lasting public value. Gain practical tools to design solutions, build support, and drive impact on the challenges that matter most.

Faculty: Mark Moore
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 7 weeks, 2–3 hours per week

 

Explore power, federalism, and equality—and how foundational ideals continue to shape American democracy and civic life today.

Faculty: Thomas Patterson
Delivery: Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 4 weeks, 2–4 hours per week

 

Discover how public opinion, political parties, social movements, and media shape U.S. politics. 

Faculty: Thomas Patterson
Delivery: Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 4 weeks, 2–4 hours per week

 

Explore how Congress, the presidency, and the courts interact—how voters, parties, and agencies shape political outcomes.

Faculty: Thomas Patterson
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 4 weeks, 2–4 hr per week

 

This course explores key issues—from climate change to trade—and the political forces driving today’s most pressing policy debates.

Faculty: Thomas Patterson
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 4 weeks, 2–4 hours per week

 

Develop your civic voice, understand your rights, and engage meaningfully in your community and government.

Faculty: Danielle Allen
Delivery:  Online, Asynchronous
Commitment: 7 weeks, 1–3 hours per week

 

Learn to think critically with data and understand key data science concepts to drive informed decisions—no coding required.

Faculty: Dustin Tingley
Delivery:  Online, Scheduled Cohorts
Commitment: 4 weeks, 4–5 hours per week

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