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Do not fill this in! == Academics == === Degrees === Harvard Kennedy School offers four master's degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Kennedy School β Office of Admissions |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/admissions/overview |access-date=July 16, 2014 |publisher=Hks.harvard.edu}}</ref> The two-year [[Master of Public Policy|Master in Public Policy]] (MPP) program focuses on [[policy analysis]], [[economics]], [[management]], ethics, statistics and negotiations in the public sector.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master in Public Policy {{!}} Harvard Kennedy School |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/education/masters-programs/master-public-policy |access-date=October 2, 2017 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> There are three separate [[Master in Public Administration]] (MPA) programs: a one-year Mid-Career Program (MC/MPA) intended for professionals who are more than seven years removed from their college graduation; a two-year MPA program intended for professionals who have an additional graduate degree and are more recently out of school; and a two-year international development track (MPA/ID) focused on [[economic development|development]] studies with a strong emphasis on [[economics]] and [[Quantitative research|quantitative analysis]]. Members of the mid-career MPA class are Mason Fellows, who are public and private executives from developing countries. Mason Fellows typically constitute about 50 percent of the incoming class of Mid-Career MPA candidates. The Mason cohort is the most diverse at Harvard in terms of nationalities and ethnicities represented. It is named after [[Edward Sagendorph Mason]], the former Harvard professor who, from 1947 to 1958, was dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, now known as Harvard Kennedy School. In addition to the master's programs, Harvard Kennedy School administers three doctoral programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Kennedy School β Doctoral Programs|url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/doctoral-programs |access-date=March 24, 2023 |publisher=Hks.harvard.edu}}</ref> [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degrees are awarded in [[public policy]], in [[social policy]] in conjunction with Harvard's departments of government and [[sociology]], and in [[health policy]] in conjunction with FAS and the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health|Harvard School of Public Health]]. ==== Joint and concurrent degrees ==== Harvard Kennedy School has a number of joint and concurrent degree programs within Harvard and with other leading universities, which allow students to receive multiple degrees in a reduced period of time. Joint and current students spend at least one year in residence in Cambridge taking courses. Harvard Kennedy School joint degree programs are run with [[Harvard Business School]], [[Harvard Law School]], and [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]], and concurrent programs are offered with [[Harvard Divinity School]] and [[Harvard Medical School]]. Beyond Harvard, HKS has concurrent degree arrangements with other law, business, and medical schools, including the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]], the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], the [[Tuck School of Business]] at [[Dartmouth College]], [[The Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Columbia Law School]], [[Duke University School of Law]], [[Georgetown University Law Center]], [[New York University School of Law]], [[Northwestern University School of Law]], [[Stanford Law School]], [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]], [[University of Michigan Law School]], [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]], [[Yale Law School]], and [[UCSF School of Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Kennedy School β Joint & Concurrent Degrees |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/joint-degrees |access-date=July 16, 2014 |publisher=Hks.harvard.edu}}</ref> Abroad, Harvard Kennedy School offers a dual degree with the [[Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies]] in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dual Master with Harvard Kennedy School {{!}} IHEID |url=https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/HKS-dual-master |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=www.graduateinstitute.ch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dual Degree |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/masters-programs/joint-concurrent-degrees/dual-degree |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> === HKS courses === Harvard Kennedy School maintains six academic divisions each headed by a faculty chair. In addition to offerings in the Harvard Kennedy School course listing, students are eligible to cross-register for courses at the other graduate and professional schools at Harvard and at the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], [[The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]], and the [[MIT School of Architecture and Planning]]. MPP coursework is focused on one of five areas, called a Policy Area of Concentration (PAC),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/masters-programs/master-public-policy/curriculum | title=Curriculum }}</ref> and includes a year-long research seminar in their second year, which includes a master's thesis called a Policy Analysis Exercise.<ref name="HKS Course Listing">{{Cite web |title=HKS Course Listing |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/teaching-and-courses/courses |access-date=July 16, 2014 |publisher=Hks.harvard.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/masters-programs/master-public-policy/curriculum/policy-analysis-exercise | title=Policy Analysis Exercise }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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