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The instructor must hold a HKS instructional appointment. Instructional appointments are at the level of professor (or assistant, associate, adjunct, or visiting professor) or lecturer (or adjunct or visiting lecturer).
If the prospective instructor holds a faculty appointment in another Harvard school, they may be given a courtesy appointment (Category E) in the Harvard Kennedy School. View the description of Category E appointments under Jointly Listed Courses.
If the instructor is from another university, they will receive a visiting appointment. Occasionally a doctoral candidate may be given an appointment as Instructor in order to cover an essential course. As with all HKS appointments, instructor appointments must follow the school's faculty appointment procedures.
A course taught in a single session can be taught by two or more instructors. This does not apply to a course taught in several sections, each of which has a different instructor. When a course is co-taught by two or more instructors, at least one of them must hold a HKS teaching appointment. Again, the courtesy Category E appointment may be used.
These guidelines should be understood as measures by which the school maintains control over its own curriculum, and therefore over what it is certifying in awarding a degree.
HKS does not offer courses taught by individuals who are not members of any Harvard faculty.
Only those with a HKS instructional appointment may offer a HKS degree program course.
A new course must be approved by the Area Chair for the field in which the course falls, in consultation with the Academic Dean and Associate Academic Dean.
New course proposals should be sent to the Area Chair, with copies to the Academic Dean, Associate Academic Dean, and Director of Academic Affairs Planning. Proposals for a course in the upcoming academic year should be submitted to the Area Chair by Feb. 1 of the preceding academic year.
The Area Chair considers the content of the course in light of the following factors:
The Director of Academic Affairs Planning assigns a course number, and the Coordinator of Teaching Support schedules the day/time/room for the course, adds it to the course schedule, and posts the description on the Course Listing.
Before the term starts, Information Technology Services (ITS) will create an Intranet (password protected) Class Page.
The proposal for a new course should include:
The purpose of the description is to give students an idea of what they will learn, how they will learn it, and how they will be graded. Short descriptions of all HKS courses are published on line on the internet. See below for information that should be included. The best way to see what makes a good course description is to read through several on the Catalog Pages. It's also appropriate to ask colleagues to critique your description if you wish.
In choosing the semester for a new course, the instructor should consider sequencing (if the course has prerequisites), the audience, competing electives, space, or time of day availability. The Director of Academic Affairs Planning, or others knowledgeable about enrollment data, can advise faculty but ultimately the semester or module period the course is offered must be approved by the Area Chair and the Academic Dean.
Using "Permission of the Instructor" must be approved by both the Area Chair and the Academic Dean. This is generally acceptable if the course in question is an integral part of a particular degree program and the instructor wishes to exercise discretion in admitting students who are not part of that program. Permission of Instructor is also permissible when deciding whether to admit non-HKS students. Note, however, that the university in general is opposed to raising "barriers to trade" between different schools. It is not acceptable to use Permission of Instructor as a device to limit enrollment, or to "cherry pick" among different students. If the course is jointly listed and taught at the Kennedy School it must conform to Kennedy School standards regarding Permission of Instructor (approval from both the HKS Area Chair and the HKS Academic Dean).
HKS courses fall into two main categories: methodological and substantive. Methodological courses are "how to …" courses, focusing on the skills – analytical, managerial, and political – that a broad range of public sector situations and positions demand. Substantive courses focus on the salient issues in a particular policy area or institutional arena. The requirements for the MPP degree, for example, reflect the philosophy behind this dichotomy: while the required courses are all methodological, some students must also present the equivalent of a master's thesis, (the Policy Analysis Exercise for MPP students, or the Second Year Policy Analysis for MPAID students) in which each analyzes a specific real world problem in a substantive policy area and offers recommendations for addressing it.
API-100s Economic Analysis
API-200s: Empirical Analysis
API-300s: Modeling and Applications
API-500s: Policy Design - Methods & Applications
MLD 100s: Core courses
MLD 200s-300s: Negotiation, Decision Sciences, Leadership
MLD 400s-600s: Managing Finances, Information, People and Strategy
MLD 800s: Non Profit Management
MLD 900s: Seminars
DPI 100s: Politics, Institutions and Policy
DPI 200s: Political Philosophy and Ethics
DPI 300s: Elections, Participation, and Social Movements
DPI 400s: Comparative Institutions and Democratization
DPI 500s: Law and Public Policy
DPI 600s: Communication, Public Opinion, and the Press
DPI 700s: Historical Analysis
DPI-800s: Communications
IGA-100s: Integrating Concepts
IGA-200s: Security
IGA-300s: Human Rights
IGA-400s: Environment, Health, and Resources
IGA-500s: Science and Technology
IGA-600s: IGA Arenas
IGA-900s: Doctoral
BGP Business and Government Policy
ITF International Trade and Finance
PED Political and Economic Development
100-149 Introductory and survey courses; the introductory course is usually (but not always) the 100 or 110 course: BGP-100, etc.
150-199 Seminars; the 150Y courses are the PAC seminars in which MPPs write their masters' theses; MPAIDs have similar seminars (SYPA)
200-299 Intermediate and advanced methods and approaches
300-399 Institutional and management approaches
400-499 Comparative courses
500-999 Special topics and workshops
M (as in MLD-517M): Indicates that the course is a module.
Y (as in IGA-150Y): Indicates that the course meets throughout the academic year, but nevertheless earns only one credit. HKS has very few Y courses other than those in which students write their PAEs and SYPAs.
A, B, etc. (as in API-201B): Indicates the section in a multi-section course.
Whenever possible a new course is given a number close to existing course numbers on the same general topic. Courses receive only one HKS course number; jointly listed courses have an additional number for each school within the University in which they are offered. E.g, API-112: "Also offered by the Economics Department as Econ 2020a and by the Business School as HBS 4010." See Jointly Listed Courses for additional information.
These individual reading and research courses are numbered by adding to RAR the supervising instructor's 3-digit RAR ID number. Thus if Professor John Smith's RAR ID number is 099, the RARs he supervises are numbered RAR-099. See Reading and Research for additional information.
HKS has always been reluctant to divide its curriculum by creating disciplinary departments or similar organizational units along Faculty of Arts and Sciences lines. The reasoning: effective service in the public interest is inevitably multidisciplinary; therefore the higher the fences between disciplines, the less likely we are to produce good public policy and train good public officials. At the same time, a curriculum as extensive as ours must be managed. Hence the curriculum is divided into six segments called Areas, each chaired by a faculty member.
Area |
Area Chair 2010-2011 |
Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) |
International and Global Affairs (IGA) |
Democracy, Politics, and Instituitons (DPI) |
Social and Urban Policy (SUP) |
Markets, Business, and Government (MBG) |
International Development (DEV) |
Together with Academic Dean, these six Area Chairs are part of the Faculty Steering Committee that advises the Dean on critical management issues for the school. The other faculty members of the Steering Committee are the Associate Academic Dean, Faculty directors of each of the degree programs, the Dean of Students and Director of Degree Programs, the Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education and the Executive Dean and the Representative to the University's group on Diversity and Faculty Development. The Assistant Academic Dean provides staff support for the Faculty Steering Committee.
The Kennedy School curriculum consists of about 220 courses of assorted types; the critical credit and format information appears in the table below. Click on the course type for additional information.
Course Type |
Credit |
Course Length |
When It Meets |
Typical # of Meetings |
Class Length |
Grading Scale |
Standard |
1.0 |
1 Semester |
F or S |
2 Per Week; 24-26 Meetings |
1.5 Hrs |
Module (M) |
0.5 |
0.5 Semester |
Fall Pd 1,2 or Spring Pd 3, 4 |
2 Per Week; 12-13 Meetings |
1.5 Hrs |
Seminar (Y)* |
1.0 |
2 Semesters |
Yearlong |
1 Per Week** |
2 to 2.5 Hrs |
Seminar (nonY) |
1.0 |
1 Semester |
F or S |
1 Per Week; 12-13 Per Semester |
2 Hrs |
January Courses |
0.5 or 1.0 |
January |
January |
18-19.6 Hours for 0.5 Credit; 36-39 Hours for 1.0 Credit |
4-8 Hrs |
Reading and Research |
1.0 |
1 Semester |
By Appointment with Instructor |
Sat/Unsa |
Jointly Listed* |
1.0 |
1 Semester |
F or S |
2 Per Week; 24-26 Meetings |
1 to 1.5 Hrs |
*Jointly listed modules are very rare but not unheard of. **Some seminars meet alternate weeks only; others meet weekly but conclude early in the spring semester. Total meeting hours are usually roughly equivalent to a 1 credit course. ***The grading system for a jointly listed course is that of the school where the course physically takes place. Most Harvard schools us A-E; HBS is an exception. |
The grading system honors the system of the school in which the course physically takes place. HKS students must always receive a letter grade if this is an option. If this is not an option they receive the non letter grade used by the host school. For credit equivalencies see the Student Handbook (links to PDF).
Standard semester length for a HKS course. The semester is normally 13 to 14 weeks long; a module generally 6-7 weeks long. Faculty are expected to be present through the last possible class meeting date in the fall or spring semester.
The standard HKS course meets twice a week (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday), 1.5 hours each time, for a total of three hours per week for the full semester. Satisfactory completion earns one credit toward a degree. Course format is considered part of the course design, and is included in the course approval process. Major changes in course format must be approved by the Course Area Chair.
A module is a course that meets for one half of a semester in one of the four designated module periods; satisfactory completion earns 0.5 credits toward a degree. Module Periods 1 and 2 are in the fall semester, 3 and 4 in the spring semester. Depending on the calendar, each module is six or seven weeks long. Modules customarily meet twice a week for 1.5 hours each time. A module may not be stretched out over a semester, nor may it be reduced to a shorter but more intense period within a standard module period.
Two hour seminars meet once a week for a full semester; they earn one course credit. The class is normally small (25 students or less). They are called seminars because the instructor has chosen to run them on that basis, usually to facilitate student discussion of assigned reading or student work in process. Approval of the Course Area Chair and the Academic Dean for this format is required. (Note: three hour seminars are generally not an option. Also, note that the traditional yearlong Harvard seminar meeting for two hours on alternate weeks throughout the year, yielding a major research paper, is not a standard Kennedy School format and exceedingly rare. If offered the student earns 1.0 credit.)
Courses meeting once a week for three hours are rarely permitted, and then only when the instructor's primary affiliation is outside of Cambridge. These courses must be approved by the Course Area Chair and the Academic Dean. Three-hour classes disrupt the course schedule by creating course conflicts for students and room assignments; hence they are scheduled only on Fridays after 1:00 p.m.
Most of the HKS "Y" courses are seminars that support the writing of the required PAEs (Policy Analysis Exercises) and SYPAs (Second Year Policy Analyses) for MPPs and MPAIDs respectively. (Course numbers for these seminars are shown below). Year long courses that do not fall into these two categories are extremely rare. The written products for PAEs and SYPAs are the HKS equivalent of a master's thesis, wherein students analyze an actual problem in a particular policy area and provide recommendations for addressing it. During the fall semester the seminars typically meet every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. After the Winter break most of them meet less frequently, as students dig in for serious research, analysis, and writing. The whole process – seminar plus paper – earns one course credit toward the degree.
BGP-150Y: Business and Government Policy
DPI-150Y: Democracy, Politics and Institutions
IGA-150Y: International and Global Affairs
ITF-150Y: Internatioal Trade and Finance
PED-150Y: Political and Economic Development
SUP-150Y: Social and Urban Policy
MPA/ID students in their second year right the Second Year Policy Analysis paper. This paper is developed in the course numbered PED-250Y, which is taught in several sections.
RAR courses are independent research courses offered at the discretion of a faculty member, who may accept or reject a student's request to supervise an RAR. The usual product of an RAR is a major research paper 25-30 pages in length.
Students fill out and file with the Office of the Registrar an RAR petition, a contract between the student and the faculty member outlining the work the student must accomplish to receive a grade. RAR courses are graded pass/fail only (the actual grades are SAT and UNSAT) and customarily earn 1 credit. RAR contracts are identified by the faculty member's 3-digit RAR number, which may be obtained from the Registar's Office. The course number that appears on the student's transcript will be of the form RAR-039. All RARs supervised by the same faculty member, even though they are with different students, receive the same RAR number. Normally the Kennedy School does not offer group RARs; each RAR is an individual contract with the individual student.
Restrictions: A student may not be paid for the research associated with an RAR, nor may it be carried out for the benefit of a particular organization.
Who may supervise an RAR. RARs may be supervised only by a faculty member who holds an appointment as Lecturer or as Assistant , Associate, or full Professor. All others must obtain permission to supervise an RAR from the appropriate LINK Course Area Char and the Associate Academic Dean.
Download Reading and Research Contract
For additional information visit the Office of the Registrar for our Reading and Research Policy.
The Kennedy School has offers a handful of intensive, for-credit courses and other non-credit activities in January (for 1.0 or 0.5 credit). January courses meet for several hours a day, five or even six days a week. Faculty interested in offering a January course should consult with the relevant Course Area Chair and the Academic Dean.
A jointly listed course is one that has both a Kennedy School course number and a course number in one or more of the other Harvard schools. The course may be co-taught by instructors from the participating schools or by an instructor from one school only. It is taught to all of the students who have registered for it, whichever number they have used, in the same classroom at the same time. It may meet at the Kennedy School or elsewhere. Almost all of the jointly listed courses are 1-credit courses.
Microeconomic Theory II is offered by HKS as API-112, by the Economics Department as Econ 2020b, and by the Business School as HBS 4011.
Jointly listed courses should not be confused with "cross registration". A course appearing in the course offerings of more than one school is jointly listed. A student from another school, "crossing" the Harvard campus to register for a Kennedy School course using the HKS course number is a cross registered student.
A request for a joint listing may originate with the Kennedy School or with another Harvard school. (Joint listing with a non Harvard course is not an option.) In either case, it must be approved by the Kennedy School Academic Dean and the relevant HKS Area Chair. The request to jointly list a course goes first to the Course Area Chair for a recommendation and then to the Academic Dean. The request must include a memo or email from the non-Kennedy School department head agreeing to jointly list the course. (This is true whether the faculty member is asking to jointly list a Kennedy School course with another department, or if it's the other department requesting to list one of their courses with the Kennedy School.) Requests are evaluated on the basis of content (especially policy relevance), course level, feasibility (expense, space, student access, etc.), and benefit to the school more broadly (e.g., bringing other student voices to the classroom, strengthening ties to faculty in other schools).
In order to sign the grade sheet for any HKS course, an instructor must have a HKS teaching appointment. This is not a problem when one of the instructors in the joint course is a member of the Kennedy School faculty. When the jointly listed course has only a non-HKS instructor, however, that instructor must be given a HKS faculty appointment. In the Kennedy School, the appointment is a "Category E" appointment, a class of annual appointments that is reserved for this particular use.
In one sense this is little more than a formality; the appointment by the Kennedy School senior faculty is handled by mail. But more broadly it should be understood as a direct measure by which the school maintains control over its own curriculum, and therefore over what it is certifying in awarding a degree.
If the course is held at the Kennedy School, the faculty, the course, and the students enrolled in the course must conform to the HKS guidelines regarding course grading, scheduling, enrollment policies, CA/TF allocations, copyright permissions, course materials, course evaluations, exam schedule, etc. (See below for details.) If the course is held at another school it follows the calendar and administrative rules and regulations of that school.
The faculty member is responsible for conveying and confirming all information that must be exchanged among the participating schools. He or she must be sure that the administrations of all schools that list the joint course have all the relevant details for the course. The faculty member must make sure that the catalog copy has been submitted in both places, that it says the same thing in both places, and that all participating schools understand when and where the course is being taught. In short, the HKS faculty member must not rely on the other schools to convey essential information to or from HKS about these details.
The joint listing process implicitly assumes that neither participating school compensates the other school for the use of faculty time. Exceptions are extremely rare and must be approved in advance by the Academic Dean.
A jointly listed course conforms to the scheduling guidelines of the school in which it meets. Faculty who are negotiating a joint listing should keep this in mind, for the variation in academic schedules (especially in class start/end days, and final exams) across Harvard schools is a problem for Kennedy School students.
A prescribed share of spaces must be held for students registering under the HKS number: half the spaces if the course is jointly listed in the Kennedy School and one other school, a third if listed in the Kennedy School and two other schools, etc. Consult with the Kennedy School Registrar on establishing the number of total spaces.
Course materials for jointly listed courses that meet at the HKS are usually distributed through the Course Materials Office and require compliance with federal copyright regulations. Materials for jointly listed courses held at the other school are distributed through that school's CMO equivalent. (The CMO does not process materials for non HKS courses taught by HKS faculty at other schools.)
For the purpose of evaluating its courses the HKS does not use evaluation data derived from other schools' course evaluation forms. All HKS courses must be evaluated using the HKS evaluation questions. This can mean that students in a jointly listed course will have more than one evaluation to complete for the course (one for each course number). Course evaluations for courses held at the Kennedy School are on line. To participate, students registered under the other school's number must register for a Kennedy School intranet username and password.
If the course meets at another school, the HKS will ask the registrars from other schools to forward email lists of non-HKS students registered under the other school's number. We will then email those non-HKS students with instructions on how to go on line to the Kennedy School course evaluation site to evaluate the course under the HKS number. Please note that not all registrars agree to send these lists; some feel that it will dilute the response rate they get to their own course evaluations.
The grading system for a jointly listed course follows the system of the school in which the course physically takes place. In most cases all students in the course must be graded on the same scale. Regular courses offered at the Kennedy School award letter grades only; there is no pass/fail option. Only the RAR courses are graded using the pass/fail equivalent, Sat/Unsat. If the joint course meets at another school that offers a choice between pass/fail and a letter grade, Kennedy School students are required to choose the letter grade. If there is no such option they may take the course pass/fail.
There is no master enrollment list for a jointly listed course. Rather, the instructor receives a separate class list from the registrar in each school in which the course is jointly listed. Thus for API-112, the Kennedy School Registrar sends the instructor the names of students who enrolled under the HKS number. The FAS Registrar does the same for those enrolled under the Economics number, and the Business School Registrar for those enrolled under the HBS course number. Faculty who are co-teaching a jointly listed course should settle early on who will have custody of the grade sheets; in most cases it will be the instructor from the school where the class physically meets.
Each school decides how much credit the students registering under its course number will receive. Students registering under the Kennedy School number receive one credit for a semester long course, one-half credit for a module.
The general rules for CAs and TFs in jointly listed courses differ slightly from those for strictly HKS courses. See Assigning CAs and TFs for information on the allocation of CAs and TFs to jointly listed courses.
Course Area Chair approval is required for significant changes in an existing course, including changes in substance, instructors, prerequisites, semester, and meeting format. Faculty wishing to make such changes should submit a written request to the Area Chair detailing the changes.
In early to mid-March faculty are sent copies of the current course descriptions (and biographies) for their courses, along with a Course Information Form (CIF).
Instructors edit the descriptions and return them, along with the CIF, to the Associate Academic Dean's Office. No Area Chair approval is needed unless the changes are substantial. If an existing course is to have a different instructor, the new instructor is sent the course description for editing. Only if a faculty member is teaching a new course does he or she have to start from scratch. For that process, see the Proposing a New Course section above.
Permission of the Course Area Chair and Academic Dean is required to drop a course that has already been scheduled.
Usually a course must have a minimum of five registered students to be offered under the course number. If so few students enroll in a course that the instructor questions even holding the course, he or she needs permission from the Area Chair and Academic Dean to drop the course. Alternatively, the faculty member may choose to sign a Reading and Research (RAR)contract with each of the interested students. Ordinarily the Kennedy School does not offer group RAR courses; each student submits and is graded on a separate contract.
Brackets [ ] around a course title indicate that the course is not currently offered. Bracketing requires the permission of the Area Chair and the Academic Dean. The course description remains in the Catalog Pages only when it is expected that the course will again be offered in the near future. Courses bracketed for two consecutive years are dropped from the Catalog Pages. Many students are here for only one year, and most of the two-year students may take electives only in their second year. Hence the Faculty of Arts and Sciences approach of bracketing in alternate years is inappropriate for the Kennedy School.
Course schedules and classrooms are set by the Coordinator for Teaching Support. For the current year's schedule, see Course Schedules. During the first ten days of classes the Coordinator works to swap courses to different rooms if necessary to accommodate student enrollments. After the first ten days of classes, when the schedule has settled down, all classroom reservations are handled by the Scheduling Services in the Office of Facilities and Services.
Drafts for the fall and spring schedules are e-mailed to faculty in July for their comment; the final schedules, both fall and spring, go on the Internet on August 1. Because of the complexity of the degree program requirements, course sequencing, the number of faculty teaching, their individual schedules, and space constraints, each year the schedule is crafted from scratch. In creating the course schedule the primary concern is to schedule classes so that students may take them in the appropriate sequence. There are no "regular" time slots for any Kennedy School courses. Faculty should not assume that a course will be scheduled in the same time slot on the same days from year to year.
Fitting 120 or more courses per semester into such a limited number of time slots and an equally limited number of classrooms is a difficult business. Frequently it is suggested that the scheduling be done by computer. However those who have studied it soon abandoned that idea as they became aware of the multiple constraints that would have to be programmed into the software. Moreover, changes from year to year would require annual reprogramming if computerized.
Classes must meet in the following standard time blocks:
Standard 1.5 Hour Period | Standard 2 Hour Period | ||
Starts promptly at | Ends promptly at | Starts promplty at | Ends promptly at |
8:40 | 10:00 | ||
10:10 | 11:30 | ||
11:40 | 1:00 | ||
1:10 | 2:30 | 2:10 | 4:00 |
2:40 | 4:00 | 2:40 | 4:30 |
4:10 | 5:30 | 4:10 | 6:00 |
The standard class meets for 1.5 hours twice a week. Classes do not begin before 8:40 am and generally do not run past 6:00 pm Occasionally classes are scheduled in the evening on a case by case basis. The Kennedy School does not hold weekend classes.
Tuesday classes must end by 4:00 to accommodate various faculty meetings that begin at 4:00 pm Exceptions may be made on Tuesday for part-time, out of town faculty who do not participate in faculty meetings. On Thursdays most classes are over by 4:00 in order to accommodate the PAC seminars ("XXX-150Y" courses) and the MPAID SYPA seminars, which meet Thursdays at 4:10-5:00. These seminars require nearly all of the rooms, so that effectively no other classes may be scheduled Thursday at 4:10 or 4:40 pm.
These may be held only after 1:00 pm They are usually scheduled on Monday or Wednesday afternoon (2:40-4:30) and on Tuesday or Thursday afternoon (2:10-4:00). To better utilize the Kennedy School classrooms, two-hour courses are matched (e.g., a course that meets Monday 4:10-6:00 is matched with a course that meets Wednesday at 4:10-6:00 in the same room). Scheduling flexibility is very limited, for any two-hour class conflicts with two 1.5 hour time zones, thereby doubling the substantive course conflicts for students. In addition, two-hour courses beginning at 2:10 are least desirable because they take the room off line in the 1-2:30 timeslot on the day they are offered and on the "partner" day. Faculty should consider these conflicts as well as their own personal preferences for meeting times when requesting a time slot for a course.
Courses meeting once a week for three hours are rarely permitted, and then only when the instructor's primary affiliation is outside of Cambridge. These courses must be approved by the Course Area Chair and the Academic Dean. Three-hour classes disrupt the course schedule by creating course conflicts for students and room assignments; hence they are scheduled only on Fridays after 1:00 pm.
With few exceptions, classes are not held on Fridays, which are reserved for review sessions.
Click on the Academic Calendar Key Dates for Faculty and Staff to see how many meetings each course has if it meets M/W, T, T/Th, etc. in each semester or module period.
Classes are scheduled to give students time to move between classrooms (especially between 124 Mt. Auburn Street and the main quadrangle). The times listed in the schedule are the exact times classes are to start and end. Students are expected to be seated in the classroom at the start time. Faculty are expected to begin teaching at the start time. Faculty are expected to cease teaching and students are expected to vacate the room precisely at the end time. Failure to vacate the classroom at the end time leads to all subsequent classes backing up.
Faculty should not let their class run over! Even if the start of your class is delayed because the previous class is in overtime, you may not extend your own class to regain the lost time; you must allow the next class to come into the room on schedule. It is your responsibility as a faculty member to end your class on time and to insist that students leave the room promptly. If your after-class discussions occur frequently, establish a regular meeting place for them.
If the class ahead of yours regularly runs over… Dealing with this can be awkward. Try negotiating with the laggard; if this is unsuccessful, consult the Academic Dean.
Once the draft schedule has been approved by faculty the schedule is considered firm. Faculty are expected to be present for all of their class meetings through to the end of the semester. They may not regularly reschedule individual classes to accommodate changes in their own schedules. If, due to extenuating circumstances, faculty need to be absent for more than one class they must inform the Dean. In rescheduling a class missed by a faculty member, he or she must make sure that the rescheduled class does not present a conflict for any of the students in the course, so that all students can attend the makeup class without penalizing their attendance at any of their other courses.
The Course Area Chair and the Academic Dean must approve the switch of a course from the fall semester to the spring, or vice versa.
The Littauer, Belfer, Rubenstein, and Taubman buildings are on the main Kennedy School quadrangle; 124 Mt. Auburn Street is just minutes away. Classroom capacities and descriptions are listed on the Facilities website (HKS log in required). Note that L150 and Wiener are used exclusivley by Executive Education
The HKS Media Services web site features information on each room including photos of the space and a list of the media available.
124 Mt. Auburn: Located across from the Post Office at the corner of Mt. Auburn and University Rd. Entering from the Mt. Auburn entrance, Suite 100 is the first suite on the left; use the double doors to get to the classroom, Room 106. Suite 160 is located past the atrium. At the end of the long hallway turn right; Suite 160 is the first door on the left; the classroom is Room 105. Access to classrooms at 124 Mt. Auburn ends at 6:00 pm.
Classroom reservations are handled differently depending on where we are in the semester. Prior to the semester and through the first ten days of the semester all classroom reservations must go through the Coordinator for Teaching Support. After the first ten days of the semester all reservations go directly through the Scheduling Office.
Classroom assignments are handled by the Teaching Support Coordinator. They are based on the previous year's course enrollment, or (in the case of a new course) on the Coordinator's educated guess. Inevitably there are unpredicted surges and declines enrollment. Hence it is normal for faculty to be asked to switch classrooms during the semester. These changes usually occur during the first week of the semester. On occasion, however, faculty in semester length courses may be asked to change classrooms at the start of Module Period 2 or 4 in order to accommodate the enrollments in the new modules.
During the first ten days of classes there is substantial room swapping as we try to match enrollments to the appropriate size room. To change a room during this time contact the Coordinator for Teaching Support.
To reserve a classroom for an extra class session or review, you must go through the Coordinator for Teaching Support during the first two weeks of classes. Thereafter the Scheduling Services Office handles all classroom reservations.
After the first ten days of class the Coordinator for Teaching Support returns all classroom scheduling to Scheduling Services in the Office of Facilities and Services. To reserve a classroom after the first ten days of class use their on line scheduling program, Report on Available Rooms (ROAR).
Follow the prompts to reserve the classroom you are interested in. Please allow two business days for turnaround.
(There's a phone in almost every classroom for reporting problems.)
Call Building Services, 5-1306, during normal business hours.
After hours, contact the security guard at 5-1330 for the Littauer, Belfer, and Rubenstein buildings, 6-1730 for the Taubman Building. (Note that 124 Mt. Auburn is not available after normal business hours. You can not access classrooms after 6:00 pm in that building.)
First, politely inform the group you have the room and present your confirmation report. Then, if necessary, contact Scheduling Services for assistance.
During normal business hours, call Building Services, 5-1306, L-G39. After hours, contact the security guard at 5-1330 for the Littauer, Belfer, and Rubenstein buildings, 6-1730 for the Taubman Building. (Note that 124 Mt. Auburn is not available after normal business hours. You cannot access classrooms after 6:00 pm in that building.)
Call HKS Media Services at 5-0493
Call Building Services, 5-1306, L-G39.
Call Building Services, 5-1306, L-G39.
At any time during the semester if you need to reserve a function room you work directly with the Scheduling Services Office (phone: 495-1366; email: firstname.lastname@example.com; SpaceBook). Do not go through the Coordinator for Teaching Support for function room.
There are two kinds of "course pages" at the Kennedy School. The Catalog Page, is managed by the Coordinator for Teaching Support and is available to anyone on the Internet. The second, the Kennedy School Classroom Page, is created automatically by Information Technology Services and is available only by password on the HKS Intranet.
Apart from the catalog and schedule information posted by the Coordinator for Teaching Support (which may not be edited), the only other item that may be posted to these pages is the syllabus. Faculty are required to post the syllabus.
Be aware that all information on these pages is instantly available on the World Wide Web. For this reason you should review the syllabus before posting: are there telephone numbers or email addresses on these documents that you would not want available to the public?
Copyrighted course materials may not be posted on the Course Listing pages.
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Hello all, Need very quick advice regarding my employment situation. I'd be grateful for any help. I have an interview coming up at a place where I really want to work. I was recommended for interview by a former colleague/mentor and I think I would really fit in there. Most importantly though, it's a permanent post and these are like gold dust in my field at the moment which is competitive at the best of times. Two months ago, I was interviewed elsewhere for a permanent post but came 2nd to a 'more experienced candidate' out of 120 applicants apparently (5 were shortlisted). However, I was offered a maternity cover contract at this place but rather than accepting straight away I requested time to think about it which was granted. Unfortunately, the maternity cover fell through before I could accept but I was holding out for a permanent post anyway. Earlier this morning, I received a call from the same place explaining that another post had come up on an 'initial one year contract'. Being stupidly honest and all, I didn't accept straight away and told them I have interviews lined up when asked. We left the conversation with an 'I'll let you know asap' so I need to call back within a few hours at the latest to accept. I definitely want to accept the offer to have something in the bank but I also want to go to the interview. If successful at interview, I shall accept the other offer and back out of the one I was offered today. This is apparently severely frowned upon in my field but I kind of feel I need to look after number one. It is unlikely that these potential employers can find out about my intentions as they are both located in different areas/authorities (albeit ones that are quite close by) and as far as I know, don't have any contact. I haven't given names of any of these employers to anyone. How should I play this one? What if I call the employer back today to accept and they ask whether or not I'm still attending the interview? What do you think I should say? Also, could I be taken to court or am I likely to be taken to court for backing out of a verbal agreement by a public sector body? I plan to call back and accept. Hopefully, they won't ask if I'm still going to interview. If they do, I shall have to be honest and declare my intentions to attend the interview. Maybe this will cause them to retract the offer or make it a permanent offer (the latter is unlikely). Then, if made another offer, I shall accept the new, permanent offer and withdraw from the other one. Bit of a cunts trick I know but I've got to think about me and my family first, right? Any help much appreciated!
How small a field is it you work in? Seriously though, in the current climate, I would accept the job and go for the interview. You will burn a bridge if the interview is successful, but you need to take care of yourself.
Thanks, Jippy. My field is massive to be honest. There are employers in my field all over the place but it is highly competitive with so many people doing what I do being unemployed during these times. Sorry for being vague but the world is a small place made even smaller by the internet (or maybe I'm just paranoid). Not accepting is not an option as it would be great to have something to bank on but I'm just worried in case they ask more questions when I call to accept. I shouldn't have let on about the interview but they caught me completely by surprise and I have a habit of being too honest!
I wouldn't damn anyone for doing that- might be a bit pissed off I guess, but if you explain you need the security of a permanent position, it would be pretty unreasonable of them to be too annoyed.
As an aside, if you are getting to the last two in interviews and being offered roles as cover, it sounds like you are in a good position in your field.
This is slightly complicated situation for a novice like me to have an opinion about, but if you are good enough to come 2nd in their shortlist, which were listed out of 150 candidates; you are surely good enough to avoid any contract situation and demand a better prospect. Or maybe i misunderstand this one year contract thingy.
My thoughts exactly. Cheers. I'm pleased to be getting offers and doing reasonably well in applying and getting interviews. Yeah, I would have thought so too but budgets complicate these issues and tie employers hands when it comes to negotiating matters I think.
I think I shall call and accept and hope they don't ask about the interview. If they do, maybe I should say I'm not going and hope they ask no further questions.
Right, I'm calling them now and I'll hope they don't mention it. I shall have to lie about going to the interview and where it is if they ask which I don't think they will. Thanks everyone!
I posted a similar problem a while ago, unfortunately it's still unresolved. I've got a contract to start in June at one place but have received an offer to start a different graduate program in September. Not had the contract come through for the second place yet though so hoping to delay it until July at which point I'll know if I want to stay at the first company. Since my thread I've actually organised another interview with another company next week. They pay even more than the other two and they're putting me up in a decent hotel so thought why not
You're doing very well to have two and potentially three offers in the bag, Smores. I've just called the employer to accept without any further mention of this interview. They are sending out a written offer to which I must reply with my acceptance in writing. I'm going to stall as much as I can and hopefully get the other job. Smores, could you start the July job, accept the September one and still go to the latest interview? Would it be possible to take your pick like that?
I'd be surprised if they offered you the job. You asked for time the first time which fell through? I'm sure they weren't happy about that and now you've asked for time and told them you have other interviews? That's like the ultimate no no thing to say when it comes to interviews. I would have just accepted initially because you only really had an interview else where not an offer. If you get it then blag it and leave this place.
Sorry, the first time it fell through was because of issues with their budget not because I backed out or anything. I still had time to think about it when they called telling me they were forced to cover it internally. I've now accepted their offer verbally and asked for them to send written confirmation.
Cheers. I have part one of the interview on Thursday and part two a week on Friday. Will be trying to stall as long as I can over the first offer but the time between part one and two of the interviews makes that difficult.
Took me long enough to get one offer to be honest, strange how it works out. I was going to just sign both initially and back out if need be but don't think I will anymore. I'll stall and stall then politely decline or accept and quit the other. If I don't have to sign for the package containing the contract I'm just going to say it never arrived. Should buy me a few week. In this economy you have to look out for number one


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EA VP Says Apple Paid EA a 'Truckload of Money' to Delay Android Version of Plants vs Zombies 2
Apple paid EA a "truckload of money" to delay the Android version of Plants vs Zombies 2 according to Frank Gibeau, head of EA Labels, reports gaming site Giant Bomb. With the exception of China, Plants vs Zombies 2 has not launched on Android yet -- the fact that the game is iOS-only is a big win for Apple. Quote:
If the report is accurate, it would be the first known instance of Apple paying developers outside of the standard App Store revenue and shows how important AAA-level games are to the App Store. It also shows how important Apple is to the developers of AAA titles, with the App Store on par with other consoles with regards to exclusive launches. Apple has a tendency to show favoritism with regards to App Store placement and promotions to developers that release exclusively on iOS. Plants vs Zombies 2 is a free download for the iPhone and iPad. [Direct Link] Update: EA has issued a statement to Metro acknowledging that no money changed hands and that the issue was an "unfortunate misunderstanding". Quote:
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:39 PM | #3 |
UPDATE: Apple is denying the substance of the comments made by Gibeau.
A company spokesperson described Giant Bomb's story as "not true" and said no money was exchanged. When these deals are made in the games industry, it's often a co-marketing deal, not a briefcase full of cash. It's possible Gibeau meant this but chose his words poorly. When asked whether Apple and EA had brokered an agreement regarding iOS exclusivity, the company would not disclose any details on its relationships. BREAKING NEWS: EA VP also confirmed he is one of the fandroids trolling MacRumors. /s Last edited by MRSucks; Sep 24, 2013 at 06:10 PM. |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:39 PM | #4 |
More like, Samsung paid EA a truckload of money to say that Apple paid them a 'truckload of money' to delay Android.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:40 PM | #5 |
I haven't played Plants vs Zombies 2... only the game Customers vs In App Purchases.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:41 PM | #6 |
That'll teach 'em!
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:41 PM | #7 |
If this EA VP was getting a truckload of money then why is he complaining? Why now? Something isn't right. Maybe Apple didn't give him as much as he wanted and now he's making noise. Why is this guy burning bridges?
This sounds bad. It sounds Microsoftian. Let's wait to hear Apple's side of it. |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:41 PM | #8 |
Oh, a company paying for exclusivity, shocking!
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:42 PM | #9 |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:42 PM | #10 |
really nice move of EA to cash in the money and then tell everyone that apple bribed them...
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:43 PM | #11 |
Pretty much how the entire gaming industry rolls, so to speak. MS pays for 360 exclusives, Sony pays for PS3 exclusives, they both pay to keep games off the PC. Not surprising that mobile device companies are getting into it.
I think the one thing we can be certain of is that "Frank Gibeau" will be searching for employment soon. |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:43 PM | #12 |
So, a marketing guy says this? Probably doesn't know what the words even mean.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:43 PM | #13 |
get ready
paying for platform/timed exclusivity is standard in the gaming/console industry. it's no surprise apple would play by those rules as well. Considering existing handhelds are about to get a whipping in this space when controller accessories hit the market for iOS AND Apple being able to spend this cash to back AAA titles in a heartbeat, we're in for a handheld gaming revolution IMO.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:44 PM | #14 |
Apple payed truckloads of money and not signed any privacy terms?
Seems dumb. |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:45 PM | #15 |
Wow, sounds like Frank Gibeau is a bit of a wanker for taking Apple's cash and then framing the deal in this manner to the media. Right?
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:45 PM | #16 |
Sounds fake but if its true seems like a waste money by apple. Is not having plants vs zombies available right away really going to deter someone from buying an android phone? I think not.
Sounds more like EA making an excuse for not having the Android version finished at the same time as the ios version.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:45 PM | #17 |
Same here - won't even care to download that POS.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:45 PM | #18 |
these games are dumb
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:45 PM | #19 |
Big mouth VP? Even if there was an agreement like that, Apple won't have written it in a way so that it would become a big anti-trust liability down the road.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #20 |
They should be paying them a "truckload of money" to stop EA from offering ridiculous in app purchases and make them just have a one off charge for the game.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #21 |
LOL yeah okay I'm sure EA couldn't wait to release it on Android since the amount of paying customers on Android is a fraction of the iOS customers.
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #22 |
I wonder if Apple paid EA a boatload of donuts to delay the android version of Simpsons Tapped Out
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #23 |
Microsoft pays most of their App developers to port their apps to Windows Phone.
Samsung Pays many app developers to port their apps OR make them exclusive for a set amount of time (Look up the Jay-Z/Samsung Deal). For the first time, this is news that Apple is doing the same thing. Until now, most developers would put their apps on iOS first completely based on the amount of development effort it takes to program for one platform at a time versus two. It seems that this has changed, at least for the large development houses. I'm sure Apple is not happy that this information has leaked out. It's a sign that Apple is realizing that they need to do this in order to compete with the other Phone OS eco-systems. The gloves have come off. |
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #24 |
*gets popcorn*
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Sep 24, 2013, 05:46 PM | #25 |
Maybe the title should be "Former EA VP..." Things like this have NDAs attached and lots of conditions.
Plus, really who looks bad? Apple for wanting exclusive access or EA for shafting Andriod users? EA likes and needs revenue, Apple has cash. Sweet deal for both if the former VP turned tech support specialist can keep his mouth shut.
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