The Humanitarian Studies Course is the annual 10 day training program offered to the public by the Humanitarian Studies Initiative. This course taught by experienced faculty from a number of academic institutions, is a combination of classroom study and simulated complex humanitarian emergency response. The curriculum will train participants in current humanitarian issues as well as the methodologies and  essential skills that best prepare humanitarian workers to operate in the field.

HSI's annual disaster simulation trains participants to work effectively within a team while responding to a complex humanitarian emergency. The pre-requisite to participate in the simulation exercise is enrollment or completion of the Humanitarian Studies Course or the 'Humanitarian Studies: Theory and Practice' course offered through the harvard School of Public Health.

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's flagship offering in humanitarian studies is a two-course program called "Humanitarian Studies: Theory and Practice". In its tenth year of operation, this program is administered jointly by HHI and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University and includes an intensive, seminar series on essential crisis management skills as well as the weekend-long crisis simulation. This credit course is open to any graduate student at Harvard University,
as well as cross-registering students from Tufts University and MIT.

For further details please refer to the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's education resource page.