The HKS Courses below qualify towards The MLD Certificate
Current HKS students should visit my.harvard and/or the KNET course listings for detailed schedule information and syllabi.
Core required courses, e.g., MLD-220M are not listed below as they do not count towards the MLD Certificate.
Click here for details about review and approval of NON-HKS courses that may be credited towards the MLD Certificate
Leadership
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Negotiation & Decision Sciences
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| Leadership Development
MLD-201-A Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (Chipungu)
MLD-201-B Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (O’Brien)
MLD-201-C Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (O’Doherty)
MLD-202 Leadership from the Inside Out: The Personal Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive-Self, Identity, and Freedom (Heifetz)
MLD-204 Leadership from the Inside Out: The Personal Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive-Self, Identity, and Freedom –with a Focus on Anti-Black Racism and Sexism (Heifetz; Not offered AY24)
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-326 Principles and Politics When Running for Office (Patrick)
MLD-355 Public Narrative (Ganz)
MLD-617M Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers (Hartmann & Butler)
DPI-208 Moral Practice for Public Leadership (Robichaud; previously offered as MLD-208)
Leadership Studies
MLD-322 The Art and Adventures of Public Leadership (Gergen; Not offered AY24)
DPI-115 The American Presidency (Porter)
IGA-125 Reasoning from the Past: Applied History and Decision Making (Logevall)
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Decision Sciences
MLD-304 Science of Behavior Change (Rogers)
MLD-310 Behavioral Science for Inclusive Organizations (Bohnet)
API-302 Analytic Frameworks for Policy (Zeckhauser; Not offered AY24)
API-303 Game Theory and Strategic Decisions (Dogan)
API-305 Behavioral Economics, Law and Public Policy (Sunstein)
API-318 Thinking Analytically in an Uncertain World (Levy)
API-222 Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics (Saghafian)
Negotiation and Conflict Management
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-223 Negotiating Across Differences (Hong)
MLD-234M Conducting Negotiations on the Frontlines (Bruderlein)
MLD-236 Continuing Conflict: Old Challenges and New Debates (de Silva de Alwis; Not offered AY24)
MLD-257M Why won’t you listen to me? Understanding People, Conflict, and People in Conflict (Minson)
MLD-280 Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mandell)
IGA-353M Frontline Negotiation Lab: Addressing the impact of climate change on local communities (Bruderlein)
IGA-455 Environmental Politics: Building Power Through Leadership, Persuasion and Negotiation (Wentworth) |
Organizing for Social Change
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Strategic Management
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| Government and Civic Innovation
MLD-618 Leadership, Social Change, and its Challenges: Boston as a Case Study (Winship & Jackson)
MLD-620M The Data Smart City: Driving Innovation with Technology (Goldsmith)
DEV-320M Scaling Up and Systems Change for Development Impact (Guerrero Pulgar & Walton)
DPI-662M Digital Government (Roy; Note: Previous versions, taught by Flowers and Worthington also qualify)
Organizing Civic, Political, and Social Action
MLD-340 Power and Influence for Positive Impact (Battilana)
MLD-370 Social Movements: The Art and Science of Social Change (McKenna)
MLD-375 Creating Justice in Real Time: Vision, Strategies and Campaigns (C. W. Brooks)
MLD-377M Organizing: People, Power, and Change (Ganz)
MLD-378M Organizing: People, Power, and Change Practicum (Ganz)
DPI-312 Sparking Social Change Through Arts and Culture (Cels; Formerly subtitled: “Analytic Frameworks to Guide Social Innovators”)
DPI-376M Queer Nation: LGBTQ Protest, Politics, and Policy in the United States (McCarthy)
IGA-147 Civil Resistance: How It Works (Chenoweth; Not offered AY24)
IGA-385 Strategizing for Human Rights: Moving from Ideals to Practice (Johnson)
IGA-453 Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change (Henderson)
Social Enterprise
MLD-802M Nonprofit Management and Leadership (A. Brooks)
MLD-820 Strategies for Social Impact (Lee; Note: The AY23 module-length course also qualifies.)
MLD-830 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors (Cavanagh)
MLD-831 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors – Business Plan Workshop (Cavanagh)
MLD-836M Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise Deep Dive: How to Operationalize & Scale for Social Impact (Bildner & Khurana)
BGP-235M Private Capital for Public Purpose: Impact Investing and Its Siblings (Wood)
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Strategic Management
MLD-102 Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context (Andrews; Note: MLD-102 is eligible only when taken by non-MPA-ID students, i.e., as an elective.]
MLD-103M PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence (Andrews)
MLD-113M Strategy and Decision (Zimmerman)
MLD-125 What Works in Public Sector Management (Linos)
MLD-381 Mitigating and Managing a Crisis (Kayyem)
MLD-385 Leading through Public Crises: High-Stakes Decision-Making in Chaotic Events (Patrick)
MLD-615M Mixed Methods Analytics for Leaders and Policy Makers (McKenna)
MLD-630 Government Turnarounds (Liebman)
MLD-632M Transforming Public Interest Organizations (Freeland; Not offered AY24)
MLD-636 Managing Transformations in Healthcare (Glynn)
MLD-802M Nonprofit Management and Leadership (A. Brooks)
IGA-282 Leading the National Security Enterprise (Carter; Not offered AY24)
Financial Management
MLD-401M Financial Analysis of Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Iammartino)
MLD-411M Introduction to Budgeting and Financial Management (Bilmes and Iammartino)
MLD-412 Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations (Bilmes)
MLD-427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders (Honan)
API-141 Finance (Deep)
API-148 Advanced Risk Management and Infrastructure Finance (Deep; Not offered AY24)
DEV-209 Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure in Developing Countries (Lee)
DEV-210 Public Finance in Theory and Practice (Rosengard)
Managing People and Your Career
MLD-502 Developing People (O’Brien)
MLD-515M Serving the Public Good: Planning for Career and Life (Freeland)
Operations and Performance Management
MLD-601 Operations Management (Fagan)
MLD-605 Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management: Climate, Poverty and Human Rights (Fagan)
DPI-678M Product Management and Society: Building Technology in the Public Interest (Pham) |
List above is current as of: 7-7-2023
Click here for details about review and approval of NON-HKS courses that may be credited towards the MLD Certificate