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Fall Semester 2026 [ ** Last updated: 7/23/2026; Site may continue to be updated during the academic year** ]
MLD-102 Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context (Andrews)
MLD-125 What Works in Public Sector Management (Linos)
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (Chipungu and O’Brien)
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-220M Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis* (Mandell, Minson, & Giannone)
(*MLD-220M is a required course in the MPP Core Curriculum; MPP1s only may enroll)
MLD-223 Negotiating Across Differences (Hong)
MLD-304 Science of Behavior Change (Rogers; Not offered AY27)
MLD-355 Public Narrative (ElRaheb; course developed by Marshall Ganz)
MLD-371 AI and Civil Society: Human Agency in the Age of Artificial Agents (McKenna)
MLD-381 Mitigating and Managing a Crisis (Kayyem)
MLD-401M Financial Analysis of Public and Nonprofit Organizations (Shin)
MLD-411M Introduction to Budgeting and Financial Management (Bilmes)
MLD-427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders (Honan)
MLD-515M Serving the Public Good: Planning for Career and Life (Freeland)
MLD-601 Operations Management (Fagan)
MLD-630M Government Turnarounds (Liebman)
MLD-638M Remaking the Civil Service: Governance, Politics, and Performance (Gordon)
MLD-830 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors (Cavanagh)
January Term 2027
MLD-202M Leadership from the Inside Out: The Capacity to Lead and Stay Alive–Self, Identity, and Freedom (Heifetz)
MLD-280 Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mandell)
MLD-321M How to Empower Black Leaders (Livingston)
MLD-340M Power and Influence for Positive Impact (Battilana)
MLD-360M Being Human (Ganz and Robichaud)
MLD-420M Federal Budget Policy (Jackson)
Spring Semester 2027
MLD-103M PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence (Andrews)
MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change (O’Doherty)
DPI-208 Moral Practice for Public Leadership (Robichaud)
MLD-215 Negotiation and Leadership: Essential Theory and Practice for Enhancing Your Personal Effectiveness (Wilkinson)
MLD-234M Conducting Negotiation on the Frontlines: : Advanced Techniques for Crisis Situations (Bruderlein)
MLD-257M Why won’t you listen to me? Understanding People, Conflict, and People in Conflict (Minson)
MLD-290M Frontiers of AI in Negotiation and Conflict Management (Bowles)
MLD-308 Leadership Decision Making: From Individuals to Institutions (Lerner)
MLD-326 Principles and Politics When Running for Office (Foxx)
MLD-375 Creating Justice in Real Time: Vision, Strategies and Campaigns (Cornell William Brooks)
MLD-377 Organizing: People, Power, Change (Ganz)
MLD-412M Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations* (Bilmes)
*Watch a comprehensive video course preview of MLD-412 (click here)*
MLD 427 Strategic Finance for Nonprofit Leaders (Honan)
MLD-502 Developing People (O’Brien)
MLD-605 Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Management: Climate, Poverty and Human Rights (Fagan)
MLD-617M Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers (Hartmann & Butler)
MLD-634M Managing the Private Delivery of Public Value (Donahue)
MLD-802 Strategic Management and Leadership for Nonprofits and NGOs (Ponce)
MLD-820M Strategies for Social Impact (Lee)
MLD-831 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors – Business Plan Workshop (Cavanagh)