Below is a list of sample electives typically offered in the Heller MPP program. To see electives sorted by concentration, please browse the concentrations section. Once students have satisfied their core curriculum requirements and their concentration requirements, they may also pursue courses in the Boston Consortium or in other Heller degree programs. View the full list of Heller course descriptions for more.
- HS 217f, Eli J. Segal Seminar in Citizen Leadership
- HS 307a, Immigrant Integration in the United States: Policy, Practice and People
- HS 312f, International Youth Policies and Programs
- HS 314f, Race and Stratification in the U.S. Economy
- HS 317f, Labor Income, Labor Power, and Labor Markets
- HS 320f, LGBTQ+ Justice: A History of Pride, Prejudice, and Policy in the United States
- HS 322b, Sociological Inquiry
- HS 324a, Social Experimentation in Child, Youth and Family Policymaking
- HS 334a, Child and Family Policy: U.S. and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- HS 335f, Perspectives on Youth Policy, Program Management, and Systems Design
- HS 342b, Policy Advocacy, Protest, and Community Organizing
- HS 346b, Policy Perspectives on Criminal Justice Disparities
- HS 354a, Capitalism and the Welfare State
- HS 360f, Balance Wheel of the Social Machinery? Context and Contention in K-12 Education
- HS 367a, Working with National Data Sets to Inform Policy Analysis and Recommendations
- HS 412b, Substance Use and Societal Consequences
- HS 422f, Cost-Effectiveness
- HS 424f, Housing in the US: From Building Wealth to Homelessness
- HS 505f, Quality and Performance Measurement in Healthcare
- HS 507f, State Health Policy
- HS 511b, Contemporary Issues in the Management of Child, Youth, and Family Services
- HS 513a, Issues in National Health Policy
- HS 518a, Management of Health Care Organizations
- HS 519a, Health Economics
- HS 520a, Payment and Financing of Health Care
- HS 521a, Political and Organizational Analysis
- HS 534b, Perspectives on Economic and Racial Equity
- HS 572a, Economics of Behavioral Health
- HS 586a, Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment
- ED 155b, Education and Social Policy