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 212a, Contemporary Issues in Gender and Public Policy
- HS 216f, Policy Perspectives on Women, Work, and Inequality
- HS 273f, Law and Social Justice: Gender Equity Policies and Litigation
- HS 307a, Immigration Policy and Human Rights
- HS 309f, Policy Approaches to Gender-Based Violence
- 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 322f, Sociological Perspectives on Housing Disparities: Race and Stratification
- HS 323f, Participatory Action Research
- HS 324f, Globalization and Welfare Capitalism
- HS 334a, Child and Family Policy
- HS 334f, Disability Policy: Intersections with Health, Poverty, Education and Family Policy
- HS 346b, Policy Perspectives on Criminal Legal System Disparities
- 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 505f, Quality and Performance Measurement in Healthcare
- HS 507f, State Health Policy
- HS 513a, Issues in National Health Policy
- HS 528f, Law and Social Justice: Constructions of Race and Ethnicity and Their Consequences
- HS 534b, Perspectives on Economic and Racial Equity
- HS 572a, Economics of Behavioral Health
- HS 586a, Issues in Addiction Treatment