Below is a list of sample electives typically offered in the Heller SID program. Once students have satisfied their core curriculum requirements, they may select courses from the list below, and/or pursue courses offered through the Boston Consortium or in other Heller degree programs. Please note that this list is subject to change and not all courses may be offered every year. View the full list of Heller course descriptions for more.
SID Electives:
- HS 200f, Social Movements for Emancipatory Development
- HS 203f, Contemporary Issues in Africa's Development
- HS 204f, Education, Gender and Development
- HS 205f, Organizational Management for Development Practitioners
- HS 211f, Agriculture and Rural Development
- HS 221f, Economics of Education
- HS 223f, Gender and Development in the Context of Neoliberalism and Globalization
- HS 224f, Gender and the Environment
- HS 225a, Fundraising and Development
- HS 225f, Measurement of Inequality to Health and Development
- HS 234f, Global Social Entrepreneurship
- HS 235f, Democracy and Development
- HS 237f, Applied Cost-Benefit Analysis for Development Practitioners
- HS 238f, Evaluating Survey Data Using Stata: Questioning Answers
- HS 242f, Development Aid
- HS 244f, Applied Research Design for Development Practitioners
- HS 263f, Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- HS 264f, Environment and Development
- HS 283f, Gender and Development
- HS 285f, Livelihoods, Enterprises, and Development
- HS 289f, Sustainable Economic Development Strategies
- HS 290f, Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Development
- HS 292f, Critical Thinking and Development
- HS 293f, Religion and Development
- HS 297f, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- HS 300f, Integrated Conservation and Development
- HS 302f, Policy Analysis and Design in the Developing World
- HS 306f, Survey Design & Data Analysis for Development
- HS 310f, Introduction to Education and Development
- HS 312f, International Youth Policies and Programs
- HS 315f, Randomized Controlled Trials
- HS 335f, Perspectives on Youth Policy, Program Management and Systems Design
- HS 337f, Advanced Planning and Implementation: Issues in the Field
- HS 342b, Policy Advocacy, Protest and Community Organizing
- HS 413f, Introduction to Demography
- HS 422f, Cost-Effectiveness