Social Sciences Courses

Persuasive Communication is designed to help you build a critical set of skills in writing, speaking, and presentation by providing a dynamic forum to learn, practice, and receive feedback on these essential skills.

Start thinking like the top strategists with this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Design Thinking and Innovation from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges.

This three-course program from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will teach you the fundamental skills to confidently contribute to business decisions and decision-making.  

Designed for individuals and teams, this Harvard Online course taught by preeminent Harvard Professor Mahzarin Banaji teaches the science of implicit bias and strategies to counter the impact of bias in the workplace.

In partnership with the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, this course will help you deliver high-quality health care to all through organizational change.

Senior Executive Fellows is the unparalleled professional development program for public sector executives who want to sharpen their leadership and managerial skills.

Develop a toolkit for making tough leadership decisions in this course from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online.

Taught by Harvard Law School faculty, Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers is a Harvard Online course designed to help you navigate your organization or client’s financial goals while increasing profitability and minimizing risks.

Join Harvard Kennedy School faculty and former Pentagon Chief of Staff Eric Rosenbach to learn how to develop strategies for public leadership success.

Think critically about social questions such as education policy, upward income mobility, and racial disparities, and understand how big data can answer these questions as well as impact policies that lead to improved outcomes around the world.

Leading Successful Programs is an executive program that will equip you with the tools you need to design policy and implement more effective programs.

Evidence for Equity is a one-week live online executive program designed to enable you to engage in data-driven, evidence-based policymaking through an equity lens. 

This online executive program offers the latest research and best practices in nonprofit management to help leaders run organizations more effectively.

Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling, and Action is a transformative 14-week online program through which you can strengthen your capacity to lead.