Social Sciences Courses

Develop the perspectives and skills necessary to be an effective law firm leader. 

The Future of Legal provides the tools, knowledge, and practical strategies to navigate how to move forward in changing legal landscape.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

Developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty, this professional credential program equips you with the skills necessary to advance the public good.

Leading AI Transformation in Legal Practice is a four-day, in-person executive program at Harvard Law School focusing on the strategic, organizational, and management questions that determine the value of AI investments.

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.

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.

Leadership for Social Change is a 3.5 day on-campus executive education program developed by faculty from the Social Innovation + Change Initiative within the Harvard Kennedy School.

Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness.

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

An online executive program to explore how policy and technology, together, can address critical threats of the cyber world.

Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

The Leadership in Corporate Counsel program offers in-house leaders insights into the challenges they face and the frameworks, concepts, and tools they need to succeed in their increasingly complicated roles. 

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.

This program is designed to help experienced leaders gain the tools needed to effectively resolve the difficult challenges you face, often on a daily basis. The program will introduce you to a new approach to leadership called “The 4P Framework”.

This highly interactive and experiential executive program is designed to train executive leadership development professionals from around the world, including consultants, teachers and trainers.

Learn how to face and meet today’s challenges and design a public value proposition that is both actionable and value creating.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

The Executive Leaders and Government program at Harvard Kennedy School provides a unique opportunity for senior executives to strengthen their leadership skills and expand their competencies.

This on-campus executive program is designed to equip leaders with the technical, strategic, and policy foundations necessary to navigate these critical emerging technologies.

This on-campus executive program offers a stimulating and challenging curriculum that invites you to learn how to exercise leadership with more courage, skill, and effectiveness.

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.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

The Global Health Care Leaders Program (GHLP) is a multi-modular global program that aims to bring together the most important topics defining the future of health care industry for the leaders who will lead the charge.

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise?

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

Designed for current and aspiring nonprofit leaders, this course helps learners build the confidence needed to make stronger financial decisions in mission-driven organizations.

Leadership in Crises is an on campus executive program that will help you learn how to build the expertise needed to ensure a more successful crisis management process.