For Students who declared before Fall 2025
The Leadership, Innovation, and Design Specialization is extremely diverse in both courses offered and its student body, which come from for-profit, nonprofit, social enterprise, and government and from some 60+ countries across the globe. The program has been designed specifically for students eager to pursue careers as leaders of institutions and organizations, consultants and advisors to the leaders of major institutions and organizations, or founders of startups that fulfill a critical societal need. Students exit the program with a portfolio of skills, experiences, and content that will enable them to pursue careers in any sector.
For Students who declared before Fall 2025
The Leadership, Innovation, and Design Specialization requires 9 points, consisting of 3 three-point courses (or a combination of 3.0 and 1.5-point courses).
Course List
Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
INAF U6016 | Cost-Benefit Analysis | 3.00 |
INAF U6053 | Creating a Social Enterprise | 3.00 |
INAF U6124 | Building & Scaling Social Impact Programs | 3.00 |
INAF U6125 | Scale Up Ventures: Growing a Business Outside of Silicon Valley | 3.00 |
INAF U6126 | Design for Social Innovation | 3.00 |
INAF U6128 | Finance & Development: Impact Investing & Financial Innovation | 1.50 |
INAF U6129 | Storytelling and The Art of Creating Social Impact Campaigns | 3.00 |
INAF U6131 | Impact Investing: Essential Skills | 1.50 |
INAF U6137 | Social Value Investing: a Framework for Cross Sector Partnerships | 3.00 |
INAF U6186 | Community Economic Development | 3.00 |
INAF U6226 | Leadership & Innovative Policy Making | 3.00 |
INAF U6269 | Climate Tech and Regenerative Entrepreneurship | 3.00 |
INAF U6889 | Impact Measurement & Evaluation for Sustainable Development | 3.00 |
INAF U6903 | Emerging Digital Tech for Impact | 3.00 |
INAF U6913 | People Management and Building Organizational Cultures | 1.50 |
INAF U6917 | Leading Global Innovation - Social Impact Cases, Strategies, and Tools | 3.00 |
PUAF U6028 | Public-Private Partnerships To Foster Effective, Sustainable & Scalable Nonprofits | 1.50 |
PUAF U6135 | Civic Innovation & Designing for People | 1.50 |
PUAF U6145 | Civic Innovation: Design in Practice & Imagination | 3.00 |
PUAF U6312 | Campaign Management | 3.00 |
PUAF U6460 | Benchmarking Skills for Process & Organizational Improvement | 1.00 |
PUAF U6801 | Negotiation & Conflict Resolution | 3.00 |
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EMPA U6036 | | |
EMPA U6105 | | |
INAF U6004 | Application Development for Social Impact | 1.50 |
INAF U6041 | Corporations and Human Rights | 3.00 |
INAF U6042 | Energy, Enterprise and Development | 3.00 |
INAF U6085 | Economic Development in Latin America | 3.00 |
INAF U6372 | Women and Leadership: Designing Policy for Gender Equity | 1.50 |
INAF U6604 | Applied Econometrics | 3.00 |
INAF U6698 | Impact Investing II: Blended Finance | 1.50 |
INAF U6762 | Risk Management for UN Crisis & Post-crisis Responses | 3.00 |
INAF U8350 | Finance for the World's Poorest | 3.00 |
INAF U8354 | Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development | 3.00 |
PUAF U6206 | How Government, Civil Society & Corporations Solve Societal Problems | 3.00 |
SIPA U6501 | | |
SIPA U8500 | Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation and Policy Research | 3.00 |
Degree Audit Report
Matriculated students in this program can view their degree audit report on Stellic.