In addition to the core classes, students can take a variety of electives to help them build their knowledge base in areas that interest them the most. Students can take up to 24 units of elective coursework (12 units of which can be taken as pass/fail). Heinz College has a course catalog of nearly 300 courses for students to choose from. Students can also take courses at other departments and schools at Carnegie Mellon such as the Tepper School of Business. In addition, students are also allowed to take up to 12 units annually of elective courses at nearby universities such as University of Pittsburgh or Chatham University without paying any additional fees or tuition.
Sample Elective Course Offerings
|
Course |
Title |
|
90-839 |
Global Health Strategy |
|
95‐854 |
Transformational Leadership |
|
95‐760 |
Decision Making Under Uncertainty |
|
95‐825 |
Corporate Finance |
|
95‐820 |
Strategic Management and Implementation |
|
90‐756 |
Technology and Economic Growth |
|
90‐910 |
Economics of Technological Change |
|
90‐713 |
International Politics and Policies |
|
90‐810 |
Population and Public Policy |
|
90‐754 |
Engineering Public Policy Change |
|
90‐798 |
Environmental Policy and Planning |
|
90‐814 |
Special Topics Technology Innovation Policy |
|
90‐855 |
Technology for Developing Communities |
|
95‐757 |
Information Security Risk Policy & Management |
|
95‐765 |
Information Security Project |
|
95‐775 |
IT Business Leadership |
|
95‐791 |
Data Mining I |
|
95‐797 |
Data Warehousing |
|
95‐818 |
Privacy Policy Law and Technology |
|
95‐830 |
Introduction to Computer and Communications Security |
|
95‐852 |
Analytics & Business Intelligence |
|
95‐855 |
Network Situational Awareness |
|
90‐812 |
Public Management |
|
91‐809 |
Organizational Change: Transition and Transformation |
|
91‐810 |
Leadership: Innovation and Organizational Change |
|
91‐828 |
Ethical Issues In Management |
|
91‐838 |
Managing the Training And Development Function |
|
91‐843 |
Power and Influence |
|
94-807 |
Entrepreneurship |
|
95-794 |
Tech Startup: Tools and Techniques |