HCPM Elective Courses

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
94-804	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

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HCPM Elective Courses