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An Overview of the Guide

The Hauser Center’s Guide to Nonprofit Courses: Harvard University and Beyond summarizes the range of courses related to the nonprofit sector that are being offered at Harvard University’s various graduate schools, Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This Guide is the Hauser Center’s premier publication for students interested in the nonprofit sector and civil society.

This year marks the Guide’s move to an exclusively online format divided into two broad sections. First, several Hauser Center Principals have provided their thoughts on the essential skills required to enter the many areas of the nonprofit sector along with fitting course frameworks to help students formulate their approach to the many available courses. A list of many research centers and nonprofit related activities available at the schools covered in the Guide is also available. Second, the courses listed in the Guide to Nonprofit Courses can now be found through a searchable database. Students can select from pre-sorted career tracks or search by any combination of school, time, keywords, and several other criteria to find courses matching their interests.

What this Guide may not cover
The Guide to Nonprofit Courses: Harvard University and Beyond is a reference that describes a wide variety of nonprofit courses; it should not be your final source for course information. In the event that course offerings change, the most up-to-the-minute information should be available from the registrar or through each school’s online resources. Each school’s registrar should be considered the final authority and be consulted for final information about a course. When in doubt about the relevance or appropriateness of a course to your program of study, check with your academic advising staff, department chair, and/or local registrar. The following tips will help you design the course schedule best suited to your interests:

Look at the detailed student evaluations of the courses. Many schools annually collect and tabulate student evaluations from the previous year. Contact the registrar’s offices at the respective schools to determine where these reviews are located. Contact professors working on issues of interest to you. Use the course guide creatively to identify potential faculty members as useful starting points to your particular nonprofit research or practice interest(s). To learn more about the wealth of nonprofit-related academic resources, research and information offered at Harvard University and beyond, please contact the Hauser Center.

Benjamin Chicka, Course Guide Research Associate 2008