There are a number of academic courses, programs, and certificates offered in the United States in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. We hope this list will be useful for educators who are interested in how this topic is being taught at universities across the country and those looking for examples of how to teach cross-sector collaboration to either undergraduate or graduate students. If you’re aware of other U.S.-based courses or programs on cross-sector collaboration, or if you teach a relevant course and would like to share its syllabus, please contact us at research@intersector.com.
Academic Courses and Programs on Cross-sector Collaboration
Courses
These are courses in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. Not all courses listed here are currently offered.
Public Affairs, Public Administration, and Public Policy
- “Collaboration Across Sectors,” University of Colorado, Denver and University of North Carolina, Wilmington | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaboration Across Sectors,” University of Pennsylvania | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaboration and Management Across Sectors,” University of Washington | View course description
- “Collaboration Between Sectors,” University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | View course description
- “Collaborative Governance,” Oregon State University | View course description | Download syllabus
- “Collaborative Governance,” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Governance,” University of Massachusetts | View course description
- “Collaborative Governance Advanced Practice,” California State University, Sacramento | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Governance in Theory, Practice and Research” (Online course), University of Arizona | View course description
- “Collaborative Governance Practicum” (Online course), University of Arizona | View course description
- “Collaborative Governance Practicum,” Portland State University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Governance Process and Systems” (Online course), Portland State University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Governance Tools” (Online course), University of Arizona | View course description
- “Collaborative Governance: Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Sectors,” University of Colorado, Denver | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Public Management,” University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | View course description | View syllabus
- “Collaborative Skill Building,” University of Arizona | View course description
- “Conflict and Collaboration: Intra- and Inter-group Dynamics,” Harvard University | View course description
- “Conflict Management in the Public Sector,” University of Arizona | View course description
- “Creating Collaborative Communities,” Portland State University | View course description
- “Cross-Sector Policy and Collaboration,” National Louis University | View course description
- “Current Issues in Public Management,” Portland State University | View course description
- “Design and Analysis of Public-Private Partnerships,” Duke University | View course description
- “Effective Management in the Public Service,” Columbia University | View course description | Watch video
- “Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector,” University of Southern California | View course description
- “Foundations of Collaborative Governance,” Portland State University | View course description
- “Institutional Design and Learning for Collaborative Governance” (Online course), University of Arizona | View course description | View syllabus
- “Integrative Leadership Seminar,” University of Minnesota | View course description | View syllabus
- “Intersectoral Leadership” (Online course, with one in-person session), University of Southern California | View course description | View syllabus
- “Introduction to Collaborative Policy Making,” California State University, Sacramento | View course description | View syllabus
- “Leadership in Public-Private Partnerships,” University of Southern California | View course description
- “Leadership to Address Global Grand Challenges,” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | View course description
- “Leading Transformations Across Sectors: Integrative Seminar,” University of Southern California | View course description
- “Multi-Sector Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective,” New York University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Negotiation & Dispute Resolution,” University of Utah | View course description
- “Networks: Leading and Managing Across Sectors,” University of Maryland, College Park | View course description
- “Organizational Partnerships and Collaboration,” University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | View course description
- “Policy Entrepreneurship and Public-Private Partnerships,” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | View course description
- “Problem Solving and Decision Making for Public Policy and Social Change,” Stanford University | View course description
- “Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning,” University of Southern California | View course description
- “Public-Private Partnerships,” American University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Public-Private Partnerships,” Claremont Graduate University | View syllabus
- “Public-Private Partnerships,” Georgetown University | View course description
- “Public-Private Partnerships,” Old Dominion University | View course description
- “Public-Private Partnerships,” University of Washington | View syllabus
- “Public-Private Partnerships to Foster Effective, Sustainable and Scalable Nonprofits,” Columbia University | View course description
- “Public/Private Sector Collaboration: Achieving Rapid Transformational Change,” Columbia University | View course description
- “Research Seminar in Management, Leadership & Governance,” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | View course description | View syllabus
- “Social Value Investing: A Framework for Cross Sector Partnerships,” Columbia University | View course description
- “The Nonprofit Role in Cross-Sector Collaboration,” George Washington University | View syllabus
- “Topics: Policy Implications of Detroit’s Grand Bargain,” University of Michigan | View course description
- “Topics in Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management: Leading Across Boundaries,” University of Minnesota | View course description | Download syllabus
Business
- “Business and Society,” Dartmouth College | View course description
- “Business-Social Sector Partnerships,” Dartmouth College | View course description
- “Creating Shared Value: Competitive Advantage through Social Impact,” Harvard University | View course description
- “Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainability,” University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | View course description
- “HKS-HBS Joint Degree First-Year Seminar,” Harvard University | View course description
- “Large Scale Social Change,” University of California, Berkeley | View course description
- “Networks for Impact,” University of California, Berkeley | View course description
- “Special Topics in Business,” Portland State University | View course description
Issue-based Courses
Education
- “Collaborations & Partnerships in Family & Youth Settings,” North Carolina State University | View course description
- “Collaborative Partnerships to Support Infants and Toddlers,” Portland State University | View course description
Urban Affairs
- “Collaborative Governance: Consensus Building for Planners,” Florida State University | View course description
- “Development Partnerships,” Portland State University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Leading a Collaborative City,” University of Southern California | View course description
- “Privatization, Private/Public Partnership and Efficiency,” Columbia University | View syllabus
- “Public and Private Development,” Harvard University | View course description
- “Public-Private Partnerships in Real Estate Development,” Columbia University | View course description | View syllabus
- “Real Estate Development I,” Portland State University | View course description | View syllabus
Environment and Natural Resource Conservation
- “Advancing Sustainability through Land Conservation Practice in the United States and Around the World,” Harvard University | View course description
- “Collaboration Program in Natural Resources: Practicum. 1,” University of Wyoming | View course description
- “Collaboration Program in Natural Resources: Principles and Methods,” University of Wyoming | View course description
- “Managing Natural Resources in an Arena of Conflict,” North Carolina State University | View course description
- “Theory and Practice of Partnerships for Conservation and Community Sustainability,” North Carolina State University | View course description
Public Health
- “Enabling Large Scale Change,” Harvard University | View course description
Certificates and Programs
- Collaborative Governance Certificate | School of Government & Public Policy, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | University of Arizona
- Collaborative Governance Certificate | Department of Public Policy and Administration | California State University, Sacramento
- Cross Sector Alliances Certificate | Department of Political Science, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and Management Department, Walton College of Business | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance | College of Urban and Public Affairs, Hatfield School of Government | Portland State University
- Master of Public Administration, Multi-Sector Public Service concentration | School of Public Service | Old Dominion University | View video
- Tri-Sector Leadership Fellows Program | Darden School of Business | University of Virginia