A graduate program focused on public leadership, community/labor organizing, and social economy
Housed within the CU Denver Political Science Department, the New Directions program offers a Master's Degree in Political Science, and graduate level certificates in Public, Non-Profit, and Community Leadership, Labor & Community Organizing, and Social Economy. Our three tracks of study include:
- Local Public Leadership - in the fields of public policy and local government administration.
- Community and labor organizing - including developing leaders in labor unions and community-based organizations
- Social economy Innovations - such as worker-owned cooperatives and community land trusts, focusing on creative strategies for achieving economic growth with social equity.
All of our programs and courses develop our students' political acumen, enabling them to be effective leaders and agents of social change in neighborhoods, governmental jurisdictions, labor unions and community-based organizations.
Learr more here: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/newdirections/