Hands-on. Collaborative. Interdisciplinary.
Our hands-on, collaborative, and interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs deliver problem-based learning in small, immersive environments, often developed in collaboration with departments throughout the university and industry partners. CLE coursework is grounded in the principles and processes of leadership, entrepreneurship, communication, and innovation.
Undergraduate Programs
Our academic programs invite students to discover the “great problems,” encourage them to innovate to develop groundbreaking solutions, and inspire them to lead ethically and to think critically and creatively.
Whether you wish to start your own venture, manage projects and lead teams, design and manage a marketing campaign, or begin a career in finance, you will find at CLE programs to assist you in the transition from the academic to the professional world.
Open to all students on the Homewood campus (WSE and KSAS), as well as students from the Peabody Institute, our programs can help make you a more desirable candidate in the job market and provide you with the knowledge and connections you need to start your own venture, succeed in graduate school, and advance quickly into positions of leadership.
A. James Clark Scholars Program
The A. James Clark Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins University is home to 40 students interested in engineering, innovation, leadership and community service. The program incorporates a required curriculum that parallels the mission of the foundation and aligns with the students’ interest. Additionally, these courses can be used to fulfill requirements for either the W.P. Carey Entrepreneurship & Management minor or the Leadership Studies minor.
Accounting and Financial Management Minor
The Accounting and Financial Management minor is a quantitative program that prepares students for careers in small companies, major corporations, and consultancies, or graduate programs in accountancy.
W.P. Carey Program in Entrepreneurship and Management
With the Entrepreneurship and Management minor, students innovate to solve real-world problems and learn how to commercialize those innovations with hands-on projects.
Leadership Studies Minor
The Leadership Studies minor focuses on the organizational and contextual aspects of leadership and personal development and helps to position students as leaders in a variety of fields.
Marketing and Communications Minor
The Marketing and Communications minor guides students through the process of managing marketing campaigns, as well as the fundamentals of advertising, public relations, and social media.
Multidisciplinary Design Program
In Multidisciplinary Design courses, teams of students with a variety of academic backgrounds practice a user-centered design thinking process, develop and test prototypes, and present a final solution to their project partners.
Professional Communication Program
The Professional Communication Program offers small, immersive courses that help undergraduate and graduate students learn how to become more effective storytellers, researchers, interpreters, writers, and speakers.
Graduate Programs
Leadership, teamwork, ethics, and innovation in a real world context. Immersive experiences in start-up environments. Small cohorts that create lifelong networks.
Master of Science in Engineering Management
The MSEM program offers a balanced number of engineering and management courses, positioning you to innovate technically while building your professional acumen. Immersion experiences and hands-on projects with our industry partners provide MSEM students the experience they need to succeed in creating their own venture or more quickly advancing into leadership roles in the public or private sectors.
Master of Science in Global Innovation and Leadership through Engineering
Primarily designed for students without engineering backgrounds, the MSIL program provides students with the technical and leadership skills they need to enter some of the most exciting and in-demand fields.
Professional Development Program
One-half of all doctoral degree holders in science, engineering or health fields work outside the academy. The PDP program is geared towards full-time graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins, providing them with the coursework in management, finance, and communications they need to enter any industry they choose.