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College of Liberal Arts
Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at UMass Boston
From Art to Philosophy, from Africana Studies to Psychology, the College of Liberal Arts provides the opportunity to study a wide variety of disciplines spanning the humanities, fine arts, and social sciences. Your liberal arts education will help you develop skills you'll use throughout your career: the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, to adapt to new situations quickly, to analyze information, to interact with a wide variety of people, and to build the confidence to be a creative problem solver.
Undergraduate Programs
- Africana Studies, BA
- American Studies, BA
- Anthropology, BA
- Archaeology and History, BA
- Art, BA
- Asian Studies, BA
- Biobehavioral Studies (Program)
- Chinese (Minor)
- Classical Languages, BA
- Classical Studies, BA
- Cognitive Science (Minor)
- Communication (Minor)
- Communication Studies (Minor)
- Communication, BA
- Creative Writing Concentration/Minor
- Criminal Justice, BA
- Dance (Minor)
- Economics, BA
- English, BA
- Environmental Anthropology (Minor)
- Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, BA
- French, BA
- History, BA
- International Relations (Minor)
- Irish Studies Concentration/Minor
- Italian, BA
- Japanese (Minor)
- Latin American and Iberian Studies, BA
- Latin American Studies (Minor)
- Latin American Studies (Program)
- Latino Studies (Program)
- Music, BA
- Native American and Indigenous Studies (Minor)
- Philosophy and Law (Program)
- Philosophy and Public Policy, BA
- Philosophy, BA
- Political Science, BA
- Professional Writing Concentration/Minor
- Psychology and Sociology, BA
- Psychology, BA
- Psychology, BS
- Public Policy (Minor)
- Social Psychology, BA
- Sociology, BA
- Spanish (Minor)
- Spanish Language (Minor)
- Spanish, BA
- Technical Writing (Minor)
- Theatre Arts, BA
- Women’s Studies, BA
Graduate Programs
- American Studies, MA
- Applied Economics, MA
- Applied Linguistics, MA (On-campus)
- Applied Linguistics, MA (Online)
- Applied Sociology, BA/MA
- Applied Sociology, MA
- Clinical Psychology, PhD
- Creative Writing, MFA
- Developmental and Brain Sciences (DBS), PhD
- English, MA
- Historical Archaeology, MA
- History, MA
- History, MA (Archives Track)
- History, MA (Public History Track)
- Latin and Classical Humanities, MA
- Sociology, PhD
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