Feb 06, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Community Development Major (BA)


Program Declaration


At time of admission to the University or by completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Degree Requirements


If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements  for more information.

  

  

Major Requirements


Complete 45 credits from 16 courses including two 100-level core courses, one statistics course, four 200-level core courses, two methods courses, four electives at the 300 or 400-level, one practicum, and two seminars.

GPA: A minimum GPA of 2.0 for all major courses.
Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the major.
Residency: At least five courses for the major must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements


100-Level Core (9 Credits)


Complete the following three 100-level classes

Statistics/Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits)


Complete one of the following statistics classes

200-Level Core (10 Credits)


Complete the following three 200-level classes

Methods (6 Credits)


Complete the following two methods classes

Seminar (2 Credits)


Complete the following two seminars