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Please review the first-year and transfer apply pages for important information about application requirements, deadlines, and application status check.

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Financing Your Education

Become a Beacon and pursue your passion in UMass Boston’s diverse, supportive environment. Many students across our 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs receive financial aid—providing access to an education that’s exceptional and affordable. Click below to learn more about financial aid opportunities and deadlines.

Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

100-Level Core (6 Credits):

• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
• ENVSTY 101 - The Nature of Environmental Problems 3 Credit(s)

Statistics/Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits):

• MATH 125 - Introductory Statistics 3 Credit(s)
  or
• ENVSCI 261 - Statistics for Environmental Science 3 Credit(s)

200-Level Core (13 Credits):

• UPCD 201 - History and Theory of Community Development 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 210 - Community Health and Environment 3 Credit(s)
• ENVSCI 270 - Cities and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
• ENVSCI 281 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)

Methods (6 Credits):

• UPCD 301 - Introduction to Research Methods and Community Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 303 - Quantitative Methods for Community Development 3 Credit(s)

300/400-Level Electives (12 Credits):
Take four courses from the list below.

• UPCD 310 - Social Determinants of Health 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 321 - Fundamentals of Housing 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 351L - Architecture and Human Built Environment Interactions 3 Credit(s)
   
• UPCD 353L - Community Economic Development in the U.S.: Class, Race, Ethnicity 3 Credit(s)
  OR
• UPCD 356L - Economic Development and Environmental Justice 3 Credit(s)
   
• UPCD 355 - Global Community Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 371 - Organizational Behavior for Public and Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credit(s)
   
• ENVSCI 340L - Planning and Land Use Law 3 Credit(s)
  OR
• ENVSCI 375L - Urban Planning 3 Credit(s)
   
• ENVSCI 315L - Introduction to Environmental Health 3 Credit(s)
  OR
• ENVSTY 364L - Environmental Justice 3 Credit(s)
   
• ENVSTY 371 - Telling the Story: broadcast multi-media communications about natural, built, and human environments 3 Credit(s)

Practicum (3 Credits):
Take one course from the list below.

• UPCD 457 - Internship in Community Development 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 459 - Capstone in Community Development 3 Credit(s)
• UPCD 478 - Independent Study in Community Development 1-6 Credit(s)
• UPCD 498 - Honors in Community Development 3 Credit(s)
• ENVSCI 476 - Environmental Science Capstone 3 Credit(s)

Seminar (2 Credits):

• ENVSTY 210 - Second-Year Seminar: Conflict and Resolution 1 Credit(s)
• ENVSTY 310 - Third-Year Seminar: Professional Development 1 Credit(s)

Early action deadline: November 1; Regular Decision Deadline: June 15

Financing Your Education

Become a Beacon and pursue your passion in UMass Boston’s diverse, supportive environment. Many students across our 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs receive financial aid—providing access to an education that’s exceptional and affordable. Click below to learn more about financial aid opportunities and deadlines.

Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process 

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

For additional information regarding tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar’s Office or send an email to Bursar@umb.edu.