Welcome to the SBS Advising Center

Fall of 2009 marks the opening of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Advising Center for undergraduates. Located in Thompson Tower 128, the Advising Center serves the following undergraduate majors:

• Anthropology
• Communication
• Economics
• Environmental Design
• Journalism
• Landscape Architecture
• Legal Studies
• Political Science
• Social Thought and Political Economy
• Sociology

Note: Psychology BA candidates will continue to use the SBS Advising Center for Global Education Advising ONLY. For all other advising, please go to 113 Stockbridge Hall.

The Advising Team is eager to help you navigate your way through the academic experience at UMass Amherst. We'd like to get to know you. Come pay us a visit at Thompson 128 (8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.), give us a call at 413.577.1057, or send us an email.

Huston named Marshall Scholar
Katie Huston '08 (journalism) is one of 40 students nationwide this year to be awarded a Marshall Scholarship—the first UMass Amherst student in thirty years to receive one. The Marshall Scholarship funds two or three years of graduate study at any British university. Created by British Parliament in honor of General George C. Marshall as an enduring gesture of thanks from the people of Britain for U.S. assistance received after World War II, it is one of the most competitive and prestigious merit scholarships available to graduating American seniors.
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