Support Services

Every student, no matter how successful, can benefit from some assistance to make the journey through UMass Amherst and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences a little smoother and a lot more enriching. Following are links to a variety of advising and academic support services.

Assistive Technologies Center

Career Services

Community Service Learning

Counseling and Assessment Services

Disability Services

Five College Interchange and Domestic Exchange Programs

International Programs/Study Abroad

Learning Commons

Learning Disability Support Services

Learning Resource Center

Programs and Services for ALANA (Asian, Latino(a), African and Native American) Students:
Bilingual Collegiate Program
Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black and Other Minority Students
Native American Student Support Program
United Asia Learning Resources Center

Student-Athlete Services

Writing Center

Scholarships Affirm Efforts of Economics Student
“Before coming to UMass Amherst I really didn’t know what economics is, or what economists do,” says Rod Motamedi ’08, who has been described as an economics junkie. Originally he thought business would be his major, but early in the process of fulfilling the prerequisites, Motamedi took a microeconomics course. “I really enjoyed it. That led to another—and the realization that all the things that I find most interesting about business are really the domain of economists.
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