Degrees and Programs
The UMass Amherst College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS for short) offers a combination of majors, minors, and certificates in it's various academic departments. e also have a number of accelerated masters programs, in which you can get your M.A. one year after graduation! If you're looking for a more traditional post-graduate experience, we have that too in our masters and PhD programs. SBS houses the following departments:
- Anthropology
- Communication
- Economics
- Journalism
- Labor Studies
- Landscape Architecture
- Latin, American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
- Legal Studies
- Political Science
- Public Policy and Administration
- Regional Planning
- Resource Economics
- Social Thought and Political Economy
- Sociology
- Sustainable Community Development
