Programs

Gain a critical understanding of the frameworks that guide business decisions at all levels, from Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits. The Isenberg School of Management Accounting program develops highly-skilled pr...

Engage in deeply interdisciplinary study of the history, politics, culture, music, economics, and literature of people of African descent in the United States and across the wider African Diaspora. The W.E.B. Du Bois Dep...

Examine the welfare, breeding, nutrition, physiology, behavior, and other aspects of the care and research of domestic and laboratory animals. At UMass Amherst, students of animal science have the opportunity to study di...

Answer some of todays most complex questions through leading-edge education and research in four anthropological subfields: archaeology, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. The Department of Anthropology a...

Architecture is more than the design of buildings, it is the art of designing the spaces where people live, work, and play. At UMass Amherst, we take a holistic approach to architecture, understanding the ecological and...

Find comfort in the uncomfortable. Ease in the awkward. At UMass Amherst, we encourage all students of art to examine the world with an unflinching gaze. We educate artists who are intellectually curious, artistically fe...

Transform a passion for art into a career as a visual art teacher. The art education program at UMass Amherst is dedicated to creating inventive, passionate, and collaborative art educators who inspire creativity in thei...

See: History of Art and Architecture

Study the planets, moon, stars, galaxies, even the origin of the universe itself. Astronomy is a broad and exciting field encompassing the well known use of instruments like telescopes to study the stars, as well as less...

Created for the modern scholar whose curiosity exceeds the bounds of traditional academic fields, the Bachelors Degree with Individual Concentration is a self-directed, interdisciplinary major program that empowers stude...