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Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts at UMass Boston. From Art to Philosophy, from Africana Studies to Psychology, we provide the opportunity to study a wide variety of disciplines spanning the humanities, fine arts, and social sciences. Your liberal arts education will help you develop skills you'll use throughout your career: the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, to adapt to new situations quickly, to analyze information, to interact with a wide variety of people and the confidence to find creative solutions to problems.


Congratulations to Professor Lois Rudnick, Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching


›› STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

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Paulina Kozak is planning to graduate in May with a double major in Women’s Studies and English, and a minor in Dance. She is a busy young woman who also has a full time job as a bar manager and event planner at Sanctuary in Faneuil Hall. Read more ››

›› FOCUS ON FACULTY

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Poems by Lloyd Schwartz, a 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner for criticism and the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at UMass Boston, were set as songs by this year’s composition fellows at the Tanglewood Music Center. The fellows are emerging professional composers chosen from hundreds of applicants from all over the world. Read more ››

›› FEATURED ALUMNI

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Martina Kukin Toponarksi grew up in Croatia and had already graduated from the University of Rijeka. But when she moved to the United States she decided to apply to UMass Boston because “I needed to build a network to get the most out of my experience.” Read more ››

›› NEWS + EVENTS

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