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Course summary
This program in gerontology emphasizes three main areas reflecting the field's career options such as social policy, advocacy and direct service. It is designed to help professionals and others interested in the field to augment their credentials, while providing valuable learning experiences in the field of gerontology for those who want to pursue rewarding careers built around issues of aging and public service. The management concentration responds to the management education needs of public and community service professionals. The concentration provides education for nonprofit community-based, progressive organizations that promote the principles of active democracy by involving constituents’ directly in governance and in shaping their communities.
Entry requirement for international students
Students should have completed four years of English, three years of college preparatory mathematics (algebra II is a minimum requirement), two years of the same foreign language, three years of science (including two with a laboratory component), two years of social science including one course in U.S. history, and two electives from the above areas, arts and humanities, or computer science. In addition, they must have a minimum TOEFL score of 550-600 on the paper test, 213-250 on the computer-based test, or 79-80 on the TOEFL IBT test, IELTS score of 6.0 or better and SAT or ACT scores are also required. Non-native speakers with a SAT-I verbal score of 400 or higher do not need to take the TOEFL.
University of Massachusetts Boston accepts IELTS*
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Qualification
Bachelor degree
Awarding body
University Of Massachusetts Boston
Department name
College of Public and Community Service
About University of Massachusetts Boston
With a growing reputation for innovative research addressing complex urban issues, the University of Massachusetts Boston, metropolitan Boston’s only public university, offers its diverse student population both an intimate learning environment and the rich experience of a great American city. UMass Boston’s seven colleges and graduate schools serve nearly 15,000 students from all over the world while engaging local, national, and international constituents through ac read more
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