Economic & Social Development of Regions Masters Program

Welcome to our website and thank you for your interest in the Economic and Social Development of Regions Program at UMass Lowell.

Our program is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and includes students and faculty from a wide variety of academic backgrounds and disciplines. Our curriculum allows students the opportunity to study issues of economic and social development from a theoretical and practical perspective. Our program emphasizes issues of equity, social justice and economic, social and environmental sustainability. Our students and faculty actively engage with the concerns of the community at local, regional, national and international levels. Our program prepares students for doctoral study and/or careers in a multitude of fields.  

We encourage you to explore the pages of our website and our flyer of courses for Spring 2012 (pdf). 

Please join us for our fall 2011 seminar and speaker series:

Instability, Fragility and Sustainable Recovery: Global to Local (pdf)

Please feel free to contact us by email or phone. A faculty member or enrolled student will be more than happy to field your questions.

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