The Applied Liberal Arts degree consists of six major requirements and either five or six courses within a specific discipline. 

Choose from six concentrations:

• English
• History
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Science                      
• Sociology

Students graduate with a skillset that’s agile, wide-ranging, and informed by data.  具有扎实的数据分析基础, project managment, 通讯及其他, 学生们已经准备好以对社会负责的态度向前迈进, 以道德为导向的商业领袖.

Requirements:

• Data Analysis and Probability
• Digital Marketing Strategy
• Principles of Economics
• Project Management
• Financial Accounting
• Management and Organizational Behavior 
• Corporate Communication
• Principles of Finance
• Business Law
• Strategic Leadership

B.A.

Students graduate understanding the processes through which criminal laws are made and enforced, the major theories of criminality, and the economic and psychological factors that underpin criminal behavior. They will apply social scientific research methods to particular case studies while honing their written and spoken communication skills.

Sample courses:

• Introduction to Criminology
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Justice
• Research Methods for the Social Sciences
• Two upper-level sociology and/or psychology courses

With some 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs around the world, our expert-taught program provides core competencies that will enable you to protect both public and private organizations from today’s urgent threats. Through in-person, online, and hybrid course options ranging from Computer Networks to Ethical Hacking, our curriculum emphasizes risk management, risk tolerance, and risk mitigation.

The cybersecurity certificate program lays the foundation for security professionals to achieve success.  网络安全计划提供了适应业务变化所需的强大技能基线, technology, 威胁环境. Within the program, 重点将放在风险管理的概念上, risk tolerance, and risk mitigation.

With a customizable six-course curriculum that blends online and in-person classes. Courses include:

• Cybersecurity Fundamentals
• Computer Security
• Technical Writing
• Computer Networks
• Systems Analysis and Design
  
• Python Programming (elective)
• C++ Programming (elective)

B.A.

Through this major, students hone their spoken and written communication skills and examine theories of interpersonal, relationship, group, organizational, and mass communication. Students will apply social scientific research methods to case studies and consider the ethical implications of mass communication in society.

B.A. Program Details

Students aiming to become bankers, business managers, market researchers, budget analysts, or others working in careers where they need to know the intricacies of economies will be well-suited for success with this degree. Students learn to differentiate between market structures and analyze case studies using theories of economic growth, unemployment, and inflation.

Required courses:

• Principles of Economics: Micro
• Principles of Economics: Macro
• Macroeconomic Theory
• Microeconomic Theory
• Elementary Economic Statistics
• Your choice of three upper-level Economics electives

M.S. Program Details

 

Learn the narrative and stylistic techniques employed by classic writers of fiction and nonfiction in order to:

• Write at an advanced level
• Distinguish between different periods in American and British literature
• Interpret literature through the lenses of class, race, gender, and historical context
• Thoughtfully criticize works of literature
• Imaginatively inhabit the perspectives of others

In addition to courses in British, American, and World literature, 这门课程需要另外四门英语选修课, 还有两门写作课.

我们的课程包括欧洲, American, pre-modern, and non-Western history. As critical thinkers, 学生运用历史探究的工具和概念，清晰有效地传达电子游戏正规平台结果.

Major requirements:

• Modern History I
• Modern History II
• Two American History courses
• One Pre-Modern History course
• One Asian, African, Latin American, or Middle Eastern History course
• Four History electives

B.A.

This major emphasizes technical and theoretical issues in information technology. From project management to collaborative computing, the curriculum prepares you to program computer applications and employ software and technology related to security.

You'll begin with an immersion in the basic tools and concepts of computing, then move on to examine programming, modern computer and web-based applications, and advanced software and hardware development.

This flexible program allows you to choose courses in consultation with your advisor. 你将以综合成绩毕业, multifaceted understanding of our contemporary times and be prepared to:

• Address a variety of research problems using an interdisciplinary approach
• Design research projects that respect the ethical boundaries inherent in the study of humans
• Communicate effectively in writing and orally
• Collaborate meaningfully with your peers and faculty

Nondegree students are vital to Woods College and Boston College, enriching the classroom and our communities. They come to Woods to learn new skill sets, improve their understanding of specific disciplines, and complete certificate programs. Some may also be looking to try out a subject before committing to a program or enhance their academic track record.

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This major is ideal for students who seek to understand the world around them at its deepest level. You'我们将学习解决关于知识的基本问题, goodness, 而人类经历的本质是清晰的, systematic fashion. 我们的课程以古代和启蒙运动的伟大作品为基础, 本课程向学生介绍哲学探究的主要领域，包括政治哲学, 宗教哲学, 还有科学哲学.

Students graduate from this major with a strong grasp of the intricacies of political life, 能够从各种理论角度分析政治过程和制度.

Requirements:

• Fundamental Concepts of Politics
• Social and Political Philosophy
• Comparative Politics
• International Relations
• Research Methods for the Social Sciences
• Gender Politics
• Law and Morality
• Two courses in American Politics
• Two upper-level Political Science and/or Law electives

This major is ideal for students who want to analyze human behavior through the lenses of developmental history, social sciences, cognitive psychology, and civil society.  You'我们将与领先的从业者和行业专家一起学习，学习应用心理学领域的关键理论来解决工作中的现实问题, in your community, and in society. 

Requirements:

• Introduction to Psychology
• Research Methods for the Social Sciences
• Developmental Psychology
  
• Applied Statistics
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology in Context
• Six Psychology electives

This program will introduce you to classical and contemporary sociological theories and challenge you to apply these theories in evaluating social phenomena. 到你毕业的时候, 你将对现代社会中行为和互动的复杂性有一个牢固的把握.

Requirements:

• Introductory Sociology
• Sociological Theories
• Research Methods for the Social Sciences
• Qualitative Methods
• Class, Power, and Social Change
• Three upper-level Sociology courses
• Two upper-level Political Science and/or Psychology electives