The PhD program and participating faculty will offer elective courses each semester depending on student interests and faculty availability. All elective requirements fulfilled other than through College of Management-sponsored elective courses require written approval of PhD Program Office (PhD Elective Request Form required). Faculty advisors will assist in your course selections.
Options include:

•     On-campus courses offered by other UMB PhD programs can be taken as electives. The course will appear on the student’s transcript with the course title and grade.

•     On-campus courses offered by master’s programs which are at the 600 level or above can be taken as electives. PhD students will be expected to complete additional readings or assignments beyond those ordinarily expected of master’s level students. The course will appear on the student’s transcript with the course title and grade.

•     Students can informally audit off-campus graduate courses at other area institutions, with the permission of the instructor.

•     If a student wishes to enroll in a management-related course at another graduate school and plans to use these credits toward his/her doctoral degree, the course should be approved through the elective request form by the faculty advisor and PhD Faculty Director before the class starts.

The following is a list of elective options for the Organizations & Social Change track:

•   MBAMGT 677: Multinational Corporations and Globalization
•   MBAMGT 688L: Global Warming and International Business Management
•   Psych 742: Social Construction of Self and Identities
•   Psych 775: Qualitative methods in psychological research
•   WOST 591: Feminist Inquiry: Strategies for Effective Scholarship/Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
•   WOST 597: Special Topics in Women’s Studies/Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
•   EDLDRS 701 and 702: Leadership Workshop I and II
•   EDLDRS 710: The culture of urban schools
•   EDLDRS 730: Historical Roots of Contemporary Urban Schooling
•   EDLDRS 732: Organization and Leadership in Educational Institutions
•   EEOS 684L: Climate and Energy: Law, Policy and Management
•   EEOS 718: Environmental Law and Policy: Federal Agencies, Courts, and Congress
•   GERON 721: History and Political Economy of Social Policy Toward the Elderly
•   GERON 722: Social and Health Service Delivery Systems for the Elderly
•   GERON 724: Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Aging Societies
•   GERON 734: Law and Health Policy for the Elderly
•   GERON 760: Policy Analysis Techniques
•   GERON 761: Advanced Policy Analysis in Aging
•   NURSNG 701L: Science as a Way of Knowing, Philosophy of Science
•   NURSNG 703: Health Economics
•   NURSNG 704L (GERON 772L): Seminar in Health Care Financing
•   PAF G 642: Public Policy Analysis of Women’s Issues: A Global Perspective
•   PAF G 638L: Global Governance
•   PAF G 643: Gender & Dispute Resolution around the World
•   PAF G 639L: Global Environmental Governance
•   PPOL-697 Special Topics: Community Based Operations Research (Fall 2012)
•   PPOL-G 740: Political Institutions
•   PPOL-G 749L: Scientific & Political Change
•   PPOL-G 751: Public Policy Challenges Facing Urban Nonprofit Organizations
•   PPOL-G 752: Public Policy, Organizations, and Social Change
•   ConRes 636:  Conflict in Workgroups

Taking Courses at other Colleges/Universities
To take courses at other Boston area schools, please consult with your faculty mentor and the PhD Program Director.

UMass Boston is a member of the Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies at MIT.  Students may also request to take elective courses through the Consortium as an officially registered student.  For course offerings and registration/application details, please visit: http://web.mit.edu/gcws/