Academic Programs

Develop the vital knowledge and skills to guide your organization in effectively managing its greatest asset — its people — with this bachelor’s degree in human resources. From recruiting and retention to employee relations, benefits, and development, you'll learn to turn people strategy into performance.

This graduate-level certificate is designed to develop professionals in human resources who wish to broaden their conceptual knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field.

Gain the skills and tools you need to maximize employee engagement and address cultural, regulatory, and behavioral issues in a diverse workforce. You’ll learn strategic management, staffing, training and development, conflict and negotiation, employee benefits, and legal issues.

Expand and sharpen your information technology expertise with this online, self-paced B.S. in Information Technology degree. Moving at your own pace, you’ll demonstrate understanding and mastery of each IT “competency” and then move on to the next. 

This online bachelor’s degree in information technology is perfect for students who want a broad-based skill set that can translate into a variety of roles in the technology sphere. Receive credit for tech certificates earned to speed your progress. 

This online degree program is well-suited for students seeking a wide variety of business law-related careers, including those in employment law, intellectual property, and business transactions.

Paralegals play a key role—from legal research to drafting documents and supporting courtroom preparation. This fully online degree prepares you for national certification exams and a career as a paralegal, including in California.

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of careers that require an understanding of legal concepts. Our 100 percent online curriculum addresses the application of writing, research, analysis, ethics, and communication in a legal setting.

Whether you're laying the groundwork to earn a teaching credential for elementary education in California, or you simply seek a bachelor's degree with a broad liberal studies foundation, the UMass Global Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies is the perfect choice.

Navigating relationships is difficult at the best of times. As a marriage and family therapist, you’ll help individuals, couples, and families work through problems and past roadblocks. Earn your UMass Global MFT degree online with in-person practicum hours.