For students new to UMass and the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, this course prepares students to set academic and personal goals, take full advantage of University offerings, build self-reliance through college-level study skills, and ready themselves for success.

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This course explores globalization, law, and social change through themes such as colonialism, nationalism, censorship, freedom of information, democratic movements and the relationship between the global North and South. These themes will guide us in understanding how and why entire regions are pulled into maelstroms of social change,

For students new to UMass and the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, this course prepares students to set academic and personal goals, take full advantage of University offerings, build self-reliance through college-level study skills, and ready themselves for success.

Practical experience in the management of software development projects. Managing people, coaching, mentoring, planning, scheduling, evaluation, negotiation, and expectation management are explored. The focus is on the power of communication.