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140 Commonwealth Ave
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree, Master's degree, Certificates/Post-Master's certificate, Certificates/Post-Master's certificate, Doctor's degree, First-Professional degree
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (high research activity)
Number of students: 14,829 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$70.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$35,674$33,000$31,438
Out of State$35,674$33,000$31,438
Books and Supplies$650$650$650
On-Campus
Room and board$11,060$10,720$10,170
Other Expenses$1,000$1,000$1,000
Off Campus
Room and board$7,700$7,620$7,575
Other Expenses$1,000$1,000$1,000
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,100$3,020$3,000

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 10% $5,564
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 5% $1,861
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 41% $21,487
Loans to students 47% $3,629
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Bachelor degree
Visual and Performing Arts
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Visual and Performing Arts, Other: Any instructional program in visual and performing arts not listed in the Visual and Performing Arts, General category.

Bachelor degree
Theology and Religious Vocations
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Theology and Religious Vocations, Other: Any instructional program in theological studies and religious vocations not listed in the Theology and Religious Vocations, General category.

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other sett...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fam...

Bachelor degree
Social Sciences
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Social Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in social sciences not listed in the Social Sciences, General category.

Bachelor degree
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the Slavic languages of Central and Eastern Europe. Includes instruction in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to business, science/technolog...

Bachelor degree
Secondary Education and Teaching
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Secondary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the secondary grades, which may include grades seven through twelve, depending on the school system or state regulations. May include preparation to teach a comprehensive curriculum or specific su...

Bachelor degree
Russian Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Russian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands.

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various s...

Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public o...

Bachelor degree
Physics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynami...

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the ...

Bachelor degree
Organizational Behavior Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Organizational Behavior Studies: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior and motivations of individuals functioning in organized groups, and its application to business and industrial settings. Includes instruction in organization theory, industrial and organizati...

Bachelor degree
Operations Management and Supervision
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Operations Management and Supervision: A program that prepares individuals to manage and direct the physical and/or technical functions of a firm or organization, particularly those relating to development, production, and manufacturing. Includes instruction in principles of general man...

Bachelor degree
Nursing
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Nursing, Other: Any instructional program in nursing not listed in the Nursing, General category.

Bachelor degree
Music
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Bachelor degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathemati...

Bachelor degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing rese...

Bachelor degree
Linguistics
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Linguistics: A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, socioli...

Bachelor degree
Italian Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Italian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Italian language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Italian philology, Modern Italian, Italian regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

Bachelor degree
International Relations and Affairs
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree International Relations and Affairs: A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, national security and strateg...

Bachelor degree
Information Science + Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Information Science + Studies: A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and proc...

Bachelor degree
History
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spec...

Bachelor degree
German Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Middle, and Hi...

Bachelor degree
Geology + Earth Science
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks...

Bachelor degree
Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences, Other: Any instructional program in geological and related sciences not listed in the Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, General category.

Bachelor degree
French Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/...

Bachelor degree
Fine + Studio Arts
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Fine + Studio Arts, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textile...

Bachelor degree
Finance
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial instruments;...

Bachelor degree
Film + Cinema Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Film + Cinema Studies: A program in the visual arts that focuses on the study of the history, development, theory, and criticism of the film/video arts, as well as the basic principles of film making and film production.

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.

Bachelor degree
Education
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Education, Other: Any instructional program in education not listed in the Education, General category.

Bachelor degree
Economics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and m...

Bachelor degree
Computer Science
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardware ...

Bachelor degree
Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric: A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organizationa...

Bachelor degree
Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and...

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological...

Bachelor degree
Biochemistry
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Biochemistry: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic ac...

Bachelor degree
Art History
Criticism and Conservation
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Art History, Criticism and Conservation: A program that focuses on the study of the historical development of art as social and intellectual phenomenon, the analysis of works of art, and art conservation. Includes instruction in the theory of art, art history research methods, connoisse...

Bachelor degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.

Bachelor degree
Accounting
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, leg...

Bachelor degree
Accounting and Related Services
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Bachelor degree Accounting and Related Services, Other: Any instructional program in accounting not listed in the Accounting and Related Services, General category.

Master's degree
Theology and Religious Vocations
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Theology and Religious Vocations, Other: Any instructional program in theological studies and religious vocations not listed in the Theology and Religious Vocations, General category.

Master's degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other sett...

Master's degree
Sociology
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fam...

Master's degree
Social Work
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Social Work: A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfa...

Master's degree
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the Slavic languages of Central and Eastern Europe. Includes instruction in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to business, science/technolog...

Master's degree
Russian Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Russian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of the Russian Federation and its Soviet, Czarist, and medieval predecessors and related borderlands.

Master's degree
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other: Any instructional program in Romance languages, literatures, and linguistics not listed above, including such languages as Rhaeto-Romansch, Friulian, Galician, Sardinian, Provençal/Langue d'Oc, and others.

Master's degree
Religious Education
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Religious Education: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of providing educational services to members of faith communities, within the context of a particular religion, and that prepares individuals to serve as religious educators. Includes instruction in planning and teac...

Master's degree
Political Science and Government
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public o...

Master's degree
Physics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynami...

Master's degree
Philosophy
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the ...

Master's degree
Pastoral Studies + Counseling
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Pastoral Studies + Counseling: A program that focuses on the theory and principles of pastoral care and prepares ordained clergy to provide non-clinical pastoral counseling to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in pastoral leadership, counseling psychology; crisis intervention...

Master's degree
Organizational Behavior Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Organizational Behavior Studies: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior and motivations of individuals functioning in organized groups, and its application to business and industrial settings. Includes instruction in organization theory, industrial and organizati...

Master's degree
Nursing
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Nursing, Other: Any instructional program in nursing not listed in the Nursing, General category.

Master's degree
Mathematics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathemati...

Master's degree
Linguistics
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Linguistics: A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisition, socioli...

Master's degree
Italian Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Italian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Italian language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Italian philology, Modern Italian, Italian regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

Master's degree
History
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spec...

Master's degree
Higher Education + Higher Education Administration
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Higher Education + Higher Education Administration: A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals ...

Master's degree
Geology + Earth Science
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks...

Master's degree
Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences, Other: Any instructional program in geological and related sciences not listed in the Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, General category.

Master's degree
French Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/...

Master's degree
Finance
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial instruments;...

Master's degree
English Language and Literature
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Master's degree
Educational Leadership and Administration
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Educational Leadership and Administration, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may...

Master's degree
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other: Any instructional program in educational evaluation, research and statistics not listed in the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, General category.

Master's degree
Education
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Education, Other: Any instructional program in education not listed in the Education, General category.

Master's degree
Economics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and m...

Master's degree
Curriculum and Instruction
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Curriculum and Instruction: A program that focuses on the curriculum and related instructional processes and tools, and that may prepare individuals to serve as professional curriculum specialists. Includes instruction in curriculum theory, curriculum design and planning, instructional ...

Master's degree
Counseling Psychology
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Counseling Psychology: A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Includes inst...

Master's degree
Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Classics + Classical Languages, Lit And Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Master's degree
Chemistry
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Master's degree
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other: Any instructional program in administrative and secretarial services not listed in the Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, General category.

Master's degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and...

Master's degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological...

Master's degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other societies.

Master's degree
Accounting
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Master's degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, leg...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Religious Education
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Religious Education: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of providing educational services to members of faith communities, within the context of a particular religion, and that prepares individuals to serve as religious educators. Includes instruction in plannin...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Higher Education + Higher Education Administration
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Higher Education + Higher Education Administration: A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare in...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Educational Leadership and Administration
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Educational Leadership and Administration, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, an...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Educational Evaluation and Research
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Educational Evaluation and Research: A program that focuses on the principles and procedures for generating information about educational programs, personnel and methods, and the analysis of such information for planning purposes. Includes instruction in evaluation theory, eva...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Education
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Education, Other: Any instructional program in education not listed in the Education, General category.

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Curriculum and Instruction
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Post-Master's certificate Curriculum and Instruction: A program that focuses on the curriculum and related instructional processes and tools, and that may prepare individuals to serve as professional curriculum specialists. Includes instruction in curriculum theory, curriculum design and planning, inst...

Doctor's degree
Theology and Religious Vocations
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Theology and Religious Vocations, Other: Any instructional program in theological studies and religious vocations not listed in the Theology and Religious Vocations, General category.

Doctor's degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other sett...

Doctor's degree
Sociology
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, fam...

Doctor's degree
Social Work
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Social Work: A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfa...

Doctor's degree
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other: Any instructional program in Romance languages, literatures, and linguistics not listed above, including such languages as Rhaeto-Romansch, Friulian, Galician, Sardinian, Provençal/Langue d'Oc, and others.

Doctor's degree
Religion + Religious Studies
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural an...

Doctor's degree
Psychology
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various s...

Doctor's degree
Political Science and Government
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public o...

Doctor's degree
Physics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynami...

Doctor's degree
Philosophy
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the ...

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Organizational Behavior Studies
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Organizational Behavior Studies: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior and motivations of individuals functioning in organized groups, and its application to business and industrial settings. Includes instruction in organization theory, industrial and organizati...

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Nursing
Other
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Nursing, Other: Any instructional program in nursing not listed in the Nursing, General category.

Doctor's degree
Italian Language and Literature
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Italian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Italian language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Italian philology, Modern Italian, Italian regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

Doctor's degree
History
General
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of spec...

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Higher Education + Higher Education Administration
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Higher Education + Higher Education Administration: A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals ...

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French Language and Literature
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/...

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Finance
General
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial instruments;...

Doctor's degree
English Language and Literature
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

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Educational Leadership and Administration
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Educational Leadership and Administration, General: A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may...

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Educational Evaluation and Research
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Educational Evaluation and Research: A program that focuses on the principles and procedures for generating information about educational programs, personnel and methods, and the analysis of such information for planning purposes. Includes instruction in evaluation theory, evaluation re...

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Education
Other
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Education, Other: Any instructional program in education not listed in the Education, General category.

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Economics
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and m...

Doctor's degree
Curriculum and Instruction
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Curriculum and Instruction: A program that focuses on the curriculum and related instructional processes and tools, and that may prepare individuals to serve as professional curriculum specialists. Includes instruction in curriculum theory, curriculum design and planning, instructional ...

Doctor's degree
Counseling Psychology
Boston College

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Boston College Doctor's degree Counseling Psychology: A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Includes inst...

Doctor's degree
Chemistry
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

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Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College Doctor's degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological...

First-Professional degree
Law (LLB
JD)
Boston College

General Description for:
Boston College First-Professional degree Law (LLB, JD): A program that prepares individuals for theindependent professional practice of law, for taking state and national bar examinations, and for advanced research in jurisprudence. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of the legal system, including the st...

 
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