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The
Regional Economic and Social Development (RESD) Department offers
advanced certificate and Master’s programs, to prepare students to
understand, analyze, and intervene in the economic development of
regions. Graduates work in government agencies, for non-profit
organizations, in private sector research and analysis, and in other
policy and development settings. Many
graduates go on to more advanced degrees.
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The
department is interdisciplinary drawing on the fields of
economics, history, political science, psychology, sociology,
and urban planning. Most
of the courses are team taught giving students different
perspectives on the same problem.
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2007 Fall Seminar Series
RESD Professor receives
Creative Economy Fund grant from UMass President’s Office
A partnership between Professor Robert
Forrant of RESD, the Cultural Organization of Lowell and the Revolving
Museum has received a $35,000 grant from the University of Massachusetts
President’s Office Creative Economy Fund to support a two-pronged
project on behalf of Lowell’s creative economy.
Boston's Biotech Boom
Better Community Interaction Key to NPS Grant
A three-year, $100,000 grant from the Lowell
National Historic Park has set into motion an ambitious,
historic study.
Grant
Announcement
An
Ethnographic Study of
Lowell
,
MA
:
Immigration,
Globalization and an
All-American
City
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