Associate Degree Programs
Explore Urban College of Boston’s associate degree programs
Urban College of Boston (UCB) offers three associate degree programs. Click on the link below to view degree requirements or to request information:
Students are required to complete 60 credits (generally 20 courses) to attain an associate degree.
If you are interested in continuing your education after UCB, associate degrees can be applied toward bachelor’s degrees at other colleges and universities.
Please view our College Catalogue to explore specific degree requirements for each program of study.
Learning Outcomes for Associate Degree Programs of Study
Each of UCB’s associate degree programs prepares our graduates for their chosen fields.
Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Program
Upon successful completion of all Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education degree requirements, graduates will be able to:
Integrate learned theories with practice in early childhood settings and placements.
Articulate a personal philosophy of Early Childhood Education.
Implement a wide array of research-based, developmentally appropriate educational approaches, instructional strategies, and tools that recognize and support individual learning differences and social and cultural influences.
Apply knowledge and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum that promotes comprehensive developmental and learning outcomes as outlined by the Massachusetts Core Learning Competencies as well as Early Education and Care standards.
Analyze current issues, trends, and policies that affect young children and their families to effectively advocate for their needs.
Observe, Document, and Assess young children and use this information to make decisions about curriculum implementation and modification as well as to engage in reflective practice to strengthen professional skills, knowledge, and competencies.
Create high-quality early childhood environments that embrace full inclusion and strengths, work to eliminate structural inequities that limit equitable learning opportunities, and develop classroom strategies that show respect for family differences.
Human Services Administration Program
The Associate of Arts in Human Services Administration degree at UCB prepares students for transfer as well as employment in social service agencies, schools, and centers. The program provides a unique combination of college course work and human services field experience valued by employers. Upon successful completion of all Human Services Administration degree program requirements, graduates will be able to:
Understand the nature of human systems: individual, group, organization, community and society, and their major interactions.
Describe the underlying principles and possible causation of social problems and analyze strategies for change.
Examine the ways institutions, service delivery systems, social policies, and funding mechanisms impact service delivery.
Apply an understanding of human behavior to examine one’s own conduct as well as the behavior of others.
Demonstrate skills, techniques, and intervention strategies needed for problem solving, crisis intervention, and providing equitable social and emotional support to people of different cultural, ethnic, faith system and socio-economic backgrounds and abilities.
Identify core principles in the Human Services field, including the values and ethics of the profession.
General Studies Program
Through a blend of general education core courses and electives aligned with individual aspirations, the Associate of Arts in General Studies degree provides students the opportunity to plan, analyze, and execute their individual career and education goals. Upon successful completion of all General Studies degree program requirements, graduates will be able to:
Explore prospective career and academic goals and the pathways through ongoing personal and professional development.
Demonstrate clear connections among academic choices and personal, career academic aspirations.
Engage in a reflective process of information discovery, articulate the value of information and its cycle of development, and conduct discipline specific research using appropriate technology.
Examine the diversity of the human experience to develop civic and intercultural knowledge and competence.
Produce oral, written, and digital communication that best serves the setting and audience and imparts information to others, promotes understanding, and/or influences opinion.
Utilize quantitative and qualitative reasoning or computational skills to make informed decisions.
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