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   Updated June 6, 2008

   Academic Calendar

• Fall 2008-Spring 2009
  
  

  American Psychological Association (APA) Style

• Purdue University has a comprehensive on-line guide

  Bookstore: UMass Boston Bookstore

  Career Resources   

  Academic job search portfolio:

• How To Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy

  How to create an effective CV (curriculum vitae) and conduct a job search

• http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/

  How to write a CV, when to use a CV or resume,   |
  and sample cover  letters,  CVs  and thank you letters

• http://jobsearch.about.com/od/curriculumvitaewriting/a/blcv.htm
• http://chronicle.com/jobs/tools/cvdoctor/2007/

  How to organize/write headings for your CV

• http://www.eastchance.com/howto/cv-index.asp

  Tips to make your CV stand out

• http://www.free-resume-tips.com/resumetips/curriclm.html

  Job postings/job banks

• AEA (American Economic Association)
• American Sociological Association (membership required)
• APPAM (Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Higher Ed Jobs.Com  

  Comprehensive Exam Prep

• Study guide
• Test-taking and stress-reducing strategies

        We have sample exams and passing and failing answers available
        for students to copy or to review in the Public Policy suite.

         By request to the Assistant Director, we can also provide electronic
         copies of old exams.

  Course Requirements

• Chart of required Public Policy courses
• Full-time and part-time schedules

  Dissertation Resources

•  UMass Boston Style Guidelines
•  Public Policy Checklist: Timelines and Steps in the Dissertation  Process, Graduation Paperwork, Fees and Deadlines
  
• Sample Dissertation Cover and Signature Pages
   

  Faculty/Staff Outlook Web Access for Email

• http://email.umb.edu
  
  

  Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)

  The GSA provides programs and services to enhance the academic and
  professional development of UMB's graduate student community.  They
  also provide the Bollinger dissertation support grants and Professional
  Development Grants to attend academic conferences.

  Grant writing

 We have several books available to borrow on writing winning grant  proposals as well as a collection of materials from various sources.

• Brown University has a nice web site with tips on writing grant           proposals:  http://research.brown.edu/ovpr/support.php.

  Internship Handbook

• 
  Guidelines for the Public Policy Internship
  
  

  Office of Student Life

  Use your student ID to purchase discount tickets for airlines, museums,  

  local cinemas and other cultural events.  All work and no play ......

• http://www.umb.edu/student_affairs/studentlife/discounts/html
  
  

  Professional Organizations

• AEA (American Economic Association)

• American Sociological Association
• AERA (American Educational Research Association)
• APHA (American Public Health Association)
• APPAM (Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management)
• APSA (American Political Science Association)
• ASPA (American Society for Public Administration)
• ASA (American Statistical Association)
• Law and Society Association
• NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
• NEA (National Education Association)
  
  

  Research Links

• Internet Resources in the field of Public Policy

  Student Handbook and program forms (pdf)

• 2007-8 edition

  UMass Boston

  Frequently used web links

• Academic calendar

• Bookstore
• Email accounts
• Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)
• Graduate Writing Center

• Healey Library

• Search A-Z   (UMass Boston websites, people and departments)

• WISER
  
  

  University Forms

• Degree Application form (143 KB pdf)
• Incomplete Grade Agreement form (130KB pdf)
• Leave of Absence form (164 KB pdf)
• Transfer Credit form (55 KB pdf)

• Statute of Limitations Extension request form (71 KB pdf)

  Writing Resources

•  Writing Effective Policy Papers by Young and Quinn (2002)
   Table of Contents (pdf)

           Chapters, appendices and references (113 pp; pdf)

           Structural and Textural Elements (p. 51; pdf)

• Professor Weller's Tips on Writing for Policy Audiences

•  Barb's favorite websites on writing assistance
  
  
•  UMass Boston's Graduate Writing Center

•  Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph  M. Williams (Longman Publishers, 2004)

           Samples pages:  part 1 (pdf, 1.28 MB) part 2 (pdf, 1.62 MB)