The criminology and criminal justice curriculum at UMUC includes courses in criminal law, juvenile delinquency, categories and causes of crime, corrections, and security administration. Problems that arise in the work environment receive special attention. Economics is the study of the U.S. economic system and U.S. economic relations with the rest of the world, including forces that determine production and distribution, price levels, income distribution, and other economic factors that influence the quality of life. This specialization is appropriate for students who require economics backgrounds for careers in business, labor, politics, law, finance, administration, or public service. The economics curriculum includes macro- and microeconomics, money and banking, international economics, mathematical economics, environmental economics, and business economics.
Gerontology is the study of the social and psychological phenomena associated with aging.
The curriculum is intended to support employment advancement in the care of the aging and in management of senior housing. The gerontology curriculum includes courses in long-term care administration, management of senior housing, and other issues related to caring for an aging population, with emphasis on problems that arise in the workplace. Government and politics encompasses governmental institutions and individuals and their social and political behavior. The specialization is intended to give students a background for careers in business, law, politics, administration, and public or private service, and to provide a foundation for students who intend to continue specialized studies in government and politics at the graduate level. The curriculum includes studies in U.S. government and politics, comparative government, international relations, public policy and political behavior, political theory, public administration, public law, and state and local administration.