Choosing a dual-degree program gives students the opportunity to complete a Humphrey Institute degree and another University of Minnesota graduate or professional degree in less time (typically one year less) than it would take to complete the two degrees independently. The Humphrey Institute facilitates this process through formal agreements with the involved University of Minnesota colleges and the Graduate School.
The Humphrey Institute currently offers the following dual degree programs:
Admissions requirements
Students must apply for admission separately to both the Humphrey Institute and to the other school within the University. Separate applications also are submitted to the Graduate School if applying for the MLA, MSCE, MS in HSRPA, or MSW.
Juris Doctor (JD) from the School of Law and MPP or MS or MURP in four years
Degree requirements: JD
Dual-degree students must meet all School of Law requirements: 88 credits (of which 30 are required first-year courses), as well as completion of professional responsibility and writing requirements. The School of Law will accept six credits of graduate-level coursework completed outside the School of Law. Most dual degree students will use Humphrey Institute public affairs coursework to fulfill these six credits. A student may petition the School of Law to accept an additional six credits of graduate-level coursework in classes that are substantially law-related.
Degree requirements: MPP, MS, MURP
Students also must complete all required courses for each degree as well as an internship (MPP or MURP degrees) and a professional (non-thesis) paper (MPP, MURP-Coursework Only, or MS - Plan B option). Students pursuing the MS - Plan A or MURP-Plan A options must write a thesis. In cases where a law clerkship focuses on a planning- or policy-related topic, it may count toward the required Humphrey Institute internship.
A total of 17 School of Law credits may be applied to the MPP or MURP degree programs and 14.5 (Plan B) or 7.5 (Plan A) to the MS program as courses in a concentration or specialization and as electives.
The JD/MS dual degree is part of a larger Joint Degree Program in Law, Health, and the Life Sciences, which involves the School of Law, the College of Biological Sciences, and the School of Public Health. Participating students also take a required, one-credit seminar for all students in the law, health, and the life sciences program.
Admissions requirements
More information is available from:
School of Law Admissions Office
University of Minnesota
290 Mondale Hall, 229-19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-5005
or
Joint Degree Program in Law, Health, & the Life Sciences University of Minnesota
N-140 Mondale Hall, 229-19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-0055
Email us about the Joint Degree Program.
More about the Law School's joint degrees
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) in the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) in 3.5-4 years
Program available fall 2003. (Students enrolled in either program in 2002-2003 also will be eligible.) Students are able to double-count up to 37 credits, thereby reducing the number of total credits to 99.
Degree requirements: MLA
The MLA degree requires 88 credits. Students may apply up to 19 credits in specified MURP courses towards MLA requirements or electives, and 18 MLA credits towards MURP requirements or electives.
Degree requirements: MURP
The MURP degree requires 48 credits. Students complete required core courses, a Professional Paper or Plan A, and an internship. Students may apply up to 18 credits in specified MLA courses towards MURP requirements.
More information is available from:
Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Minnesota
89 Church Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-6860
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE) in the Institute of Technology and Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) in three years
Program available fall 2003. (Students enrolled in either program in 2002-2003 will be eligible.) Students are able to double-count up to 18 credits, thereby reducing the number of total credits to 60 (for MURP-CWO) or 66 (for MURP-Plan A). Students specialize in either Transportation Planning and Engineering or Environmental Planning and Engineering.
Degree Requirements: MSCE
The MSCE degree requires 30 credits, of which 14 must be in their major field and six outside. (To be eligible for double-counting, the six outside credits must be taken from a list of pre-approved PA courses.) The remaining 10 credits are thesis credits if Plan A (with thesis) or coursework credits if Plan B (non-thesis). Sub-areas available: Environmental Planning and Transportation Planning.
Degree Requirements: MURP
The MURP degree requires 48 credits, including up to 12 CE credits for MSCE dual-degree students. (To be eligible for double-counting, the 12 CE credits must be taken from a list of pre-approved courses.) Students complete all required core courses, an internship, and a Plan A or a Professional Paper. The MSCE thesis may be considered satisfactory for the MURP Professional Paper requirement. MURP Plan-A students will write a separate Plan A.
More information is available from:
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
500 Pillsbury Drive, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-5522
Master of Social Work (MSW) in the College of Education and Human Development and Master of Public Policy (MPP) in three years
Degree requirements: MSW
Completing the M.S.W. degree requires 50 credits (or 34 credits for students with advanced standing). An MPP-MSW dual-degree student may apply approximately 11 credits of PA courses to this total. A MURP-MSW student may apply up to 11 MURP credits. In a 50-credit program, 25 credits are in MSW foundation courses. Students may substitute PA 5036 (Regional Economic Analysis) and PA 5037 (Regional Demographic Analysis), 1.5 credits each, for the foundation course SW-8601 (Social Work Research Methods, 3 credits). The number of MPP-MSW double-counted credits was recently increased to 21.
Dual-degree students usually take an MSW concentration in community practice. This requires five basic courses (13 credits), one three-credit advanced policy course, three credits of electives, and a concentration field placement.
In the 50-credit MSW program, the first field placement must be a direct service placement and the second field placement must be in a management position for MSW students in the human services management concentration. Given pertinent content and responsibilities, the second placement can double as the Humphrey Institute internship.
MPP and MURP requirements
Students must complete required core courses, a Professional Paper or Plan A thesis, and an internship. MPP students may apply up to 11 MSW credits to concentration or elective requirements (for a total of 21 double-counted credits.). MURP students may apply up to 11 MSW credits to concentration or elective requirements (for a total of 21 double-counted credits.) The second MSW field placement also can fulfill the MPP internship requirement.
More information is available from:
School of Social Work Admissions Office
University of Minnesota
105 Peters Hall, 1404 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
(612) 624-4704
Master of Science (MS) in Policy and Management in the School of Public Health and Master of Public Policy (MPP) in three years
Degree requirements: MS in HSRPA
Students may select from two concentrations for their MS degree:
- research and policy (Plan B) (46 credits), or
- outcomes research (Plan A) (47 or 50 credits)
A student may apply up to eight MPP credits to the total required for this MS degree. Requirements also include an internship and a research project paper. It is strongly recommended that the dual-degree student take the entire health services research, policy, and administration methods sequence in two consecutive years.
Degree requirements: MPP
Forty-five (45) credits are required to complete the MPP degree. Students must complete all core courses, nine credits in a concentration, a three-credit course in which the Professional (non-thesis) Paper is completed, enough elective credits to bring total credits to 45, plus an internship of 400 hours or more.
Students may apply eight health services research, policy, and administration credits toward their MPP concentration or as electives. Statistics courses taken for the MS degree may substitute for MPP requirements in Empirical Analysis (PA 5031 through PA 5035).
More information is available from:
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Box 819, 420 Delaware St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-3500 |
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