Dual Degree Programs
Master of Planning/Master of Public Health
The Master of Planning/ Master of Public Health (MPl/MPH) dual degree is designed for individuals who envision a career that combines urban planning and public health disciplines. This dual degree combines the knowledge of urban planning with an understanding of health from a population perspective. It will provide training for planning, evaluating and guiding healthy community and urban development, and will enable graduates who seek to be agents of change within the profession to assume leadership roles in planning and in public health at the local, state and national levels. A total of 79 units are required for the dual degree.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE – PUBLIC HEALTH CORE REQUIREMENTS
PPD 500 PPD 501a PPD 524 PPD 527 PPD 529 PPD 533
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Intersectoral Leadership Economics for Policy, Planning and Development Planning Theory The Social Context of Planning Legal Environment of Planning Planning History and Urban Form
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Concentration Students must select 16 units in a concentration from one of the five concentrations in the planning program. Students are required to complete the gateway course and methodology course related to their concentration as part of their preparation for their comprehensive examination. The student’s concentration must contain a 4-unit methodology course, a 4-unit gateway course and 8 other units. See further details on the concentrations in the Master of Planning section of the catalogue. Planning Studios Students will complete a total of 8 units of domestic or international planning studios under PPD 531L (4) to satisfy this requirement. Dual degree students, like all other MPl students, must take a comprehensive examination and fulfill an internship requirement. Students will take 200 hours of planning internship placement in addition to 4 units of PM 593. See below for further internship details for this dual degree.
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PM 501 Foundations in Health Education and Promotion 4 PM 508 Health Service Delivery in the U.S. 4 PM 510L Principles of Biostatistics 4 PM 512 Principles of Epidemiology 4 PM 529 Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach 4 PM 593* Public Health Practicum 4 or 8 *PM 593 is a variable unit course, 4 or 8 units. Students are required to take 4 units for this dual degree. HEALTH PROMOTION TRACK REQUIREMENTS
PLANNING CORE REQUIREMENTS
897
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PM 528 Program Design and Evaluation 4 PM 562 Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 4 PM 563 Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Global Health 4 Health Promotion Track Electives 4 Other Electives 3
All students admitted into the dual degree program must complete all requirements for each program. Students in the dual degree may substitute two MPl core courses with PM courses. PPD 525 may be substituted with PM 510 and PPD 526 may be substituted with PM 563. Students enrolled in the dual degree are not required to take PPD 525 (as opposed to the stand alone MPl degree students) because they develop the necessary proficiencies in statistics in PM 510L, which provides them the opportunity to learn biostatistics, health statistics and the application of statistics necessary for success in this dual degree and for their future career. Dual degree students are not required to take PPD 526 and may take PM 563 as this course covers global health and international issues and will provide students with the information needed for success in their career. In addition, for PM 593, a variable unit course depending on experience (4 or 8 units), students complete an internship specific to meet the competencies of the health promotion track. Dual degree students would enroll in 4 units, completing a 200-hour placement. The other 4 units would be waived because students will spend 200 hours during their planning internship, acquiring additional
relevant practical experience. (Note: This is consistent with the established dual degree programs with medicine, pharmacy and clinical psychology). The skeleton curriculum is described by these requirements. In fact, students will tend to take additional courses specific to their planning concentration and will enroll in additional units. Master of Planning/Master of Arts, Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere
The Master of Planning/Master of Arts, Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere dual degree program offers an unusually rich opportunity for students interested in developing a new knowledge base to become successful professionals working in the arena of organizing art projects in urban public space, planning and community development. Los Angeles and the facilities at USC provide a unique learning laboratory to educate a more competitive professional with a better understanding of both the administration of public art and issues of urban planning. Students must complete the following requirements in this program: 70 units, including 28 units in the Master of Arts, Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program, 22 in policy, planning, and development, and 20 in a field of study with no more than 8 units taken from other USC programs. MASTER OF ARTS, ART AND CURATORIAL PRACTICES IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE (28 UNITS)
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PAS 549 Methodologies of Art Writing 3 PAS 555abc Curatorial Practicum 2-2-2 PAS 561 Curatorial/Organizational Models 2 PAS 571 Histories of Art in the Public Sphere 3 PAS 572 Contemporary Art in the Public Sphere 3 PAS 581 Critical Conversations 3 PAS 585 Theorizing the Public Realm 3 PAS 591 Field Internship Experience 1 PAS 594ab Master’s Thesis 2, 2 MASTER OF PLANNING (22 UNITS)
PPD 500 PPD 501a PPD 524 PPD 525 PPD 526
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Intersectoral Leadership 2 Economics for Policy, Planning and Development 2 Planning Theory 2 Statistics and Arguing from Data 2 Comparative International Development 2