2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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UEP and Child Development
UEP and the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child
Development offer a joint master’s degree program
in child and family policy. The degree is designed
for individuals interested in child and family
program development, program evaluation, public
and private agency administration and planning,
policy-oriented research, child advocacy, and
community organizing around child and family
issues.
UEP and Civil and Environmental Engineering
UEP students may pursue either a joint- or dual
degree program with the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering in the School of
Engineering. Both programs respond to the need
for environmental professionals who are skilled in
both a technical and policy perspective in the
analysis, planning, and implementation of environmental
management and health activities. The
programs combine policy study skills with more
technical training in civil engineering. The joint
degree program results in the MS degree, while the
dual degree program results in both the MA and
MS degrees. The former requires twelve course
credits, plus a thesis, while the latter requires
seventeen course credits, plus a thesis, and can be
completed in five semesters. The following programs
within the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering may be joined with the UEP degree:
Environmental Health and Environmental and
Water Resources Engineering.
UEP and Economics
Economics and public policy and planning are
inextricably intertwined. Public policy issues have
motivated some of the classic studies in economics,
and the tools of economic analysis can be applied to
a wide variety of policy and planning questions.
The joint-degree program between UEP and the
Department of Economics provides students with
an opportunity to explore these long-standing
linkages and to develop skills in policy analysis and
planning based in economics.
UEP and the Fletcher School
The Fletcher School offers a broad program of
professional education in international affairs. Its
curriculum addresses international law and
organization, diplomatic history and international
political relations, international economic relations,
and international political institutions and systems.
UEP and the Fletcher School offer a dual degree
program focusing on international environmental
policy. This program provides an opportunity for a
limited number of highly qualified students to earn
both the master of arts degree in urban and
environmental policy and planning and the master
of arts in law and diplomacy (MALD) at the
Fletcher School. By combining the two programs,
the dual degree can be completed in three instead
of four years.
Interested students must submit separate
applications to each program indicating a
preference for the dual degree. Each school reviews
candidates based on its own requirements and
criteria. The candidate’s admission to UEP is not
affected by the decision of the Fletcher School. The
dual degree program responds to growing student
and professional demand for graduate education in
international environmental policy. It is designed to
prepare students for careers in economic and
development institutions, government agencies,
and nonprofit organizations concerned with
international problems affecting the physical
environment, such as acid rain, offshore oil drilling,
soil erosion, deforestation, biodiversity, waterways
pollution, and chemical contamination.
UEP and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science
and Policy
The dual degree programs with the Agriculture,
Food, and Environment program and the Food
Policy and Applied Nutrition program of the
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy are meant for students
interested in the connection between environmental
effects of food production and supply, and who
want to become active participants in policy and
planning debates. Students pursuing these programs
are interested in deepening their knowledge of
policy analysis and planning, and understanding
how food policy fits into larger public policy and
planning issues—including environmental problem
solving and community development. By combining
two programs, the dual degree can be completed in
three instead of four years. Students receive both a
master of arts degree in urban and environmental
policy and planning and a master of science degree
in agriculture, food, and environment or a master of
science in food policy and applied nutrition.
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