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

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning >
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 Friedman School.
UEP and the Boston College Law School
This program is for students interested in exploring
the connections between the law and urban and
environmental policy and planning. Students receive
two degrees—a master of arts and a Juris Doctor
(MA/JD). The dual degree program recognizes that
the fields of law and planning are inexorably linked.
Planning (including policy analysis) is a process of
guiding future developmental patterns; and the law
frames the mechanisms and limits of governments’
control over this process. Planning and law immerse
students in broad debates and critical thinking
about the environment, human settlements, social
and environmental justice, corporate responsibility,
and land use. All of these issues are guided by
constitutional, equitable, and pragmatic principles.
The MA/JD is offered through collaboration
between UEP and the Boston College Law School.
There is currently no graduate program in New
England which offers the combined strengths of
this dual degree program.
During their first year, students choose to take
courses either through UEP or the law school
exclusively. Students split their courses between the
department and the law school in the years that
follow. Students are required to meet with the UEP
program coordinator and academic advisors from
both UEP and the law school to plan a course of
study—one which balances each student’s background
and interests with the requirements of the
program. Advisors at both Schools will collaborate,
under the auspices of an advisory committee, to
ensure that students receive accurate and timely
information about how they are to proceed through
the dual degree program.
Students may transfer credits toward each
degree, allowing them to concentrate their studies
and complete the program in four years (as opposed
to five, which would be typical if a student were
pursuing each degree separately).
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 Boston College Law School. For
detailed information on the requirements for the
JD, please contact the Boston College Law School,
Newton, MA 02459 or visit
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/home.html.
UEP and the Boston College Carroll School of
Management
This program is designed for students who want to
develop leadership and management skills to
implement policy and planning initiatives, and
those interested in social entrepreneurship,
corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
Students receive two degrees—a master of arts and
a master of business administration (MA/MBA).
The dual degree recognizes that the fields of
planning, policy and management have always been
linked, but the value of the nexus increases with a
complex global economy and growing world
population. Planning, policy and management
disciplines have embedded in them broad debates
and critical thinking about the environment, human
settlements, social and environmental justice,
corporate responsibility, sustainable communities,
and land use, each guided by core values, accountability
and professional practice. The values-driven
nature of both programs means that in scholarship
and practice, faculty and students in the dual
program actively negotiate the evolving relationship
between business and civil society.
The MA/MBA program, offered through
collaboration between UEP and Boston College’s
Carroll School of Management (CSOM), is unique,
offering students the opportunity to capitalize on
the strengths of two nationally recognized schools.
During their first year students choose to take
courses either through UEP or CSOM exclusively.
Students split their coursework between UEP and
CSOM in the years that follow, ultimately spending
three semesters registered at CSOM and three
semesters registered at UEP. Students are required
to meet with the UEP program coordinator and
academic advisors from both UEP and CSOM to
plan a course of study that balances each student’s
background and interests with the requirements of
the program. Advisors at both schools will collaborate
to ensure that students receive accurate and
timely information about how they are to proceed
through the dual degree program.
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