Practical Aspects of Creating Dual Degree Programs

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Practical Aspects of Creating Dual Degree Programs

• University of Texas SPH

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UTSPH dual degree programs
Current JD/MPH (University of Houston) MSN/MPH
(UTHSC School Of Nursing) MSW/MPH (University of
Houston) MD/MPH (UTHSC Medical School) 5 year
program MD/MPH (UTHSCSA Medical School) 4 or 5
year program MS or PhD/MPH (UTHSC School of
Health Information Sciences) In
progress MD/MPH (Texas Tech at El Paso) years
undecided, probably 5 MSW/MPH (UTAustin School
of Social Work) MBA/MPH (UTBrownsville) MD/MPH
(Baylor College of Medicine) 5 year program
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Planning and decision-making
Getting the right people involved early ADAAs
registrars admissions dirs student affairs
dirs financial aid Subcommittees -- as
needed (1-2 people) Meeting site your place or
mine Commitment to the process what this
means for us Subsequent meetings ITV or
videocam Teleconference
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Some guiding principles

• To integrate the curricula so that students
• benefit from fewer credit hours overall and
• make the connections between the programs via
  practicum and culminating experience.
• To agree upon fee structure that
• rewards each school for the service provided
  (formula funding, tuition) and
• avoids duplication of student fees (health
  insurance, liability ins)

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General agreement
Educational agreement

• Hand-holding agreement w/ provision for
  exhibits
• Terminology
• Affiliation for institutions within the UT
  System
• Interinstitutional for private institutions
• (Use Educational agreement on doc to include
  both)
• Pre-blessed by legal office
• Part of process is to get the two legal offices
  in direct communication to work out any issues
  or wording.
• Do this early it takes time!

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Issues to consider
Discussion items

• Identify relevant items delete those the rest
• Fill in decisions for each item as planning
  progresses.
• Completed document becomes the Guide to the Dual
  Degree Program
• details not covered in the agreements
• serves as a resource for administration and
  faculty advisors
• Recruitment -- (catalog, website, printed
  materials, on-site venues, etc logos and sharing
  text information)
• Admissions -- (sharing appl materials
  synchronous vs non-synchronous)
• Coordinating committee -- (ADAAs 1 director
  from each school)
• Courses from partner school counting toward MPH
• no more than 25 of MPH minimum credit hour
  requirement
• reviewed and approved by division faculty.
• flow chart or table indicating the curriculum
  for a typical student.

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Dual degree agreement
Program agreement

• Culmination of planning process
• Template pre-approved by legal office
• information and decisions filled in during
  planning
• Signatures on affiliation and dual degree
  agreements
• can be obtained at the same time
• formally establish the program.
• Coordinating Committee
• implements program
• meets as needed
• annual report to each school