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Practical Aspects of Creating Dual Degree Programs

Learn about the practical aspects of creating dual degree programs at University of Texas, including current programs and those in progress. Explore the key components like planning, decision-making, structuring fees, and integrating curricula to benefit students. Gain insights into educational and general agreements, issues to consider, and guidelines for successful implementation. Discover the importance of coordination, recruitment, admissions, and program agreement in the dual degree process.

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Practical Aspects of Creating Dual Degree Programs

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  1. Practical Aspects of Creating Dual Degree Programs University of Texas SPH

  2. 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 (UT–Austin School of Social Work) MBA/MPH (UT–Brownsville) MD/MPH (Baylor College of Medicine) – 5 year program

  3. Planning and decision-making • Getting the right people involved early • ADAA’s • registrar’s • admissions dir’s • student affairs dir’s • 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

  4. 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) Some guiding principles

  5. Educational agreement General 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!

  6. 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 -- (ADAA’s + 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.

  7. 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

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