Dual Degree Programs
Dual degree
programs are available at the UH Law Center, allowing students to earn two
degrees in less time than it would take to complete them sequentially.
Students interested in pursuing this option must make separate application
to the UH Law Center and to the desired program. Degrees that can be combined
with a J.D. include:
Master
of Business Administration at UH
* The Law
Center and the UH Bauer College of Business offer a dual J.D./M.B.A. program
that prepares students for a wide range of careers where law and business
overlap. This program holds special appeal for students directed toward
investment banking, accounting, international trade, industrial relations,
corporate law, the entertainment industry and management consulting.
Contact:
Marian Newman
MBA Program Office
University of Houston
C.T. Bauer College of Business
334 Melcher Hall, Room 330
Houston, TX 77204-6021
713/743-0700
Email: mnewman@uh.edu
www.bauer.uh.edu/mba
Master
of Arts in History at UH
* Disciplines
of history and law are combined in a dual J.D./M.A. program administered
through the UH Law Center and the UH Department of History. The curriculum
combines legal theory and practical training with graduate work in legal
and constitutional history. Students enrolled at the UH Law Center who
are successfully pursuing legal studies are eligible to apply for admission
to the program during their first or second year in law school.
Contact:
University
of Houston
Department of History
524 Agnes Arnold Hall
Houston TX 77204-3003
713/743-3086
Email: Daphne Pitre, graduate advisor, at dpitre@uh.edu
http://vi.uh.edu/
Master
of Social Work at UH
* Students wishing to combine a masters of social
work and a law degree can earn a concurrent degree in the J.D/M.S.W. program.
Contact:
University
of Houston
Graduate School of Social Work
237 Social Work Building
Houston, TX 77204-4013
713/743-8082
Email: MSWinfo@sw.uh.edu
www.sw.uh.edu
Master
of Public Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health
* A concurrent
J.D./M.P.H. program is offered in conjunction with the University of Texas
School of Public Health. Students can earn a J.D. and a Master of Public
Health degree in four years of full time study - one year less than it
would take to earn the degrees sequentially.
Contact:
University of Houston Law Center
Health Law and Policy Institute
100 Law Center
Houston, Texas 77204-6060
713/743-2101
Email: Healthlaw@uh.edu
http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/sservices.asp?id=121
Doctor
of Philosophy in Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston
* The Health
Law and Policy Institute administers a concurrent J.D./Ph.D. program in
conjunction with The Institute for Medical Humanities at the University
of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Students can receive both a J.D.
and a doctorate in medical humanities in five to six years.
Contact:
Donna Vickers
Administrative Coordinator, Graduate Program
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd.
Institute for the Medical Humanities
2.210 Ashbel Smith Building
Galveston TX 77555-1311
409/772-9396
Email: davicker@utmb.edu
www.utmb.edu/imh/GradProgram.asp
Doctor
of Philosophy in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University
* The UH Law
Center and Sam Houston State University administer a concurrent J.D./Ph.D.
program in Criminal Justice. Students can receive both their law degree
and their doctorate in five to six years.
Contact:
Doris Powell
Coordinator of Graduate Programs
College of Criminal Justice Center
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2296
936-294-1702
Email: icc_dcp@shsu.edu
http://www.cjcenter.org/college/graduate/doctoral/
Medical
Doctorate at Baylor College of Medicine
* The
UH Law Center, in conjunction with the Baylor College of Medicine, now
offers students the opportunity to jointly obtain both a law (J.D.) degree
and a medical doctorate (M.D.) degree. A student earns both degrees in
six years of full-time study, one year less than it would take to complete
the degrees separately. This extraordinary educational program highlights
the relationship between law and medicine and provides students an important
enrichment in their interdisciplinary studies. Students in this program
attend their first, second, and fifth years of study at the Baylor College
of Medicine, begin their law school curriculum during their third and
fourth years, and complete both degrees in their sixth year.
Contact: Office of Admissions
Baylor
College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, N104
Houston, TX 77030-7498
Telephone: (713) 798-4842
Fax: (713) 798-5563
Email: melodym@bcm.tmc.edu
Updated 1/11/07
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