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Dual Degrees

Master of Urban Planning / Master of Public Health (MUP/MPH)

The USC Master of Urban Planning/ Master of Public Health dual degree is designed for those who envision a career related to urban planning in the context of healthy communities. It provides professional training in planning, evaluating and guiding public wellness services in urban environments. Student pursuing the dual degree desire to serve as agents of change within their professions and improve quality of life for people the world over.

A total of 79 units are required for the dual degree.

Policy, Planning and Development

Core Requirements

  • Planning Theory and History for a Just Society, Fall (PPD 522) – 4 units
  • Urban and International Development, Spring (PPD 523) – 4 units
  • Physical Planning: Urban and Community Design, Spring (PPD 528) – 2 units
  • Legal Environment of Planning (PPD 529) – 2 units
  • Data, Evidence, and Communication for the Public Good, Fall (PPD 534) – 4 units
  • Planning Studio, Fall (PPD 531L) – 4 units
  • Capstone in Urban Planning, Spring (PPD 629) – 4 units

Concentration

  • Concentration Gateway Class – 4 units
  • Concentration Methodology Class – 4 units

Planning Studios

Students will complete a total of 8 units of domestic or international planning studios under PPD 531L (4) to satisfy this requirement. Dual degree students, like all other MUP students, must take a comprehensive examination and fulfill an internship requirement. Students will take 200 hours of planning internship placement in addition to 4 units of PM 593. See below for further internship details for this dual degree.

Preventative Medicine – Public Health

Core Requirements

  • Foundations in Health Education and Promotion (PM 501) – 4 units
  • Health Service Delivery in the US (PM 508) – 4 units
  • Principles of Biostatistics (PMD 510L) – 4 units
  • Principles of Epidemiology (PM 512) – 4 units
  • Environmental Health: An Epidemiological Approach (PM 529) – 4 units
  • Public Health Practicum* (PM 593) – 4 or 8 units

*PM 593 is a variable unit course, 4 or 8 units. Students are required to take 4 units for this dual degree.

Health Promotion Track Requirements

  • Program Design and Evaluation (PM 528) – 4 units
  • Intervention Approaches for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (PM 562) – 4 units
  • Organizing and Mobilizing Communities for Global Health (PM 563) – 4 units
  • Health Promotion Track Electives – 4 units
  • Other Electives – 4 units

The skeleton curriculum is described by these requirements. However, students tend to take additional courses specific to their planning concentration and will enroll in additional units.

Students admitted to the dual degree program must complete all requirements for each program.

For PM 593, a variable-unit course depending on experience (4 or 8 units), students complete an internship approved for the health promotion track. Dual degree students would enroll in 4 units, completing a 200-hour placement. The other 4 units are waived because students will spend 200 hours during their planning internship, acquiring additional practical experience.

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