Did you apply to a dual degree program? If you applied for Urban Planning (MUP), what other Master's or Doctorate Degree are you pursuing?
Architecture? Public Policy? Law? Social Work? Education? Social Sciences and the Liberal Arts?
Did you apply to a dual degree program? If you applied for Urban Planning (MUP), what other Master's or Doctorate Degree are you pursuing?
Architecture? Public Policy? Law? Social Work? Education? Social Sciences and the Liberal Arts?
Originally posted by anonbhmres
I am planning to do my MBA and MUP. I am interested in learning more about planning, but I want to have something to fall back on.
I am doing a MCRP and MPA. Although, there have been many arguements for and against on this board for the such, I still felt that getting two degrees in two years, for the same price, will somehow get me ahead in the long run. But who knows.
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What are the arguments against dual degrees such as an MUP?
The only one I can think of is related to how you take your classes while in the programs. The electives of one program double as the electives of another so potentially while you get the core classes you don't get the "fun" classes which oftentimes are far more beneficial than the core. Just my $.02.
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Maybe I should focus on urban policy (a subsection of social policy) rather than urban planning. The quantitative courses in policy and planning scare me.
I do plan to get a PhD in Education and History with a focus on urban history.
Don't ask why. I feel there is where my heart is.
Columbia has a dual March MUP in 4 years.
I wound up taking the road less travelled, with a MSP and a MS in Library and Inforrmation Sciences. So now not only can I work in a library, I can figure out where it goes and how it fits into the urban fabric
I wonder if it makes sense for me to pursue an MPP or MUP when my ultimate goal is to do my doctoral work in American History (with a concentration in race/ethnicity, urban, gender, and labor history) and Education.I wound up taking the road less travelled, with a MSP and a MS in Library and Inforrmation Sciences. So now not only can I work in a library, I can figure out where it goes and how it fits into the urban fabric
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