Students who want to pursue careers in landscape design and planning can complete joint master's degrees in landscape architecture and city and regional planning at Cornell University. The degree can be completed in a little more than three years, and prospective students must be accepted by both the architecture and planning programs.
Landscape architecture course work covers topics such as site engineering and plant selection; city planning courses teach principles of planning analysis and spatial development. Study abroad opportunities are available in Brazil, Panama and Italy. Graduates of the joint degree program move on to careers as community developers and environmental analysts.
Cornell University
College of Architecture, Art & Planning
129 Sibley Dome
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-4613
cornell.edu
The joint master's degree program in anthropology and women's and gender studies at Brandeis University is research-focused and teaches skills in critical thinking and writing. Brandeis' anthropology department is strong in several research areas, including economic anthropology, religion and ritual and women's studies. Both degrees can be finished in one year on a full-time basis; part-time students typically take up to two years to complete the degrees.
Students are required to submit a thesis paper and attend five graduate seminars. Required classes in women's and gender studies, anthropology and research methods round out the joint degree program. Brandeis' website notes that completing a joint master's degree can give a student a competitive advantage when applying to Ph.D. programs; graduates who choose not to pursue doctoral study can find careers as teachers and researchers.
Brandeis University
Department of Anthropology
Brown 228, MS 006
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453
781-736-2210
brandeis.edu
Yale University's website notes that completing a joint master's degree program as a physician's assistant and public health professional (PA/MPH) prepares graduates to work in clinical settings as physician assistants (PA) and in health policy. Students apply to the physician assistant program and school of public health; the program typically can be completed in 39 months.
There are four concentration areas in public health, and students choose to specialize in either epidemiology, chronic disease, health policy or social and behavioral science. Joint degree candidates cannot transfer from other institutions; they must complete both degrees in their entirety at Yale.
Yale University
Physician Associate Program
Harkness Office Building, 2nd Floor
367 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510-3222
203-785-2860
yale.edu