Dual Degrees

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Expand your understanding of the world and enhance your career options.

Enrolling in dual degree programs allows you to take advantage of a top-ranked master鈥檚 degree at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, while leveraging other high-caliber graduate programs across the 星空传媒 campus.

Combine your social work or nonprofit education with education in another discipline to further enhance your skills and reach your professional goals.


MSW/MPH: Social Work & Public Health

Prevention, program planning and evaluation leadership in health-related settings.. The purpose of a Master of Public Health degree is to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to tackle the extensive mission of public health, which is characterized as 鈥渆nhancing health in human populations through organized community effort,鈥 utilizing education, research, and community service.鈥 MPH offered via School of Medicine.

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MSW/MNO: Social Work & Nonprofit Management

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Prepare for top-level management within a clinical or community-based organization. The MSW/MNO program offered by the Mandel School is designed for individuals without previous graduate training in either social work or management who have set their sights on becoming leaders of human service or civic organizations. Students may pursue any path of study for their social work degree alongside the nonprofit management degree.

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MSW/JD: Social Work & Law

Incorporate legal knowledge in preparation for leadership in the social services or compassionate service as a lawyer. Many of the problems of social injustice may be effectively addressed through interdisciplinary efforts, particularly cooperative activities between the professions of law and social work. Increasingly, social workers have been enrolling in law schools to add to their knowledge and competence, and lawyers have been expanding their interests and activities in the social service field. JD offered via School of Law.

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MSW/MA: Social Work & Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Blends the values of social work with clinical ethics and is ideal for medical social workers. As the number and complexity of ethical dilemmas in health care, aging, mental health and social work continue to increase, there is a growing need for advanced practice social workers who are knowledgeable about the principles and problem resolution techniques that are fundamental to bioethics and medical humanities. MA offered via School of Medicine.

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MSW/MBA: Social Work & Business

Prepare for corporate management and human resources. The MSW/MBA dual degree program is designed for candidates who wish to prepare for advanced social work practice in a variety of clinical settings, while developing the skills to assume management responsibility in those organizations. MBA offered via Weatherhead School of Management. 

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MNO/JD: Nonprofit Management & Law

Get the tools you need to lead nonprofit organizations that adhere to the highest legal and ethical standards. Alumni with MNO/JD degrees are employed worldwide by leading organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Center for Transgender Equality. Interested students should contact Dr. Robert Fischer.