MAMS Dual Degree Options
Dual Degree Program in Medical Sciences and Public Health
Contact: Dr. Chris Louis
School of Public Health, Department of Health Law, Policy & Management;
louisc@bu.edu
The Division of Graduate Medical Sciences and the School of Public Health offer a dual degree that is broadly based in preclinical medical sciences and public health. Students must apply and be accepted to both the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences and to the School of Public Health. The admissions do not have to be concurrent. Often a MAMS student will choose to apply to the dual degree MPH program once they arrive at BU usually following the fall semester.
Students in the MS/MPH program take core courses in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences and the School of Public Health. Taken as separate degree programs, the Master of Public Health requires 48 credits and the Master of Science in Medical Sciences requires 32 credits. The dual MS/MPH, however, is awarded upon completion of 72 credits; 40 in BUSPH and 32 in BU GMS. The degrees are simultaneous degrees, meaning either degree cannot be awarded singly. Students are awarded the degrees during the same graduation period (May, September, or January) and must have successfully completed the requirements of both degrees.
MPH requirements for MS/MPH degree candidates:
- All students must complete a minimum of 40 credits of courses numbered SPH 700 or above.
- No transfer credit is allowed.
- Students must meet all core, concentration, and degree requirements, including the practicum and the culminating experience, for their concentration at the School of Public Health.
Dual Degree Program in Medical Sciences and Clinical Research
Contact: Stacey Hess Pino, Assistant Director of the MS in Clinical Research
sahess@bu.edu
A number of the students in the Medical Sciences Program who take the Clinical Research electives in that concentration do so to gain a clinical research background prior to attending medical school. As well, some students elect to pursue a MS in Medical Sciences and an MS in Clinical Research with the intent of pursing clinical research related career opportunities in academic institutions, or in pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical device industries. The Dual Degree Program in Medical Science and Clinical Research would give these students an opportunity to gain training that will serve them well as clinician-researcher.
Dual Degree Program in Medical Sciences and Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine
Rachel Levy-Bell, Ph.D
Director of the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
rjlevy@bu.edu
The MAMS/MHCBM is an 85-credit Dual Degree Program. This program offers students an opportunity to combine a broad-based program in Medical Sciences with a professional study in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine including a strong academic foundation in neuroscience. The MAMS/MHCBM Program is usually completed in three years but can be completed in two and a half years with summer sessions. In addition to coursework, graduates will develop research skills in the medical sciences as part of their successful completion of a thesis, and clinical mental health skills which include substantial field training. Successful completion of the program will also lead to eligibility for independent licensure as a mental health counselors. Students completing the program will be awarded a Master of Science in Medical Sciences and a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine.Students may apply to the Dual program in the year following enrollment in either program alone.