Minnesota is training experts in the legal, ethical, and policy
problems posed by medicine, public health, the sciences, and the
environment in the 21st century. Our students are becoming leaders
in areas such as managed care and health policy, intellectual property
issues in biotechnology, and environmental law and policy. Students
in the Joint Degree Program can obtain a JD together with an MS,
PhD, MPH, or MD in less time and with more academic support and
potentially more financial support than if they pursued two degrees
separately. The Joint Degree Program presents the Faegre & Benson
Lecture Series on Law, Health & the Life Sciences; a Lunch Series
on the Societal Implications of the Life Sciences; an annual conference;
and other meetings to draw scholars in these fields to campus.
Students are also able to take advantage of close relationships
we are building between the Joint Degree Program and practicing
attorneys, policymakers, and business people.
The Joint Degree Program involves over 400 faculty members. They
are drawn from the Law School, Graduate School, Medical School,
School of Public Health, College of Biological Sciences, College
of Natural Resources, Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, and
Center for Bioethics. They reflect the University's commitment
to human genetics; microbial, plant, and animal genomics; developmental
biology; environmental and health policy; the analysis of technology;
molecular and neuropharmacology; health law; and bioethics.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
JD/PhD in Pharmacology:
year one:
Law School first-year curriculum (30 Law credits)
Joint Degree Program Pro-Seminar (1 credit)
years two and three:
Pharmacology requirements -
Seminar: Selected Topics in Pharmacology (1 Pharmacology credit each semester)
3 Laboratory rotations (8-10 weeks each) (Pharmacology, no credit)
Problems in Investigative Pharmacology (1 Pharmacology credit)**
3 courses in Pharmacology (6 Pharmacology credits total) (some qualifying for
cross-credit in Law)**
Advanced Pharmacology 1 and II (3 Pharmacology credits each)
Biochemistry requirement (may count toward minor or supporting program):
Structure, Catalysis, Metabolism and Bioenergetics of Biological Systems (4
Pharmacology credits)
and
Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Action and Biological Regulation (4 Pharmacology
credits)
OR
Advanced Biochemistry: Program Structure, Function and Metabolism (5 Pharmacology
credits)
and
Advanced Biochemistry: Molecular Biology and Regulation of Biological Processes
(5 Pharmacology credits)
Physiology requirement (may count toward minor or supporting program (may count
toward minor or supporting program): a course in Physiology or Neuroscience
(4-5 Pharmacology credits) (some qualifying for cross-credit in Law) **
Statistics 5021 (4 Pharmacology credits)
predoctoral dissertation credits (Pharmacology)
preliminary written examination
preliminary oral examination
Joint Degree Program Pro-Seminar (1 credit each year)
summers after years two and three:
Research (Pharmacology)
years four and five, with Pharmacology research in the summer
after each year:
Law courses and other requirements (need 58 Law credits (minus those cross-counted
above)
Professional Responsibility (2 Law credits)
Second-year writing requirement (moot court (2 Law credits) or law review (3-6
Law credits))
Pharmacology courses and other requirements
Seminar: Selected Topics in Pharmacoloyg (1 Pharmacology credit each semester)
file dissertation title, register for 24 thesis credits, conduct dissertation
research (Pharmacology)
Joint Degree Program Pro-Seminar (1 credit each year)
For more information, visit the web site at http://www.jointdegree.umn.edu
For those interested in biotechnology and genetics:
A J.D. in Law with
an M.S. or Ph.D. in Molecular,
Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics (or call 612-624-7470).
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