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University Of Pennsylvania
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1 College Hall 34th and Spruce Sts
Philadelphia, PA 191046303 |
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(215) 898-5000
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| About this School |
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [In addition to Penn, U of P and Pennsylvania, UPenn has come into fairly common usage due to university officials establishing the domain name of the university as "upenn.edu." Penn has been used by sportswriters for at least a century, e.g. , p. 85 . Official emphasis on Penn began c. 1990 and intensified in 2002 with President Rodin's "One University" initiative.. The University's formal branding and usage guidelines , , specify Penn and the "Penn-University of Pennsylvania" logo but do not explicitly deprecate UPenn or other abbreviations. The recent popularity of UPenn is probably influenced by campus email addresses which use the domain name "upenn.edu," and possibly by parallels with UMass and UConn (which, unlike UPenn, have official status and are trademarked). Daily Pennsylvanian columnist Jeff Shafer traces the origin of the "upenn" domain name to pre-Internet days, citing DP head Ira Winston as saying that in the early days of email the University chose upenn.csnet, which "mimicked the University of Delaware's udel.csnet." Thus the choice of "upenn" was made when computer network names had little public visibility, and before the university decided to emphasize Penn as part of a conscious branding strategy. Shafer says the university studied the feasibility of full conversion to "penn.edu" in 2002 but decided that the costs were too high.. UPenn is seen in college guides.. The abbreviation "U. Penn" appears in novels and in academic journal abbreviations, e.g U. Penn L. Rev, (although the National Library of Medicine uses the abbreviation Univ PA). "U Penn" and U-Penn are also seen.]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the university, it is the fourth oldest[Penn is the fourth oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution. Penn, Princeton, and Columbia originated within a few years of each other. In 1899 Penn officially changed its "founding" date from 1749 to 1740, affecting its rank. See Building Penn's Brand for the reasons why Penn did this. Princeton University implicitly challenges this, also claiming to be fourth. Penn was chartered in 1755, making it sixth oldest chartered, behind Princeton (1746) and Columbia (1754). A Presbyterian minister operated a "Log College" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania from 1726 until 1746; some have suggested a connection between it and the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) which would justify pushing Princeton's founding date back to 1726, earlier than Penn's 1740. But Princeton never has done so and a Princeton historian says that "the facts do not warrant" such an interpretation. .] institution of higher education in the U.S. and "America's first university." |
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| Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students |
| Tuition and Fees | 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 |
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| In-State | $ 35,916 | $ 34,156 | $ 32,364 |
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| Out of State | $ 35,916 | $ 34,156 | $ 32,364 |
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| Books and Supplies | $ 1,000 | $ 900 | $ 860 |
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| On-Campus |
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| Room and board | $ 10,208 | $ 9,804 | $ 9,402 |
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| Other Expenses | $ 1,956 | $ 1,720 | $ 1,674 |
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Financial aid
Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students
| Type of Aid | Percentage of students receiving aid | Average amount of aid they received |
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| Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
8% |
$ 6,630 |
| State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
30% |
$ 3,989 |
| Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
39% |
$ 20,613 |
| Loans to students |
39% |
$ 6,276 |
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University Of Pennsylvania
Bachelor degree
African Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The African Studies Center at Penn is dedicated to providing undergraduate students with the tools necessary to succeed in an increasingly interdependent and complex world. The combination of comprehensive language training, challenging coursework, and summer and/or semester abroad opportunities in Africa provide the knowledge and skills necessary for our students to pursue specialized graduate training or seek full-time employment upon graduation. African Studies majors and minors have been accepted to study at the nation’s top graduate and professional programs, and find exciting professional opportunities in public service and the private sector. | |
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Africana Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study devoted to the critical and systematic examination of the cultural, political, social, and historical experiences of peoples of the African Diaspora. The major is designed to provide students with an integrated understanding and appreciation for the African, African American, Caribbean and other African Diaspora experiences in their diverse dimensions. The major consists of courses offered in various departments and programs including Anthropology, English, Folklore, History, Linguistics, Music, Political Science, Religious Studies, Romance Languages, Sociology, Urban Studies and Women’s Studies. | |
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Anthropology | University Of Pennsylvania |
Anthropology is broadly defined as the study of human diversity. As a discipline, it is comprised of four distinct subfields:
* cultural anthropology, concerned with living societies;
* linguistic anthropology, dealing with variability in language and the role of language in culture;
* archaeology, studying past societies through material and written remains; and
* bio-physical anthropology, focusing on human evolution and the interaction between culture and human biological variability.
U. Penn's Department of Anthropology emphasizes the integration of the discipline's four subfields, called a four-field approach, although here cultural and linguistic anthropology are considered a single unit. Following this philosophy, the Anthropology major is designed to encourage students to experience the full breadth of the discipline while giving flexibility to design a course of study best suited to their own needs. The program includes small seminars and individual research in the laboratory and in the field. | |
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Architecture | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Architecture major is a program for students interested in developing basic skills, knowledge, and methods of inquiry in the discipline of architecture in the context of a studio-based liberal arts education. Although the major resides in the College of Arts and Sciences, the studio and theory courses are taught by faculty in the Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning in the School of Design. | |
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Bachelor degree
Biochemistry | University Of Pennsylvania |
The biochemistry major at Penn places a strong emphasis on a foundation in chemistry and physical sciences. This forms the basis for understanding the specific molecular interactions in the living organism. The unique feature of the undergraduate program is a minimum of one year of research in one of the approximately 200 independent biochemically-oriented research laboratories on campus. It is a requirement that is possible because all of Penn's biomedical research programs are at the same location. | |
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Bachelor degree
Bioengineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
Bioengineering is a multidisciplinary area where the engineering sciences interface biology, biomedical sciences, and medicine, to advance human health.
Bioengineering brings together the creation of new knowledge and understanding of biological systems through engineering analysis and experimentation, with the application of engineering design and practice principles for the development of devices, processes, methods and biotechnologies to improve medical practice and health care delivery.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE):
The Bachelor of Science in Engineering is a traditional engineering degree that prepares students to be professional engineers. BSE degrees require 40 or 41 course units and are designed to be completed in four years. The BSE curriculum places emphasis on engineering courses and allows students to also select technical electives including courses in engineering entrepreneurship.
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS):
The Bachelor of Applied Science degree offers students breadth and allows them to combine a technology-based degree with considerable course work in the liberal arts, communications, business or fine arts. It is designed primarily for students whose interests are not oriented toward a professional engineering career. It is a popular degree option for those preparing for careers in medicine, business, and law. Many students who are pursuing dual degree programs opt for this degree. The BAS degree, as of 2004, requires a minimum of 40 course units. The Bioengineering BAS program provides more freedom in selecting technical electives including Engineering Technology, Business and Society courses, and linking courses, compared to the BSE degree. | |
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Biology | University Of Pennsylvania |
Our curriculum introduces students to the many ways of understanding the function and diversity of living organisms and to the increasingly important role of biology in the modern world. Major topics include genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, development, plant biology, vertebrate physiology, neuroscience, behavior, ecology, and evolution.
Concentrations offered within the Biology major:
* Computational Biology
* Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
* Mathematical Biology
* Molecular Biology
* Neuroscience
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Biophysics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Penn Undergraduate Biophysics Major Is designed to provide education in depth in the physical sciences in association with an understanding of biological phenomena and problems, and to provide the background necessary for understanding the sophisticated methods of contemporary biophysical and biomedical research. The goal is to prepare graduates who can go on for graduate or professional study, or who can enter immediately into professional positions in biomedical research and development and in biotechnology. The choices made by past biophysics majors reflect the breadth of the major. Some have pursued doctoral study in areas of biological research such a biophysics, biochemistry, chemistry, marine biology, molecular biology, neurobiology, physics and physiology. Others have attended professional schools in business, education, law, and medicine. The biophysics program is best suited for students with keen interest and ability in the physical sciences combined with the desire to explore fascinating and important topics in the life sciences. | |
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Business
Accounting | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Accounting Department at Wharton offers courses in financial, managerial and cost accounting, tax planning, auditing, international accounting, accounting for decision-making and control and accounting for mergers and acquisitions. Although strong quantitative skills and attention to detail are important qualities for an accounting concentration, students need to acquire other skills as well. Many students find the accounting concentration to be useful preparation for careers in consulting, investment banking, general management, public accounting, and securities analysis. | |
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Business
Actuarial Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
Actuarial science stands at the intersection of risk and money. Actuaries are experts in evaluating the likelihood and financial consequences of future events, designing creative ways to reduce the cost of undesirable events, and decreasing the impact of tragic events that do occur. They are in great demand by insurance companies, consulting firms and financial institutions. A student with strong mathematical aptitude graduating with an actuarial science concentration will be prepared to pass the first four examinations given by the Society of Actuaries. | |
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Business
Business and Public Policy | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Business and Public Policy (BPUB) concentration provides skills and insights that are useful to future private and public managers, lawyers, economists and political scientists as well as policy analysts. The concentration combines elements of economic and political analysis in order to understand the interactions between market and political processes (political economy) and the positive and normative aspects of government activity (public policy and management). Students concentrating in BPUB go on to positions in government, in private firms (particularly consulting and investment banking) and in the not-for-profit sector. The concentration also provides a firm base for graduate study in law, economics, public policy and political science. | |
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Bachelor degree
Business
Environmental Policy and Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
The concentration in environmental policy and management examines business’s impact on the environment and human health and safety as well as addressing a range of policy issues. This concentration provides an in-depth foundation for those interested in pursuing careers in the growing environmental sector of the economy, whether in private business, government or environmental consulting. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on faculty and courses from several Wharton departments. Students may pursue additional course work on environmental and technological risks in parallel with the Wharton program through the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Director of the Environmental Management Program administers this concentration. | |
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Business
Finance | University Of Pennsylvania |
The concentration in Finance develops the skills necessary to work at a high level of expertise in all areas of finance, in both the private as well as public sectors: asset management; commercial and investment banking in an international context; the financial management (‘treasury function’) of commercial and industrial enterprises as well as of financial institutions; the financial aspects of venture capital as well as of mergers and acquisition; and in most aspects of management consulting in both the domestic as well as the international sectors. In addition, concentrating in finance equips students well for careers in law and government, and not simply in the private sector. | |
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Bachelor degree
Business
Health Care Management and Policy | University Of Pennsylvania |
The concentration in health care management and policy focuses on the management, financing and economics of the health care sector. Students learn about health care markets and factors that significantly influence decision making both at the policy level and at the level of the firm or organization. The health care sector includes government agencies, non-profit institutions, major private corporations, medical practices and partnerships, and many small and early-stage health care service and product firms.
Health care related organizations are usually categorized into three groups: Providers (hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, nurses and other practitioners), Payers ( Medicare, Medicaid, managed care organizations, private insurance companies), and Suppliers (pharmaceutical/biotechnology firms, medical device firms, diagnostic and medical equipment companies, health care IT and e-health vendors and other specialized product firms). In addition, there are many service firms which specialize in health care including consulting, investment banking, private equity, and venture capital firms. Students gain solid understanding of the interrelationships among and incentives upon payers, providers and suppliers.
Students in the concentration are prepared for careers as managers in health care companies or health care service firms such as consulting, banking or health care IT companies or in government agencies. Students planning careers in the health professions such as medicine, nursing or dentistry have found the concentration very useful in understanding the context in which they will be working. | |
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Bachelor degree
Business
Insurance & Risk Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
The insurance and risk management concentration examines the techniques useful to corporations, organizations and individuals in minimizing the potential financial losses arising from their exposure to risk. These techniques range from traditional insurance products to current advances in corporate and insurer risk management (e.g., risk financing and retention, non-insurance risk transfer, catastrophe derivatives). The concentration also encompasses such topics as risk and insurance regulation, global risk management, estate planning, and related public policy initiatives. Students graduating with this concentration have taken positions with investment banks, re-insurers, accounting firms, insurance brokerage firms, consulting firms, insurance companies and corporate risk management departments. | |
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Bachelor degree
Business
Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Management Department offers courses and experience to students who want careers in management; who want to take on major challenges and responsibilities in private, public and not-for-profit organizations, large or small. Although we advise students interested in Management to take courses from several of the Department’s sub-fields, each sub-field can provide a satisfying concentration in itself.
The Entrepreneurial Management courses provide students with skills, analytical tools, and concepts to prepare them for careers as autonomous entrepreneurs, family-business entrepreneurs, or corporate "intra-entrepreneurs."
The Human Resources and Organizational Behavior courses are intended to serve students interested in management consulting, in strategic human resource management, in a legal career with a special interest in labor and/or employment law, or simply in how to manage people regardless of the functional area in which the students find themselves.
The Multinational Management courses are designed to equip managers who need to develop strategies and operating systems that enable their companies to respond effectively to global competitors both at home and abroad.
Lastly, the Strategic Management courses emphasize the realistic situations that top management face, as well as the theoretical bases for analysis of such situations, and are particularly appropriate for students interested in management consulting.
More generally, a Management concentration is a logical complement to a major in a functional area. The functional area major provides the hard skills that employers look for entry-level positions. In the short-term the Management concentration provides the perspective that enables the new employee put their job in the firm and the firm itself into a context; in the long-term the Management concentration provides the perspective and knowledge that more senior managers require. | |
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Business
Marketing | University Of Pennsylvania |
Students pursuing a concentration in marketing acquire a solid grounding in applying the basic disciplines (e.g., psychology, economics, statistics) essential for understanding consumer and organizational buying patterns and for developing successful marketing strategies. They also acquire practical experience in the application of these concepts and methods, via half-semester mini courses (e.g., new product development, advertising, retailing). Many students with a concentration in marketing have gone on to work in brand management, advertising sales, marketing research, consulting, and entrepreneurial ventures. | |
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Bachelor degree
Business
Operations and Information Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Operations and Information Management curriculum prepares students to meet the challenges of managing modern, information- and technology-intensive organizations by providing rigorous foundations in the complementary disciplines of decision processes, management information systems, management science, and operations management. A concentration in OPIM consists of four courses (not including OPIM101). Students can either take a general program of four OPIM courses or can follow a designated track within the OPIM concentration which provides a more focused program in one of three major disciplines: decision processes, information systems, and operations research/operations management. | |
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Business
Real Estate | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Real Estate Department seeks to produce sophisticated professionals with the necessary skills to succeed in the business world but who also have a broader perspective on the issues involved in creating and maintaining living and working environments. Relevant issues that department faculty examine include finance, investments, production, operations, development law, design, environmental remediation, public policy, economic market analysis, and architecture. | |
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Business
Statistics | University Of Pennsylvania |
A key challenge now facing managers is the interpretation of the vast amount of data generated by computing systems. As these data do not directly answer important business questions, data analysis and statistics must be used to interpret them. Statistics courses develop the skills and insights required to make effective use of quantitative methods. They provide the knowledge needed to select and apply techniques and to communicate statistical results. Interpretation in realistic applications offers guiding examples; theory is used to generate and compare alternative schemes. All courses provide skills that augment substantive managerial abilities, along with exposure to computer software that implements key techniques. | |
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Business
Transportation | University Of Pennsylvania |
The transportation concentration acquaints students with the total distribution process of goods: location of source materials, production and distribution facilities and inventory of raw materials and final products. Courses also address issues related to passenger transportation. The concentration examines the different modes of transportation and methods of forecasting transportation needs. Students with this background have been offered positions with transportation agencies, shippers and receivers of goods and public organizations. | |
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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
Undergraduate students in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering share with faculty a congenial atmosphere and an excitement for the ever-expanding range of processes and technologies which are based on chemical and biomolecular engineering principles. Small class sizes allow close contact and frequent exchanges between professors and students on a one-to-one basis. Undergraduate research opportunities are regularly available with many faculty research groups. Emphasis on the basics of chemistry, biomolecular and engineering science is the key to the great flexibility and power offered by a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering in a rapidly changing technological environment. Penn's chemical engineering curriculum is designed to ensure that every student receives thorough training in fundamental concepts of permanent relevance and the physical, biotechnological, and chemical principles underlying the engineering profession. | |
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Chemistry | University Of Pennsylvania |
Chemistry is concerned with the study of matter and the changes that matter can undergo. The Chemistry program provides a basic foundation which prepares students for career opportunities in chemical research and teaching, in scientific communication and information transfer, and in the health professions. | |
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Cinema Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Penn Cinema Studies major and minor are traditional humanities programs involving the critical study of film history, theory and aesthetics, rather than film or video production. Although majors and minors will have the opportunity to do some screenwriting and production work, they will primarily engage in the critical study of national cinemas, international film movements, major and minor filmmakers in various traditions, the economic, legal and political forces governing film industry practice, film and media theory, and the relationship between film and the other arts. All seniors will be required to participate in the capstone seminar, which will assist students in conceptualizing and refining their final research projects. As a program, we are strongly committed to undergraduate education, and students can be assured that Cinema Studies will provide many opportunities to work closely with a number of faculty members. | |
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Classical Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Penn has one of the most distinguished Classical Studies departments in the country. We offer courses at all undergraduate levels, from elementary language instruction to introductory and advanced courses in literature, history, and archaeology. Many of these require no knowledge of the languages and no other background. Faculty regularly teach at all levels, and since most classes are small, students have the opportunity to work closely with their professors.
The undergraduate program is further enhanced by the University's superb library holdings in Classical Studies and by the University Museum, which houses the country's largest archaeological collection. | |
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Cognitive Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
Cognitive science is the empirical study of intelligent systems. It is, by its very nature, an interdisciplinary science combining results from biology, computer science, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, philosophy and psychology. The major in Cognitive Science in the School of Arts and Sciences is designed to introduce students to the core literature of this multifaceted discipline and then allow them to specialize in some sub-area of cognitive science. | |
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Communication | University Of Pennsylvania |
Undergraduate students majoring in Communication at Penn study media institutions, communication and contemporary culture, and a wide variety of communication influences in social, political and economic contexts. Scholarship in communication intersects with many disciplines - including history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, law, and economics - drawing from both humanistic and social-scientific modes of inquiry
to examine fundamental communication processes and effects.
Undergraduate courses in Communication are taught by standing faculty of The Annenberg School for Communication and by a variety of teachers and researchers with expertise in numerous media-related fields. The major in communication is also supported by administrative staff who assist with admissions, course planning, internships, and theses. | |
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Comparative Literature | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Program in Comparative Literature & Literary Theory at Penn is a dynamic and congenial intellectual community that brings members together through common, core interests. We offer undergraduate and graduate programs for the study of literature through various disciplinary and critical perspectives, and the study of cultural history through the production of representations. The Program enables students to engage rigorously with critical theory as both a reflection on interpretive method and a tool of critique. | |
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Computer Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Computer Science. The BSE program provides students with an in-depth education in the conceptual foundations of computer science and in complex software and hardware systems. It allows them to explore the connections between computer science and a variety of other disciplines in engineering and outside. Combined with a strong education in mathematics, sciences, and the liberal arts it prepares students to be leaders in computer science practice, applications to other disciplines, and research. | |
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Computer Science and Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Programs at Penn encompasses the principles of computing that enables students to keep abreast of developments in a rapidly changing technology. CSE students not only gain a solid foundation in the theory and design of modern computing systems, but are exposed to a variety of applications, both in lab assignments as well as in independent, for-credit projects. The curriculum is designed to keep the students up to date with the current technology. All of our incoming freshman will be taught Java and its applications on the World Wide Web during the first year of our program.
CSE Degree Programs involve the student in a balanced curriculum of computer science theory, algorithms, programming, systems, and machine architecture. It is capped by a two-semester Senior Project. There are numerous electives based on contemporary themes and on the research interests of Faculty. The CSE Faculty are internationally known for their research, which they use to enrich the classroom experience. Students are also encouraged to take independent study projects to nurture their advanced interests. | |
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Computer and Telecommunications Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Computer and Telecommunications Engineering major is an innovative and topical degree program which weaves this synergistic view of computer systems and telecommunication networks seamlessly into the curriculum. This eclectic program draws on traditional strengths in computers and computer engineering and in telecommunications in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer and Information Science to provide a broad foundational base in the theory and practice of modern computer engineering. Through flexible elective courses, the curriculum offers unique access to a wealth of telecommunication network technological expertise across the university in areas such as robotics, cognition, biotechnology, and microelectronics, as well as a complete panoply of offerings in all areas of telecommunications ranging from policy to protocols and software and hardware. Through judicious selections of elective courses in the curriculum, students in the program can craft uniquely individualized degrees reflecting their career goals and interests.
Students graduating with a Computer and Telecommunications Engineering degree will find a plethora of career opportunities in a wide range of companies and industries where expertise in digital systems, computer hardware, and networking is needed. Typical examples are companies specializing in products in microelectronics, computers, and communications, as well as consulting firms providing software and hardware services. The emphasis on a strong theoretical and analytical background in the curriculum also provides a strong foundation for students who wish to go on to graduate studies in electrical and computer engineering and computer science to specialize in fields such as advanced computer architecture, VLSI design, robotics, and telecommunications. | |
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Digital Media Design | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Digital Media Design (DMD) program was established in response to what we perceived as a growing rift within the computer graphics and animation industry.
The field had traditionally employed two kinds of people: artists and technologists. Each profession had its own vocabulary and perspective, and each had very different educational backgrounds. As a result, the professionals from these two areas often could not communicate effectively.
The DMD program was created to educate a new generation of people to work in computer graphics; people who, through a combined education in both disciplines, could collaborate effectively with technologists and artists. In addition, through their communications courses, DMD students delve into what the audience of these future collaborations might perceive. | |
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East Asian Languages and Civilizations | University Of Pennsylvania |
The East Asian Languages and Civilizations is a department of interdisciplinary scholars who focus on the humanistic tradition in East Asia, covering both the classical and modern civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea. We teach and research the disciplines of history, literary history, linguistics, art history, performance and gender studies, philosophy, religion, and ethics. The Department offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in both Chinese and Japanese Studies and is well on the way to constructing a parallel program for Korean Studies. Besides Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, offered from introductory through advanced levels, EALC also teaches Cantonese, Shanghaiese, and Taiwanese on a regular basis. | |
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East Asian Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary unit composed of faculty members whose teaching and research focus primarily on China, Japan, Korea, and bordering areas.
The University of Pennsylvania was one of the first universities in the United States to offer the study of East Asia. The formation of the world-famous collection of Chinese and Japanese art at the University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology in the late 19th century was followed in the 1920s by courses in language and civilization. After World War II, Penn spearheaded the study of modern East Asia, adding strength in social science, business, and professional curricula. | |
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Economics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Economics is the science of choice -the science that explains the choices made by individuals and organizations. Among the topics studied in economics are: the determination of the prices and quantities of goods; consumer and firm behavior; international trade; income distribution; taxes, subsidies and tariffs; the determination of the aggregate level of economic activity; unemployment; inflation; and economic growth.
Economics is an important component of the liberal arts curriculum and provides a useful background for students planning to enter any of the professions. Introductory Economics, Micro- and Macroeconomics, are prerequisites for all other offerings of the Economics Department. | |
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Electrical Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The broad umbrella of electrical engineering is involved in some part in almost all modern day technological advances and products in areas ranging across telephony, mobile and satellite communications, fiber optics, electrical power and machinery, instrumentation, computer systems, satellite systems, microelectronics, robotics, graphics, automatic control, and telecommunications to name but a few. The Electrical Engineering major at Penn is a flexible, broadbased program that provides a rigorous grounding in the analytical and experimental foundations of electrical engineering while allowing a student substantial flexibility in crafting an individualized program reflecting his or her interests and career goals. A student can elect to specialize in one or more of the following areas of concentration:
Microelectronic Circuits and Systems. The field of microelectronic circuits has a profound impact on products that range from automobiles to healthcare. Many of these products involve acquiring physical world information, such as analog sound recorded from a live concert and stored in digital form on a compact disk. Course offerings in this area are balanced between analog and digital integrated circuits. Students are exposed to state-of-the-art computer tools used by professional designers. In addition, students can select courses that provide instruction and handson experience in the development of efficient layouts for microelectronic systems, and in the processing of electronic materials for their fabrication.
Photonics and Electronic Materials. Course offerings in these areas relate to photonic materials and the development of materials for processes leading to the fabrication of devices such as: silicon integrated circuits, solid state lasers for telecommunications and printing, light emitting diodes for scanning and displays, liquid crystal displays, magnetic materials for recording applications, high temperature superconductors for high speed microchips, and microsensors and actuators for medical applications.
Signals and Communications. Courses in signals and communications allow students to focus on the representation, processing, transmission, and use of information-bearing electrical signals. Such signals arise in diverse applications in speech, video, sonar, medical imaging, and communications systems in settings such as the Pathfinder/Sojourner Mars Mission, the Voyager fly-by of Saturn and Jupiter, mobile telephony, computer-aided tomography (CAT scans), computer vision, multi-user network data access, video conferencing, wireless systems, and radio and television broadcasting, to name but a few.
Students graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering are in demand in a very broad spectrum of high technology industries ranging across microelectronics, photonics, electronic materials, communications, and computers. The fundamental nature of the field is manifested intrinsically in many other industries as well where electronic instrumentation, signal processing, communication, and control are essential: Penn graduates in Electrical Engineering may be found in a divers palate of arenas in finance, biotechnology and medicine, chemical, mechanical, civil, and environmental engineering. The combination of fundamental rigor and exposure to cutting-edge technology in the curriculum also provides students with an exceptional preparation for further study in a variety of these areas at the graduate level. | |
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English | University Of Pennsylvania |
English is one of the largest departments in Penn's School of Arts and Sciences. Our research faculty is among the nation's best across the whole range of periods and subfields, from Medieval and Renaissance Studies to Gender and Sexuality Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Postcolonial and Globalization Theory, Asian American Literature, and Contemporary Poetics. Our goal is not to entrench these existing areas of disciplinary specialization but to bring them into new and productive articulation with one another and with the innovative work being done in other disciplines. | |
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Environmental Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Many contemporary problems of environmental quality are so complex that modern society and technology have not yet been able to coordinate efforts to reach satisfactory solutions. There is thus an urgent need for individuals to be well versed in one discipline (from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, or applied fields) and able to apply that discipline directly to environmental problems by integrating that knowledge with the contributions that other disciplines can make. The program in environmental studies is designed to achieve an understanding of the breadth of contemporary environmental issues through a series of courses in environmental studies, while ensuring that each student pursues a purposeful course of study in some traditionally defined area of scholarship.
Students who graduate with a major in Environmental Studies go on to a wide variety of fields. This is due to the great variety of concentrations available in the major. Many students go on to work on a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Environmental Studies or field related to the student’s concentration. Many students with a Political Science or International Relations concentration go on to Law School or to work for environmental groups in Washington. Students with English concentrations have gone on to work for environmental magazines or to publish their own books. Students with a geology concentration have become environmental consultants. Students with a wide variety of concentrations have gone on to teach or join the Peace Corps. Students with Biology and Health & Societies concentrations have gone on to Medical School and Environmental Consulting. | |
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Fine Arts | University Of Pennsylvania |
The College of Arts and Sciences, through the Graduate School of Fine Arts and the Department of Fine Arts, offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Fine Arts. Sixteen courses are required for the Major. Seven courses are a required core which all fine Arts majors must take. Three Art History courses are also required. In consultation with his or her advisor, an art major will select six studios in an area of concentration either by media such as painting or sculpture, or by concept such as the figure as form, subject, and content. | |
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French Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The French language and French civilization have long been one of the dominant influences on world culture and France has played a major role in world history. French is spoken not only in Europe (France, Belgium, Switzerland) but in North America, the Caribbean , South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. France exerts a strong cultural influence throughout the world and is a leading trading nation, excelling in such areas as aviation, public transportation, military hardware, food, wine, fashion, to name only the most highly visible. France is also a leader in the fields of science and medicine. A sound knowledge of the French language and of French culture is therefore of great advantage to students who intend to major in many areas (political science, international relations, business, literature, cinema, art history, psychology, medicine). French is, after English, the second truly global language. | |
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Gender
Culture and Society | University Of Pennsylvania |
The major in Gender, Culture, and Society (GSOC), offers exciting opportunities to explore the role of gender in human culture. The major provides opportunities to focus on women and on feminist theory, gender and sexuality, and gender and health. Students can also take a more international and transnational perspective on contemporary global issues including the possibilities and problems associated with economic and cultural globalization, migration, diaspora, and religious fundamentalism.
The Gender, Culture, and Society major includes four concentrations:
1) Women's Studies
2) Sexuality Studies
3) Global Gender Studies
4) Gender and Health
Within these concentrations, majors may choose an interdisciplinary theme. For example, in the Women’s Studies concentration, students may choose themes such as "Women and Literature," "Women’s History," and "Feminist Theory." | |
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Geology | University Of Pennsylvania |
In the Geology program (part of the Earth and Environmental Science Department), we study and try to understand the dynamic nature of the Earth. Like detectives, we seek clues to reconstruct events that explain the formation of the Earth's features and the evolution of life. | |
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Germanic Language and Literature | University Of Pennsylvania |
The major in German is designed to acquaint the student with the language, literature, and culture of German-speaking countries. A variety of courses complements broad surveys and overviews, i.e., courses structured around a theme, an individual author, a specific literary movement, or a genre. As one of the smaller departments, we can be more receptive to the needs of individual students. Flexibility is provided by the German Studies option, the Junior Year in Munich Program, and the Berlin Consortium Study Abroad Program. Faculty members in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures are active in the General Literature and Comparative Literature Programs and tend to view German literature within the broader European context. A major or double major in German has proven advantageous for students enrolled as prelaw or premed, as well as for those contemplating a career in education, foreign service, or international business. | |
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Hispanic Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The demographic, economic and political realities of the United States, the articulation of a mainstream English culture with an always increasing diversity of Hispanic and Latino cultures, and the ongoing forging of strong cultural and economic ties throughout the Americas, have moved Spanish out of the bounds of the category of "foreign" language and culture in this country. There are many instances that point to the fact that Spanish will become--de facto if not officially--a second national language and culture of the United States. Furthermore, in Europe, Spain is assuming an ever-more significant role in the affairs of the European Union. The process of post-Franco democratization in that country has fostered an environment of cultural, linguistic and political diversity that serves as a fascinating model for the rest of Europe, both east and west.
Hence, the knowledge of Spanish culture gives students much more than the ability to communicate in the third-most-spoken language of the world. It prepares them to account for an entirely different national, continental and global reality in all its complexity. Since culture is the controlling category in this field of studies, the major in Hispanic Studies orients itself to the types of knowledge generated by new disciplines such as cultural studies, new historicism, ethics, and postcolonial studies.
Majors in Hispanic Studies are overwhelmingly double majors. This means that they bring to their classes a dialogic perspective that engages in the study of Hispanic cultures informed by interest in other fields such as history, government, sociology, economics, medicine, and law. The richness and depth of these interests make for lively and intellectually rewarding classroom discussions. | |
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History | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of History offers a variety of courses dealing with political, social, economic and intellectual life in Europe, America and the rest of the world, from the medieval period to the present. | |
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Bachelor degree
History and Sociology of Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
History and Sociology of Science uses the tools of the humanities and social sciences to study science, technology, and medicine. Its practitioners strive to grasp the relations between the technical practice of scientists, engineers, medical researchers, and clinicians, and the material, social, and cultural circumstances in which they work. | |
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History of Art | University Of Pennsylvania |
Art history explores the range of objects and monuments made by men and women from Prehistory to the present day. It emphasizes the study of visual arts as a means of understanding the intellectual and cultural history of humanity. Renaissance palaces, Hiroshige prints, modern mosques, Etruscan tombs, Sumerian tablets, the films of Fellini, Barnet Newman’s zips, and much more, are all at students’ fingertips in the Jaffe Building.
Penn’s Department is an internationally renowned leader in the History of Art and Architecture, with a long, distinguished record of teaching, mentoring, and research. The faculty are committed to innovative instruction, and they work closely with students to develop skills in the interpretation of art works and in the understanding of visual culture. Special excursions to museums allow students to examine paintings, sculptures, prints, and manuscripts first hand, and our faculty collaborate with students each year to organize exhibitions at the Ross Gallery or the Institute of Contemporary Art.
The Department also fosters programs with local galleries and museums that can prepare interested students for a fulfilling career as a scholar, curator, or gallery or museum professional. The program provides a solid foundation for a general liberal arts education and careers in communications, public relations, and other fields where engagement with images and texts is paramount. Courses in the history of art also complement majors in visual studies, literature, history, religion, area studies, cinema studies, studio art, among others. | |
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International Relations | University Of Pennsylvania |
The International Relations major is a multi-disciplinary course of study on the ways in which people, private groups, and governments from differing sovereign states relate to each other in the global political and economic systems. States are inevitably a main focus of IR analysis, but the emergence of non-state actors, such as international organizations, multinational corporations, and private groups ranging from religious and peace groups to terrorist organizations are important features of our time. Likewise, the military and economic power of states is inevitably a main focus of IR analysis, but not to the exclusion of cultural interactions, or the broader environment of politics as defined by patterns of population, wealth, resources and technology. In short, we want to encourage imaginative, but hardheaded study of the intercourse among governments and people around the world. Our plan for achieving this goal is twofold: first, to insist that our majors receive a firm grounding in the methods of analysis used in the disciplines of political science, history, and economics; second, to provide them maximum flexibility later on to specialize in disciplines and areas of the world of their own choosing. This curriculum if assiduously pursued, offers well-rounded liberal arts education valuable in all walks of life. But it is also designed to prepare students for law or business school, graduate school in the social sciences, the Foreign Service, and international careers of all sorts. | |
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International Studies and Business | University Of Pennsylvania |
Globalization offers a world of opportunities. To seize these opportunities, leaders need an understanding of how different societies function, a knowledge of business fundamentals and the ability to work effectively anywhere in the world.
The Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business, a unique four-year undergraduate course of study, integrates business education, advanced language training and a liberal arts education. Huntsman students graduate with a professional education and an understanding of the political, economic and cultural complexities in the world. They are able to work effectively in the global economy of the 21st century.
Huntsman graduates earn two degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the School of Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School. | |
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Italian Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The University of Pennsylvania, strong in its interdisciplinary and international dimensions, supports a flourishing Italian Studies Program. The Program's distinctive configuration reflects our setting on the Penn campus and in the heart of Philadelphia. Students can choose a traditional concentration in language and literature or shape more individualized curriculums that connect to sister programs. Such cross-disciplinary study may engage another Romance Language or reach beyond the Department, through courses sponsored by Comparative Literature, the Center for Italian Studies, Cinema Studies, and a growing number of electives in Arts and Sciences related to issues of national and ethnic identity. Philadelphia, whether sampled informally or more in depth on academic field trips, complements Penn Italian Studies. Its rich history and multicultural heritage are arrayed in the city's museums, libraries, national monuments, musical institutions, theatrical troupes, its Italian Market, and International Film Festivals. A sister-city of Florence, Philadelphia is home to an Italian Consulate, with which the University enjoys a connection through the Cultural Attaché, who is a member of the Italian teaching group. | |
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Jewish Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Jewish Studies courses offer students the opportunity to explore Jewish history, literature, texts, and traditions and the ways that they have evolved in the context of various civilizations.
An undergraduate student wishing to pursue a major in Jewish Studies at Penn may choose among four options, each of which concentrates upon a different intellectual approach to Jewish civilization in its various aspects.
I. Interdisciplinary Major
The interdisciplinary major allows students to study Jewish history, literature, religion, and culture in a program that integrates these different dimensions of Jewish civilization from the various disciplinary perspectives of Jewish Studies.
II. Jewish History Concentration
The Jewish history concentration within the History major focuses upon the historical dimensions of Jewish experience and the evolution of Jewish life in the context of the different cultures in which Jews have lived.
III. Hebrew and Judaica Concentration
The Hebrew/Judaica Concentration in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations focuses upon the study of Hebrew language and literature as a window for understanding Jewish culture and its historical experience through the literary analysis of texts and artifacts.
IV. Judaism Concentration
The Judaism Concentration in the Religious Studies Department focuses on the study of Judaism within the context of other world religions and offers students the opportunity to explore the construction of Jewish religion in its different cultural settings.
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Latin American and Latino Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Our program allows students to approach Latin American and Latino cultures in all their diversity of expression - not only "high culture" but also folk and other forms, from pre-Columbian times to the present , from Rio de Janeiro to New york and beyond. Ibero-America is a focal point from which undergraduates may reach out toward scholarly research on the pre-Columbian societies of the Americas, Spain and Portugal, the non-Hispanic Caribbean, and Latino communities in the United States. The Latin American and Latino Studies Major is an interdisciplinary major, in which a student's credits are spread across three course clusters: social science, cultural criticism and history. | |
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Linguistics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The major in linguistics is intended to acquaint the student with the methods and findings of the scientific study of human language and its relationships to cognition, society, and history. It serves as a preparation for graduate training in linguistics or related areas, and as part of a rigorous general education. Linguistic training is relevant to work in anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and language and literature, as well as to careers in such fields as education, computer science, and law.
The department offers a major, a minor, and an accelerated program leading to both bachelor's and master's degrees at the end of the fourth year. | |
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Materials Science and Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The rapid progress of modern technology continues to be driven by advances in our understanding of the science of the materials, which underpin these technologies. An education at Penn in the field of materials science, will provide the foundation for a leadership role in a career pathway in any of the many areas of current technology.
Each student in the department receives individualized faculty mentoring throughout the course of their personally designed educational program.
All students are guaranteed an extended research experience in the labs. alongside graduate students, post-docs, and faculty.
Our undergraduate program has recently undergone extensive revision to reflect the explosive growth of interest in the nano and bio sectors of engineering science and technology.
The sequence courses starts with an ‘Introduction to Nanotechnology’ is followed by the courses ‘Introduction to Nanoscale Functional Materials’ and ‘Structural and Biomaterials’. Each of these courses incorporates the fundamentals of materials science with illustrations focusing on applications in nano and bio technology. The parallel courses ‘Nano-scale Materials laboratory’ and the ‘Energetic of Macro/Nanoscale Materials’ round out the Sophomore year. | |
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Mathematics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Mathematical training allows one to take a problem, abstract its essential features, and investigate them further. This ability can assist greatly in such diverse fields as economics, law, medicine, engineering, and computer science -- as well as in the more traditional activities of research and teaching.
The goals of the major program are to assist students in acquiring both an understanding of mathematics and an ability to use it. We wish to inspire the discovery of new mathematics as well as the application of mathematics to other fields.
The mathematics major provides a solid foundation for graduate study in mathematics as well as background for study in economics, the biological sciences, the physical sciences and engineering, as well as many non-traditional areas. This flexibility is available through an appropriate choice of electives within the major. A variety of electives is offered. They are designed to serve the needs of mathematics majors and others who want more advanced training in mathematics and its applications. Most of these courses presume our basic two year calculus sequence. | |
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Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (MEAM) is the study of forces, deformations and motions of solid bodies and fluids, heat generation and transport, and applications to analysis, design, and manufacture of components, machines, and systems. Students in mechanical engineering follow a program which contains basic groundwork in all aspects of mechanical engineering, but flexibility in the curriculum allows students to pursue elective programs in fields such as aeronautics, robotics, computers, electronics, automatic controls, and materials.
The career opportunities available to mechanical engineers are perhaps the broadest among all the fields of engineering. A wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electronics, computers, and robotics, employ mechanical engineers. Positions range from research and development to design and manufacturing to field engineering and marketing. Some recent graduates have taken positions with consulting and financial institutions while others have gone on to graduate studies in engineering, business, law, and medicine. | |
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Modern Middle East Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
There has rarely been a time in which an in-depth understanding of the languages, cultures, history, and politics of the contemporary Middle East has been more important. This new interdisciplinary degree is designed to allow students to specialize in the Middle East as a region of the world and human experience by combining course work using both social scientific and humanistic approaches, underpinned by relevant language skills. Students will work with faculty committed to supporting interdisciplinary, applied, research-oriented advanced study. The major gives students opportunities to work on problems of politics, policy, history, ideology, social thought, economic development, and international relations. | |
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Music | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Music of the University of Pennsylvania offers an outstanding program of undergraduate study. Courses and performing ensembles are open to all Penn students: undergraduates from all of the schools join in musical activities on the campus. The core courses of the music major combine study of classical, American, and world music with a thorough grounding in music theory, serving students concentrating on music as a liberal art as well as those who aspire to graduate training in music. | |
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Nursing | University Of Pennsylvania |
Advance your life, and dramatically affect the lives of others, through education, practice, and research at Penn Nursing.
Organizing a disaster relief effort…managing a hospital…educating the community…delivering babies…shaping public policy…carrying out vital research. The men and women who perform these jobs are nurses, and they have chosen a career that will challenge and reward them for years to come.
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Philosophy | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Philosophy Department offers Majors, A General Major in Philosophy, a Major in Humanistic Philosophy, and a Major in Philosophy and Science. Philosophy divides into a number of areas--epistemology and philosophy of science, logic, metaphysics, moral and political philosophy, and aesthetics. None of these areas of philosophy can be pursued in complete isolation from the others. Thus all three Majors include a distribution requirement satisfaction of which ensures familiarity with central issues from different areas of philosophy. Philosophy is not a cumulatively obtained body of knowledge. Philosophers of each generation continue to learn from the classical works of older philosophical traditions. Thus each of the three Majors includes a distribution requirement in the history of philosophy. | |
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Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Politics and Economics | University Of Pennsylvania |
In a world where one is increasingly asked to employ tools that cut across disciplines, the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) major offers an integrated, cross-disciplinary perspective that combines broad and rigorous training in the foundations of three subjects with a specialization and research experience in a concentration of choice. In the Traditional Concentration, the student chooses one subject (Phil or PSCI or ECON) and takes two more courses each in the other two areas. In the Thematic Concentration, the student chooses an interdisciplinary theme of study that is not limited to the traditional PPE subjects.
PPE students are free to explore and integrate many disciplines and research areas. They may examine the nature and implications of human decision-making, the nature of distributive justice, the ethical consequences of the competitive market economy, and the dynamic relationships between the economic, political and legal orders. | |
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Physics and Astronomy | University Of Pennsylvania |
At Penn, the curriculum for undergraduate Physics majors, which includes extensive laboratory experience, is based on faculty strengths in many fields: Condensed Matter Physics, Medical Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Nanoscience, String Theory and other fields. Undergraduate teaching is linked to faculty research efforts and many undergraduates participate in research.
The aim of physicists is to discover the most fundamental principles of nature. Their tools are mathematics and experiment. The physical world as we perceive it is very complex, yet the principles of Physics are inherently simple. A physicist's forte is the ability to analyze a problem, reduce its complexity, and arrive at an understanding of the underlying patterns of nature in terms of simple relationships among constituent elements. Learning to do this gives Physics majors an intellectual versatility that can serve them well in a variety of future activities ranging from research and teaching in Physics or related sciences to careers in law, the health professions, and high-technology companies.
Astronomy, as a physical science, has made astounding progress in recent decades. Space-based observatories vie with ground-based telescopes in exploring a host of new phenomena, some now well understood, some still puzzling, such as quasars, pulsars, black holes, solar and stellar neutrinos, close-up views of the planets, immense sheets of galaxies, the missing mass in the universe, and the big bang fireball. Now, on the threshold of a new century, Astronomy promises to be one of the most vibrant of all scientific disciplines. Astronomy was taught at Penn well before the formal founding of a department a hundred years ago. Today, in a newly combined Department of Physics and Astronomy, Penn enjoys an international reputation as the world's premier center for research on neutrinos from the sun.
Studying Physics leads to understanding ideas that changed our view of the universe. The mechanics of Kepler and Newton placed us in the solar system; Maxwell's unified theory of electricity, magnetism, and optics underlies much of our industrial civilization; relativity and quantum mechanics changed our view of space, time, and the nature of knowledge itself.
Today we continue to ask the hard questions: what are the ultimate constituents of matter? How do these constituents interact via simple laws to produce the world that we see? We hope you will join us in this pursuit. | |
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Political Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
Penn's Political Science Department is experiencing a renaissance. Over the past decade, our faculty has grown by 50%, an increase in quantity that has been matched by gains in quality. The strength of our faculty in each of four major subfields (American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory) is being built with an eye to excellence embracing a variety of approaches and methodologies. The department’s combination of distinction and diversity has resulted in a rapid expansion of the undergraduate program.
The Department's course offerings span the discipline of political science, from American political institutions to the politics of various countries or world regions, the study of order and change in international relations, and recent and ancient political ideas. These courses are typically classified under the four standard fields of American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. There are also additional opportunities for concentrating on the study of political economy, leadership, political communication, public policy, the politics of particular regions, as well as other topics. | |
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Psychology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The psychology major at Penn provides an opportunity to study the principal areas of scientific psychology. It is designed to introduce students to contemporary understandings of how organisms perceive, learn, think, and interact with one another, how they develop, how they are motivated, and how, as individuals and as members of species, they may be compared with one another. The major program provides a balanced treatment of the central issues in psychology, taking into account the particular methods of inquiry from which our knowledge is derived and the conceptual frameworks that organize the factual basis of the discipline.
Psychology at Penn may be studied as a core scientific discipline in its own right, or in conjunction with many other fields of inquiry, including cognitive science, biology, philosophy, linguistics, and sociology. The major program is designed to provide a coherent and integrated intellectual experience that can serve as a foundation for advanced graduate work or as a basis for training and careers in other fields. Many students who complete the psychology major at Penn go on to further training as scientists and scholars. But many others undertake professional training in clinical, counseling, industrial or educational psychology, in the legal and medical professions, or in schools of business. | |
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Religious Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Undergraduate courses on religion at Penn span three of the General Requirement sectors: (I) Society, (II) History and Tradition, and (III) Arts and Letters. Society courses investigate the diverse roles religion plays in modem society and the critical analysis of competing methods for understanding those roles. History & Tradition courses explore a great variety of religions individually and comparatively. Arts & Letters courses deal with the interpretation of religious concepts, symbols, myths and rituals as they appear in texts, art and architecture, music, theatre, and film. | |
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Bachelor degree
Romance Languages | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania offers courses in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan languages, literatures, and cultures at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The undergraduate programs include courses ranging from elementary language to advanced seminars in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan culture for majors and other interested students. | |
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Russian | University Of Pennsylvania |
The major in Russian is a course of study of the language, literature and culture of Russia. The major provides a framework which can be adapted to meet the needs of a wide variety of students, ranging from those oriented on the study of language and literature to those interested in any of a variety of interdisciplinary approaches. The major in Russian, because of its flexible nature, is well suited to students wishing to pursue a double major with a complementary field of study, such as Politics, International Relations, History or Comparative Literature. The major in Russian is well suited to students enrolled in pre-law or pre-med, and students contemplating careers in international business, teaching, foreign service and journalism. Majors are strongly encouraged to spend a semester of study abroad, normally during the junior year. Study in Russia may be pursued through the American Councils of Teachers of Russian program, which offers intensive study of Russian language, literature and contemporary culture. | |
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Science
Technology and Society | University Of Pennsylvania |
The modern world is built on a foundation of science and technology. How did this come to be? What are its implications—for individuals, for communities, for businesses, for governments? Students who major in Science, Technology and Society will find answers to these questions, by pursuing an interdisciplinary program of study that includes courses in the history of science, technology, and medicine, as well as in the natural and social sciences
Understanding how science works, how technological innovation happens, and how both relate to larger social, political, and economic developments is an essential skill for professionals in almost every occupation—and for citizens. Students who major in Science, Technology and Society (STSC) will acquire both a broad liberal arts education as well as specific preparation for careers in knowledge-based occupations such as law, public policy, business, medicine, and journalism. | |
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Sociology | University Of Pennsylvania |
Sociology is the study of social structure. All human societies classify their members into categories that carry significant social meaning. These categories may be relatively simple, such as age and sex, in which case we speak of the age-sex structure of the population, or they may be complex, such as occupation or kinship. The social structure of a society is the aggregate of all meaningful social categories.
Sociologists who study the origins, evolution, and nature of social structures are generally called macro-sociologists, whereas those who consider how individuals or small groups behave within specific structural settings are called micro-sociologists. A structural setting is defined by the intersection of one or more social categories, which are often but not necessarily located in time and space.
A primary interest of most sociologists, including those in the Penn Department, is stratification, which considers hierarchical social structures that rank people with respect to access to some resource.
Particular emphases among Penn Sociologists are gender stratification (inequality between men and women), racial-ethnic stratification (inequality between different racial and ethnic groups), and urban inequality (processes of stratification that occur within cities). In addition, we focus on the sociology of culture, demography, economic sociology and medical sociology.
These and other topics are studied empirically using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, which are applied to test inductive or deductive generalizations, and through this testing build accurate theories to describe the operation of the social world.
Current concentrations in sociology offered by the department include:
Sociology of Culture
Deviance and the Sociology of the Law
Sociology of Families and Populations
Sociology of Health and Medicine
Structures of Opportunity and Inequality
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South Asian Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of South Asia Studies offers students a multi-disciplinary exposure to the cultures and languages of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, as well as the South Asian diaspora. We offer courses in a wide range of disciplines such as archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, art, music, folklore, anthropology, sociology, politics, and economics, as well as in the major classical and modern languages of the subcontinent. Majoring in the department involves three closely intertwined skills: a familiarity with the cultural history of the subcontinent, sound linguistic expertise, and the ability to think about South Asia from a variety of disciplinary positions. | |
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Systems Science and Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Systems Science and Engineering (SSE) program specializes in those aspects of engineering that pertain to effectiveness of whole systems. In contrast to other engineering specialties which are grounded in certain aspects of science, system engineering is grounded primarily in mathematics and methodology. | |
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Theatre Arts | University Of Pennsylvania |
Currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first graduating major, the Theatre Arts Program at Penn offers all students a unique opportunity to study theatre in the classroom and in the production process under the guidance of faculty members who have extensive experience and training in theatre as actors, directors, scholars, and teachers. Structured as a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum, the Program offers a full range of courses in all areas of theatre study, including acting and directing, theatre history, dramatic literature, performance theory, design, playwriting, dramaturgy, and many others. Students may also receive academic credit for participating in production work as actors or members of the production team. Guest artist-teachers give students the chance to explore new experimental forms of theatre. Students are also afforded opportunities to receive credit for course work conducted outside the campus through such programs as Study Abroad and Penn Summer-in-London. | |
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Urban Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Urban Studies is a flexible and intimate program. You choose a disciplinary specialization and you can shape your program through courses that reflect your particular interests. You will also get some training in urban research both through a course on research methods and through their application in carrying out research on a topic of your choice for the senior seminar paper. You will obtain an internship placement in a city work place. In this sequence of activities, you will get to know many of the other Urban Studies majors.
Each year, Urban Studies Program invites a distinguished urban researcher to give a public lecture and conduct a seminar with the seniors. The program has a governance board that advises the administration on curriculum, special events, and helping to choose the annual lecturer. | |
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Visual Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The objectives of the Visual Studies Major include:
• That students acquire a critical awareness of seeing, and of the problems and possibilities for investigating, thinking and writing about seeing in the 21st century.
• To explore the status of images as representations or models of visual experience and as bearers of information, and to develop skills in interpreting artefacts visually.
• To provide an overview of the disciplines that investigate human vision, including their basic methods and major theories (e.g. communications, cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, art history, fine arts, film studies).
• To explore areas of convergence among these disciplines - how they complement and inform each other in current practice, or how they might potentially do so.
• To develop skills in the making of art ranging from the two- and three-dimensional to the digital. | |
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Endodontics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The two-year program is designed to provide postdoctoral students with advanced training in endodontics, and upon its successful completion, students are issued a certificate by the University and are eligible for the specialty Board of Endodontics.
Students interested in obtaining a Master of Science degree have the opportunity of applying for the optional 3-year program. The MS program requires completion of a research thesis in clinical or basic sciences.
Approved by the American Dental Association, the program has a strong clinical component - approximately 50 percent of the time is spent in the clinic. Students are exposed to the many facets of modern clinical endodontics with an emphasis on the utilization of the microscope in all types of procedures, including emergency treatment, complex conservative treatment, microsurgery, pediatric endodontics, and the treatment of traumatic injuries to teeth. In addition, residents must conduct and prepare for publication an independent research project. | |
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | University Of Pennsylvania |
The six-year integrated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/MD Program includes the awarding of a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a two-year certificate of General Surgery and a certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS).
Accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation*, the dual-degree track has been carefully designed to provide a comprehensive approach to both the medical school and residency components of the program. Candidates who complete the program are eligible for examination by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. | |
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Orthodontics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The two-year postdoctoral program in orthodontics integrates basic science and clinical orthodontics in a comprehensive curriculum, designed to develop clinically proficient specialists who possess a scholarly insight into orthodontic theory as it relates to patient care. While the basic science courses build upon residents' predoctoral knowledge of oral biology and related areas, the major part of the program consists of clinical education and training. Several popular corrective orthodontic regimens are taught, giving residents a thorough understanding of the respective merits of each treatment philosophy and the ability to apply them clinically. Since many corrective orthodontic problems involve adolescents, there is a strong emphasis on growth and development. A special Preventive and Interceptive Orthodontic Clinic, adjacent to Penn Dental Medicine's postdoctoral Orthodontic Clinic, allows residents to gain experience with the pre-adolescent. However, management of the adult patients is also emphasized through courses such as TMJ therapy and orthognathic surgery. Other highlights of the program include:
* Experience in interdisciplinary care of patients requiring complex restorative dentistry or advanced periodontal therapy. A combined faculty from fixed prosthetics and orthodontics presents a one-year course in occlusion.
* Participation in monthly rotations at the Craniofacial Clinic at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, exposing residents to craniofacial anomalies and treatment and the team approach involved in treating such conditions.
* Instruction in computer applications for diagnosis, treatment planning, and practice management.
* Presentation of a course in gross anatomy of the head and neck. Students undergo a ten-hour wet dissection with special emphasis devoted to the temporomandibular joint and its associated structures.
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Periodontics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Approved by the American Dental Association, this three-year program is designed to provide postdoctoral students with advanced training in periodontics and implantology. Upon successful completion of the program, students are issued a certificate in periodontics and are qualified for examination by the American Board of Periodontology.
The program has a strong clinical component. In addition to the core basic science courses required for all graduate students, the department arranges further basic science courses related to periodontics. Other features of the program include clinical seminars, planned reading seminars, interschool symposia, and an extensive guest lecture series. | |
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Doctor's degree
Accounting | University Of Pennsylvania |
The doctoral program in Accounting takes a multidisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of today's complex markets, integrating finance and economics with broader perspectives on organizational issues and the business environment.
Research by faculty and doctoral students focuses on the impact of accounting information and policy-making on such areas as the behavior of capital markets, the behavior of decision-makers within a firm, and the structure of firms in general. | |
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Doctor's degree
Anthropology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The emphasis in the Graduate Program is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This degree certifies that, in addition to having a sound knowledge of anthropology as a whole, the holder has been trained to do independent research at a professional level of competence in at least one of the major sub-disciplines of anthropology: archaeology, cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, or linguistic anthropology.
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Applied Economics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The PhD program in Applied Economics gives students the tools and training to get jobs in business schools, public policy programs, and applied-oriented economics departments. Drawing on a large faculty of applied economists across multiple Wharton departments and the Law School, the program allows specialization in a number of areas, including:
* Behavioral Economics
* Economics of Risk Management
* Industrial Economics and Business
Regulation
* Public Economics and Political Economy
* Urban Economics and Real Estate
The program is designed to admit and train a cohort of exceptionally able doctoral students who show promise for academic careers in fundamental and applied research and teaching. The program is highly analytical and quantitative. Entering students need a strong undergraduate preparation in both mathematics and microeconomics and an aptitude for analytical thinking.
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Architecture | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Ph.D. Program in Architecture, created in 1964, is the oldest in the country and is widely regarded as preeminent in the fields of theory, technology and representation. Its goal is to produce a body of graduates who will act as a reflective leaven to the architectural profession, providing an historical and/or theoretical context for current practice. The Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture is for the person who wishes to make a significant scholarly contribution to the discipline of architecture. Requirements for the degree include twenty approved courses, the passing of two language exams, a preliminary examination, a field exam, a preliminary examination, a field exam, a dissertation and a final defense. Course work from previous Master's degrees is taken into consideration when deciding the number of courses required for the Ph.D. degree. Students with a Master's degree from Penn may be granted up to 12 course units transfer credit, those with a Master's degree from another institution may be granted up to 8 towards their Ph.D. requirement. The program is administered by a Graduate Group, consisting of faculty in the Department of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and History of Art and Architecture.
The program accepts applicants holding bachelor's or Master's degrees in an approved related field, such as landscape architecture or urban design. Students with a Master's degree from another university may receive advanced credit of up to eight courses; those with a Master's from the University of Pennsylvania may be granted credit for up to twelve courses.
Applicants for the Ph.D. program must submit a portfolio of their work and a sample of their writing (in English) along with the standard application materials. | |
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Doctor's degree
Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World trains graduate students in the field of Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology by providing them with a program of study that combines courses, field experience, and museum research. Students consequently gain the training and qualifications needed for careers as college and university teachers, museum curators, and archaeological scientists.
All students accepted in the program receive five-year fellowships that provide tuition as well as a yearly stipend. Funding for summer travel is also available, as are grants from the School of Arts and Sciences, the Louis J. Kolb Foundation, and the Colburn Fund for study at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens. During their second and third years in the program, students teach discussion sections of courses in Classical Studies, the History of Art, or Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and they also have the opportunity to teach courses during the summer sessions once they have passed their qualifying exams for the Ph.D. All AAMW students are encouraged to spend at least one semester of their graduate career serving as an intern in the Mediterranean or Near Eastern sections of the University Museum. | |
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The central focus of the Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics is the relationship between form and function. The goal of the program is to provide students with a foundation in the physical and quantitative methods necessary to explore the molecular basis of biological events.
The nearly seventy faculty of the Graduate Group have a common theme of seeking to understand biological phenomena using an array of genetic, biochemical and biophysical approaches.
Research topics are far-ranging and include the genetic, biochemical and structural basis of signal transduction; membrane biochemistry; biochemical imaging; mechanisms of transcription; replication and recombination; molecular immunology; protein structure, dynamics and folding; enzymology; regulation of metabolism; RNA biochemistry; de novo protein design; and the mechanism of action of large protein "machines" | |
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Bioengineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
Bioengineering research is based upon two fundamental approaches: analysis and experimentation. Bioengineering fundamentals therefore include: knowledge of how to build, test, and validate analytical models of biological systems; knowledge of how to measure biological events and activities; knowledge of how to design experiments; and knowledge of how to process and analyze experimental data. These bioengineering fundamentals are covered in a sequence of three courses devoted to analytical methods and modeling and to experimental methods and data analysis.
Bioengineering research requires thorough knowledge of living systems and organisms. Besides study and coursework in the student's particular research area, the student will obtain a broad biological background through two courses - one covering cell biology, and one covering systems physiology. Both emphasize the quantitative aspects of living systems.
Each Ph.D. student has particular needs for acquiring scientific and engineering background knowledge - background knowledge that depends on the student's research area and previous experience. Therefore, science and engineering coursework will be tailored for the student's specific needs. | |
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Biology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Biology offers a Ph.D. in the following areas: Cell and Developmental Biology, Neurobiology and Physiology, Plant and Microbial Biology, and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity. Students in these programs may work with members of the Biology Department or with affiliated faculty in other departments in the School of Arts and Sciences or the Medical School. | |
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Biomedical Imaging and Informational Sciences | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is partnered with the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to support a new Interfaces Program at the University of Pennsylvania for PhD training in Imaging Sciences. The objective is to develop a cadre of scientists with the knowledge and skills to conduct research at the interface between clinically-related imaging and biomedical, physical, chemical, engineering, and computational sciences. | |
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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is primarily a research-oriented degree for students showing promise for original contributions to the theory and practice of chemical and biomolecular engineering. The degree is a virtual requirement for those planning to teach chemical and biomolecular engineering, as well as for those planning on a research career. Doctoral candidates are expected to show superior capability for independent work and study. | |
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Doctor's degree
Chemistry | University Of Pennsylvania |
Penn Chemistry is a department of ideas and scholars, where the community of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, students, and research staff collaborate in exploring new frontiers in the chemical and molecular sciences.
Penn Chemistry is a leading center of molecular research. Within the department, the traditional sub-fields of biochemistry, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry serve as a framework from which collaborative, inter-disciplinary experimental and theoretical research is launched. Research thrusts include:
* Synthesis and Characterization of New Compounds and Materials
* Chemistry of Life Processes
* Nanoscale Materials and Molecular Devices
* Chemistry of the Environment
* Energy and the Hydrogen Economy
Penn Chemistry is housed in a complex of buildings providing classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, analytical instrumentation, library services, and support operations. | |
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Doctor's degree
City Planning | University Of Pennsylvania |
The University of Pennsylvania is an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study the serious problems that face our metropolitan areas today and the broad spectrum of responses to meet those challenges. Students enrolled in the Ph.D. Program have easy access to a broad, multi-disciplinary faculty and all the resources of a first-rate urban research university.
The Ph.D. program in the Department of City and Regional Planning (CPLN) is one of the oldest in the country, dating back to the 1950s. Our respected faculty has guided almost several hundred students though their graduate studies to the completion of their dissertation, enabling our graduates to assume positions of leadership in both planning academia and the planning profession. | |
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Doctor's degree
Classical Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Graduate Group in Classical Studies trains students in the languages, literatures, and history of the Greek and Roman Classical world. Students are encouraged to combine this work with the investigation of such related fields as Art and Archaeology, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Women's Studies.
The Graduate Group in Classical Studies is designed primarily to prepare students for the Ph.D., although applicants are occasionally admitted for the M.A., Ph.D. candidates will earn the M.A. in the course of their studies. Entering students are normally expected to have an undergraduate major in Classics or a related discipline and substantial training in both Greek and Latin, applicants are also required to submit an example of their academic writing with their applications. | |
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Communication | University Of Pennsylvania |
We are honored to have been ranked #1 in the nation in the areas of Critical-Cultural Communication, Health Communication, Mass Communication, and Political Communication by the National Communication Association’s most recent Doctoral Reputation Study. These broad topics cover a lot of territory, including the possibility of concentrated coursework in areas such as children, family & media; new media technologies; global communication; and media institutions.
We educate our students in the theories, substance and methods of communication research and position them to become leading academic and professional positions in the field. Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and undergraduate majors, and they share a strong interest in communication topics, conducting research, and excelling at what they do. | |
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Doctor's degree
Comparative Literature & Literary Theory | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory is a center for the study of literature through various disciplinary and critical perspectives, and the study of cultural history through the production of representations. The Program enables students to engage rigorously with critical theory as both reflection on interpretive method and tool of critique. It draws its graduate faculty from many disciplines: the languages and literary histories of Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia; history; art history; religion; anthropology; folklore; political science; sociology; communications. We provide a structured and challenging program in which graduate students can combine the careful study of a particular literary tradition with interests in other languages and disciplinary approaches. The broad field interests that our students bring to their projects include the history of philosophy, film and media studies, technology and the history of science, and area studies, such as the Mediterranean world. Our students work across all historical periods, from antiquity and the Middle Ages to the postmodern, and across diverse language fields. | |
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Computer and Information Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
The PhD program welcomes candidates with strong training in any of the disciplines related to modern information processing, with an emphasis on computer science and mathematics. Research and teaching form the essence of our doctoral program. Our curriculum is designed to develop the intellectual skills essential for the rapidly changing character of research and to meet the demands of academe and industry. Students develop their own advanced study focus, working with faculty mentors on topics ranging from the core computer science discipline to diverse scholarly interactions within the School of Engineering and the University.
Doctoral studies in the Department of Computer and Information Science offer the opportunity for rewarding exploration and research. Research opportunities span a wide range of theoretical and application topics including robotics, vision, natural language processing, databases, formal methods, real-time systems, computer architecture, machine learning, programming languages, graphics, network security, software engineering, bioinformatics, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations with fields such as biology, genetics, linguistics, mathematics, and electrical engineering. | |
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Doctor's degree
Criminology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The University of Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned to pursue its multi-disciplinary approach to criminology with faculty from a range of disciplines interested in the scientific study of crime. Penn's strong tradition of multi-disciplinary graduate groups and institutes combines with its compact geography to create great potential for integrating teaching and research from different fields. Penn's 21st Century Ph.D. in criminology explores the frontiers between sociology and demography with medical, legal, neurological, genetic and psychological perspectives on crime and crime prevention. These explorations can begin to unravel the increasing number of unexplained research findings on those frontiers.
The University of Pennsylvania offers a Ph.D. degree in criminology to a small and extremely select group of students who have demonstrated an outstanding capacity for independent scholarship in the course of their master's work. Students ordinarily apply to the program after coming to Penn for their Master's degrees, or are admitted into a joint Ph.D. program between criminology and one other Graduate Group. Applicants are not encouraged to apply directly to the Ph.D. program, but rather to apply for the M.A. degree in criminology, on the understanding that only one or two students per year will be able to continue on to the Ph.D. upon completion of the M.A. | |
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Doctor's degree
Demography | University Of Pennsylvania |
Demography has a long and proud tradition at Penn, and students seeking to specialize in it have an unusually broad array of courses from which to pick and a relatively large number of faculty members with whom they can work. Penn is unique in having professors who teach and conduct research within virtually all substantive areas of population. Students specializing in Demography are expected to be conversant with the fundamental methods of Demography and the basic substantive and theoretical issues before the field.
Students and faculty in the Population Studies Center carry out a varied program of population research. The Center provides office and work space for faculty and student associates and maintains a Demography library, and a fully-staffed computing center and data library. Many students secure direct research experience by participating in Center research projects.
Graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania is conducted through graduate groups formed according to different areas of study. These groups, rather than academic departments in the School of Arts and Sciences, administer programs leading to the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees. Study in the field of demography may be pursued in one of three graduate groups: The Graduate Group in Demography, The Graduate Group in Sociology, or The Graduate Group in Economics. Admission to each of these programs is controlled by a separate admissions committee, and each is administered by its own Graduate Group Chair. Those seeking a graduate degree in Demography should apply to the Graduate Group in Demography. | |
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Developmental Biology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Program in Developmental Biology offers outstanding interdisciplinary training in the developmental biology of animals and plants. A diverse group of faculty currently study Arabidopsis, C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, Xenopus, chick and mouse. Experimental strategies used in these research programs include genetics, embryology, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, genomics, and proteomics. Program faculty also study the disease genes and pathways of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and congenital malformations. Students have the opportunity to participate in weekly journal clubs and seminar series, monthly student research presentations, a student-invited speaker series, and an annual cell and developmental biology symposium. Laboratories in this program conduct research in a wide variety of areas, including:
Cell Migration and Morphogenesis
Cell Polarity and Cytoskeleton
Developmental Neuroscience
Epigenetics
Gametes and Fertilization
Gene Expression
Organogenesis
Stem Cells
Signal Transduction | |
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Doctor's degree
Earth and Environmental Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Earth and Environmental Science offers programs leading towards the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The areas of possible graduate research are outlined by the wide range of faculty interest. Students with academic degrees in Geology, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics are invited to apply. The M.S. is offered independently as a terminal degree. The M.S. program is designed to prepare students both for employment in such fields as petroleum geology and environmental geology, and for doctoral work; the Ph.D. program trains students to be independent researchers.
Doctoral candidates are expected to have reading knowledge of at least one foreign language that is significantly represented in the geologic literature. | |
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Doctor's degree
East Asian Languages and Civilizations | University Of Pennsylvania |
The cross-disciplinary Ph.D. program in East Asian Languages and Civilizations is designed to train graduate students who can teach and conduct independent research in a variety of humanistic disciplines using Chinese, Japanese, Korean and occasionally other languages of East Asia, defined roughly as China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Chinese-speaking Mongolia, Central Asia and Tibet. Before completion of the degree, each student is required to: 1) master the requisite linguistic tools and research methods, 2) demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the history and culture of his or her area of expertise, 3) gain an in-depth expertise in one or more period and/or subject areas, and 4) attain the necessary level of training in his or her humanistic discipline. | |
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Doctor's degree
Economics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The primary goal of the program is to produce outstanding research economists. The program is designed to ensure that students acquire a thorough knowledge of economic theory, econometric methods, and the structure of modern economies, before beginning their own research under faculty supervision. While the program covers all major areas of economics, it has particular strengths in microtheory (especially game theory), empirical microeconomics, and modern macroeconomics. | |
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Doctor's degree
Ethics and Legal Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's PhD program in Ethics and Legal Studies, started in 2003, is the first doctoral program of its kind in the world, built on Wharton's pioneering work in business ethics since the early 1990s. It focuses on ethical and legal norms of conduct in management. Students take core courses in ethics and law in business, plus courses in one additional concentration (e.g., management, finance, marketing, or accounting).
Faculty research concentrates on several broad areas: implications of social contract theory for business ethics; European Union law; ethics and corporate governance; insider trading regulation; international trade regulation under the World Trade Organization; legal regulation of negotiation processes; corporate criminal law; diversity; and e-commerce. The prestigious Zicklin Center for Research in Business Ethics also provides a significant additional resource for PhD students. | |
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Doctor's degree
Finance | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's PhD program in Finance provides students with a solid foundation in the theoretical and empirical tools of modern finance, drawing heavily on the discipline of economics. The department prepares students for careers in research and teaching at the world's leading academic institutions, focused on four areas: Banking and Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, International Finance, and Financial Instruments and Portfolio Management.
Wharton's Finance faculty, widely recognized as the finest in the world, has been in the forefront of modern innovations in theories of portfolio choice and savings behavior, which have significantly impacted the asset pricing techniques used by corporations, banks, and stock and bond markets.
Faculty research, both empirical and theoretical, includes such areas as: the structure of financial markets; the formation and behavior of financial asset prices; banking and monetary systems; corporate control and capital structure; saving and capital formation; and international financial markets. | |
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Doctor's degree
Health Care Management and Economics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's PhD program in Health Care Management and Economics provides an interdisciplinary health services research focus applicable across private and public sectors. The program combines intensive training in health care systems and health services research with advanced training in a traditional business discipline.
Faculty members engage in a broad range of research related to health care management, economics, and policy. Major areas of research currently include: the impact of insurance status on medical expenditure and reported health status; potential sources of disparities in cardiovascular care; effects of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; adoption and diffusion of medical innovations; effects of pharmaceutical safety events on stock prices; programs for reducing losses from natural disasters and providing funds for recovery following catastrophic events; and issues of biopharmaceutical product variety and innovation. | |
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Doctor's degree
History | University Of Pennsylvania |
Candidates for the Ph.D. degree complete twenty course units over a three-year period, four of which may be taken as ungraded independent study courses. General examinations are taken at the end of the sixth semester of study in three areas of inquiry: a general regional/national concentration; a specialty carved from the regional/national concentration; and a field that has a theoretical, methodological, or comparative emphasis. Examination areas are defined by students in consultation with members of their faculty advisory committees, who serve as examiners. In addition, Ph.D. candidates must also satisfy language and technical competency requirements appropriate to their particular fields of study. Successful completion of these requirements and the general exams allows candidates to pursue dissertation research and writing, normally a two-year process. | |
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Doctor's degree
History of Art | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Graduate Group offers courses leading to the Ph.D. degree in the history of art. Programs of study are typically supported by collaborations between this Graduate Group and other departments at the University that provide instruction in related fields.
• Ancient Near East and Egypt
• Greek, Roman, Etruscan
• Medieval & Byzantine
• Islamic
• South Asian
• Southern Renaissance and Baroque
• Northern Renaissance and Baroque
• 19th and 20th Centuries
• American
• East Asian | |
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Doctor's degree
Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's PhD program in Management is flexible and interdisciplinary, applying social science disciplines and research methods to management problems. It offers specializations in strategy, international business, organizational behavior and theory, and human resource management.
The faculty has a broad range of interests ranging from the behavior of individuals and groups to organizational strategy. Major areas of faculty research currently include: human resources and competitiveness; foreign strategic investments and international cooperative relationships; organizational learning and adaptation; technology adoption, diffusion, and transfer within and across organizations; and new venture formation, growth, and corporate entrepreneurship.
Each student draws on the faculty's diverse expertise and varied interests to develop a program uniquely suited to his or her interests. The program encourages students to gain research experience by working closely with faculty on a variety of projects. | |
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Doctor's degree
Marketing | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's Marketing faculty, the most published and cited in the world, are leaders in developing new research methodologies and implementing new decision models and techniques in the practice of marketing. The doctoral program offers students the interdisciplinary environment to generate creative ideas and hypotheses, the analytic skills to evaluate them, and the training to communicate them.
Faculty members are active in both research and business consulting, resulting in seminars that combine scholarly expertise and field-level experience. Recent research topics include such areas as: cognitive processes of consumers; consumer preference measurement; marketing decision support systems; design and adoption of new products marketing and competitive strategy; and international marketing.
The Marketing program requires students to have a basic knowledge of various business areas, computer programming, calculus, and matrix algebra. | |
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Doctor's degree
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) engages in the interdisciplinary humanistic study and teaching of the cultures of the Near East (often called the Middle East) as they express themselves in languages and texts, broadly defined to include written and oral sources, as well as art, architecture, archaeology, and material culture. These cultures encompass the geographic region that stretches from North Africa through the eastern Mediterranean, Arabia and Iran. Its programmatic foci are the civilizations of Mesopotamia/Iraq, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Arabia, Anatolia/Turkey and Persia/Iran. It teaches Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Egyptian, Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, and other languages of the region, from ancient through modern.
Students may pursue graduate studies in these major fields: Cuneiform Studies (primarily Sumerian and Akkadian), Egyptology, Biblical Studies, and Rabbinic and Classical Jewish Literature. | |
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Doctor's degree
Operations and Information Management | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's program in Operations and Information Management emphasizes research on real management problems and maintains a balance between theory and implementation. The faculty trains scholars in decision processes, information and decision technologies, information strategy, operations management, and operations research.
Faculty research applies analytic and empirical studies to important problems facing the private and public sectors, including: supply chain management; production planning and scheduling; product development; decision support systems; information-based strategy; systems development and implementation; and risk and environmental management. | |
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Doctor's degree
Physics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Ph.D. is the primary graduate degree offered by our department. The degree is granted upon completion of an original and significant investigation in physics or astronomy, which must be presented in a written dissertation and defended in a final oral examination.
In the first year, most students enroll in formal courses in the subjects covered by the preliminary examination. The department requires all students to take a seminar which provides an introduction to graduate studies in the department, one-semester graduate-level courses in laboratory techniques and statistical mechanics, and two courses from a selection outside the student's major field of specialization. Exemption from these courses is granted only if the student has already completed an equivalent course elsewhere. Most students continue to take advanced classroom and seminar courses for the duration of their studies. Credit for thesis research partially fulfills the University requirement of 20 courses for the Ph.D. degree. Up to 8 credits may be transferred from another institution. There is no foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy.
Most students in the Ph.D. program participate in the teaching activities of the department at some time during their graduate careers, usually serving as teaching assistants during the first year. Some serve as part-time teaching assistants in subsequent years.
For students with normal undergraduate preparation, the Ph.D. requires 4 to 6 years to complete. | |
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Doctor's degree
Religious Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The graduate program in Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers unique opportunities to those who wish to become scholars and teachers in the field. The program is situated within one of the largest and finest research universities in the country. At the same time, the Department of Religious Studies comprises a small community in which students receive a great deal of individual attention from faculty members and the opportunity to interact with students from diverse subfields. Within this context of extensive resources and personalized guidance, each student works with an advisor to design his or her own course of study. The dual character of the program is evidenced by the existence of two official bodies: the Department of Religious Studies, with eight full-time faculty, from which the committee that administers the graduate program is chosen; and the Graduate Group in Religious Studies, comprising approximately thirty additional scholars at the University of Pennsylvania whose research and teaching significantly involve the study of religion and who actively participate in the training of graduate students in Religious Studies.
Graduate students in Religious Studies have the benefit of a wealth of resources unrivalled by any major research university. In addition to possessing one of the best research libraries in the world, Penn is also home to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the oldest institution of its kind in the United States. | |
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Doctor's degree
Statistics | University Of Pennsylvania |
Wharton's PhD program in Statistics provides the foundational education that allows students to engage both cutting-edge theory and applied problems. These include problems from a wide variety of fields within Wharton, such as finance, marketing, and public policy, as well as fields across the rest of the University such as biostatistics within the Medical School and computer science within the Engineering School.
Major areas of departmental research include: analysis of observational studies; Bayesian inference, bioinformatics; decision theory; game theory; high dimensional inference; information theory; machine learning; model selection; nonparametric function estimation; and time series analysis.
Students typically have a strong undergraduate background in mathematics. Knowledge of linear algebra and advanced calculus is required, and experience with real analysis is helpful. Although some exposure to undergraduate probability and statistics is expected, skills in mathematics and computer science are more important. Graduates of the department typically take positions in academia, government, financial services, and bio-pharmaceutical industries. | |
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Master's degree
Anthropology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Masters of Science (MS) program is separate from the PhD program and transfers between the two, though not impossible, are anomalous. The MS is a specialized degree in a particular subfield or subfields of anthropology, and is designed for students whose primary career lies outside anthropology, but who wish to acquire an anthropological perspective in their work. Typical MS candidates are medical doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, and PhD candidates in Education, Communications, Planning or Management. | |
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Master's degree
Applied Geosciences | University Of Pennsylvania |
Geoscience professionals are on the forefront of environmental remediation and pollution prevention efforts. The need for technical expertise among environmental practitioners grows as the magnitude of soil and water contamination becomes apparent. Increasingly, a sound understanding of geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology and engineering geology are critical to addressing environmental problems. | |
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Master's degree
Architecture | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master of Science degree, first offered in 1984, is intended for individuals with an undergraduate professional degree in architecture who wish to pursue a self-directed program of study at the advanced level. It enables students to gain a greater understanding of the relationship between the discipline and the profession. A total of ten approved courses are required, including one course in Advanced Theory and an individually directed selection of electives from the Master of Architecture program. This degree is normally completed in one calendar year. Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in architecture.
Applicants for the M.S. must submit a portfolio of their work and a sample of their writing (in English) along with the standard application materials. | |
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Master's degree
Bioengineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Bioengineering MSE program curriculum provides training in engineering with focuses on biological and medical sciences. The program provides education in scientific and engineering fundamentals and current updates in the field of Bioengineering. The fundamental goal of Penn Bioengineering is to provide students with a broad, flexible curriculum that gives them experience with a wide range of subject areas and intellectual approaches, to prepare them to function creatively and independently in a diverse range of settings.
The MSE degree program meets the need for rigorous and advanced training beyond the typical four-year engineering program.
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Master's degree
Bioethics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The UPenn Master of Bioethics (MBE) is an interdisciplinary degree offered by the Department of Medical Ethics, in conjunction with the renowned Penn Center for Bioethics. The MBE degree program gives students broad exposure to the full range of topics and issues in contemporary bioethics, drawing on the expertise of our distinguished faculty and visiting fellows.
The UPenn Master of Bioethics program is one of the nation's premiere centers for bioethics education, attracting exceptional students from both the US and abroad. The program admits highly accomplished professionals who work in the bioethics-related fields of medicine, nursing, law, dentistry, social work, genetic counseling, regulatory affairs, public policy, veterinary medicine, and industry, as well as outstanding students in other professional degree programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
What makes the UPenn Master of Bioethics program unique is a threefold approach to bioethics training that combines excellent academic instruction, a worldwide network of alumni, and hands-on research and consulting opportunities that build on the classroom experience. | |
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Master's degree
Biotechnology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master of Biotechnology Program prepares students, both full- and part-time, for leadership in the critically important and dynamic industries of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Strongly interdisciplinary, this innovative professional master's program draws its faculty and courses from the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Penn's world-class biomedical research centers, renowned science departments and position at the hub of the largest pharmaceutical/biotechnology corridor in the United States, place this program at the vanguard of biotechnology education.
Four parallel curriculum tracks: 1) molecular biotechnology, 2) biopharmaceutical/engineering biotechnology, 3) computational biology/bioinformatics, and 4) biomedical technologies give students flexibility to tailor their degree to their background, interests and current career or career goals. These tracks, in combination with core courses, insure that students get a uniquely broad exposure to the entire field of biotechnology. | |
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Master's degree
Business Administration | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's MBA curriculum offers depth, breadth, and options. The curriculum emphasizes "general management plus" – a rigorous core in general management, plus the depth of 19 majors and breadth of nearly 200 electives.
The program is consistently regarded as one of the finest in the world, frequently cited as the most effective in preparing graduates to lead organizations in a global business environment.
With a Wharton MBA, you have the skills and knowledge to move ahead in the career of your choice. State-of-the art career services and the largest alumni network of any business school give you the resources to achieve more, both immediately after graduation and throughout your career. Employers tell us that they value Wharton graduates for their strategic thinking, breadth of core competencies, and ability to hit the ground running in any industry. | |
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Master's degree
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | University Of Pennsylvania |
At the University of Pennsylvania, the MSE degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is primarily a degree for students who wish to prepare themselves for research and development activities by obtaining a more solid foundation in the principles of chemical and biomolecular engineering. At the same time, limited specialization in one of several fields, such as fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, control, design, bioengineering, polymer engineering, heat transfer, or computer applications is possible. | |
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Master's degree
City Planning | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master of City Planning degree requires completion of 19 course units, including requirements from the core curriculum and a concentration. The Department offers three areas of concentration: Community and Economic Development (CED); Land Use, Transportation and Environmental Planning (LUTEP); Urban Development and Design (UDD).
The remaining units are free electives. Students lacking basic courses in urban design and economics will be asked to enroll in the pre-matriculation summer program; however, these courses do not count towards degree requirements. All students must complete a non-credit bearing internship between the first and second years of study. | |
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Master's degree
Clinical Epidemiology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) degree program provides comprehensive clinical research training. The goal of the program is to train individuals for successful careers as independent investigators. This program is directed by the faculty of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The School of Medicine's Office of Research and Research Training has oversight responsibilities for the program and the MSCE degree is awarded by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. | |
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Master's degree
Computer Graphics and Game Technology | University Of Pennsylvania |
Starting in the Fall 2004, the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Computer and Information Science admitted its first class to the newly created Master's Degree program in Computer Graphics and Game Technology (CGGT). The goal of the program is to expose recent graduates, as well as students returning from industry, to state-of-the-art graphics and animation technologies, as well as interactive media design principles, product development methodologies and engineering entrepreneurship. This degree program will prepare students for positions requiring multi-disciplinary skills such as designers, technical animators and directors and game programmers.
Opportunities for specialization will be provided in such core areas as art and animation, creative design, animation and simulation technology, human/computer interfaces and production management. Students seeking admission to the program are assumed to have a Bachelors Degree in either Computer Science or Engineering; students seeking admission with non-computer science and/or engineering undergraduate backgrounds will require a minimum of two years to complete the program. | |
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Master's degree
Computer and Information Technology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master's of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program stems from a belief that advanced computer science coursework for people with degrees in other fields leads to highly successful career paths. This innovative master's degree program allows those with no computing experience to begin an IT career, those who are experienced in IT to advance, and it prepares students for future advanced study in computer science. Students can enroll either full- or part-time. | |
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Master's degree
Criminology | University Of Pennsylvania |
Penn is the only one of the nation's top research universities (and the only institution in the Ivy League) to offer a Master of Science program in Criminology. We give our students not only a solid academic grounding in the framework of social science, but also provide them with the skills to analyze crime data, map crime patterns, and use research to make evidence-based decisions on how to address crime. Blending theory and application, the program enhances career advancement, and provides an opportunity to contribute to the public interest, in government, criminal justice agencies, legal settings, or criminal justice-related non-profit organizations. | |
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Master's degree
Demography | University Of Pennsylvania |
Demography has a long and proud tradition at Penn, and students seeking to specialize in it have an unusually broad array of courses from which to pick and a relatively large number of faculty members with whom they can work. Penn is unique in having professors who teach and conduct research within virtually all substantive areas of population. Students specializing in Demography are expected to be conversant with the fundamental methods of Demography and the basic substantive and theoretical issues before the field.
Students and faculty in the Population Studies Center carry out a varied program of population research. The Center provides office and work space for faculty and student associates and maintains a Demography library, and a fully-staffed computing center and data library. Many students secure direct research experience by participating in Center research projects.
Graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania is conducted through graduate groups formed according to different areas of study. These groups, rather than academic departments in the School of Arts and Sciences, administer programs leading to the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees. Study in the field of demography may be pursued in one of three graduate groups: The Graduate Group in Demography, The Graduate Group in Sociology, or The Graduate Group in Economics. Admission to each of these programs is controlled by a separate admissions committee, and each is administered by its own Graduate Group Chair. Those seeking a graduate degree in Demography should apply to the Graduate Group in Demography. | |
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Master's degree
Earth and Environmental Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Earth and Environmental Science offers programs leading towards the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The areas of possible graduate research are outlined by the wide range of faculty interest. Students with academic degrees in Geology, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics are invited to apply. The M.S. is offered independently as a terminal degree. The M.S. program is designed to prepare students both for employment in such fields as petroleum geology and environmental geology, and for doctoral work; the Ph.D. program trains students to be independent researchers. | |
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Master's degree
East Asian Humanities | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Graduate Group in East Asian Languages and Civilizations administers a Masters of Arts degree in the East Asian Humanities. The degree is both an entry into higher-level graduate study and preparation for careers in teaching, administration, some professions, and the public and private sector. This degree is extremely valuable to students who plan to seek employment in East Asia. The program offers flexibility for students who desire to combine this degree with another Masters of Arts at Penn or who would like to pursue the degree on a part-time basis. The main feature that distinguishes the Masters in EALC from the Masters of Arts in East Asian Studies administered through the Center for East Asian Studies is its focus on humanistic disciplines such as literature, philosophy, religion, art, and archaeology of East Asia, and often the more rigorous language requirements such as classical Chinese or Japanese in addition to the modern languages. | |
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Master's degree
Engineering
Computer and Information Science | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Master of Science in Engineering in Computer and Information Science (MSE) program offers scholars the opportunity for advanced study in the scientific foundations of the rapidly growing field of computer science. Applicants to the MSE program should have strong undergraduate training in mathematics and computer science.
The MSE degree program is designed to allow flexible planning of advanced study. The MSE student develops their own advanced study focus, and can arrange interdisciplinary programs in such areas as CIS and Telecommunications, CIS and Computational Linguistics, CIS and Biomedical Computation, etc. Graduate studies in the Department of Computer and Information Science offer the possibility for rewarding exploration and research. This is a uniquely exciting place to be. | |
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Master's degree
Environmental Studies | University Of Pennsylvania |
The interaction between humans and the environment is not a purely scientific matter. Questions of politics, economics, ethics, religion and culture also come into play. Recognizing this, the Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the environment. Courses are offered across the University, offering viewpoints not only from the natural sciences, but also from the social and biomedical sciences, humanities, engineering, law and business.
Advanced study of the environment at Penn brings together researchers and practitioners in the physical, biological and social sciences, economics, and other arts and sciences disciplines with professionals in planning, health care and the law. This multidisciplinary approach provides graduates with the breadth necessary to address the complex nature of the environment as well as the depth to provide specific expertise in environmental restoration and protection. | |
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Master's degree
History | University Of Pennsylvania |
The M.A. in History is designed for students with specific objectives such as community college or secondary school teaching, journalism, archival administration, library or public sector work, personal gratification, and so forth, students who normally neither require nor desire a Ph. D. degree. For students completing the M.A. degree, admission to the Ph. D. program will be considered on the same basis as that of new applicants. There is normally no funding for M.A. candidates. | |
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Master's degree
History of Art | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Graduate Group offers courses leading to the A.M. degree in the history of art. Programs of study are typically supported by collaborations between this Graduate Group and other departments at the University that provide instruction in related fields.
• Ancient Near East and Egypt
• Greek, Roman, Etruscan
• Medieval & Byzantine
• Islamic
• South Asian
• Southern Renaissance and Baroque
• Northern Renaissance and Baroque
• 19th and 20th Centuries
• American
• East Asian | |
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Master's degree
Medical Physics | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Arts and Sciences, in conjunction with the Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology in the School of Medicine, is pleased to offer the Master of Medical Physics (MMP) degree. This program meets the academic and career interests of technically prepared college graduates who seek to combine their interests in graduate physics with growing career opportunities in the field of medicine.
The MMP program will provide students with rigorous training in essential graduate physics courses as well as more traditional coursework in biology and medical physics. The program offers a well-rounded education, balancing classroom, laboratory and clinical experiences. Students will be introduced to both clinical and research aspects of medical physics through The University of Pennsylvania Health Systemâs (UPHS) state-of-the-art medical imaging and therapy facilities. The traditional problem-solving techniques emphasized in physics graduate training will enable students to address a wide variety of problems encountered in the modern medical environment and to evolve with the field as it continues to embrace the most advanced technologies. The program will also stress communication, ethics and responsibility (in both clinical and research settings) promoting the highest possible standards in patient care. Full-time students will complete the program in two years. In the second year, students will spend a significant amount of their time completing appropriate clinical rotations in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Part-time study may be possible, and will be considered on an individual basis by the program director. | |
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Master's degree
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University Of Pennsylvania |
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) engages in the interdisciplinary humanistic study and teaching of the cultures of the Near East (often called the Middle East) as they express themselves in languages and texts, broadly defined to include written and oral sources, as well as art, architecture, archaeology, and material culture. These cultures encompass the geographic region that stretches from North Africa through the eastern Mediterranean, Arabia and Iran. Its programmatic foci are the civilizations of Mesopotamia/Iraq, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Arabia, Anatolia/Turkey and Persia/Iran. It teaches Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Egyptian, Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, and other languages of the region, from ancient through modern.
Students may pursue graduate studies in these major fields: Cuneiform Studies (primarily Sumerian and Akkadian), Egyptology, Biblical Studies, and Rabbinic and Classical Jewish Literature. | |
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Master's degree
Oral Biology | University Of Pennsylvania |
The three-year Master of Science in Oral Biology is designed especially for individuals interested in an academic career, concurrent clinical specialty training is required to apply to this program.
The degree is awarded after successful completion of both didactic coursework and research. The coursework requirements include 15 hours in oral biology and basic sciences related to the individual's area of interest. Candidates must also initiate and develop a research problem, which culminates in the writing and defense of a thesis. This research activity is spread over the three-year span of the program, with the majority of research taking place in the second year. The degree will be awarded no earlier than three years after matriculation, and annual fees may apply all three years of the program. | |
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