New MA/MPH Degree with Columbia University
JTS and Columbia University will soon announce a joint MA in Jewish Ethics/Master of Public Health program, offered through JTS’s Kekst Graduate School and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Pending final approval, the program will begin in fall 2018.
The joint MA/MPH will for the first time give students the opportunity to both develop and evaluate public health services from the perspective of Jewish tradition. “It will equip future professionals with the moral vision to identify issues of ethical concern in public health, as well as the skills to design effective initiatives to resolve them,” said Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Sala and Walter Schlesinger Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies.
The program will integrate an academic approach to Jewish studies and a multidisciplinary approach to public health. Upon completion of the program, students will receive both an MA in Jewish Ethics from JTS and an MPH from Columbia University.
