Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management
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The Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management is a 4-year joint-degree undergraduate program between the College of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, initiated in the fall of 2006 with the 2010 graduating class. The "LSM" program was originally proposed and funded by former Merck & Co. CEO P. Roy Vagelos. Each year, the program admits 25 freshmen and offers them an opportunity to combine coursework in both management and the life sciences in preparation for careers in for-profit and non-profit organizations in the life sciences sector. This sector includes the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries and organizations with innovative activities in animal health, agriculture, genetic and biochemical research and development, the practice of medicine, and the implementation of other aspects of human health and welfare.
The program is led by two faculty co-directors, Dr. Mark V. Pauly (Bendheim Professor, Professor of Health Care Systems, of Insurance and Risk Management, and of Business and Public Policy, The Wharton School) and Dr. Philip A. Rea (Professor of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences), as well as by an administrative and advising director, Dr. Andrew Coopersmith.
Students of this program graduate with either a B.S. in Economics degree from the Wharton School or a B.A. from the College of Arts & Sciences in a life science of their choosing after completion of approximately 43 units of course work.
[edit] Penn's Other Joint- and Dual-Degree Programs
- The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, Engineering and Wharton
- The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, College and Wharton
- Nursing and Health Care Management, Nursing and Wharton
