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Concurrent Degree Programs - UWLS Students (436 words) |
 | A program leading to a Juris Doctor degree and an advanced degree in any discipline of the Graduate School at the University of Washington can be developed with the approval of the Dean of the Law School, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the student's Graduate Program Adviser. |
 | Candidates who are acccepted to concurrent programs might prefer to begin the master's program first, which would allow them to go straight through the JD program in 3 years, thus graduating with the same JD class they began with. |
 | Concurrent enrollment in the Evans School of Public Affairs, leading to a Master of Public Administration, is ideal for students interested in administrative or legislative practice. |
| 1. INTRODUCTION (1707 words) |
 | Concurrent programming is becoming increasingly important in both scientific and commercial areas. |
 | The main focus is in the understanding of the semantics of a concurrent program, especially where communication between tasks occurs. |
 | Due to the way concurrency is presently understood, as a consequence of the implementation's complexity, one often loses track of the original abstractions as they are expressed in programs. |