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Juris Doctor/Masters of Business Administration
Dual Degree Program

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Law Req'd Courses Bus. Req'd Courses Law Elect. Courses Bus. Elect. Courses Degree Summary Sample Courses Application Procedure Regulations

Students completing the Lawand Business course of study will be eligible to receive the JD degree from the School of Law and the MBA degree from the School of Business. This course of study may be completed in four years. Normally, students require three years to complete the requirements for the JD degree and two years to complete the requirements for the MBA degree.

School of Law Required Courses

First Year

• 5010 Civil Procedure I (3), 5015 Civil Procedure II (2)
• 5020 Contracts I (3), 5025 Contracts II (3)
• 5035 Criminal Law (4)
• 5050 Property (5)
• 5070 Torts (5)
• 5080 Legal Research and Writing (2)
• 5085 Advocacy and Research (2)
• 5090 Legal Reasoning (if assigned) (1)
• 5095 Lawyering (2)

• 5220 Constitutional Law (4)
• 5260 Evidence (4)

• 5240 Criminal Procedure (4)
• 5280 Professional Responsibility (3)

Any student who does not achieve a 70.00 GPA in the fall semester will be required to take 512L, Legal Reasoning. Those students in Legal Reasoning will not take Advocacy & Research until their second year. This course is designed to assist students in meeting the graduation requirements.

Business School Required Courses

• ACCT 7310 Accounting for Managers (3)*
• MGMT 7400 Computer Applications for Planning & Decision Making (3) *
• MGMT 7430 Operations Management (3)*
• FIN 7440 Managerial Finance (3)*
• MKT 7460 Managerial Marketing (3)*
• BA 8010 MBA Seminar (1)
• MGMT 8970 Business Environment & Policy (3)
• ECON 7332 Microeconomics for Managers (3)*
• FIN 8070 Security Markets and Investments (3)
• MGMT 7380 Organizational Behavior (3)*
• MGMT 7410 Management Information Systems (3)*
• MKT 8050 Marketing Strategy (3)
• BA 8500 Team Case (2)

*These courses may be waived based on prior course work and acceptable grades.

Students enrolled in the JD/MBA Dual Degree Program will have the following 11 credits of business requirements waived upon successful completion of the JD:

• BA 7330 Business Law & Regulation
• BA 7340 Organization Ethics
• BA 7050 MBA Communications Practice
• BA 8020 MBA Seminar
• BA 8030 MBA Seminar
• BA 8600 Consulting Project Elective

Law School Electives

Business School Emphasis Area/Electives

Students must complete 6 hours of study in an emphasis area (other than law) at the College of Business.

Degree Requirement Summary

The program meets the requirements for the J.D. with a total of 83 hours of law credit and 6 hours of study at the College of Business. The program meets the requirements for the M.B.A. with 42 credit hours of courses at the College of Business and 6 elective credit hours at the School of Law.

Sample Course of Study

The following is a sample course of study outlining how students might complete the program. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with an academic advisor at both the College of Business and School of Law before designing an individual course of study.

Year 1:
First year required law courses (31 credit hours)

Year 2:
Second year required law courses (8)
Business School Requirements (16)

Year 3:
Second or third year required law courses (6)
Law school electives
Business School Requirements (14)

Year 4:
Remaining business school requirements (6 credit hours)
Business school emphasis area/electives (6 credit hours)
Law school electives

Note: The number of hours in year 4 assumes the taking of at least one course that will count both as a business school and law school elective.

Regulations

1. The MBA course of study assumes that students have completed the required prerequisites before enrolling in the MBA program. These prerequisites are:
   1. a microeconomics course
   2. the equivalent of beginning and intermediate statistics course(s)
   3. a calculus course.
   Students who have not completed these prerequisites prior to enrolling in the MBA program may not be able to complete the Dual Degree program in four years. For further information about these prerequisites, consult the MBA catalog.
2. Law students who receive credit under the dual degree program for taking courses at the College of Business may not receive credit for taking other classes outside the School of Law.
3. MBA students pursuing a dual JD degree must select their business emphasis area in a field other than law.
4. Dual Degree candidates who subsequently decide to pursue only the MBA or the JD degree must complete the degree program in its entirety and subject to the same rules and requirements as students not pursuing a Dual Degree.
5. Student honors and class ranks at the School of Law will be computed on classes enrolled in as law courses.
6. The School of Law cannot award credit for any class taken before matriculation at the School of Law. Dual degree candidates must therefore enroll at the School of Law before taking any business courses to be counted toward the J.D. degree.
7. Students are required by the Graduate School to have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in all 3000-level and above Graduate School course work to be eligible to graduate with an MBA. Grades for law courses applied as electives toward the MBA degree must be at least "C" or better, but will not count in the graduate grade point average calculation.
8. Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of graduate-level course work to earn an MBA. The six hours of law electives can be included in this. If students are able to waive all or most of the foundation level MBA courses, they will need to take at least 24 hours of MBA courses to complete their degree.
9. The College of Business and the School of Law reserve the right to limit participation in the program, including dismissal. Those interested are encouraged to submit a request for permission to participate in the program, along with applications for admission, at the earliest possible time.
10. The listing of courses does not constitute a binding commitment that the courses will be offered during the student’s course of study or that the graduation requirements will remain unchanged.
11. Students in the dual-degree program are subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to all students at the School of Law and the College of Business.

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