Dual Degrees
Admission
Students may be accepted for a dual degree program when they are accepted to the Law Center, although most students do not apply until sometime in the first year. All programs except the M.S.W. require that students successfully complete the required first year of law school before beginning work toward the master's degree. Credit toward the law degree may not be given for graduate work completed prior to the completion of the first year of law school, although some credit toward the master's degree may be allowed by the faculty of the cooperating department of approved work completed prior to the first year of law school. Students are not eligible for either of their dual degrees until they complete the requirements for both degrees.
Following are general descriptions of the dual degree programs. Students interested in further information should consult the Law Center Admissions Office.
Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in Economics
Students are required to complete 89 units of law and economics course work, four units of which must constitute a thesis acceptable to the faculties of the Law Center and the Department of Economics. Before enrolling in economics courses, students must have completed an undergraduate course in probability and statistical inference (e.g., BUAD 310). Students with undergraduate degrees in such disciplines as business, economics, mathematics and psychology will usually have taken such a course as part of their undergraduate program.
First Year: Required Law Center courses.
| Second and Third Years: |
| ECON 500 | Microeconomic Analysis and Policy | 4 |
| ECON 501 | Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy | 4 |
Two Additional Graduate Level Courses in Economics (eight units): ECON 535 Industrial Organization and 536 Economics of Regulated Industries are recommended, but the student is free to choose any graduate level courses other than 590 or 790 in consultation with the program advisor. ECON 482 Mathematical Models in Economics may be substituted for one of these courses, and ECON 483 Statistics for Economics or ECON 485 Introduction to Econometrics may be substituted for the other. (These three courses are applicable toward graduate credit.)
Four Units of Thesis: The thesis must be acceptable to both the faculty of the Law Center and the faculty of the Department of Economics.
Thirty-nine Units of Law Courses: including one course in a subject matter related to economics (including but not necessarily limited to Taxation, International Business Transactions, Natural Resources Law, Antitrust Law I, Antitrust Law II, Regulated Industries, Labor Law, Administrative Process, Taxation of Corporations or Land Use Seminar and Land Finance Seminar). In addition to the LSAT, students interested in this dual degree program are required to take the aptitude and advanced economic portions of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration
The Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA) offers a two-year 63 unit program leading to the Master of Business Administration degree. First-year subjects in the M.B.A. program may be waived by the GSBA when a student has completed course work of acceptable quality from an accredited school. In addition, students who believe that they can demonstrate knowledge equivalent to that contained in first-year M.B.A. courses because of training or experience, may receive subject credit for the course by passing a proficiency examination in the subject. To obtain the M.B.A., all students must complete a minimum of 48 units of course work in the GSBA and maintain a 3.0 overall grade point average (A = 4.0) for this course work.
In addition to the LSAT, applicants to this dual degree program are required to take the Graduate Management Aptitude Test. Requirements for the dual degree program are listed in the Graduate School of Business Administration section of this catalogue.
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation
The School of Accounting offers a specialized 47-unit program in taxation leading to the Master in Business Taxation (M.B.T.). However, up to 17 units of preliminary courses in the M.B.T. program may be waived by the School of Accounting in light of previous education or completion of a proficiency examination. The total number of units required may thus vary, but all students are required to complete a minimum of 21 units of GSBA courses and maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0 for these courses. Requirements for this dual degree are listed in the School of Accounting section of this catalogue on.
Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration
Students are required to complete 93 units of course work. Candidates for the dual degree must fulfill the statistics requirement of the M.P.A. degree by previous education, proficiency examination, or completion of PUAD 404 Statistics in Administration. Requirements for this dual degree program are listed in the School of Public Administration section of this catalogue.
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