Students completing the following course of study will be eligible to receive the JD degree from the School of Law and a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree from the Master of Health Administration graduate program located in the College of Health Sciences. 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 MHA degree.
Application Procedure
Applicants to the dual degree program must submit formal applications and meet the requirements for admission to both the School of Law and to the Crosby MBA Program, to be eligible for the dual degree. Contact the Crosby MBA Program and the School of Law for further information on admissions requirements. Both applications must normally be submitted before a student has substantially completed the requirements of either program. Students may apply for both programs before starting either one, may apply during their 1L or 2L year of Law School, or may apply during their first year of the MBA program.
Degree Requirement Summary
The program meets the requirements for the JD 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 MBA with 47.5 credit hours of courses in the Crosby MBA Program and 6 elective credit hours at the School of Law. Thus the total (net) additional credits required for JD/MBA is 41.5.
Curriculum
The curriculum has been designed so that law and essentials in economics are addressed, followed by specialized courses in the upper levels. Students in the dual-degree program normally will spend their first year at the law school taking the traditional first-year law school curriculum. During the remainder of the program, students will take courses both in the School of Law and the Trulaske College of Business.
School of Law Required Courses
89 hours required for graduation
1st Year
5010 Civil Procedure I (3)
5020, 5025 Contracts I & II (6)
5035 Criminal Law (4)
5040 Property I (2)
5070 Torts (4)
5017 Constitutional Law I (3)
5080, 5085 Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication I & II (6)
5095 Lawyering (2)
2nd Year
5260 Evidence (4)
2nd or 3rd Year
5015 Civil Procedure II (2)
5217 Constitutional Law II (2)
5240 Criminal Procedure (3)
5280 Professional Responsibility (3)
5045 Property II (3)
Law electives – 36 credits
Health administration electives – 6 credits
*Students who are placed on probation at the end of the fall semester of the first year will be required to take Foundations of Legal Studies II in the spring semester. This course is designed to assist students in meeting their graduation requirements.
Health Administration
54 hours required for graduation; all courses are three (3) credit hours
HLTH_ADM 7410 – Introduction to the US Health Care System
HLTH_ADM 7471 – Introduction to Accounting & Finance in Health Care
HLTH_ADM 8460 – Administration of Health Care Organizations
HLTH_ADM 8544 – Managerial Epidemiology (Population Health Management)
HLTH_ADM 8524 – Health Economics
HLTH_ADM 8461 – Managing Human Resources in Health Care Organizations
HLTH_ADM 8689 – Field Experience in Health Administration (Summer Internship)
HLTH_ADM 7430 – Health Informatics for Leaders
HLTH_ADM 8472 – Financial Management for Health Care Organizations
HLTH_ADM 8470 – Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Care Organizations
HLTH_ADM 8453 – Executive Management Studies
HLTH_ADM 8571 – Decision Support in Health Care Systems
HLTH_ADM 8573 – Decision Making for Health Care Organizations
HLTH_ADM 8574 – Health Care Law
HLTH_ADM 8575 – Health Policy and Politics
Plus three (9 credit hours) professional electives
The School of Law has agreed that any six (6) hours from the Health Administration curriculum may be counted toward the JD degree. Students may obtain up to three (3) hours of Law School Research (5875) credit for completing HLTH_ADM 8450 (Methods of Health Services Research) if the research is also approved and graded by a law school faculty member. In addition, HLTH_ADM 8574 (Health Care Law) may be taken for Law School credit if the student has not yet taken LAW 5615 (Health Care Law: The Doctor-Patient Relationship.) The Master of Health Administration graduate program will accept any Law School credit hours toward its Professional Electives requirement. In addition, LAW 5615 (Health Care Law: The Doctor-Patient Relationship) or LAW 5616 (Health Care Organization and Finance Law) may be taken in place of HLTH_ADM 8574 (Health Care Law).
Policy
- Microeconomics is a pre-requisite for the MHA degree. Students must complete a microeconomics course prior to enrolling in the MHA program, or else must complete the Master of Health Administration graduate program’s online microeconomics module by the end of their first Fall semester as an MHA student. Students may receive access to the online module once they have been admitted to the MHA program. In addition, ALL students, regardless of prior coursework, must take the Introduction to HLTH_ADM 7471 Accounting & Finance in Health Care course in their first Fall semester.
- Except in limited circumstances, the School of Law cannot award credit for any class taken before matriculation at the School of Law. Dual degree candidates are strongly advised to enroll at the School of Law before taking the 6 credits of health administration courses to be counted toward the JD degree.
- Dual degree candidates who subsequently decide to pursue only the MHA 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.
- Law students who receive credit under the dual degree program for taking courses in Health Administration may not receive credit for taking other classes outside the School of Law.
- Student honors and class ranks at the School of Law will be computed on classes enrolled in as law courses.
- 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.
- Students in the dual-degree program are subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to all students at the Master of Health Administration graduate program.