Dual Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA)

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  Admission Requirements

  Admission to the Dual JD-MBA program is contingent upon separate admissions to the Detroit Mercy School of Law program and the MBA program. However, the applicant is not formally admitted into the Dual JD-MBA program until the satisfactory completion of the first year of law studies (30 credit hours.)

  Beyond separate admission into the law school and the College of Business Administration, an individual must have completed first-year law courses with a cumulative average of 2.8 or better with no grade below 2.2.

  An individual who desires to enter the Dual JD-MBA program must complete a JD-MBA application form with the law school registrar typically in February or March of the first year of coursework in the University's School of Law. Provisional acceptance to the Dual JD-MBA program may be granted in April of the first year of law school, but final acceptance is dependent upon posting of first-year law school grades. A letter of acceptance is then sent to the applicant by the JD-MBA program advisor.

  All applications, forms, original files, and grade analyses are handled through the registrar of the School of Law. Contact: Shamaila Khan, Assistant Dean and Registrar, School of Law at 313-596-9828; khanss@udmercy.edu.

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  Requirements for the Master of Business Administration (33 credits)

  The Dual JD-MBA program incorporates two sets of academic requirements. Those two sets of requirements interface to allow a significant savings in coursework when compared to an individual's efforts in accomplishing both degrees on a back-to-back or independent basis.

  JD Requirements Under the Dual Program

  Law school course requirements consist of 78 credit hours, including all required courses of the regular law curriculum. A 2.8 cumulative GPA is required.

  MBA Requirements Under the Dual Program

  Foundation Requirements

  • ACC 5100 Corporate Financial Accounting (3 credits)
  • MBA 5100 Legal Issues in Organizational Strategy (3 credits)
  • MBA 5120 Data Analysis for Decision Making (3 credits)
  • MBA 5180 Fundamentals of Financial Management (3 credits)

  Depending upon the applicant's former performance in business coursework, the JD-MBA candidate may take from 0-9 credit hours in the MBA's foundation requirements. Students having to fulfill foundation courses will be waived from MBA 5100.

  Core Courses

  • ACC 5200 Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
  • MBA 5200 Modeling, Analytics, and Operations Decision (3 credits)
  • MBA 5210 Personal Development, Ethics, and Social Responsibility (3 credits)
  • MBA 5220 Strategic Financial Management (3 credits)
  • MBA 5240 Marketing Management and Planning (3 credits)
  • MBA 5250 Teamwork and Shared Leadership: Enhancing the Creative Process in Organizations (3 credits)
  • MBA 5260 Systems and Technology (3 credits)

  Post-Core

  • MBA 5900 Strategic Management and Innovation in a Global Economy (3 credits)
  • Electives* (9 credits)

  * At the MBA post-core level, JD-MBA students are required to fulfill MBA 5900. In addition, the post-core requirement of nine credit hours of electives are fulfilled by a cognate of law courses.

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  Program Sequencing

  The usual approach to the Dual JD-MBA program is to enter law school as a first-year student and, pending the outcome of the first-year law studies, to be admitted into the dual program. Once admitted, course studies over the next two to three years are scheduled to integrate law and business studies. This sequencing is based upon a law school student who enters in Term I of the academic year.

  A Variation in Program Sequencing

  Some candidates who began coursework in the MBA program may decide to seek admission to the Dual JD-MBA program. It must be noted, however, that candidates who pursue this approach must be accepted into the law school program on a Term I basis only. Admission requirements, as described above, necessarily apply to the JD-MBA candidate who follows this particular sequencing of course work.

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  Degree/Diploma Identification

  Upon completion of the Dual JD-MBA program, graduates receive two diplomas: one for the JD degree and one for the MBA degree.

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  Tuition Rates

  Tuition rates and fees for students in the Dual JD-MBA program are the same as those for the School of Law at University of Detroit Mercy.

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  Program Contact Information

  Graduate Admissions Counselor: Corinne Foote

  • Telephone: 313-993-3309 or 800-635-5020
  • Email: footece@udmercy.edu

  
  

  Director of Graduate Business Programs: Omid Sabbaghi, Ph.D.

  • Telephone: 313-993-1172
  • Email: sabbagom@udmercy.edu

  
  

  Coordinator of Student Services: Carrol Parris

  • Telephone: 313-993-1203
  • Fax: 313-993-1673
  • Email: parriscl@udmercy.edu