Law and MBA Joint Degree

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Students applying to the M.B.A. program must have the following prerequisite business foundation courses completed prior to enrollment:


COURSE NAME
COURSE NUMBER

Calculus for Business
Fundamental Business Statistics
Principles of Accounting
Macro-Economics
Micro-Economics
Basic Finance
MAC 2233
STA 2023
ACG 2021
ECO 2013
ECO 2023
FIN 3403

The normal program sequence for a student in the joint degree program is:

1st Year
2nd Year

3rd & 4th Years
Total Law Courses
Total MBA Courses
Total JD/MBA Courses
30 hours of Law Courses
36 hours of MBA Courses
(Beginning in the Summer Term)
49 hours of Law Courses
79 hours (9 cross-credits)
36 hours (9 cross-credits)
115 hours

Once a student is accepted in to both colleges, they must then complete an application for the joint degree program. Application forms are available at the College of Law's Office of Admissions and Records, or can be accessed online by clicking here. This normally is done during the first year of law school. The first year of study is generally done at the College of Law.

The Juris Doctor Curriculum

The Juris Doctor program consists of 79 credit hours of instruction. The law curriculum consists of 36 credit hours of required courses. Thirty credits are taken during the student's first year in the program.

The remaining 43 credit hours of elective classes may be chosen from the large selection of courses offered by the College of Law.

In addition, all J.D. students must complete an upper level writing requirement and 20 hours of pro bono legal work.

The following are the 36 credit hours of required courses in the J.D. curriculum:

Civil Procedure
Contracts I
Contracts II
Criminal Law
Property I
Property II
Torts
Legal Writing & Research I
Legal Writing & Research II
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II
Professional Responsibility
4
3
2
4
2
3
4
2
3
3
3
3
TOTAL
36


Business Curriculum

CORE CURRICULUM
A student enrolled in the joint degree program must complete 36 credit hours, consisting of eight core courses and one elective course from the College of Business. One normally required course, Legal Environment (BUL 5810), and one elective are waived for J.D./M.B.A. students. All core courses are four credit hours each.

The core courses for the M.B.A. program are:

COURSE NAME
COURSE NUMBER

Current Issues in Accounting
Problems in Financial Management
Information & Technology Mgmt.
Organizational Behavior
Service Operations Management
Economics and Business Conditions
Strategy & Business Policy
Mrktg. Strategy in the Global Environ.

ACG 5026
FIN 5425
ISM 5021
MAN 5245
MAN 5501
MAN 5716
MAN 5721
MAR 5935


The elective M.B.A. courses are:

COURSE NAME
COURSE NUMBER

Investment Mgmt. & Analysis
Multinational Financial Mgmt.
Financial Modeling
Risk Management & Derivatives
Supply Chain I: Seminar in Customer

Relationship Mgmt
Supply Chain II: Smnr Supply Mgmt.

FIN 5515
FIN 5605
FIN 5935
FIN 5935

MAR 5465
MAR XXXX


The major responsibility for planning and carrying out an integrated program of courses in both schools lies with the individual student assisted by the advisor for the program in each school. The joint degree program must be completed within 5 years, although most students complete the program in 4 years. For further information, contact both the College of Law and the College of Business.

J.D. PROGRAM
Dino Falaschetti
Florida State Law
B.K. Roberts Hall, Room 303
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Tel: 850.644.4248
E-mail: dfalaschetti@law.fsu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.fsu.edu

M.B.A. PROGRAM
Scheri Martin, Coordinator of Graduate Programs
Registrar and MBA Advisor
Graduate Office
821 Academic Way
P.O. Box 306110
FSU College of Business
Room 219
Rovetta Business Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110
Tel: 850.644.0586
E-mail: Smartin@cob.fsu.edu
Web site: http://www.cob.fsu.edu

Lisa Beverly, Director of Admissions
Graduate Office
821 Academic Way
P.O. Box 306110
FSU College of Business
Room 215
Rovetta Business Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110
Tel: 850.644.6455
E-mail: lbeverly@cob.fsu.edu
Web site: http://cob.fsu.edu/grad