Law and Economics Joint Degree

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

1st Year
2nd Year
3rd & 4th Years
Total Law Courses
Total ECO Courses
Total JD/MS Courses
30 hours of Law Courses
24 hours of ECO Courses
50 hours of Law Courses
80 hours (8 cross-credits)
24 hours (8 cross-credits)
104 hours


The Juris Doctor Curriculum

The Juris Doctor program consists of 80 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 44 credit hours of elective classes may be chosen from the large selection of courses offered by the College of Law.

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





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

Economics Curriculum

CORE CURRICULUM
A student enrolled in the joint degree program must complete 24 credit hours of classes, 6 of which are core classes from the Department of Economics.


All students in the master's program are required to take:

COURSE NAME
COURSE NUMBER

Applied Microeconomics I
Applied Microeconomics II
Macroeconomic Theory & Practice
Basic Econometrics
Global Macroeconomics
Economic Forecasting
ECO 5114
ECO 5117
ECO 5206
ECO 5420
ECO 5208
ECO 5434

In addition to the core classes, the student will be required to write a thesis or complete an applied project.

If the student chooses to write a thesis, an oral defense of the thesis will also be required. The thesis and oral defense are worth a total of 6 credit hours.

The applied project can only be done in the summer term after all core classes have been completed. The applied project is worth a total of 6 credit hours, which are divided into the first and second part of the summer term.



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 Department of International Affairs.

J.D. PROGRAM
Professor Manuel Utset

Florida State Law

425 West Jefferson Street

Room 214

Tallahassee, FL 32306

850.644-7274

E-mail: mutset@law.fsu.edu
Web site: http://www.law.fsu.edu

M.S. PROGRAM
Thomas Zuehlke
Faculty
Department of Economics
Room 275
Bellamy Building
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Tel: (850) 644-7206
Email: Tzuehlke@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Web site: www.coss.fsu.edu/economics