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2024-2025 Catalog
2024-2025 Catalog / Sawyer Business School Graduate Programs / Business Administration / Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration
The curriculum requirements of the MBA/JD program are determined by the respective schools.
109 total credits are required; 72 credits must be taken in required/elective law school courses (see the Law School Academic Catalog for specific requirements) and 36 graduate credits must be taken in the Sawyer Business School.
Final programs are approved by the associate deans of each school. Degrees will be awarded when all degree requirements for both programs are fulfilled.
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The curriculum requires four courses (12 credits) of MBA electives, or an option of completing a three-course (nine credit) concentration with an open three-credit MBA elective. At least one elective must be an approved analytics course. The courses must be taken within the Sawyer Business School and be 800 level or above. A select number of 700-level Healthcare and Nonprofit electives are acceptable. The availability of elective courses varies by semester.
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MBA/JD students that waive MBA core courses must substitute with graduate elective from within the Sawyer Business School. If at least nine (9) credits of core courses are waived, students may declare a concentration with three (3) electives from the same functional area. The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester. Students who declare a concentration must submit an SBS Graduate Program Concentration Request Form.
The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.