Dec 26, 2024  
USC Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
USC Catalogue 2024-2025

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


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The Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the USC Gould School of Law offers a program leading to the degrees of Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration.

Application

Applicants to this program must apply to both schools individually and take both the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Applicants should apply either simultaneously to both programs or during the first year in the USC Gould School of Law. Certification for eligibility for the dual degree program must be provided by the Law School prior to admission to the dual degree program by the Marshall School of Business.

Program Requirements

The total number of units required for the MBA portion of the program is 48. Dual degree program students may not count courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.

The total number of Law units required for the JD portion of the program is 76. Further requirements are detailed in the JD Student Handbook. Dual degree program students may not count courses taken outside the Gould School of Law toward the 76 units.

First Year: Required Law School courses.

Second Year: Required MBA courses and graduate business electives.

Third and Fourth Years: Law courses sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Gould School of Law to at least 76 and graduate business electives sufficient to bring the total units completed in the Marshall School of Business to at least 48.

The JD and MBA degrees are awarded simultaneously upon completion of all program requirements.

 

 

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