PROGRAM DETAILS
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Students who enter this dual degree program must:
A. Be admitted to the JD program in the School of Law and
B. Be admitted to the MHA program in the Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management (A and B above indicate that any student admitted to this dual degree program meet all entrance requirements of each school and be accepted as a student therein.)
C. Be admitted to the Dual Degree Program. Admission to the dual degree program must be made by application to both programs and both programs must approve the student's admission to the dual degree program. Each degree program shall maintain appropriate academic records on each student in the dual degree program. -
The dual degree program is prospective in its operation.
A. Any student holding the JD or MHA degree will not be eligible for admission to the dual degree program.
B. Students currently enrolled in either school may enter the program and apply for appropriate credit granted by both schools with due care exercised to effect the transition to insure the closest compliance with these regulations as the individual problem of each student permits. -
The entire dual degree program for both degrees should be completed within a maximum period of four academic years unless substantial reasons acceptable to the Dual Committee (see below) are given. In such event, each case will be judged on its individual merits and decisions in the case of other students will not serve as precedent. MHA course work commences in the first Summer Session following the first Fall and Spring semesters in the School of Law. In year 2 the Fall, Spring, and Summer Sessions are devoted to MHA courses. In year 3 the Fall and Spring are primarily JD courses with 12 hours during that period devoted to MHA course taught in the School of Public Health. The Summer Session of Year 3 is devoted to the MHA Administrative Residency requirement. Year 4 is devoted to the completion of JD coursework.
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Any student enrolled in the dual degree program must meet the currently applicable academic requirements in order to remain in the dual degree program.
A. All Graduate School, School of Law, and School of Public Health academic requirements are applicable to students enrolled in the dual degree program.
B. Failure to meet the requisite academic standing requirements of either school will preclude the student's continuation in the dual degree program in the semester he/she becomes ineligible. In this event, the student enrolled in the dual degree program may continue to complete the degree requirements in the school whose academic standing he/she has met.
C. Any student enrolled in the dual degree program who is removed from the program for academic deficiency may not re-enter the dual degree program. -
A. The Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, will grant six (6) hours of credit toward the MHA degree for School of Law courses (LAWS 676 [Health Law and Policy] will substitute for HADM 724 [Health Law] and students may choose a Law School course, including but not limited to LAWS 709 [Administrative Law], LAWS 721 [Biomedical Ethics Seminar], LAWS 619 [Disability Law], LAWS 624 [Employment Discrimination], LAWS 620 [Labor Law], LAWS 728 [Insurance Regulation & Business], to substitute for the MHA Elective) with a minimum grade of C. No degree credit will be granted by the SPH for any course work in the School of Law for which a student earns a grade of D or F. These courses will be listed on the School of Public Health transcript as passing grades and will not affect a student's grade point in the School of Public Health.
B. If six (6) hours of credit have been awarded by the SPH toward the MHA degree for course work completed in the School of Law then a student in the dual degree program will be required to complete 52 additional hours of MHA coursework.
C. The School of Law will grant nine (9) hours of credit toward the JD degree for MHA courses, (BIOS 700, EPID 700, HADM 72S) with a minimum grade of B. The courses will be listed on the School of Law transcript as passing grades and will not affect a student's grade point in the School of Law.
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A. Requirements for the MHA degree:
The following courses are three (3) hour courses with the exception of HADM 797 (Management Residency which is six (6) hours and HADM 765 (Leadership in Health Care Organizations) which is a one (1) hour course.
HADM 712
(Health Economics)
ACCT 728
(Financial Accounting)
BIOS 700
(Introduction to Biostatistics)
HADM 714
(Perspectives in Community Health Organizations)
BADM
(Organizational Behavior)
HADM 716
(Quantitative Methods for Health Administration)
HADM 718
(Health Planning)
ACCT 729
(Managerial Accounting)
HADM 724
(Health Law)
HADM 766
(Health Services Administration I)
HADM 725
(Human Resources in Health Care Sector)
HADM 713
(Information Systems in Health Administration)
HADM 730
(Financing of Health Care)
HADM 768
(Health Services Administration II)
HADM 765
(Leadership in Health Care Organizations)
EPID 700
(Epidemiology)
ELECTIVE
HADM 797
(Management Residency)
HADM 770
(Health Care Decision Making)
Total Program Hours = 58
B. Requirements for the JD degree:
Unless otherwise indicated, all Law School courses are three (3) hour courses.
LAWS 525
(Constitutional Law) (4 hours)
LAWS 505
(Contracts)
LAWS 510
(Property I)
LAWS 530
(Torts)
Legal Writing I
(2 hours)
LAWS 546
(Civil Procedure) (4 hours)
LAWS 506
(Contracts II)
LAWS 511
(Property II)
LAWS 531
(Torts II)
Legal Research II
(1 hour)
Legal Writing II
(1 hour)
LAWS 676
(Health Law & Policy)
LAWS 721
(Bioethics Seminar)
LAWS 547
(Criminal Procedure)
LAWS 554
(Problems in Professional Responsibility)
Law School Electives
(13 courses at 3 hours each)
Total Law School hours = 90
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A Dual Committee will be formal to administer this dual degree program.
A. The Dual Committee shall consist of one faculty member from the School of Law appointed by the School of Law Dean, one faculty member from the SPH Department of Health Services Policy and Management appointed by the SPH Dean. Faculty members appointed to the Dual Committee by their respective Deans will serve three-year terms.
B. The Dual Committee shall endorse all applications to the JD-MHA Dual Degree program and take all necessary administrative actions to ensure that the purposes, spirit, and intent of the dual degree program are fulfilled.
C. The Dual Committee will take appropriate action to ensure that each school is notified of the grades earned so that proper entries can be made on the student's academic record.
D. The Dual Committee will adopt any forms necessary to carry out the objectives of the dual degree program.
E. In the event that a student enrolled in the dual degree program is aggrieved by a decision of the Dual Committee, then the student may appeal the decision. The decision of the school shall be final and binding on the Dual Committee.
F. The Dual Committee shall make every effort to accommodate the needs of each student enrolled in the dual degree program consistent with the aims and objectives of the program. Dual Committee members shall counsel with the student, recommend alternative courses, and otherwise assist him/her in furthering his/her career objectives through the dual degree program.
G. A Program of Study, as required by the Graduate School, shall be approved by the Dual Committee prior to the beginning of the student's fourth year in the dual degree program/first full-time year of MHA course work in the SPH. Each student must submit his/her proposed schedule to the Dual Committee in sufficient time prior to registration in that year to permit the Dual Committee to act on it. Therefore, students enrolled in the dual degree program shall confer with the Dual Committee at regular and frequent intervals when academic schedules become available.
H. The Dual Committee may make such other regulations concerning matters not contained herein that have not been anticipated and that are in keeping with the objectives of the dual degree program and the desires of both schools?faculties, always being mindful of the wishes and needs of the student and his/her career options.
I. Any student enrolled in the dual degree program who withdraws from the MHA in the SPH will be required to satisfy all of the requirements of the JD degree program in the School of Law.
J. Any student who withdraws from the JD degree program in the School of Law may elect to pursue a MHA degree in the SPH. -
A student enrolled in the dual degree program will be charged tuition and fees (including lab, matriculation, and any other such fees) in accordance with the tuition and fees for the school in which he/she will be taking courses during any given semester.