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J.D./M.B.A. Degree Program

The Weatherhead School of Management has a formal joint degree program with the CWRU School of Law. Students enrolled in the program who fulfill the requirements set for graduation by both schools will receive both a J.D. and an M.B.A. degree.

Purpose

In our industrial society, most managers work in large business organizations which are marked by complexity and legal involvement with government. Problems related to the size and complexity of such organizations require a variety of special management competencies which the M.B.A. program is designed to develop in a systematic way. Government intervention in business, whether through direct regulation of the industry or through control of such vital areas as corporate governance, access to capital or labor relations, is exercised through the legal structure. The J-D. program is designed to develop the ability to "practice law," that is, to work within this structure on behalf of clients. For those who wish to specialize in the governmental aspects of management, the M.B.A. and J.D. degree programs complement each other.

The Program

The J.D./M.B.A. program is designed to meet two objectives:
  1. The courses taken in each school should complement those taken in the other.
  2. Students should be able to complete the three-year J.D. program and the two-year M.B.A. program in four academic years.
The first objective is accomplished by a greater degree of control over the selection of electives. During the third and fourth years, joint-degree students take electives at both schools, but their choice of electives is circumscribed. At present, the five special areas of law-management elective specialization are: J.D./M.B.A. students, however, are not limited to the five approved special areas and are encouraged to develop individual academic programs.

The second objective is made possible because each school allows nine credit hours toward its degree for elective course work taken in the other school that qualifies as part of an integrated educational program. (Students must achieve a grade of C or better to receive cross-credit for the courses.) This reduces the total number of hours required for the two degrees by 18 credit hours. In addition, students with recent undergraduate degrees in management and a year of full-time work experience may be eligible for the accelerated M.B.A. program. J.D./M.B.A. students in the accelerated program must take at least 36 credit hours of management course work to meet the 36-hour residency requirement of the Weatherhead School of Management.

Students in the joint program are encouraged, but not required, to make use of the summer programs of the two schools in planning their four-year programs. The School of Law has a two-month daytime summer session. The School of Management has a two-month evening summer session.

The School of Law is a full-time day school with no evening division. The School of Management does have an evening division, but students in the joint degree program may not combine the J.D. program with the evening M.B.A. program, except during summer sessions.

Joint degree students must receive both the J.D. and the M.B.A. degrees simultaneously upon completion of degree requirements at both schools in order to receive the nine hours of cross-credit described above.

Admission to the J.D./M.B.A. Program

Students who enroll in the joint program must meet all of the admission requirements of both schools. For the J.D./M.B.A. program, both the LSAT and the GMAT must be taken. Law students applying to the M.B.A. program as joint degree students must be accepted in the Weatherhead School before the start of their third semester. One year of course work as a full-time student should be completed in each program prior to elective courses being taken in either. Normally, students are expected to take one full year of study in one program followed by one full year of study in the other.

Applicants should write to the admissions offices of both schools for brochures and application forms and indicate on both applications that they are applying for the joint J.D./M.B.A. program. Separate application fees are charged ($35 by the School of Management and $40 by the School of Law).

M.S.M.S./M.B.A. Degree Program

Refer to the School of Graduate Studies section of this bulletin for detailed information about the M.S.M.S. degree.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must complete separate applications and be accepted in both programs in order to enroll as joint degree students. Applicants may substitute the GMAT for the GRE for application to the M.S.M.S. program; all applicants must take the GMAT.

Registration Requirements

Students in the M.S.M.S./M.B.A. program will register through the Weatherhead School of Management for all joint-degree course work. M.S.M.S. students transferring to the joint degree program will transfer their registration and transcript records to the Weatherhead School of Management.

Degree Requirements

Students may pursue the M.S.M.S./M.B.A on a full-time or part-time basis. Students planning to attend part-time should confer with an adviser to determine the appropriate sequence of courses in the program.

Full-time and part-time students who already have begun the M.S.M.S. or M.B.A. program must complete their application to the joint degree program no later than upon completion of 18 credit hours in the M.S.M.S. program or 30 credit hours in the M.B.A. program (12 credit hours in the accelerated M.B.A. program).

Students in the joint degree program will receive both degrees simultaneously, regardless of whether course work for one of the degrees has been completed. Course work for both programs must be completed within six years of the date of initial enrollment in either program. Students in the joint degree program will be granted an automatic one-year extension to the five-year deadline for completion of the M.S.M.S. degree.

Retention Requirements

GPAs of students in the joint degree program will be calculated separately to determine compliance with retention requirements in each program. Students may have up to six additional credit hours beyond the minimum to meet degree requirements to improve their cumulative GPA in order to attain the graduation GPA requirement for the appropriate program.

Students must also comply with the 36-credit-hour residency requirement of the M.B.A. program and the 36-credit-hour residency requirement for the M.S.M.S.

M.S.M.S./M.B.A. Program Structure

Curriculum Requirements:
M.B.A.*
ACCT 401*     MIDS 409*
BAFI 402*     MKMR 403*
ECON 403*     ORBH 407*
LHRP 421*     PLCY 499
MGMT 403      2 Perspectives Courses
* Based on equivalent undergraduate course work and approval of the Director of Admissions, M.S.M.S/M.B.A. students may be exempt from the above courses. If a student is exempt from more than two required courses, additional electives must be substituted to meet the 36-hour MBA residency requirement.
Three M.B.A. elective courses and three additional elective courses from the M.S.M.S. curriculum must be taken, although the latter will not be computed in the M.B.A. GPA.
M.S.M.S.
OPRE 401     OPRE 432
OPRE 411     OPRE 435
OPRE 425     OPMT 410
OPRE 428
Five upper-level courses must also be taken, as approved by the Operations Research Department; four of these must be in one of the following concentrations: The fifth course must be a "free" elective outside the area of concentration. If the concentration is not in Operations Research, the "free" elective must be in Operations Research. Up to two of the five elective courses can be double-counted from the courses taken for the M.B.A. (although they will not be computed in the M.S.M.S. GPA).

Program of Study

The recommended course of study for students entering the full-time M.S.M.S./ M.B.A. program is as follows. All applicants to the full-time program are strongly encouraged to begin their course work in the fall semester, because of course sequencing in the M.B.A. and M.S.M.S. programs. 
Semester I       Semester II
Fall             Spring
ACCT 401 (3)     ECON 403 (3)
BAFI 402 (3)     MKMR 403 (3)
MGMT 403 (3)     OPRE 428 (3)
MIDS 409 (3)     ORBH 407 (3)
OPRE 425 (3)     Perspectives Course (3)
OPRE 408 (1)**
OPRE 409 (3)**
Summer Internship Recommended

Semester III     Semester IV
Fall             Spring
LHRP 421 (3)     OPRE 411 (3)
OPMT 410 (3)     OPRE 432 (3)
OPRE 401 (3)     3 Electives (9)
OPRE 435 (3)
Perspectives Course (3)
Summer Internship Recommended

Semester V (Fall)
PLCY 499 (3)
3 Electives (9)
(Optional Elective) (3)
** Students who have not met the mathematics and computer programming requirements for the OPRE course work must take these courses. Such students will complete OPRE 435 in Semster I, MIDS 409 in Semester II, OPRE 425 in Semester III, and OPRE 428 in Semester IV. They will take two electives in Semster IV and four electives in Semster V.

M.S.N./M.B.A.

The Master of Science in Nursing/Master of Business Administration (M.S.N./ M.B.A.) joint degree is designed to provide nurses with the managerial and organizational skills needed to manage patient care environments or health programs and, at executive levels, to participate fully in the strategic and operational leadership of hospitals, other health care agencies or corporations. Graduates will have developed the critical and creative thinking skills needed to function fully in a variety of management contexts.

M.S.N./M.B.A. students will participate in a condensed version of both individual degree programs. The core curricula from each school remain intact, but the two degrees can be completed jointly in 75% of the time needed to complete each individually. Candidates entering the program must bring with them a strong clinical background, possess current assessment skills, and have at least two years of clinical nursing experience.

Program Description

There are two tracks available to an M.S.N./M.B.A. student: 1) a management track; and 2) a clinical specialty track. At least nine hours of practica in either specialty are included. The managerial practicum will be coordinated with hospitals, community health care organizations or industries; the clinical specialty with a local hospital.

The 72-hour course of study is designed to integrate nursing and management courses by having students take both concurrently throughout the program. For those who select the management track, a nine-hour practicum must be taken in one semester. For those who select a clinical specialty track, the practica will be arranged according to the varying specialty requirements.

The following course sequence represents a suggested order in which courses may be taken. With the exception of the statistical courses (QUMM 403 and QUMM 405) and the three nursing inquiry courses, which must be taken in sequence, there are few prerequisites for the other courses. This enables the program to be very flexible and allows the students to establish their own schedule according to their specific needs.

The M.S.N. curriculum component consists of scientific inquiry (9-11 hours), professional development (6 hours), clinical specialty (9 hours) and career options (3 hours), for a total of 27 credit hours. The M.B.A. curriculum component consists of management assessment (3 hours), perspectives (3 hours), M.B.A. core (33 hours) and electives (6 hours), for a total of 45 credit hours.

M.S.N./M.B.A. students must be admitted to both the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the Weatherhead School of Management. Applicants should write to the admissions offices of both schools for application materials and indicate that they are applying to the M.S.N..M.B.A. program. Separate application fees are charged by each school. For additional M.S.N. admissions information, contact:

Office of Admissions

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Case Western Reserve University

2121 Abington Road

Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Students must be admitted to both programs as a joint degree student no later than completion of either 30 hours of M.B.A. coursework or 24 hours of M.S.N. coursework.

Academic Information

All M.S.N./M.B.A. students register through the Weatherhead School of Management. Degrees are awarded simultaneously upon completion of requirements for both.
Course Sequence Full-Time Option
Fall Semester I Spring Semester I Fall Semester II Spring Semester II Fall Semester III
Part-Time Option
Fall Semester I Spring Semester I Fall Semester II Spring Semester II Fall Semester III Spring Semester III Fall Semester IV Spring Semester IV Fall Semester V Spring Semester V Fall Semester VI Spring Semester VI The Commonwealth Fund Nurse Executive Fellowship Program

The Commonwealth Fund granted the necessary funds to develop this M.S.N./ M.B.A. joint degree program and has continued its support by offering a $15,000 one-time grant to full-time candidates enrolled in this program. For further information, write to:

Sheila Ryan, Program Director

The Commonwealth Fund Nurse Executive Fellowship Program School of Nursing

University of Rochester

601 Elmwood Avenue

Rochester, NY 14642

M.N.O./M.S.S.A. Degree Program

The Weatherhead School of Management and the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences offer a joint M.N.O./M.S.S.A. degree program. The M.N.O./ M.S.S.A. provides career preparation for students with interests in nonprofit management and the field of human service. Three years of study are required to complete both degrees.

Refer to the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations section of this bulletin for further information.

M.N.O./J.D.

This program, which combines the Master of Nonprofit Organizations (M.N.O.), offered by the Weatherhead School of Management and the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, with the Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) offered by the School of Law, prepares students to practice law or serve as managers in nonprofit organizations. Approximately three years of study are required to earn both degrees.

Refer to the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations section of this bulletin for more detailed information.

Integrated B.S./M.S. Program (B.S. in Mathematics and M.S. in Management Science)

The five-year Integrated B.S./M.S. Program in Mathematics and Management Science is designed only for CWRU undergraduates. As an undergraduate in the Mathematics Department, the student must take the following courses: As a graduate student in the Department of Operations Research, the B.S./M.S. student must take:

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