Degree Requirements
Law School and School of Management Joint J.D.-Ph.D. in Finance Program
Degree requirements:
(1) Course Requirements:
SOM: Eight courses, including the following seven required courses: Economics 500 (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics); Economics 501b (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics, which is the course covering an introduction to game theory ); Economics 550a and 551b (Econometrics I and II); MGT 740 (Financial Economics I); MGT 545 (Financial Engineering); and MGT 742 (Corporate Finance and Market Microstructure).
Law School: 71 credit units, which include the required first term courses taken in one semester (Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law); Criminal Law; a course satisfying the legal ethics requirement; Business Organizations (4 credit units section); Law and Finance Seminar; and the Marvin A. Chirelstein Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Law and Business
(2) Pre-dissertation Writing Requirements:
Two papers are required: (1) a paper fulfilling the SOM second year research paper requirement and (2) a paper fulfilling one of the Law School writing requirements (substantial or supervised analytic writing). Note: an accepted SOM second year research paper will fulfill the student’s remaining law school paper requirement by registration for independent research credit with the student’s law school faculty advisor.
(3) Qualifying exams in finance. The section of the first year exam pertaining to MGT 740. The section of the second year SOM qualifying examination pertaining to MGT 742. Students will take the part of the exam applicable to each course in the academic year in which they take the relevant course.
(4) Dissertation and oral defense.
Degree requirements:
(1) Course Requirements:
SOM: Eight courses, including the following seven required courses: Economics 500 (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics); Economics 501b (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics, which is the course covering an introduction to game theory ); Economics 550a and 551b (Econometrics I and II); MGT 740 (Financial Economics I); MGT 545 (Financial Engineering); and MGT 742 (Corporate Finance and Market Microstructure).
Law School: 71 credit units, which include the required first term courses taken in one semester (Contracts, Torts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law); Criminal Law; a course satisfying the legal ethics requirement; Business Organizations (4 credit units section); Law and Finance Seminar; and the Marvin A. Chirelstein Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Law and Business
(2) Pre-dissertation Writing Requirements:
Two papers are required: (1) a paper fulfilling the SOM second year research paper requirement and (2) a paper fulfilling one of the Law School writing requirements (substantial or supervised analytic writing). Note: an accepted SOM second year research paper will fulfill the student’s remaining law school paper requirement by registration for independent research credit with the student’s law school faculty advisor.
(3) Qualifying exams in finance. The section of the first year exam pertaining to MGT 740. The section of the second year SOM qualifying examination pertaining to MGT 742. Students will take the part of the exam applicable to each course in the academic year in which they take the relevant course.
(4) Dissertation and oral defense.