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Joint MPA/JD Degree

 

I. Admission

a) Interested students must apply to the Law School and apply to the MPA Program and Graduate School. This includes paying the $50 application fee if the student has not already done so.

b) Students must be successfully admitted to both the Law School and the MPA program.

II. Program of Study

a)  Up to 12 hours of Law Courses can count toward the MPA electives    with approval from the MPA Director and the College of Law.
b)  Students must complete all other MPA requirements seprately.
c)  No Law courses may be substituted for Core or Option-Core MPA courses.

III. Graduation

a)  The students in the MPA/JD joint degree program are not required to complete the requirements for both degrees simultaneously to be awarded the joint MPA/JD degree.
b) All Graduate Faculty Regulations will apply to all the courses on the MPA/JD degree Program of Study including the six-year rule.
c) MPA/JD students will be required to finish the same graduation requirements as all other graduate students.

IV. Degree Conferral

a) Two separate degrees will be posted with a note at the bottom of the Graduate Transcript indicating the number of law hours accepted as electives toward the joint MPA/JD degree.
 b)  This note is necessary because a student using the maximum allowed law hours as electives will not meet the 30 cumulative hours on the Graduate Transcript required for a master's degree as required by Graduate Faculty Regulation.
 c)  This will be the only indication on the student's transcript that they were pursuing the joint MPA/JD degree.

For further information about the MPA/JD program, please call or write :
(307) 766-6484 or mpa.info@uwyo.edu