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ACADEMICS - Dual Degree Program
- Students may enroll in any of several dual degree programs established
by the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, in cooperation with other schools
and colleges of Texas Southern University. Admission candidacy of a
Dual degree program must be approved in advance by the Dean of the School
of Law upon the recommendation of the Interdisciplinary Programs Committee.
- Students must adhere to the following:
- Students wishing to enroll in a dual degree program shall petition
the Office of the Dean. Such petition shall state the proposed program's
objective and include a comprehensive plan of proposed study.
- The Office of the Dean shall assign each petitioning student a faculty
advisor. The faculty advisor shall assist the student with the preparation
of the comprehensive plan of proposed study.
- Admission to the dual degree program shall be open to all law students
who are academically eligible under the School of Law's Academic Rules
(presently, 2.0 grade-point average). Any eligible applicant to the
joint-degree program with a grade-point average of less that 2.5 shall
be admitted to the program with the understanding that satisfactory
progress and continuation in the program may require that the grade
point average be improved. For purposes of review, the Interdisciplinary
Programs Committee will determine if satisfactory progress is being
made by considering the following factors: 1) the number of and reasons
for "Incompletes" in course work; 2) failure to maintain
a 2.5 cumulative grade-point average in the School of Law; 3) the
student's standing in the non-law degree program; and 4) progress
made and plans for satisfying the writing and optional oral defense
requirements of the joint-degree program.
- Upon approval of the student's petition, the Committee shall recommend
that the Dean approve the dual degree candidacy.
- The Office of the Dean will conduct a semi-annual review of each dual
degree candidate's progress. The advisor from the other shcool or department
within Texas Southern University will provide the Office of the Dean
with data on the student's progress in that school's program.
- Continuation in a dual degree program shall be dependent upon the
student's satisfactory progress in each of the dual degree fields. Incomplete
work or other evidence of unsatisfactory progress may lead to a decision
by the Interdisciplinary Programs Committee to reduce the student's
workload directed toward the non-law degree or to take other appropriate
action. Continued unsatisfactory progress may result in dismissal from
the dual degree program. It is expected that dismissal from the dual
degree program will occur only under extreme circumstances, and that
limited course load requirements will assure educationally sound progress
toward the dual degrees.
- Failure to maintain good standing (2.00 cumulative grade-point average)
shall result in termination of dual degree candidacy. Upon return to
good standing, a student will be restored to joint candidacy only after
securing the approval of the Office of the Dean.
- Student enrolled in dual degree programs must earn a minimum of 75
credit hours required for the J.D. at the School of Law. In addition,
a minimum of 15 credit hours must be earned by successfully completing
offerings outside the School of Law pursuant to the approved dual degree
program. Said credit hours shall be awarded as provided in paragraph
(g) below.
- Credit hours shall be awarded on the following basis:
- One Credit hour for each of the first 6 credit hours awarded
by the cooperating department or school;
- One credit hour for every two credit hours awarded by the cooperating
department or school beyond the first six, on the condition that
the student: a) has successfully completed all the requirements
for the non-law degree component of the dual degree as of the time
the student is otherwise eligible to receive the J.D. degree, or
b) had, in the opinion of the Committee, substantially adhered to
the schedule of non-law offerings approved by the committee upon
the student's entering the dual degree program, with such amendments
to the schedule as the Committee may have approved, so long as the
student continued in the program.
- Completion of the dual degree program shall be dependent upon submission
of a written work product evidencing the synthesis of disciplines in
original research. The written work product requirement may be satisfied
by a paper, which meets the law school's writing requirement, a master's
thesis, or another product of comparable scholarship. At the option
of the student, a timely oral defense of the written work may be required
where the student must demonstrate the capacity to relate the doctrine
and discipline of the two fields of the dual degree. The oral defense
will carry one unit of credit, may not be taken on a pass/fail basis,
but may be retaken in the event of an unsatisfactory performance.
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