Ph.D. Program Guidebook - The University of Chicago Booth School ...

Ph.D. Program Guidebook 2007-2008
graduate from the Law School with the J.D. degree, before completing the work required for
the Ph.D. in Business.
It is anticipated that obtaining both degrees will take at least seven years. Students have
considerable flexibility to structure the program as they wish and may begin either at the Law
School or the GSB. We strongly recommend that students complete the Law School’s first
year before they complete the GSB’s Curriculum Paper Requirement, and that they complete
the GSB’s Dissertation and Support Area examinations before they begin the third year of
the Law School. Sequences meeting these requirements will ensure the overlap necessary for
the cross-fertilization of ideas and, from a more practical standpoint, allow the programs to
overlap sufficiently that courses at one school can count toward the other’s degree
requirements. See below for an example of a seven-year course schedule.
ADMINISTRATION
The Program is administered by the Director of the Ph.D. Program at the Graduate School of
Business and the Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs of the Law School, with the assistance
of the Joint Degree Adviser.
TUITION SUPPORT
Tuition support by the GSB is limited to six years. Students will compensate the Law School
for eight quarters of tuition. Students admitted into the Joint Program are eligible for meritbased
and need-based scholarships, loan programs and other financial assistance under the
same conditions as traditional law students.
SUGGESTED COURSE SCHEDULE
Here is an example of a seven-year course schedule for a Ph.D. student writing a dissertation
in finance with economics as a support area and securities law as a coordinated sequence.
Year 1 in the Program:
Description Autumn Winter Spring Summer
First year of Law School XXX XXX XXX
Year 2 in the Program:
Description Autumn Winter Spring Summer
Price Theory E30100 E30200 E30300 Optional 1st-year paper
Finance B35901 B35902 B35903
Econometrics/Statistics B41901 B41902 B41903
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