Admission to the Joint Program

Applicants must apply and be accepted to both the MBA and MD programs. It is recommended that students interested in this joint degree initiate the application process for the MBA portion of the degree during their first semester of enrollment in the MD program, but no later than their second semester of enrollment.

Contact Susan O'Keefe, Assistant Director for Special Curricular Programs at (312) 996-6920 or email: sokeefe@uic.edu for more information and for specific admission requirements to the MD portion of the joint program. Current students interested in applying to a joint program should contact their academic adviser.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 48 semester hours of appropriate graduate work through a combination of core and elective courses to satisfy the MBA degree requirements. Students should consult the College of Medicine for courses necessary to satisfy the MD degree requirements.




Year Semester College Tuition Courses Credits
M-1 fall Medecine Medecine
summer COB ACTG 500 4
ECON 520 4
M-2 fall Medecine Medecine
spring Medecine Medecine
summer Medecine Medecine
M-3 fall Medecine Medecine
spring Medecine Medecine
summer Medecine Medecine
Fourth Year Fall COB FIN 500, IDS 532, MGMT 541, MKTG 500 16
Spring COB MBA Electives or HIM Electives 16-24
Summer COB MBA Electives or HIM Electives 0-8
M-4 summer Medecine Medecine
fall Medecine Medecine
spring Medecine Medecine

LGSB MBA Elective Courses (24 semester hours)

Students must take at least six elective courses (24 semester hours) in the MBA program, including allowed courses in Health Policy & Administration (HPA) or Health Information Management (HIM). ACTG 506 (Financial and Managerial Accounting) is recommended as one of the elective courses. Up to eight hours of HPA and HIM courses may be used to fulfill both the MBA and MD elective requirements.

JOINT DEGREES


CONTACT THE LGSB:

Liautaud Graduate School of Business (MC 077)
815 W. Van Buren
Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: (312) 996-4573
Fax: (312) 413-0338

E-mail: mba@uic.edu