Six-Year B.S.B.A. / J.D. Program (Law)
A cooperative program of the Busch School of Business and Catholic University's Columbus School of Law allows undergraduates to apply for admission to the Columbus School of Law after three years in the School of Business. Students must meet the admissions standards of the Law School: by the middle of the junior year, they must achieve a score above the 66th percentile on the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT). A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.6 at the end of sophomore year is required. To be admitted to the Law School, the student must also complete by the end of their junior year all non-waivable requirements (including the comprehensive assessment) and a minimum of 30 courses. The student should take the LSAT in June following the sophomore year and apply to the Law School between October and December of the junior year. During the first semester of the junior year, an agreement is drawn up with the Associate Dean for Academic Programs of the School of Business, indicating precisely which senior year courses will be replaced by the law program. The agreement goes into effect when the student enters law school; when the student completes the first year program of the law school, he or she will be awarded the B.S.B.A. degree. If for any reason, the student does not complete the first year of law school, the ten courses that have been replaced will once again be required for completion of the B.S.B.A. degree.