Law-Based Degree Programs in Business and Their Departments: What's in a Name? (A Comprehensive Study of Undergraduate Law-Based Degrees in AACSB-Accredited Universities)

摘要

We identified 67 undergraduate law-based programs in business at 57 universities with 2005 AACSB accreditation (as set forth in Appendix A). Of those programs, 35 were minors and 24 were classified as "major concentrations" with significant business law course requirements (of 12 or more credit hours).In addition, 8 (primarily prelaw) mini-focus programs were sponsored inside business colleges. The study then differentiated the types of law-based undergraduate degrees (and their tendency to include business law courses) and examined what university characteristics have a significant effect on whether an undergraduate law-based degree program exists in business.