3+3 Law Program with Mercer University Law School
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Steneck
Career Description: A Juris Doctor (J.D.) leads to a broad range of careers that impact people’s lives. Lawyers help with buying homes, writing wills, prosecuting and defending criminals, creating business contracts, and attempting to protect people from litigation. A law degree may also open up law-related careers in government, business, higher education, health care, communication, and numerous other fields. Legal practice is intellectually challenging and requires the use of ethics, reasoning and judgment. To practice law, students must typically complete an undergraduate degree, earn a Juris Doctor (JD) diploma from an accredited law school and pass their state's bar examination
3 + 3 Program Description: Mercer University School of Law and Wesleyan College recognize that certain students have the ability and readiness to complete their undergraduate education and their law degree training in less than the normally required seven years of study. The 3 + 3 program provides an opportunity for select students to accelerate their course of study by completing both an undergraduate degree (from Wesleyan) and the Juris Doctor degree (from Mercer University) in approximately six years of full time study. Students enrolled in this program are expected to complete all Wesleyan College core requirements, including requirements of their chosen major, with a minimum of two and a half years in residence and at least 90 credit hours at Wesleyan prior to attending Law School. This program is recommended for majors in Politics & Global Studies (BA) or English (BA); students may elect other majors, but MUST have a pre law minor and engage in the requisite coursework required for the 3 + 3 program. To be considered for Mercer Law, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above in Wesleyan College coursework and score at or above the median LSAT score of the preceding year’s entering class.
Three Year Curricular Plan:
The 3 + 3 student should take at least 15 hours each semester and should be prepared to finish her Wesleyan courses in three years, prior to application for the Law School at Mercer. The following courses must be taken at Wesleyan:
Coursework Plan:
Year One: Fall Semester
WISe 101, Foreign Language, GenEd, POL 115, ENG or POL or other major coursework
Year Two: Spring Semester
Foreign Language, COM 202, ENG 111, HIS 130, ENG or POL or other major coursework
Year Two: Fall Semester
ENG or POL or other major coursework, HIS 135, ACC 201, PDE
Year Two: Spring Semester
ENG or POL or other major coursework, POL 320, BUS 310, PDE
Year Three: Fall Semester
ENG or POL or other major coursework, GenEd, COM 340, POL 319
Year Three: Spring Semester
ENG, POL or other major coursework, GenEd, PHI 223
Early Admission Program
Introduction: Committed to our values of educational opportunities and excellence, Wesleyan College has provided a pathway for students to accelerate their course of study by completing both their bachelor’s degree and their master’s degree in approximately five years of full-time study, saving both time and money. Students can take up to 6 credit hours in one of our graduate programs, while still enrolled as an undergraduate student. Programs that participate in this program are: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Science in Nonprofit Management, Master of Arts in Music, and Master of Arts Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
Program Summary: Students must apply for admission to the Early Admission program in their Junior year of study. If accepted to the program, the student will take two graduate courses during their senior year. Graduate-level program courses completed may be substituted by the academic advisor to count towards an unmet undergraduate degree course requirement if the course content is related (see below of courses that have been approved for substitution.) Otherwise, the graduate-level courses will be counted as elective credit.
Program Requirements: The Early Admission Program is only open to Wesleyan students who:
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
MBA/MS Nonprofit Management
Master of Arts in Music
Early Admission Program Specifics:
Course Substitutions:
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
MBA
*Or Business elective.
MS Nonprofit Management
*Or Business elective.
M.A. Music
If the student's senior year falls in an Academic Year starting on an odd number (for example, 2023-2024), they should choose from these courses:
a. MUS 510 Analytical Techniques (3 credits) may substitute for MUS 282 Form and Analysis or any music major elective
b. MUS 520 Technology and Video for Musicians (3 credits) may substitute for any music major elective
c. MUS 620 Advanced History/Literature Seminar (3 credits) may substitute for MUS 287 Music Literature Seminar or any music major elective
If the student's senior year falls in an Academic Year starting on an even number (for example, 2024-2025), they should choose these courses:
a. MUS 600 Music Pedagogy Seminar (3 credits) may substitute for any music major elective
b. MUS 610 Philosophy of Music (3 creidts) may substitute for MUS 333 Music Philosophy or any music elective course
Students may also substitute the two graduate courses for 6 credits of elective to complete their credits to graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
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