THE HBA/LLB PROGRAM

BUSINESS SCHOOL

THE HBA/LLB PROGRAM

Structure of the Program

The program is administered on behalf of the Ivey Business School and the Faculty of Law by the two HBA/LLB Program Directors, one of whom is appointed by the Business School and the other by the Faculty of Law.

Students are registered in the concurrent program for Years Three to Six. Below is a brief outline of the program by year. The specifics may change as courses change in each faculty. It is assumed that students do not take more than two years of course work prior to beginning HBA1; however, it is possible to undertake this program with more than ten credits prior to HBA1.

Years Five and Six

Students will take the approved mix of required and elective courses from both faculties in these years. The student must take five half courses in Business, including Business 420y, the Ivey Client Field Project. The student must take courses in Law totaling 45 credit hours. These courses must include: the compulsory core curriculum courses, as well as a course requiring a written essay worth at least two credit hours. This last course may be one integrated piece of work that satisfies the essay requirement and includes a significant business component.

Students' choices of elective courses are subject to the approval of the Program Directors who must review proposed elective course selections to ensure that the objectives of the program aremet. The elective courses may not include introductory courses of a dual law and business nature such as Law and Accounting or Business Law.

Exchange Programs

Students enrolled in this concurrent program may be eligible for HBA and/or Law exchanges in Year Six. A student must satisfy both Program Directors that his or her course load is appropriately balanced before permission will be given to participate in an exchange program.

Progression Standards

Students in this concurrent program must meet the following progression standards:

Students enrolled in first year HBA (Year Three) must attain a standing in the top half of the HBA1 class.

Students enrolled in first year Law (Year Four) must attain a standing in the top half of the Law1 class. In Years Five and Six, students must attain a minimum weighted average of 75% in their 400 level HBA courses and a B average in their Law courses.

Failure to Meet Progression Standards

A student who fails to meet the progression standards in any year must withdraw from the concurrent program. However, a student who has met the progression standards of either the HBA or LLB program will be allowed to proceed to the next year of that program. If the progression standards of both individual programs have been satisfied, the student may continue in either program and may petition the School or Faculty whose program was not selected for permission to complete that program at a later date. A student who is required to withdraw from the concurrent program and wishes to pursue either or both of the individual programs, must complete all the degree requirements of the individual program or programs in order to graduate from that/those program(s).

Dean's Honor List

Students are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School during their first year of HBA and at the Faculty of Law during their first year of Law.

Students enrolled in Years Five and Six of the concurrent program are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School in Year Six only. Only grades obtained in 400 level Business courses will be used in calculating averages for determining Dean's Honor List standing. Courses taken on exchange and courses taken outside the Business School are excluded. The Dean's Honors List for HBA2 typically includes the top 10% of all of the class and is determined by vote of the teaching faculty. Those who stand on the Dean's Honors List over all 300 and 400 level courses taken at the Business School at the completion of the concurrent program will graduate as Ivey Scholars.

A student who takes Law courses totaling at least 12 credit hours in each of Years Five and Six of the concurrent program is considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Faculty of Law in each of those years on the basis of those courses.