Business Administration & Dental Medicine Dual M.B.A./D.M.D.

Degree Requirements

Students must be admitted to both the DMD and MBA programs with graduate standing. The candidates must successfully complete the 186 credit hours of Dentistry and the 33 credit hours of the MBA required course work.

Furthermore:

1. UNLV School of Dental Medicine cannot award credit for any class taken before matriculation.
2. A maximum of six credit hours of courses taken prior to admission to the DMD/MBA program may be applied towards the MBA degree requirement. This includes all courses taken as a fully admitted graduate MBA student at an AACSB accredited business school, as an admitted dental student at UNLV, or as a non-admitted student at UNLV before admission to the MBA program.
3. DMD/MBA candidates who subsequently decide to pursue only the DMD or only the MBA must complete the degree program in its entirety and are subject to the same rules and requirements as students not pursuing the DMD/MBA program.
4. DMD/MBA may not receive credit for taking courses outside their degree program except as set forth in this document and with prior approval.
5. Student honors and class ranks at the School of Dental Medicine will be computed based solely on dental classes. Student honors and class ranks at the College of Business will be computed based solely on business classes.
6. Students in the DMD/MBA program must remain in good standing at both DMD and MBA programs.
7. Students in the DMD/MBA program are subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to all students at the School of Dental Medicine and the College of Business.
8. The College of Business and the School of Dental Medicine reserve the right to limit participation in the program, including dismissal. Those interested are encouraged to submit a request for permission to participate in the program, along with applications for admission, at the earliest possible time.

MBA Core Required Courses - Total Credits: 33

• MBA 702 - Statistical Analysis
• MBA 706 - Law, Regulations and Ethical Issues
• MBA 707 - Organizational Behavior
• MBA 709 - Accounting for Managers
• MBA 710 - Applied Economic Analysis
• MBA 711 - Managerial Finance
• MBA 715 - Market Opportunity Analysis
• MBA 720 - Supply Chain Management
• MBA 730 - Information Systems for Management
• MBA 735 - International Business and Cross Cultural Perspectives
• MBA 795 - Strategy Formation Processes (to be completed during student’s Final semester.)  

Total Dental Course Credit Accepted: 15