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For students enrolled in the JD/MCRP program, the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology will allow up to 15 semester hours of qualifying law courses with a grade of "B" or better to be credited toward the requirements for the MCRP degree. The College of Law will permit 12 semester hours of qualifying MCRP courses with a grade of "B" or better to be credited toward the requirements for the JD degree. No credit hours for MCRP courses will be applied toward the JD degree requirements until the MCRP degree is awarded. Students can satisfy this requirement by completing both degree requirements simultaneously or by completing the degree requirements for the MCRP first. Similarly, no credit hours of JD course work will be applied toward the MCRP degree requirements until the JD degree is awarded. Students can satisfy this requirement by completing both degree requirements simultaneously or by completing the degree requirements for the JD first. As stated in the College of Law Bulletin, a law student must earn 90 semester hours of credit to qualify for the JD degree.

Students interested in pursuing the joint program may apply for admission into the College of Law and the College of Architecture simultaneously but they are not required to do so. For students who are admitted first into the JD program, they should seek admission into the MCRP program as soon as possible and must be admitted into that program no later than the beginning of the semester of their third year of full-time law study. For students who are admitted first into the MCRP program, they should seek admission no later than the beginning of the fall semester of their second year of full-time study as a MCRP student. JD degree must be completed within six years of the initial semester of enrollment into the JD program.