Online Curriculum
The Online MJ degree is a 24-credit, part-time program designed to be completed in 2 calendar years by taking 4 credits each in 6 successive terms. Students can choose from 3 different start dates during the school year:
Fall (late August)
Spring (early January)
Summer (early May)
With special permission, students may complete the program at a slower or faster pace depending on their needs. Regardless, all students must take 6 required courses including a Master's thesis, and 4 elective courses in order to complete the degree. The first 3 required courses must be taken in sequence in terms 1 and 2 and the Thesis Project must be taken in the final term of the program. Students are also required to come to Loyola's Chicago campus twice during their tenure for Education Immersion Weekends.
Term 1
Students must take this required course:
Introduction to Legal Study and Legal Writing [4 credits]
Term 2
Students must take these 2 required courses:
Introduction to Legal Research [1 credit]
Introduction to Health Law and Policy [3 credits]
Terms 3, 4 and 5
Students must take these 2 required courses:
Health Care Business and Finance [2 credits]
Health Care Regulation and Policy [2 credits]
In combination with any 4 elective courses from this list:
Health Care Compliance [2 credits]
Health Care Contracts [2 credits]
Health Care Informatics [2 credits]
Health Care Risk Management [2 credits]
Law and Bioethics [2 credits]
Liability and Dispute Resolution in Health Care [2 credits]
Managing Risk in eHealth [2 credits]
Public Health and the Law [2 credits]
Term 6
Students must take this required course:
Thesis Project [4 credits]
Education Immersion Weekends
In order to reinforce online learning objectives and foster communication between students and faculty, all online students are required to come to Loyola's Chicago campus at least twice during their tenure in the program for and Education Immersion Weekend (EIW). During the EIW, held in May, August, and November of each year, students gather in person to workshop their thesis topics and present finished theses to faculty committees; attend campus events by national legal experts, participate in graduation celebrations, and generally socialize with students, faculty and alumni. Detailed information about EIWs can be found here.
