The C. T. Bauer College of Business and the Law Center at the University of Houston offer a concurrent degree program that enables students to prepare for careers in which law and business overlap and understanding both fields is a necessity. Examples of such areas include public service, investment banking, commercial banking, accounting, tax law, international trade, industrial relations, energy law, corporate law, real estate law, the entertainment industry, and specialized areas of management consulting. By pursuing both the Doctor of Jurisprudence and the Master of Business Administration degrees concurrently, students can complete both degrees in a shorter time period than if they were to pursue the two independently. The MBA/JD joint program requires a total of 105 semester hours.