Legal Studies Minor Curriculum

Requirements for the Minor

Requirements for the Legal Studies Concentration (21 semester hours)*
Category I**: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Law
At least three courses from the following:
9–15
Baccalaureate Honors
BHP-209 Honors Seminar: Law and the Arts  
BHP-211 Honors Seminar: Theories of Justice and the American Common Law  
BHP-322 Honors Seminar: The Guilty and the Innocent: Assessing Blame and Determining Punishment in Literature and Law  
Business Policy
BUS-210 Introduction to Law: Contracts  
BUS-211 Commercial Law  
BUS-214 Advanced Business Law  
BUS-300 Social and Legal Environment of Business  
BUS-315 Health Care Law, Ethics, and Policy  
BUS-444 Selected Topics in Business Policy and Environment  
Communication
COM-301 Communication Law  
History
HIS-301 Constitutional History of the United States  
Law and Justice Interdisciplinary Courses
LAW-140 Introductory Seminar in Law and Justice  
LAW-150 Introduction to Forensics  
LAW-204 Law, Literature, and Film in America (LAW 204 also satisfies a Literature Core Requirement)
  
LAW-207 Criminal Justice Practice (Formerly LAW-307)  
LAW-210 Criminal Investigation (LAW-150 is a pre-requisite for this course)
  
LAW-302 Crime and Justice in the Media (Formerly LAW-405)  
LAW-304 Women and Law  
LAW-305 Trial Advocacy  
LAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution  
LAW-310 Cyberspace Law and Policy  
LAW-355 Sports and the Law  
LAW-365 Rights of the Accused  
LAW-395 Selected Topics in Law and Justice  
LAW-401 Hate Crimes in the United States  
LAW-490 Independent Research and Study  
LAW-491 Internship in Law and Justice  
LAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice  
Human Resource Management
HRM-313 Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management  
Philosophy
PHL-303 Philosophy of Law  
Political Science
POL-260 Politics of Law and Order  
POL-300 U.S. Constitutional Law  
POL-301 Civil Liberties in the United States  
Psychology
PSY-279 Psychology and Law  
Sociology
SOC-219 Introduction to Criminal Justice: Police, Courts and Corrections  
SOC-246 Drugs, Crime and American Society  
SOC-313 Gender & Criminal Justice  
SOC-317 Law and Lawyers  
SOC-319 White Collar & Corporate Crime  
SOC-322 Punishment and Corrections (Pending approval)  
SOC-345 Race and Crime  
Category II: Law-Related Courses
A maximum of two courses from the following:
0–6
Communication
COM-251 Interpersonal Communication  
COM-252 Intercultural Communication  
COM-302 Communication Ethics  
COM-322 Argumentation and Debate  
Human Resource Management
HRM-312 Introduction to Labor Relations  
Philosophy
PHL-115 Ethics  
PHL-202 Social Philosophy  
PHL-203 Business Ethics  
PHL-360 Contemporary Ethics  
Political Science
POL-326 Power in American Politics  
POL-327 Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy  
POL-361 The Judicial Process  
Sociology
SOC-206 Theories of Deviance and Crime  
SOC-216 Youth and Crime  
SOC-340 Power and Politics  
SOC-242 Police and American Society (Pending approval)  
SOC-243 Policing and Counter Terrorism (Pending approval)  
SOC-350 Social Policy  
Category III: Theory/Application
One course from the following:
 3
LAW-207 Criminal Justice Practice  
LAW-305 Trial Advocacy  
LAW-308 Conflict and Conflict Resolution  
Electives†
LAW-490 Independent Research and Study  
LAW-491 Internship in Law and Justice  
LAW-496 Honors Thesis in Law and Justice  
Category IV
LAW-450 Law and Justice Senior Seminar (Required for all seniors in the minor) 3

**No more than three courses from the same department may be counted toward the minor.

**Students may take up to six additional credits from Category I instead of Category II.

†These courses may count toward Category III only with the permission of the director of the program.

††No LAW course may be used more than once to fulfill minor requirements.

 

 


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