2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Legal Studies

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Requirements for the Minor (15-18 hours)

All courses must be completed with a “C -” or better to applied towards graduation requirements.

Required Courses (9 hours)

Select two of the following courses (6 hours)
HIST 3070 - American Constitutional Law to 1865 3 hours
HIST 3071 - American Constitutional Law Since 1865 3 hours
PSYC 3340 - Forensic Psychology 3 hours
Select one of the following (3 hours)
PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 1200 - Ethics and Authenticity 3 hours
PHIL 1300 - Logic and Critical Thinking 3 hours *

Electives Courses (9 hours)**

Public Policy and the Law (3 hours)

Select one from the following courses:

BUSP 3150 - Business Law 3 hours
HIST 4070 - America’s Greatest Crimes & Trials 3 hours
PBPL 3200 - Introduction to Public Policy 3 hours
PBPL 3230 - Politics, Institutions, Policy 3 hours
POLI 3100 - Introduction to American Legal System 3 hours

Critical Thinking and Ethics (3 hours)

Select one from the following courses:

ENGL 3505 - Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory 3 hours
PBPL 3010 - Ethics in Business and Public Policy 3 hours
PBPL 3220 - Introduction to Political Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 2200 - Environmental Ethics 3 hours
PHIL 2230 - Critical Political Philosophy in a Global Context 3 hours
SPRS 4200 - Sport & Recreation Ethics 3 hours

Diversity and Civil Rights (3 hours)

Select one from the following courses:

COMM 3640 - Protest and Social Activism 3 hours
HIST 4059 - Passive Resistance Civil Rights 3 hours
HIST 4060 - Radical Civil Rights 3 hours
RELI 2340 - Religion Politics and Law 3 hours
SOCI 2240 - Social Inequality 3 hours
SOCI 3230 - Gender, Sexuality, and Society 3 hours
WGSS 2100 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 hours
WGSS 3000 - Communication, Gender, and Identity 3 hours
WGSS 3640 - Protest and Social Activism 3 hours

Notes

*Highly recommended

**Relevant Special Topics courses may be substituted as Minor electives with the approval of the Program Coordinator.

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