Minor in Law
The Minor in Law is open to undergraduate students pursuing any major who desire to deepen their understanding of the American legal system. Regardless of whether a student intends to seek a professional degree in law, the required and elective courses in the minor will help students to better understand the legal environment that affects workplaces of all kinds and which is relevant to public policy debates at the local, state, and federal levels.
Requirements
To earn a minor in law, students must complete five courses for 15 credits, including the following:
| Required Courses | ||
| POL_SC 2200 | The Judicial Process | 3 |
| Two School of Law Courses: | ||
| LAW 1100 | Cases and Controversies in American Law | 3 |
| or LAW 1100H | Cases and Controversies in American Law - Honors | |
| Any other course offered by the School of Law at the undergraduate level or cross listed by the School of Law at the undergradaute level. | ||
| One additional Political Science course from the following list: | ||
| POL_SC 4200 | The American Constitution | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4200W | The American Constitution - Writing Intensive | |
| POL_SC 4210 | Constitutional Rights | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4210W | Constitutional Rights - Writing Intensive | |
| POL_SC 4220 | The United States Supreme Court | 3 |
| POL_SC 4230 | Constitution and Civil Liberties | 3 |
| POL_SC 4370 | Law, Policy, and Regulation | 3 |
| POL_SC 4380 | Politics of Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Any other course offered by the School of Law at the undergraduate level or cross listed by the School of Law at the undergraduate level not already counted toward the two-course School of Law requirements listed above. | ||
| An additional Political Science course from the list above. | ||
| BL_STU 4415 | African Americans and American Justice | 3 |
| or BL_STU 4415W | African Americans and American Justice - Writing Intensive | |
| ECONOM 3367 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| or ECONOM 3367W | Law and Economics - Writing Intensive | |
| ENV_SC 4400 | Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice | 3 |
| or ENV_SC 4400W | Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice - Writing Intensive | |
| HIST 4400 | History of American Law | 3 |
| MANGMT 3540 | Introduction to Business Law | 3 |
| PHIL 4610 | Law, Liberty, and Justice: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PRST 4385 | Legal Aspects of Sport | 3 |
| SOC_WK 1200 | Criminal Justice | 3 |
| WGST 3260 | Gender, Law and Justice | 3 |