Law and Society Program Mission Statement

Graduation Requirements

English (2 S.H.)
   ENG     225        Topics in Literature (2)

Geoscience (3 S.H.)
  GEOS    **325     Environmental Geoscience (3)

History (16 S.H.)
   HIST    101         Introduction to Law & Society (1)   
 One of the following:
   HIST    *120       Western Civilization: Beginning-1500 (3)
   HIST    *121       Western Civilization: 1500-1815 (3)
   HIST    *122       Western Civilization: 1815-Present (3)
 One of the following:
   HIST    *150       U.S. History to the Civil War (3)
   HIST    *151       U.S. History Since the Civil War (3)
All of the following:
   HIST      355      European Intellectual & Cultural History (3)
   HIST      365      American Legal History (3)
   HIST      488      Constitutional History (3)

Mass Communication (6 S.H.)
   MCOM  100       Mass Media & Society (3)
   MCOM  405      Issues and Ethics (3)

Philosophy (6 S.H.)
   PHIL   210         Inductive Reasoning (3)
   PHIL   332         Philosophy of Law (3)

Political Science (9 S.H.)
   POLS   *120      Introduction to American Politics (3)
   POLS   227        Judicial Process and Politics (3)
   POLS   320        Constitutional Law (3)

Psychology (6 S.H.)
   PSY     *210     General Psychology (3)
   PSY      330      Psychology and the Law (3)

Sociology (6 S.H.)
   SOC     *150     Introduction to Sociology (3)
   SOC     210       Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)

Writing & Research Requirements (9 S.H.)
  HIST     298       History – Historical Methods (3) 
  HIST     495       History – Senior Seminar I (3)
  HIST     496       History – Senior Seminar II (3)

Note:  If another department within the College of Liberal Arts develops a senior writing project similar to that required in the History Department’s methods and seminar courses, it may be substituted for HIST 298, 495, and 496. The research and writing project must focus on some aspect of legal culture.

APPROVED ELECTIVES (12 S.H.)
History
  HIST     486     American Intellectual & Cultural History (3)

Mass Communication
  MCOM   300      Mass Media Law (3)

Political Science
    POLS  220       Civil Rights:  Civil Liberties (3)
**POLS  260       Development of Political Thought (3)
**POLS  358       Contemporary Political Thought (3)
    POLS  421       The First Amendment (3)
**POLS  450       Feminist Political Theory (3)

Psychology
     PSY     430      Forensic Psychology (3)

Social Work
   SOCW 425      Law and Social Work (3)

Sociology/Criminal Justice
   SOC     315      Criminology (3)
   SOC     425      Social Change and Social Movements (3)
   SOC     431      Social Class and Power (3)

               
**These courses have specific prerequisites. Students must either satisfy these prerequisites or get permission from the instructor.

Minimum GPA of 2.5 required for classes in the major.

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