2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Legal Studies Major


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(39 credits)

Virtually all law schools require their applicants to have an undergraduate college or university degree. Although they do not prescribe a particular curriculum or particular courses, they do recommend broad and thorough intellectual preparation in the liberal arts. The Department of Political Science, therefore, provides a flexible, interdepartmental legal studies major, which can be tailored to fit the needs of individual students in consultation with the legal studies advisor.

Other Core Requirements (3 credits):


Capstone Course (3 credits):


Or


Choose from the following approved electives:

Notes:


No more than two courses from a given area can count towards legal studies elective credit. Students should select their electives so that they supplement their core courses. Students may want to use these electives to build a curriculum that emphasizes a particular substantive area of the law (business, criminal, constitutional, or international), or students may want to select courses that refine and hone particular skills that will help them be successful in law school (accounting and philosophy). Students  may petition to have a course not recognized above count as an elective.

Courses in African and African American studies, business, communication, criminology and criminal justice, economics, English, history, international studies, journalism, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and women’s studies complement the legal studies curriculum. These areas are also ideal as second majors and/or as minors.

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