Catalog: Fall Semester 2009
Legal Studies -
B.A. Degree in Legal Studies
(63 - 64 Credits)
Department: Legal Studies
Core Requirements
(21 Credits)
This core is required of all students who major in one of the Legal Studies emphases: The American Legal System, Economics and Business, History, Human Rights, Philosophy, or Sociology and Criminal Justice. Students must complete one of these emphases to fulfill the degree requirements.
ACCT 304 Legal Environment of Business
(3)
CMST 111 Argumentation and Debate
(3)
LGST 481 Senior Seminar
(3)
PARA 250 Legal Research and Writing I
(3)
PARA 251 Legal Research and Writing II
(3)
PHIL 318 Professional Ethics
(3)
POL 230 Introduction to the Law
(3)
Restricted Electives
(21 Credits)
Students who major in one of the Legal Studies emphases (The American Legal System, Economics and Business, History, Human Rights, Philosophy, or Sociology and Criminal Justice) are required to earn twenty-four credits from the listed elective choices. Courses used to satisfy the student's emphasis cannot be applied to this requirement.
ACCT 306 Contracts and Business Entities
(3)
ACCT 307 Commercial Transactions, Property and Special Topics
(3)
CJ 335 Criminal Law
(3)
CJ 337 Criminal Procedure
(3)
ECON 315 Government and Business
(3)
ECON 317 History of Economic Thought
(3)
HIST 321 History of Britain I
(3)
HIST 322 History of Britain II
(3)
HIST 366 Constitutional History of the United States to 1865
(3)
HIST 367 Constitutional History of the United States since 1865
(3)
PARA 310 Civil Procedure I
(3)
PARA 340 Evidence
(3)
PHIL 300 History of Ethics
(3)
PHIL 303 Classical Philosophy
(3)
PHIL 305 Modern Philosophy: 17th Century
(3)
PHIL 306 Modern Philosophy: 18th Century
(3)
PHIL 340 Symbolic Logic
(3)
POL 265 International Protection of Human Rights
(3)
POL 332 Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers and Constraints
(3)
POL 333 Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties
(3)
POL 363 Public International Law
(3)
POL 366 International Conflict Resolution
(3)
SOC 120 Social Psychology
(3)
SOC 307 Sociology of Courts
(3)
SOC 309 Law and Society
(4)
Related Requirements
(9 Credits)
Students who major in one of the Legal Studies emphases (The American Legal System, Economics and Business, History, Human Rights, Philosophy, or Sociology and Criminal Justice) must complete the listed courses. These courses may also be used to satisfy Dragon Core requirements.
POL 120 American National Government and Politics
(3)
SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
(3)
PHIL 101 Introduction to Western Philosophy
(3)
or
PHIL 105 Philosophical Thinking
(4)
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