Academic Catalog

Legal Studies - B.A.

This B.A. degree requires 90 liberal arts credits out of the 120 credits required for graduation.

Summary

Major Requirements39-40
Integrative Core Curriculum Requirements and Electives 180-81
Total Credits120
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This major is approved to fulfill the Integrative Core Curriculum requirement for the Social Sciences perspective.

Degree Requirements

CORE COURSES
LGST 10100Foundations in Law and Justice4
SOCI 20300Juvenile Delinquency4
or SOCI 21400 Definitions of Normality
TVR 31200Media Law4
or ACCT 30700 Commercial Law
PHIL 26500Philosophical Problems in Law4
LGST 32300Legal Research Seminar: Investigating Law and Justice 'on the Ground'4
Select 3-4 credits from the following courses:3-4
Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
Supreme Court in U.S. Politics
Rights and Wrongs: The History of American Law
Select 4 credits from the following courses on diversity and law:4
Japanese Americans and Mass Incarceration
Policing the Borderlands: Power, Policy, and Justice
Race and Ethnicity
Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality
Legal Studies Electives
Select 12 additional credits in courses designated with attribute LSCO, including at least 4 credits at the 300-level or above 112
Total Credits39-40

1 Courses designated with a Legal Studies Electives attribute may have additional prerequisites that the student is responsible for meeting.