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Minor in Legal Studies

All students pursuing a Minor in Legal Studies must complete 21 semester credit hours, at least 12 hours of which must be at the upper-division level. Questions about the Minor in Legal Studies should be directed to the Advising Center in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts or the Institute for Law and Public Affairs.

  1. 12 semester credit hours of required courses:

    1. LGS 2013 Introduction to Legal Studies
      or
      POL 2623 Law and Society

    2. ENG 2413 Technical Writing

    3. LGS 3013 Legal Research and Writing
      or
      CRJ 3613 Legal Research and Writing

    4. LGS 4013 Issues in Law and Society

  2. 9 additional semester credit hours (at least 6 of which must be at the upper-division level) from the following list, in at least three disciplines other than the student’s major:

    ANT 3733 Political and Legal Anthropology
    BIO 4073 Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
    BLW 3013 Business Law
    BLW 4953 Special Studies in Business Law
    COM 3113 Argumentation and Debate
    CRJ 2813 Introduction to Courts and the Legal System
    CRJ 3623 Substantive Criminal Law
    CRJ 3633 Trial and Evidence
    CRJ 4633 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
    CRJ 4743 Crime in Fiction
    CRJ 4863 Special Topics in Legal Issues and Adjudication
    HIS 3093 United States Constitutional History
    HIS 3183 Law and American Development
    LGS 3113 Blacks, Chicanos and the Law
    LGS 4123 Legal and Philosophical Reasoning
    LGS 4913 Independent Study
    LGS 4933 Internship in Legal Studies
    PHI 2043 Introductory Logic
    POL 3003 International Law
    POL 3013 The American Legal Process
    POL 3023 Civil Liberties in American Law and Practice
    POL 3323 Constitutional Law
    POL 4153 Seminar in Jurisprudence
    POL 4323 Administrative Law

To declare a Minor in Legal Studies or to obtain advice, information, or approvals for course requirement substitutions, students should consult the Advising Center in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts.

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