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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.

A. 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

B. 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
BLW 3013 Business Law
BLW 4953 Special Studies in Business Law
BIO 4073 Law, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
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 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
PSY 4303 Psychology and the 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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