Legal Studies Minor
The Legal Studies minor requires at least five courses, one course from each of the five categories listed below. No more than three of these courses may be in a single department. Courses applied to the Legal Studies minor may not also be applied to the student’s major.
1. Case Law
| ENST 260 | Environmental Law | 1 |
| IREL 255/POLS 278 | International Law | 1 |
| ACFM 220 | Business Law I | 1 |
| POLS 241 | Constitutional Law: Civil Rights | 1 |
| POLS 242 | Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties | 1 |
| RELI 280 | Religion and Constitutional Law | 1 |
| RELI 321 | Introduction to Jewish Law | 1 |
2. Law and Social Science
| POLS 240 | The American Congress | 1 |
| POLS 244 | American Judicial Politics | 1 |
| POLS 375 | Analyzing Legislatures | 1 |
| SOCI 123 | Law and Society | 1 |
| SOCI 234 | Criminology | 1 |
| SOCI 239 | Deviance and Identity | 1 |
| SOCI 251 | Violence and Society | 1 |
| SOCI 433 | Seminar in Law and Society | 1 |
| WMST/SOCI 332 | Women and the Penal System | 1 |
3. Legal Theory
| ENGL 361 | Law and Literature | 1 |
| PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy (Only sections titled "Law, Morality, and Society" count for the Legal Studies Minor.) | 1 |
| PHIL 246 | Philosophy of Law | 1 |
| POLS 260 | Topics in Legal Thought | 1 |
| POLS 261 | Twentieth-century American Legal Thought | 1 |
| POLS 263 | Race and Ethnicity in American Legal Thought | 1 |
| POLS 362 | American Constitutional Theory | 1 |
4. Ethics
| ENST 255 | Environmental Injustice | 1 |
| PHIL 213 | Ethics | 1 |
| PHIL 214 | Social and Political Philosophy | 1 |
| PHIL 228 | Contemporary Ethical Theory | 1 |
| POLS 210 | Political Theory | 1 |
| POLS 256 | Topics in Social and Political Ethics | 1 |
| RELI 125 | Introduction to Ethics | 1 |
| RELI 220 | Comparative Ethics | 1 |
| RELI 226 | Environmental Ethics | 1 |
| RELI 227 | Bioethics: Issues in Ethics, Medicine, and the Life Sciences | 1 |
| UNIV 228 | Legal and Ethical Issues of the Press | 1 |
5. Philosophical Foundations of Law
Students must take one of the following courses which seek to provide a broader understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of law in general.
| PHIL 246 | Philosophy of Law | 1 |
| POLS 261 | Twentieth-century American Legal Thought | 1 |
Highly motivated students may also satisfy this requirement with an appropriate independent study with any member of the faculty who teaches courses in categories 1-4. The student must submit a written proposal along with the sponsoring faculty member’s endorsement to the legal studies coordinator. Registration for an independent study in Legal Studies uses the following course abbreviation.
IDPT 320 Interdepartmental Independent Studies
Faculty
Coordinator: Amy Reed McCready