B.A. DEGREE IN LEGAL STUDIES
CORE REQUIREMENTS
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.
ACCT 304 Legal Environment of Business
CMST 211 Argumentation and Debate
PARA 250 Legal Research and Writing I
PARA 251 Legal Research and Writing II
POL 230 Introduction to the Law
Restricted Electives
ACCT 306 Contracts and Business Entities
ACCT 307 Commercial Transactions, Property and Special Topics
CJ 335 Criminal Law
CJ 337 Criminal Procedure
ECON 315 Government and Business
ECON 317 History of Economic Thought
HIST 321 History of Britain I
HIST 322 History of Britain II
HIST 366 Constitutional History of the United States to 1865
HIST 367 Constitutional History of the United States since 1865
PARA 310 Civil Procedure I
PARA 340 Evidence
PHIL 300 History of Ethics
PHIL 303 Classical Philosophy
PHIL 305 Modern Philosophy: 17th Century
PHIL 306 Modern Philosophy: 18th Century
PHIL 340 Symbolic Logic
POL 265 International Protection of Human Rights
POL 332 Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers and Constraints
POL 333 Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties
POL 363 Public International Law
POL 366 International Conflict Resolution
SOC 230 Social Psychology
SOC 307 Sociology of Courts
SOC 309 Law and Society
Related Requirements
POL 120 American National Government and Politics
SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
PHIL 101 Introduction to Western Philosophy
OR PHIL 105 Philosophical Thinking
EMPHASIS IN THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM
CJ 337 Criminal Procedure
PARA 310 Civil Procedure I
PARA 340 Evidence
POL 332 Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers and Constraints
EMPHASIS IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
ACCT 306 Contracts and Business Entities
ACCT 307 Commercial Transactions, Property and Special Topics
ECON 315 Government and Business
ECON 317 History of Economic Thought
EMPHASIS IN HUMAN RIGHTS
POL 265 International Protection of Human Rights
POL 333 Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties
POL 363 Public International Law
POL 366 International Conflict Resolution
EMPHASIS IN PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 300 History of Ethics
PHIL 303 Classical Philosophy
PHIL 305 Modern Philosophy: 17th Century
OR PHIL 306 Modern Philosophy: 18th Century
PHIL 340 Symbolic Logic
EMPHASIS IN SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CJ 335 Criminal Law
SOC 230 Social Psychology
SOC 307 Sociology of Courts
SOC 309 Law and Society