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Students who are interested in pursuing the minor in law and the liberal arts should contact philosophy professor Nancy Schauber.
Law and the Liberal Arts
Law and the liberal arts is an interdisciplinary minor that consists of courses from across the curriculum. The courses that count toward the minor are those that are generally recommended by law schools for students thinking about going to law school. The purpose of the courses within the minor is to prepare one to think critically and analytically as a well-rounded liberal artist. The courses are divided into eight areas: law, American history, economics, ethics, legal system, logical reasoning, public speaking and debate, and writing.
In order to complete a law and the liberal arts minor, a student must take one unit in Area 1 and complete five units in at least five of the remaining areas. No more than three of the units to be applied toward the minor may be from any one department.
The Law and the Liberal Arts Minor
Note: Students must receive a C (2.0) or above for these courses to count toward the minor. No course taken for less than .5 units will count towards the minor.
6 units, including
- One unit in Area 1
- Five units from at least five of the remaining areas
No more than three of the courses to be applied toward the minor may be from any one department.
Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted.
Area 1: Law
- CJ 320 Fundamentals of Criminal Law
- ECON 231 Law and Economics
- PHIL 260 Philosophical Problems in Law and Society
- PHIL 364 Philosophy of Law
- PLSC 331 Constitutional Law
- PLSC 333 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- PLSC 352 International Law
- PLSC 379 Selected Topics (appropriate when the subject relates primarily to law and the course is approved by the law and the liberal arts advisory council)
- RHCS 353 Rhetoric and Law
- WGSS 302 Women and the Law
Area 2: American History
- HIST 199 The Tokyo Trials
- HIST 199 Church and State in Early America
- HIST 199 Liberty vs Security: Free Speech from Jefferson to Lincoln
- HIST 200 Colonial America
- HIST 299 ST: Transnational Abolitionism
- HIST 307 Intellectual History of the American Founding
- HIST 400 Senior Seminar: The Alien and Sedition Acts
Area 3: Economics
- ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 105 Introduction to Global Economics
Area 4: Ethics
- ECON 260 Special Topics: Ethics and Economics
- LDST 205 Justice and Civil Society
- LDST 377 Ethical Decision Making - Health Care
- PHIL 220 Contemporary Moral Issues
- PHIL 360 Ethics
- PHIL 365 Action, Responsibility, and Free Will
- PHIL 375 Ethics and Practical Reasoning
- PHIL 380 Topics Seminar (appropriate when the subject relates primarily to law and the course is approved by the law and the liberal arts advisory council)
- RELG 267 Varieties of Christian Ethics
- BUAD 392 Ethical, Social and Legal Responsibilities
Area 5: Legal System
- ANTH 335 Law and Order: the Anthropology of Justice
- CJ 321 Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure
- PLSC 337 Legal System
- SOC 207 Crime and Justice in a Post-Modern Society
- SOC 324 Law and Society
Area 6: Logical Reasoning
- CMSC 150 Introduction to Computing
- CMSC 155 Introduction to Scientific Computing
- MATH 300 Fundamentals of Abstract Mathematics
- PHIL 251 Elementary Symbolic Logic
Area 7: Public Speaking and Debate
- RHCS 201 Argumentation and Debate
- RHCS 325 Medieval to Modern Rhetorics
- RHCS 332 Practicum/Debate (.25-1 unit)
- RHCS 343 Rhetoric and Politics
- PLSC 290 Mock Trial (.5 units)
Area 8: Writing
- ENGL 382 The Art of Writing: Aims, Modes, Process.
- ENGL 383 Introduction to Composition Theory and Pedagogy