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2010–2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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 Honors College Advising Center 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
      or
      ENG  4953  Special Studies in English: Legal 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 two 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  3023  Business Organizations and Commercial Law
    BLW  3523  Real Estate Law
    BLW  4153  Tourism 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  4143  Legal Issues in Forensic Science
    CRJ  4633  Constitutional Criminal Procedure
    CRJ  4853  Sex Crimes and the Law
    CRJ  4863  Special Topics in Legal Issues and Adjudication
    ES    3203  Environmental Law
    HIS  3093  United States Constitutional History
    HIS  3183  Law and American Development
    LGS  3113  Blacks, Chicanos, and the Law
    LGS  3213  Law School Studies
    LGS  3313  Science and the Law
    LGS  3413  Regulatory Law and Enterprise
    LGS  4013  Issues in Law and Society
    LGS  4123  Legal and Philosophical Reasoning
    LGS  4223  Torts
    LGS  4913  Independent Study
    LGS  4933  Internship in Legal Studies
    MGT  4643  Human Resources Law
    PHI  2043  Introductory Logic
    PHI  2063  Philosophy of Law
    POL  3003  International Law
    POL  3013  The American Legal Process
    POL  3023  Civil Liberties in American Law and Practice
    POL  3323  Constitutional Law
    POL  4123  Legal and Philosophical Reasoning
    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 Honors College Advising Center.

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