Legal Studies Minor
The Legal Studies minor is designed for students interested in the study of law or for those intending to pursue law degrees or other law-related graduate programs. The course requirements seek to strengthen the different competences assessed in the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and similar tests.
Minor Requirements (18 Credits)
Foundation Courses (9 Credits)
| POL 309 | Legal Studies and the Study of Law | 3 |
| POL 302 | Political Philosophy | 3 |
| WTG 200 | Advanced Academic Writing: Ethics at Work | 3 |
Elective Courses (9 Credits)
No more than two courses may be taken in any one department and no more than one may be applied to another major/minor.
Three of the following:
| CLCS 200 | Gender and Sexuality in a Global Context | 3 |
| CLCS 371 | Law and Culture | 3 |
| CLCS 330 | The Politics of Mobility: Exile and Immigration | 3 |
| CLCS 350 | Culture and Human Rights | 3 |
| COM 212 | Public Speaking: Engaging with the Global Audience | 3 |
| HIS 204 | History of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 243 | Worlds of Islam | 3 |
| HIS 273 | Race and Empire in the American Experiment | 3 |
| HIS 358 | Global Britishness | 3 |