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.
No more than two courses applied to a minor may overlap with the student's declared major.
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 | Love and Betrayal in the 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 |