Minor in Legal Studies

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Minors in Legal Studies must complete 18 semester credit hours of required courses and electives. In keeping with the intent of a minor to broaden the student’s background knowledge, none of the courses taken by Legal Studies minors may be used to satisfy the requirement of any other major or minor.

Minor in Legal Studies
Required Courses
POLS 4334Const Law I:Civ Rights& Librts3
POLS 4335Const Law II:Gov Pwr/St-Fed Rl3
Electives
Select one of the following Law-Related Skills courses:3
Critical Thinking (must be writing enhanced)
Introduction to Contemporary Logic
Argument And Persuasion (must be writing enhanced)
Select three of the following Substantive Legal Content courses, one from each of three academic disciplines: 19
Criminal Justice:
Comparative Crimnl Jstc System
White Collar Crime
Law And Society
Legal Aspects Of Corrections
Constitutnl Issues In Law Enfr
General Business:
Business Law
Human Resources Mgt Law
Real Estate Law
International Business Law
History:
Black Civil Rights Movement
Mass Communications:
Mass Media Law And Ethics
Political Science:
Judicial Systems
The Congress And Legislatures
Victims Rights Politics & Plcy
International Law & Org
Psychology:
Psychology And The Law
Total Hours18
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Students may only take one course from a single department and two of the three courses must be writing enhanced.