Legal Studies Minor

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Minor Requirements:

Core:

LEST 301 - Introduction to Legal Studies (3cr.)
or
POSC 380 - Introduction to Law (3cr.)
LEST 210 - The Law and You (1cr.)
LEST 401 - Senior Seminar (3cr.)
(or substitute [**] approved by the Director of LEST)

Interdisciplinary Courses

Substantive Law Elective:

One of the following:

Electives:

Three (3) of the following (taken from any of the courses below):

ACCT 350 - Business Law I (3cr.)
ACCT 351 - Business Law II (3cr.)
ACCT 352 - Law and Social Issues in Business (3cr.)
APEC 450 - Topics in Environmental Law (3cr.) **
COMM 345 - Legal Issues of the Mass Media (3cr.)
CISC 356 - Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (3cr.)
CRJU 202 - Problems of Criminal Judiciary (3cr.)
CRJU 203 - Problems of Corrections (3cr.)
CRJU 320 - Introduction to Criminal Law (3cr.)
CRJU 324 - American Constitutional History (3cr.)
CRJU 351 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3cr.)
CRJU 352 - International Criminal Justice (3cr.)
CRJU 375 - Criminal Procedure (3cr.)
CRJU 425 - Criminal Law and Social Policy (3cr.)
CRJU 435 - Punishing Speech (3cr.)
CRJU 450 - Prisoners and the Law (3cr.)
CRJU 457 - Criminal Evidence (3cr.)
CRJU 475 - Social Science and the Law (3cr.)
CRJU 480 - Civil Liability in Criminal Justice (3cr.)
ECON 360 - Government Regulation of Business (3cr.)
ECON 408 - Economics of Law (3cr.)
EDUC 240 - Legal and Ethical Issues in American Education (3cr.)
ENGL 430 - Legal Writing (3cr.)
ENGL 450 - Legal Argument (3cr.) **
FINC 418 - Seminar in Corporate Governance (3cr.)
HIST 220 - The Civil Rights Movement (3 to 4cr.)
HIST 309 - Money, Markets and Mischief: U.S. Business and Political Economy Since 1865 (3cr.)
MAST 462 - Climate Change: Policy, Equity and Mitigation (3cr.)
MAST 673 - International Law **
MAST 674 - Legal Aspects of the Coastal Zone **
PHIL 446 - Philosophy of Law (3cr.)
POSC 363 - International Law (3cr.)
POSC 380 - Introduction to Law (3cr.)
POSC 401 - Topics in Law and Politics (3cr.)
POSC 402 - The First Amendment (3cr.)
POSC 403 - Civil Liberties (3cr.)
POSC 404 - The Judicial Process (3cr.)
POSC 405 - Constitutional Law (3cr.)
POSC 420 - International Crimes, Criminals, and Courts (3cr.)
POSC 459 - Sexuality and Law (3cr.) **
POSC 473 - Gender, Sex and Law (3cr.) **
POSC 476 - Election Law (3cr.) **
POSC 805 - Topics in Law and Politics
SOCI 345 - Sociology of Law (3cr.)
SOCI 428 - Corporate Crime (3cr.)
SOCI 637 - Law and Society in Historical Perspective**
SOCI 655 - Law and Society**
SOCI 658 - Topics in Law and Society
SPTM 315 - Legal Aspects of Sports Management (3cr.)
UAPP 230 - Law and Public Policy (3cr.)
UAPP 449 - Civil Rights Law and Policy (3cr.) **
or
UAPP 649 - Civil Rights Law and Policy**

Note:

** Courses that qualify as substitutes for LEST 401 (Senior Seminar); other courses may also qualify. All substitutions must be approved by the Director of Legal Studies.

Restrictions:

Only one course can be required by each of the students’ majors or minors, or listed (or crosslisted) in each of the students’ major or minor departments. Interdisciplinary courses must be selected from at least two different departments outside the student’s majors.
If students are approved to substitute a course in their own major for LEST 401 , then none of the interdisciplinary courses may come from the students’ major departments.