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Pre-Law Minor

The Pre-Law minor is an 18-hour interdisciplinary minor designed to prepare students for a post-graduate study of law. It consists of 9 hours of legal content specific courses and 9 hours of law preparation and application courses. Courses taken to fulfill requirements for a major cannot be applied to the minor. Courses to fulfill these requirements include:

Legal Content Courses (9 hours)

POLS 4321American Constitutional Law
POLS 4322The Law of Civil Liberties
POLS 4350International Diplomacy, Law, and Organization
CRIJ 3326Advanced Criminal Law
CRIJ 4341Criminal Procedure
BLAW 3301Business Law and Social Responsibility

*any class not taken to fulfill the 9 hours of legal content courses can be used to fulfill the law preparation and application requirements. 

Law Preparation and Application Courses (9 hours)

PHIL 2303Introduction to Logic [TCCN: PHIL 2303]
POLS 2320The Study of Law
POLS 3300Development of the First Amendment
POLS 4320The Judicial System and Process
CRIJ 3310Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice
CRIJ 3325Law and Society
CRIJ 4345Courtroom Testimony
ENGL 3308Writing Textual Analysis
ENGL 4380The Language of Argument
SPCM 4328Corporate and Legal Advocacy

*no class can be used to fulfill the Legal Content requirements