Program Description
Interdisciplinary program that encourages active student participation and debate on issues concerning how competing powers create law, for what purpose, and how these laws are implemented and why they are followed. The program develops leadership by building critical thinking and communication skills in an energetic, practically oriented environment. Graduates are prepared broadly for careers in the legal profession, such as law school, paralegal and legal assistantships, and for positions in criminal justice, law enforcement, politics, nonprofits and government organizations
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Experience in a broad interdisciplinary major
- Obtain an understanding of the structures and functions of the legal systems in both the American and global context
- Have strong experiences in writing across contexts
- Ability to apply understanding and skills to the recognition and resolution of problems in contemporary society
- Prepared for graduate & professional careers, within the legal system and without, as well as a variety of public and private settings
- Understanding of the historical, philosophical, political, and social foundations of the law and its roles in society, and its relationship to economic, political, social and cultural structures and values in contemporary world
Curriculum: 4 years, 121 credits
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| FYS 100 | Pathways Seminar | 1 |
| WRIT 101 | Writing Sem I: Written Comm. | 3 |
| Science I | 3-4 | |
| AVIS 101 | American Visions | 3 |
| MATH XXX | Mathematics | 3-4 |
| LAW 101 | Introduction to Law & Society | 3 |
| LAW 103 | Crime and Justice | 3 |
| LAW 105 | American Government | 3 |
| General Electives | 9 | |
| Credits | 31-33 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ETHIC 1XX | Ethics | 3 |
| Science II | 3-4 | |
| WRIT 201 | Writing Seminar II:Multi Comm | 3 |
| ADIV 2XX | American Diversity | 3 |
| Select one of the following GDIV 2XX courses: | 3 | |
Global Diversity |
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| LAW 203 | Comparative Legal Systems | 3 |
| LAW 201 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| LAW 213 | Consp Ther:Hist,Analysis,Decon | 3 |
| Designated Electives | 9 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 36-37 | |
| Third Year | ||
| ADIV 2XX | American Diversity Placeholder | 3 |
| GCIT 3XX | Contemporary Global Issues | 3 |
| GCIT 3XX | Global Citizenship | 3 |
| ISEM 3XX | Integrative Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 300 | International Law | 3 |
| LAW 306 | Legal Res, Wrtg & Moot Court | 3 |
| LAW 302 | Law and Ethics | 3 |
| LAW 304 | Law, Media & Society | 3 |
| Minor Courses | 6 | |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| HALLMK 499 | 3 | |
| LAW 499 | Sr Cap:Public Policy Advocacy | 3 |
| Minor Courses | 6 | |
| Designated Law Electives | 6 | |
| LAW 411 | Senior Sem in First Amendment | 3 |
| General Electives | 9 | |
| Credits | 30 | |
| Total Credits | 127-130 | |