Politics, Law and Philosophy Minor

The Politics, Law and Philosophy Minor is intended to expose students who are considering law school to the law school application process—a process that typically commences toward the end of the third year—and to provide a sound foundation for the law school experience itself. An interdisciplinary program, the Politics, Law, and Philosophy minor enables students to focus on the law from a variety of other disciplines including political science, philosophy, history, criminology, and economics. The minor program does not attempt to reproduce for students the specific studies of the law they will pursue once they begin law school. Rather, the minor program provides students with an interdisciplinary context within which they can more fully appreciate and understand the law as a discipline. The minor program therefore requires students to take a selection of challenging courses outside their own major. In addition, the minor program offers students rigorous preparation in analytic and writing skills. Developing such skills through a challenging course of study should be useful to students both as they prepare to take the Law School Aptitude Test and once they enter law school and begin their study of the law.

Required Courses (2 course units):

PHL 120: Introduction to Logic
ECO 101: Principles of Microeconomics

Note: PHL 220: Metalogic, usually requires PHL 120: Introduction to Logic, as a prerequisite. However, for qualified students, Metalogic may be substituted in place of Introduction to Logic without having taken PHL 120 with the permission of instructor.

Options Courses (3 course units):

Only one course can be double counted toward a major.
No more than two courses can be from the same department.
At least two courses must be at the 300 or 400 level.

Business Classes

BUS 200: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
ECO 365: Economics of the Law - Prerequisite: ECO 101
BUS 300: Law for Business - Prerequisite: BUS 200
BUS 325: Employment Law
MGT 385: Business Ethics & Corporate - Prerequisite: Sophomore
BUS 360: International Business Law

Criminology Classes

CRI 201: Courts and Judicial Processes
CRI 203: Applied Criminal Procedure
CRI 300: Crimes and Offenses
CRI 301: Foundations of Reasoning and Advocacy
Prerequisite for all CRI classes listed: CRI 100

Philosophy Classes

PHL 135: Contemporary Moral Issues
PHL 275: Philosophy of Law - Prerequisite: 1 PHL Course
PHL 375: Law and Ethics - Prerequisite: 1 PHL Course

Political Science Classes

POL 365: Origins of the United States Constitution (cross listed with HIS 365)
POL 320: Constitutional Law
POL 321: Civil Liberties
POL 323: Law and Society
POL 337: International Law
POL 345: Human Rights in International Relations (cross listed with INT 300)

Other Classes

HIS 365: Topics in North American and United States History (when cross listed with POL 365)
INT 300: Human Rights in International Relations (when cross listed with POL 345)
JPW 308: Media Law - Prerequisite: JPW 208 or permission of instructor)
NUR 300: Legal Challenges in Health Care
PHL 430: Advanced Ethics - Abortion, Procreation, and Harm - Prerequisite: 1 PHL Course
POL 390: Tutorial - Moot Court