Law and Society, Minor

In addition to University Requirements:

• Complete individual plan requirements.

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

No more than fifty percent of the units used to satisfy minor requirements may be used to satisfy major requirements.

Minimum Units for Completion	18 - 21
Major GPA	2.0
Highest Mathematics Required	MAT 114

Purpose Statement

The law and society minor helps prepare students for further study of the law or legally related fields. This minor is useful to those students considering a pre-law program and those considering careers in public service, non-profit organizations, and social advocacy groups. Students who complete this minor will gain additional knowledge about salient legal concepts and analytical methods to evaluate current public policies. They will also gain insight into the American legal system and critical reading, writing, and analysis skills. Students are required to take courses from a wide range of disciplines, including Politics and International Affairs, Criminal Justice, Business Law, Ethnic Studies, and more. This interdisciplinary minor will enrich a student's chosen major and assist them in future careers in law enforcement, the legal system, public policy, and more.
 

Student Learning Outcomes

• Identify and use salient legal concepts and analytical methods to evaluate current public policies, political actors' behavior, societal events, and institutional arrangements within a diverse world.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of a variety of significant analytical approaches used in legal studies and the legal experience.
• Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the interconnectedness and interdependence of the legal experience.
• Demonstrate an ability to apply the discussion to policy and "real world" applications.
• Critically reflect upon the nature and consequences of diversity (e.g. race, gender, class, ethnicity, religion, culture, nation), and develop an understanding of how this diversity both alters and is altered in the legal world.

Minor Requirements

• Take the following 18 - 21 units:
  The following coursework must be completed with a minimum 2.75 GPA.

  • ACC 205 (3 units)
  • POS 110 (3 units)
  • Select from the following (3 units):
    • POS 445, POS 446
  • Select additional from the following (3 - 6 units):
    • CCJ 101 and CCJ 210
    • CCJ 101 and CCJ 270
    • COM 400
    • DIS 201 and DIS 410
    • PHI 103, PHI 301
    • POS 120 and POS 333
    • POS 318, POS 445, POS 446
  • Select from the following with no more than 3 units from any one discipline (6 units):
    • AIS 202, AIS 230, AIS 290
    • CCJ 215, CCJ 360, CCJ 380, CCJ 395
    • ES 335
    • PHI 347
    • POS 236 or AIS 236
    • POS 336 or AIS 336
    • POS 351, POS 352, POS 353, POS 355, POS 359, POS 378
    • POS 356 or ES 356
    • SOC 339

   

• Students enrolled in this minor may not enroll in or pursue the following due to the number of overlapping units:

• • Political Science, Minor

Additional Information

• Some courses may have prerequisites. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.

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