Prelaw Minor
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The Prelaw Minor is designed to explore the study of law from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will take a core of classes which are reflective of courses taken by first year law students. In addition, students will select elective courses of interest, as expressed by elective subfield (see list of courses). In general, the courses selected as Prelaw Minor electives are those which: (1) enhance the students critical thinking and writing skills; (2) develop the students knowledge of the law; and (3) enhance the students understanding of the social, cultural, historical, economic, and political development of the law in our society and world.
Program Requirements
The 18 semester hour minor in Prelaw consists of 9 hours of required courses and 9 hours of elective courses. If students need any assistance with the selection of courses, they are encouraged to meet with a Student Services Specialist. Students may not count courses for both major and their Prelaw Minor degree. To graduate with the minor, students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in courses utilized for the minor. All courses must be passed with a minimum grade of C. Students are responsible for meeting course prerequisites or soliciting prerequisite waivers.
Required Coursework (select three classes)
- CRJ 360 Substantive Criminal Law
- CMN 422 Argumentation, Critical Reasoning and Public Communication
- POL 470 Law and Political Order
- LES 306 Business Law
Elective Coursework
- ACC 356 Income Tax Accounting
- ACC 456 Advanced Taxation
- CRJ 304 Theory of Crime, Justice, and Law
- CRJ 305 Women, Crime, and Justice (C)
- CRJ 306 Race, Ethnicity, and Justice (C)
- CRJ 320 The Adjudication Function
- CRJ 340 Juvenile Justice
- CRJ 350 Law and Social Control (SB)
- CRJ 360 Substantive Criminal Law *Core*
- CRJ 410 Procedural Criminal Law
- CRJ 420 Imperatives of Proof
- CRJ 430 Correctional Law
- CRJ 461 Domestic Violence
- CRJ 463 Occupational Crime
- CRJ 482 Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
- AMS 310 American System to 1865 (L)(C)(H)
- AMS 311 American System since 1865 (H)
- AMS 412 Studies in American Politics and Law
- BIO 320 Fundamentals of Ecology
- BIO 319 Ecology and Conservation (G)
- CMN 312 Communication, Conflict, and Negotiation
- CMN 316 Gender and Communication
- CMN 321 Rhetorical Theory and Research (L)(HU)
- CMN 325 Advanced Public Speaking
- CMN 329 Persuasion
- CMN 371 Cross Cultural Communication Perspectives (G)
- CMN 414 Crisis Communication
- CMN 421 Rhetoric of Social Issues (HU)
- CMN 422 Argumentation, Critical Reasoning & Public Comm. *Core* (L)
- CMN 456 Political Communication (SB)
- ENG 301 Writing for the Professions (L)
- FAS 331 Marriage and Family Relationships
- GCU 352 Political Geography (SB)(G)
- HIS 303 American Cultural History (SB)(H)
- HIS 304 American Cultural History (SB)(H)
- HIS 331 American Indians
- HIS 443 Constitutional History of the United States (SB)(H)
- HIS 444 American Urban History (SB)(H)
- HRM 410 Domestic and Global Human Resources Mgmt
- PHI 406 Moral Dilemmas (L)(HU)
- LES 306 Business Law *Core*
- LSC 363 Genes, Race and Society
- MGT 301 Principles of Management
- PGS 304 Effective Thinking (L)
- PGS 341 Developmental Psychology (SB)
- PGS 350 Social Psychology (SB)
- PGS 443 Abnormal Child Psychology (L) (SB)
- PGS 444 Adolescent Psychology and Psychopathology
- PGS 466 Abnormal Psychology (SB)
- PGS 468 Psychology and Law
- PHI 360 Business and Professional Ethics (HU)
- POL 310 American National Government: Ideas and Institutions (SB) (H)
- POL 314 The American Presidency (SB)
- POL 360 World Politics Theory (SB) (G)
- POL 361 American Foreign Policy (SB)
- POL 430 Race and Politics in Americas (SB) (G)
- POL 435 Women, Power and Politics (SB) (C)
- POL 446 Problems of Democracy (HU)
- POL 460 Politics of Globalization (SB) (G)
- POL 470 Law and Political Order *Core* (SB)
- RTM 401 Admin. of Recreation and Tourism Services
- SOC 318 Aging in the New Millenium (SB)
- SOC 340 Sociology of Deviant Behavior (SB)
- SOC 341 Modern Social Problems (L)(SB)
- SOC 370 Racial and Ethnic Minorities (SB) (C)
- SOC 429 Sociology of Law (SB)
- SOC 456 Political Sociology (SB)(G)
- SWU 331 Social Policy and Services I (H)
- SWU 432 Social Policy and Services II (S)
- SWU 474 Ethnic/Cultural Variables in Social Work (C)
- WST 300 Women in Contemporary Society (SB) (C)
- WST 350 Race, Class, and Gender (SB) (C)
- WST 457 Women, Cultures and Societies (SB) (G)
- WST 473 Latina/Chicana Representation (SB) (C)