Law and Society Minor

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As an interdisciplinary minor with courses from a range of humanities and social sciences disciplines, Law and Society benefits students seeking to strengthen their analytical and critical thinking skills while obtaining knowledge of social and political affairs. The minor particularly benefits students pursuing careers in criminal justice, the public sector or in a nonprofit agency, as well as those planning graduate study in law school. For a Law and Society minor, students must complete 15 hours or five courses from the prescribed list of courses with no more than 9 hours from one rubric. All courses for the minor credit must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

Requirements (15 hours)

The Law and Society minor requires FIVE of the following courses with not more than 9 hours coming from any one rubric.

ANTH 3352 - Political/Economic Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4341 - Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4342 - Human Rights, Social Justice, Health Credit Hours: 3
WGST 4341 - Women in Society Credit Hours: 3
COMM 3352 - Media Law Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 3312 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 3335 - Deviance Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 4331 - Corrections Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4331 - Prison and Society Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 4334 - Criminal Law Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3333 - Growth of Industrial America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3335 - U.S. in the Roaring 1920s Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3337 - U.S. during the Cold War Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4319 - U.S. Labor History Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 3375 - Ideas in Transition Credit Hours: 3 when the topic is “Freedom”
PHIL 3321 - Logic Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3331 - Ethics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4314 - The Great Philosophers I Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4315 - The Great Philosophers II Credit Hours: 3
POLS 3331 - Legislative Process Credit Hours: 3
POLS 4314 - Chief Executive Credit Hours: 3
POLS 4355 - Political Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PSLD 4349 - Ethics and Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 3351 - Political Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 3352 - Urban Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4312 - Social Structure: Class, Power, and Status Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4316 - Women and the Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4322 - Theories of Society Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4328 - Social Conflict and Mediation Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4332 - Sociology of Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4355 - Minorities in America Credit Hours: 3