Legal Thought and Liberal Arts Minor

Program Overview

The minor in Legal Thought and Liberal Arts is designed to provide an interdisciplinary liberal arts program for students in any major who intend to enter the legal profession. The minor will be of particular benefit to pre-law students whose majors are more professional in nature and who are not exposed to the broader liberal arts curriculum. Students will be introduced to major intellectual traditions of the West and to ethical, social, and economic issues of significance to our time. The courses in the minor require that students read critically, think logically, and write clearly - attributes required of persons in the legal profession. Students wishing to minor in Legal Thought and Liberal Arts should contact Cody Clinton, Director of Pre-Professional Advising.

Requirements

18 semester hours of required courses and electives:

Required Core Course:

PHIL 1611 - Elementary Logic ** Credit Hours: (3)

ENGL 3604 - Persuasive Writing ** Credit Hours: (3) or
ENGL 4602 - Adv Composition ** Credit Hours: (3)

Electives:

Select one course from four of the following five groups (each course chosen must be from a different group):

Economic Context of the Law:

ECON (TNe) 2010 - Intro to Macroeconomics** Credit Hours: (3)
ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics** Credit Hours: (3)
ECON 4210 - Public Economics Credit Hours: (3)
ECON 4220 - Urban Economics Credit Hours: (3)
ECON 4250 - Econ Poverty/Discrimination Credit Hours: (3)

Historical Context of the Law:

HIST 3840 - U S Constitutional History Credit Hours: (3)

Practical Foundations of Jurisprudence:

CJUS 3510 - Law and Society Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3219 - Judicial Process ** Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 4212 - Const Law Civil Liberty ** Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 4405 - Origin/Dev Amer Pol Thought ** Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 4504 - International Law Credit Hours: (3)

Theoretical Foundations of Jurisprudence:

PHIL 3411 - Contemporary Moral Problems ** Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3511 - Ethical Theory Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3514 - Biomedical Ethics ** Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 3516 - Philosophy of Law ** Credit Hours: (3)
PHIL 4551 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3401 - Legal/Pol Thought Classical Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3402 - Legal/Political Thought Modern Credit Hours: (3)
POLS 3405 - Intro Law/Jurisprudence Credit Hours: (3)
UNIV 3580 - Hebrew and Greek Legacy** Credit Hours: (3)

Critical Reading and Thinking:

Any 4000-level English literature ENGL 4230-ENGL 4461 course or

ENGL 4602 - Adv Composition ** Credit Hours: (3) (if not taken as the core) or

Any upper-division philosophy course not listed above.

Note
Some of these courses may have prerequisites. Students are responsible for obtaining permission from the instructor to enroll in the course if they have not fulfilled those prerequisites.

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