Legal Studies Minor (E)

REAL Cornerstone Requirements

General Education Requirements

General Education courses will be denoted below with a (GE). Students are required to take at least 30 credit hours of general education designated courses within their degree requirements. The Legal Studies minor includes 6-15 general education credits.

Required Courses (9 credits)

• PHIL 111 - Introduction to Philosophy (GE) OR
• PHIL 112 - Introduction: Ethics and Society (GE)
• PHIL 213 - Critical Reasoning and Argumentation (GE)
• ENGL 313 - Studies in Composition (WI)

Electives (9 credits)

Students will take three of the following courses, earning at least 9 credits, which must be from at least two different prefixes:

• ANSC 203 - Bigfoot Stole My UFO!: Critically engaging with Science, Pseudoscience, and the Paranormal (WI) (GE)
• ANSC 210 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology (GE)
• APST 200 - Introducing Appalachia (GE)
• APST 300 - Diversity in Appalachia
• APST 496 - Seminar: Current Issues in Appalachian Studies
• ART 202 - Ethical Inquiry in the Visual Arts and Museums (WI) (GE)
• ARTH 401 - Origins and History of Museums (WI)
• ARTH 430 - Curatorial Activism and Exhibition Design: How Museums Serve the Public
• BLAW 203 - Legal Environment of Business (GE)
• BLAW 304 - Business Law I
• BLAW 305 - Business Law II
• BLAW 306 - Entertainment Law
• CHHS 475 - Global Perspectives in Health and Human Services
• CINE 310 - Genres: Form, Content, and Culture (WI)
• COMS 114 - Public Speaking (GE)
• COMS 327 - Politics and the Media
• COMS 332 - Argumentation and Advocacy
• COMS 333 - Persuasion
• COMS 335 - Media and Society
• COMS 400 - Communication Law and Ethics
• COMS 414 - Critical Analysis of Public Discourse
• COMS 430 - Crisis Management and Communication
• COMS 433 - Communication and Social Change
• COMS 459 - Communication in Conflict Management
• CRJU 210 - Juvenile Justice (GE)
• CRJU 233 - Courts and the Criminal Process (GE)
• CRJU 234 - Mock Trial
• CRJU 235 - Police and Society (GE)
• CRJU 315 - Constitutional Rights and the Criminally Accused
• CRJU 352 - Wrongful Convictions: The Causes, Consequences, and Responses
• CRJU 360 - Criminal Law and Evidence
• CRJU 370 - Crime and Criminal Behavior
• DSN 143 - Business of Design (GE)
• DSNM 442 - Economics of Design
• ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (GE)
• ECON 106 - Principles of Microeconomics (GE)
• ECON 209 - Public Finance
• ECON 230 - History of Innovation and Economic Growth
• ECON 272 - Natural Resource Economics
• ECON 308 - The History of Economic Thought
• ECON 309 - Comparative Economic Systems
• ECON 311 - Economic Development
• ECON 330 - Money and Banking
• ECON 340 - Global Economy and Business
• ECON 375 - Environmental Economics
• ECON 391 - Law and Economics
• ECON 443 - International Monetary Theory and Policy
• ECON 480 - Labor Economics
• EDEF 320 - Introduction to Professional Education
• EDSP 361 - Introduction to Students with Diverse Learning Needs and the Special Education Process (GE)
• EDUC 370 - Introduction to Multicultural Education (GE)
• ENGL 200 - Literary Texts and Contexts (GE)
• ENGL 300 - Introduction to English Studies (WD) (WI)
• ENGL 306 - Professional Writing (WI)
• ENGL 307 - Business Writing (GE) (WI)
• ENGL 308 - Professional Writing Technologies
• ENTR 240 - Social Entrepreneurship (GE)
• ESHE 341 - Legal Issues in Sport Management
• ESHE 370 - Sociocultural Aspects of Sport (GE)
• ESID 390 - Political and Legal Foundations of Emergency Services
• ESID 440 - Current Issues in Emergency Services Management (WI)
• FINC 336 - Principles of Real Estate
• GEOL 100 - Earth Resources and Natural Hazards
• GEOL 104 - Geosciences and the Media (GE)
• GEOL 120 - Earth Science and Society (GE)
• GEOL 121 - Earth Science and Society Laboratory (GE)
• HADM 300 - U.S. Healthcare System (GE)
• HADM 380 - Healthcare Economics and Policy
• HADM 422 - Healthcare Law & Ethics
• HIST 111 - U.S. History to 1865
• HIST 112 - U.S. History since 1865
• HIST 304 - Environmental History (EU, GL) (WI)
• HIST 330 - African American History to 1865 (US) (WI)
• HIST 331 - African American History from 1865 (US) (WI)
• HIST 364 - American Slavery (US) (WI)
• HIST 365 - America’s Civil War (US) (WI)
• HIST 381 - Recent America (US) (WI)
• HSCI 200 - Issues in Community Health (GE)
• IDST 250 - Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies
• CS 109 - Problem Solving and Programming (GE)
• INSY 112 - A Global Perspective of Information Technology (GE)
• INSY 145 - Data Ethics, Privacy and Security (GE)
• INSY 281 - Data Management and Analysis with Spreadsheets (GE)
• CS 345 - Introduction to Information Security
• INSY 375 - Data Science
• CS 395 - Information Technology Project Management
• CS 445 - Computer System and Database Security
• CS 455 - Applied Cryptography and Network Security
• CS 465 - Computer System Security Analysis and Investigation Techniques
• INSY 466 - Information Assurance Management
• MGNT 361 - Managing Professional Communication and Negotiation
• MGNT 436 - Managing Cultural Diversity
• MGNT 460 - Business and Society
• MKTG 201 - Critical Inquiry in Marketing (WI) (GE)
• MUSC 315 - Contract and Copyright Law for Artists
• NURS 452 - Introduction to US Healthcare
• PBHL 150 - Survey of U.S. Public Health (GE)
• PBHL 210 - Survey of Global Environmental Health (GE)
• PBHL 320 - Social Determinants of Health (GE)
• PBHL 382 - Public Health Ethics, Policy and Law
• PBHL 385 - Public Health Administration and Policy
• PBHL 430 - Aging and Public Health
• PBHL 450 - Global Health Issues
• PHIL 115 - Wicked Problems (GE)
• PHIL 216 - History of Philosophy: Ancient to Medieval (GE)
• PHIL 217 - Modern Philosophy: Renaissance to the Present (GE)
• PHIL 218 - Film and Philosophy (GE)
• PHIL 219 - Environmental Ethics (GE)
• PHIL 375 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 385 - Social and Political Philosophy (GE)
• POSC 120 - Introduction to American Government (GE)
• POSC 180 - The Art and Science of Leadership (GE)
• POSC 233 - Law in America (GE)
• POSC 234 - Mock Trial
• POSC 330 - State and Local Government (AG)
• POSC 335 - American Public Policy (AG, PA)
• POSC 338 - Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers and Constraints
• POSC 339 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (AG)
• POSC 340 - Law and Social Change
• POSC 360 - International Law and Organization (IR)
• PSYC 405 - Forensic Psychology
• RELN 214 - Cults and Unconventional Religions (GE)
• RELN 313 - Religion and Culture (GE)
• RELN 375 - Religious Freedom, Law, and American Identities
• SOCY 210 - Social Problems (GE)
• SOCY 250 - Social Inequality (GE)
• SOCY 331 - Race and Ethnicity
• SOCY 430 - Social Movements
• SOCY 444 - Juvenile Delinquency
• SOWK 101 - Introduction to Social Work (GE)
• SOWK 321 - Social Welfare Policy
• STAT 130 - Understanding Statistics in Society (GE)
• STAT 200 - Introduction to Statistics (GE)
• STAT 301 - Probability and Statistics I
• STAT 302 - Probability and Statistics II
• THEA 282 - Ethics in Theater and Film
• THEA 297 - Voice and Movement
• THEA 328 - Acting II: Improvisation Techniques
• THEA 410 - Voice and Speech
• WGST 200 - Women in the World: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (GE)