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Nov 05, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Legal Studies Minor (E)
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The Legal Studies minor provides students with the opportunity to bridge their academic interests with the skills necessary to be successful in the law school or other law-related careers. The minor emphasizes logical reasoning, writing, and research as its foundation. Students can explore specific areas of law and law-related topics in their areas of choice for their elective credits.
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REAL Curriculum
This minor fulfills the E area of the REAL Curriculum. Students need majors and/or minors to fulfill the R, A and L areas to complete the REAL Curriculum requirements.
REAL Cornerstone Requirements
Writing Intensive (WI) Courses (6 credits)
Writing Intensive courses are denoted below with a (WI). Two writing intensive courses are required to graduate, with at least one at the 300- or 400-level. The Legal Studies minor includes 0-9 credits of writing intensive courses.
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.
Minor Requirements (18 credits)
Required Courses (9 credits)
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)
Total Credits Needed for Minor 18
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