Law and Justice, B.A.

Foundations (9 Credits)

• PSC 231 - Introduction to Political Thought (3 cr.)
• PSC 290 - Introduction to Law (3 cr.)
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)

Political Thought (6 Credits)

Select two courses from the following:

• PSC 359 - Topics in Political Theory (3 cr.)
• PSC 371 - African-American Political Thought (3 cr.)
• PSC 372 - Feminist Political Thought (3 cr.)
• PSC 374 - Justice and Politics (3 cr.)
• PSC 375 - Global Political Thought (3 cr.)

U.S. Law (6 Credits)

Select two courses from the following:

• PSC 355 - Topics in Law (1 to 3 cr.)
• PSC 390 - U.S. Constitutional Law (3 cr.)
• PSC 391 - U.S. Civil Rights & Liberties (3 cr.)

International Law and Justice (3 Credits)

Select one course from the following:

• PSC 320 - Politics of Ethnicity and Race (3 cr.)
• PSC 336 - Comparative & International Courts (3 cr.)
• PSC 393 - Comparative and International Law (3 cr.)

Advanced Writing Requirement (3 Credits)

Select one course from the following:

• PSC 313 - Writing in Political Science (3 cr.)
• PSC 314 - Legal Research and Writing (3 cr.)

Senior Seminar (3 Credits)

Select one course from the following:

• PSC 457 - Seminar on 21st Century Political Thought (3cr.)
• PSC 458 - Seminar on Judicial Politics and Behavior (3 cr.)

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Justice* (12 Credits)

Select four courses from the following:

• ANT 318 - Anthropology of Human Rights (3 cr.)
• CRI 353 - Punishment and Society (3 cr.)
• CRI 354 - Policing and Society (3 cr.)
• CRI 359 - Human Rights and Justice (3 cr.)
• CRI 360 - Race, Crime, and Justice (3 cr.)
• CRI 362 - Women in the Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)
• CRI 365 - The International Criminal Justice System and Women (3 cr.)
• ENG 353 - The Literature of Witness and Trauma (3 cr.)
• GWS 315 - Women and the Law (3 cr.)
• GWS 348 - Gender and Human Rights (3 cr.)
• HIS 316 - U.S. Immigration and Ethnic History (3 cr.)
• HIS 342 - History of Ecology and Environmentalism (3 cr.)
• HIS 391 - Slavery in the Americas, 1492 - 1889 (3 cr.)
• PHI 213 - Symbolic Logic (3 cr.)
• PHI 365 - Food Justice (3 cr.)
• PHI 366 - Crime and Punishment (3 cr.)
• SOC 203 - Introduction to Social Justice (3 cr.)
• SOC 355 - Sociology of Law (3 cr.)
• SOC 367 - Sociology of the Environment (3 cr.)

Electives 44-45 Credits

Certain major/cognate courses may also satisfy GE requirements thus increase credits accordingly.

Additional Degree Requirements

1. A minimum overall GPA of 2.0 in all required major courses.
2. Completion of all college-wide degree requirements (Undergraduate Degree Requirements  , General Education Program  ).