LEGAL STUDIES

Associate Professor Todd Peppers, Coordinator

The concentration allows students to draw upon a variety of different perspectives regarding the nature of law, the role of law in society, and the law as a tool of social change. The concentration is designed to give students flexibility in selecting the classes that are most relevant to their future career plans.

Required (4):
CJUS/POLI 214 The Judicial Process
CJUS/POLI 213 Criminal Law or BUAD227 Business Law or POLI 312 Civil Liberties
POLI 250  Public Policy
POLI 311 American Constitutional Law or POLI 312 Civil Liberties

Electives (3):  
BUAD 244                            Labor Relations
CJUS 227                              Law and Society
CJUS 325                              Comparative Law Enforcement
CJUS/POLI 211                   Criminal Justice
PHIL 122                              Logic
POLI 214 or 311 or 312 or BUAD 227 (if not offered as a requirement above)
POLI 352                              Human Rights Policy
PSYC 325                             Social Psychology
SOCI 238                              Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 334                              Criminology
CJUS/POLI/SOCI 261 - (Special Topics when appropriate and approved by the program coordinator); POLI 395, CJUS/POLI 401, 406,  416, or 495 (topics when appropriate and approved by the program coordinator);
Any IL 277 or Honors 301 course whose topic is appropriate and approved by the  program coordinator.