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School of Social Sciences

Interdisciplinary Pre-Law Minor

Degree Requirements

18 credit hours chosen from across offerings in the Schools of Arts & Letters, Business, and Social Sciences. Minimum grade of C- in each course and overall GPA of 2.0 across all 18 credits required

  1. PHIL-P 150 - Elementary Logic (3 credits)
  2. POLS-Y 304 - Constitutional Law (3 credts)
  3. SPCH-S 228 - Argument and Debate OR PHIL-P 110 Introduction to Debate, Argument. and Persuasion (3 credits)
  4. 9 credits (3 courses) chosen from the following distribution areas:
    • Critical Reading, Writing and Probem Solving
    • Public Service, Promotion of Justice and Background Knowledge
    • Organization, Management, Relationship Building and Collaboration 

Note: No more than two courses from any single distribution area. Two of the three required courses must be at the 300 level or higher. Some courses have pre- or co-requisites. See Courses section of this Bulletin for details. 

Dept

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Distribution Area Options 

Critical Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving 

ENG-W

270/420

Argumentative Writing 

3

ENG-L

371

Critical Practices 

3

HIST-A

302 Revolutionary America 1763-1791

3

HIST-A

303 United States 1792-1829

3

POLS-Y

349 Comparative Public Policy 

3

POLS-Y 

384 Developments in American Poltical Thought

3

POLS-Y

392 Problems of Contemporary Political Philosophy 

3

SOC-S 360

Topics in Social Policy 

3
SOC-S  403

Industry, Labor, and Community 

3

Public Service, Promotion of Justice, and Background Knowledge 

HIST-A

381

Civil Rights Era in the U.S. 

3

HIST-F 341 Latin America:Conquest and Empire 

3

HIST-F 342 Latin America: Evolution and Revolution 

3

PHIL-P 343 Classics in Social and Political Philosophy  3

PHIL-P

345 Problems in Social and Political Philosophy

3

POLS-Y

103 Introduction to American Politics

POLS-Y

306 State Politics in the U.S.

3

POLS-Y

317 Voting, Elections, Public Opinion

3

POLS-Y

337 Latin American Politics 
SOC-R 463 Inequality and Society

Organization, Management, Relationship Building, and Collaboration  

BUS-L

201 Legal Environment of Business 

3

POLS-Y

302 Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society 

3

POLS-Y

303 Formation of Public Policy in the United States

3

PSY-B

378 Introduction to Industrial Psychology  3
SPCH-S 229 Discussion and Group Methods 

3

SPCH-S 

306 Leadership 

3

 

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