Minor Requirements

Minor 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.

Additional Stipulations

• Two of the three courses taken to fulfill the elective boxes must be at the 300 level or higher.
• Only two of the three courses taken to fulfill the elective boxes can come from any single discipline.

Required Courses

Students with a pre-law minor will complete the following three courses. Between them, these three courses will

emphasize four of the ABA’s recommended skill/competency areas, viz. problem solving, oral communication/listening, background knowledge, and exposure to the law.

• PHIL-P150 – Elementary Logic
• POLS-Y304 – Constitutional Law
• PHIL-P113 – Introduction to Debate, Argument, and Persuasion OR SPCH-S228 – Argumentation and Debate (prerequisite/co requisite: SPCH-S121 and sophomore standing)

Students with a pre-law minor are also required to complete one course from each of the three distribution areas listed below. These distribution areas correspond to combinations of the remaining ABA recommended skill/competency areas.

Choose One: Critical Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

• ENG-W 270 OR ENG-W 470 – Argumentative Writing (prerequisite/co requisite: ENG-W131 with a C or higher)
• ENG-L 371 – Critical Practices (prerequisite/co requisite: ENG-W131 with a C or higher)
• HIST-A 302 – Revolutionary America, 1763-1791 (prerequisite/co requisite: HIST-H105 or HIST-H 106 or instructor consent)
• HIST-A 303 – United States 1792-1829 (prerequisite/co requisite: HIST-H 105 or HIST-H 106 or instructor consent)
• POLS-Y 349 – Comparative Public Policy
• POLS-Y 384 – Developments in American Political Thought
• POLS-Y 392 – Problems of Contemporary Political Philosophy
• SOC-S 360 – Topics in Social Policy (prerequisite/co requisite: SOC-S 163 or 3 hours of Intro Sociology)
• SOC-S 403 – Industry, Labor and Community (prerequisite/co requisite: SOC-S 163 or 3 hours of  Intro Sociology)

Please note that background knowledge includes a broad understanding of history, political thought and contemporary American political system, analyzing financial data, human behavior and social interaction, and understanding of diverse cultures.

Choose One: Public Service, Promotion of Justice, and Background Knowledge

• HIST-A 381 – Civil Rights Era in the U.S. (prerequisite/co requisite: HIST-H105 or HIST-H 106 or instructor consent)
• HIST-F 341 – Latin America: Conquest and Empire
• HIST-F 342 – Latin America: Evolution and Revolution
• PHIL-P 343 – Classics in Social and Political Philosophy (prerequisite/co requisite: ENG-W 131 and 3 credit hours in philosophy)
• PHIL-P 345 – Problems in Social and Political Philosophy (prerequisite/co requisite: ENG-W 131 and 3 credit hours in philosophy)
• PHIL-P 375 – Philosophy of Law (prerequisite/co requisite: ENG-W 131 and 3 credit hours in philosophy)
• POLS-Y 103 – Introduction to American Politics
• POLS-Y 306 – State Politics in the U.S.
• POLS-Y 317 – Voting, Elections, Public Opinion

• POLS-Y 337 – Latin American Politics
• SOCS-R 463 – Inequality and Society (prerequisite/co requisite: SOC-S 163 or 3 hours of Intro Sociology)

Choose One: Organization, Management, Relationship-Building, and Collaboration

• BUS-L 201 – Legal Environment of Business
• POLS- Y302 – Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society
• POLS- Y303 – Formation of Public Policy in the United States
• PSY-B 378 – Introduction to Industrial Psychology (prerequisite/co requisite: 3 credit hours of psychology or instructor consent)
• SPCH-S 229 – Discussion and Group Methods (prerequisite/co requisite: SPCH-S 121 and sophomore standing)
• SPCH-S 306 – Leadership (prerequisite/co requisite: SPCH-S121 and sophomore standing)