Law and Society Minor

This minor is an excellent opportunity for students planning to apply to law school or graduate school and students planning careers in fields like social work, non-profit administration, community organizing, or business and social entrepreneurship.

The minor in Law and Society draws on an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law and legal institutions and their impact on society and vice versa.

Students pursuing this minor study origins, actors, institutional frameworks, cultural development, and theoretical foundations of law as it relates to society.

The interdisciplinary study of law and society draws from the insights and tools of various social science and humanities disciplines including sociology, criminology, anthropology, social work, and political science.

Program of Study (total credit hours: 18)

Required Courses (6 credits)

  • CRLS 2001 Introduction to Law Studies

    AND Choose one of the following (students may take two):
  • CRLS 3140  Race, Crime and Punishment
  • CRLS 4400 Criminal Law and Procedure
  • SOCI 4660 Law & Society

Elective Courses (12 credits)

  • ANTH 4320 Culture, Law & Violence
  • BULA 3001 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
  • BULA 3040 The Legal & Regulatory Environment of International Business
  • COMM 3800 Media Law
  • CRLS 2100 Juvenile Delinquency & Juvenile Justice
  • CRLS 2500 Criminal Court Process
  • CRLS 2540 Surveillance, Law and Society
  • CRLS 3120 Comparative Justice Systems
  • CRLS 3130 Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
  • CRLS 3140 Race, Crime and Punishment* 
  • CRLS 3700 Evidence
  • CRLS 4300 Transformative Justice
  • CRLS 4400 Criminal Law and Procedure*
  • ENGL 4755  Law and Literature
  • PHIL 3750 Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL/HIST 3751 History & Philosophy of Crime & Punishment
  • POSC 2801 Justice & Power
  • POSC 4241 American Constitutional Law and Development
  • POSC 4251 The Politics of Civil Rights and Liberties
  • POSC 4276 Courts and Public Policy
  • POSC 4601 International Law
  • SOCI 4660 Law & Society*
  • SOWJ 2150 Immigrants & Their Communities
  • SOWJ 2300 Conflict Resolution & Restorative Justice

* - Students may count up to two of these courses toward the minor


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