Program Requirements
Legal Studies Major Requirements
The major consists of 33 credit hours (11 courses).
| Required courses | (21) | |
| POSC 210 | P3 Law, Politics, and Society | |
| POSC 212 | Legal Research and Analysis | |
| PHIL 260C | P3 The Philosophy of Law | |
| ECON 250 | Law and Economics | |
| ENGL 271 | Introduction to Legal Writing | |
| Choose one: | POSC 332 Con Law I: Government Powers | |
| POSC 333 Con Law II: Civil Liberties – Civil Rights | ||
| POSC 495 | Internship | |
| Electives | (12) | |
| Four electives chosen from the list below. At least one of which must at the 300 level or above. |
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| Total | (33) | |
Course substitutions for the Legal Studies major can be made only after consultation with and approval of the Legal Studies program director.
No courses used to satisfy required or elective credit in another major may be used for credit in Legal Studies unless approved by the Legal Studies program director.
For students majoring in Legal Studies, the 7 required courses and all elective courses which may be applied to the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.
Electives
Course descriptions may be found under the associated disciplines.
| ANTH 226 | P2 Anthropology of Law |
| COMM 346 | Media Law |
| CSCI 130 | Cyber Law |
| POSC 121 | Issues in Law & Politics |
| POSC 200 | Doing Political Science |
| POSC 217 | Judges, Juries, and Trials |
| POSC 255 | Lawyering |
| POSC 267 | P3 The Common Law Tradition |
| POSC 292 | P2 American Political Thought |
| POSC 326 | Judicial Process |
| POSC 328 | New York State Civil Procedures |
| POSC 332 | Constitutional Law I: Government Powers |
| POSC 333 | Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties – Civil Rights |
| POSC 334 | Constitutional Meaning |
| PSYC 164 | P3 The Legal Mind |
| PSYC 364 | Psychology and the Law |
| SOCI 307C | Sociology of Law |
| SPST 240 | Sport Law |
| STAT 160 | P4 Data Analysis for Social Research |