Requirements for the Minor (20 Credits)

I. Required Core/Gateway Course

Complete all of the following:

course - Law, Justice, and Society

II. Electives

Four other courses are to be chosen from the following, provided that they are from at least two different departments. At least two courses must have a non-U.S., or International, focus.

A. U.S. Focus

course - Business Law
course - Policing and the Rule of Law: Gender, Race, and Citizenship, OR course - Policing and the Rule of Law: Gender, Race, and Citizenship
course - Law and Literature
course - The Fourteenth Amendment: Rights, Identity, and Power in Modern America
course - Introduction to Ethics
course - Ethics and Society
course- Philosophy of Law
course - Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
course - Social Policy and Inequality in America
course - Race and Politics
course - Cultural Diversity and the Law
course - Criminology
course - Engendering Prison, OR course - Engendering Prisons

B. Non-U.S./International Focus

Note

course - Banned Books: Russian Literature and Censorship (Caspersen School of Graduate Studies) and course - Mass Incarceration and Economic Justice (Theological School) may be taken and counted toward the electives portion of the minor requirements.

Other courses offered as special topics may be applied to the minor as deemed appropriate. Examples:

course - Psychology Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Psychology (if topic is: Psychology and the Law [U.S. Focus] or one similar)
course - Selected Studies in Political Science (if topic is: Introduction to Legal Education [U.S. Focus] or one similar)
course - Advanced Topics in Political Theory

LJS - Law, Justice, and Society Minor

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