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Legal Studies Minor

 

Requirements

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Legal Studies programs are available in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions as well as in the Daniels College of Business and The Women's College.  Different degree programs involve slightly different paths.  The "Ethics and Legal Studies" minor is open only to students pursuing the BSBA.  Please contact the Daniels College of Business for details.  The "Law and Society" program is open only to students enrolled in The Women's College.  The "Legal Studies" minor is available to students pursuing the BA or BS in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences divisions.  For advising, please contact Associate Dean Barbara Wilcots at 303-871-2057, or via email Barbara.Wilcots@du.edu.

Requirements

The Legal Studies minor consists of 24 total quarter hours to be distributed as follows:

At least two of the following courses offered by different departments:

PHIL 2150     Philosophy of Law

PHIL 2040     Practical Logic                                    
 
                               
PHIL 2160     Symbolic

PLSC 2860    Constitutional Law & Politics
                                
PLSC 2880    Taming Tyranny

SOCI 2750     Law and Society

The remaining 16 hours of coursework should be chosen from a list of appropriate courses offered by various departments in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions.  Students should contact Associate Dean Barbara Wilcots to discuss which courses they should take.  She will send the necessary approval forms to the Registrar's Office so that courses will count towards the minor.  It is the student's responsibility to verify that they have the appropriate prerequisites for each course.  No course may be counted twice towards a student's major and towards the minor.

Courses for Academic Year 2007-2008

The following courses are scheduled to be offered during the 2007-2008 academic year and can count toward the Legal Studies minor. The list is subject to change, so be sure to check the Schedule of Classes for course availability.

Autumn Quarter 2007

PHIL 2040      Practical Logic

PLSC 2701     Topics:  Governing Disaster

PLSC 3985     Legal Internship

SOCI 2250     Criminology

SOCI 2255     Juvenile Delinquency

SOCI 2830     White Collar Crime

 

Winter Quarter 2008

HCOM 2400   Landmarks in Rhetorical Theory

MCOM 3040  Mass Communications Law

MCOM 3120  Ethics and Responsibility

PLSC 2001     Law, Politics, and Society

PLSC 3985     Legal Internship

SOCI 2750     Law and Society

SOCI 2760     Discipline and Punishment

 

Spring Quarter 2008

ENVI 3000      Environmental Law

MCOM 3700  New Media Law & Regulation

PLSC 2880     Taming Tyranny

SOCI 2250     Criminology

SOCI 2260     Deviance and Society

SOCI 2780     Women and the Law

SOCI 2790     Policing Society