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. Please contact Assistant Dean Sidra Smith Wahaltere at 303-871-2152 or via email Sidra.Wahaltere@du.edu for advising.

Requirements

The legal studies minor in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences divisions consists of 24 quarter hours. Students must take 10 hours of required courses, selected from two of the following categories: Reasoning; Constitutionalism; and Law and Society.

Reasoning: In these philosophy courses, students learn the principles, aims and methods of legal reasoning; the relationship between legal and moral reasoning; and how to identify and understand real arguments. Options include Practical Logic (PHIL 2040), Philosophy of Law (PHIL 2150), Symbolic Logic (PHIL 2160) and Morality and the Law (PHIL 3175).

Constitutionalism: These political science courses examine constitution making, judicial review, freedom of speech and the distribution of governmental powers. Options include Constitutional Law and Politics (PLSC 2860), Constitutional Development (PLSC 2861) and Taming Tyranny (PLSC 2880).

Law and Society: This sociology/criminology course provides an overview of theory and research about the relationship between law and society: legal rules, roles, organizations and interinstitutional relations; activities of the legal profession; courts and juries; and legislatures and regulatory agencies. Course: Law and Society (SOCI 2750).

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 Assistant Dean Sidra Smith Wahaltere 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.

Fall 2010 Legal Studies Minor Offerings

PHIL    2040   Practical Logic
PHIL    3175   Morality and the Law
PLSC   2805   Intro to Sociolegal Studies
PLSC   2860   Constitutional Law & Politics
SOCI   2250   Criminology
SOCI   2710   Crime and Inequality
SOCI   2750   Sociology of Law
SOCI   2760   Discipline and Punishment
SOCI   2770   Kids and Courts
SOCI   2780   Women and the Law