Foundational Courses

Socio-Legal Studies majors are required to take three foundational courses. Sociol-Legal Studies minors must take at least one of the foundational courses:

• PLSC 1810: Introduction to Socio-Legal Studies (also fulfills Scientific Inquiry: Society requirement)
• SOCI 2120: Methods of Socio-Legal Inquiry (sophomore standing required)
• SOCI 2755: Legal Actors and Institutions

The rest of your Socio-Legal Studies credits may be chosen from the following list of elective courses. View a list of current Socio-Legal course descriptions (PDF) from all participating departments.

Environmental Science

• ENVI 3000: Environmental Law

Media, Film and Journalism Studies

• MFJS 3040: Mass Communication Law
• MFJS 3700: New Media Law & Regulation

Philosophy

• PHIL 2040: Practical Logic
• PHIL 2150: Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 2180: Ethics
• PHIL 2184: Ethics, Individuals and the Law
• PHIL 2700: Biomedical Ethics
• PHIL 3061: Kant's Ethical, Aesthetic, and Political Philosophy
• PHIL 3175: Morality and the Law
• PHIL 3176: Rights, Legal Institutions, and Justice
• PHIL 3178: Virtue Ethics
• PHIL 3701: Disability, Ability, and Justice

Political Science

• PLSC 2001: Law and Politics
• PLSC 2700: American Legal Systems
• PLSC 2700: Environmental Law
• PLSC 2700: Courts & Judicial Processes
• PLSC 2820: Civil Rights
• PLSC 2830: Law and Social Policy
• PLSC 2840: International Law and Human Rights
• PLSC 2860: Constitutional Law and Politics
• PLSC 2880: Taming Tyranny: How Constitutions Frame Freedom

Sociology

• SOCI 2250: Criminology
• SOCI 2260: Deviance and Society
• SOCI 2701: State Violence in a Socio-Legal Context
• SOCI 2750: Sociology of Law
• SOCI 2755: Legal Actors and Institutions
• SOCI 2760: Discipline and Punishment
• SOCI 2765: The Female Offender
• SOCI 2770: Kids and Courts
• SOCI 2775: Wrongful Conviction
• SOCI 2780: Women and the Law
• SOCI 2785: Family and the Law
• SOCI 2795: Capital Punishment
• SOCI 2820: Drugs and Society