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MAJOR IN JURISPRUDENCE
I. REQUIRED CORE COURSES :
18
CREDITS
JURI 210
United States Legal Systems
Or
LSLW200 Introduction to Law
JURI 300
Essentials of Jurisprudence
LSLW 302
Legal Research
JURI 324
Legal Reasoning [ also listed as PHIL324] ++
JURI 495
Senior Research & Writing Seminar in
Jurisprudence I
JURI 496
Senior Research & Writing Seminar in Jurisprudence II
II. MAJOR DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES :
6 CREDITS
Select two courses from the following list of major electives.
JURI 316
Theories of Conflict
JURI418
Seminar in Comparative Legal Systems
JURI 474
Human Rights Law
JURI 476
Feminist Jurisprudence
JURI 499
Selected Topics in Jurisprudence (may be repeated once)
POLS323
American Constitutional law: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS432
U.S.
Immigration: Law and Politics
LSLW 388
Advocacy and Persuasion
LSLW362
Legal Writing++
POLS101
American Government and Politics
POLS 320
Law in Society: Civil Law
POLS 322
American Constitutional Law: Federal System
POLS430
International Law
POLS431
Globalization and Security
++Meets Graduation Writing Requirement for the
Jurisprudence major.
III. ELECTIVE COURSES :
9
CREDITS
Select a total of three courses,
one course from each area (A, B, and C ) for a total of 9
credits .
A.
Philosophy (select one course)
PHIL 106
Logic
PHIL 206
Philosophical Issues in Law and Justice
PHIL 210
Ethics
PHIL 264
Critical Reasoning and Arguments
PHIL 316
Philosophy of Law
B.
Humanities (select one course)
ENWR 204
Advanced
Expository Writing
ENWR 205
Creative Non-Fiction
GNHU 182
English Vocabulary: Classical Roots
GNHU 202
General Humanities II (from 1400)
GNHU 282
Roman Civilization
LNGN 250
Language of Propaganda
LNGN 290
Language of the Law [also listed as LSLW 290]
LSLW 473
Seminar in Law
and Literature
C.
History and Social Sciences (select
one course)
HIST 212
Social and Cultural History of the United States
HIST218
Political History of the United States
HIST 411
Intellectual History of the United States
POLS 307
American Political Thought
POLS317
The American Congress
POLS324
American Public Policy
PSYC 248
Psychology and Law
SOCI 420
Sociology of Law
TOTAL FOR JURISPRUDENCE MAJOR
33 CREDITS
Note: All courses in the major are 3 credits
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