Law and Justice

The Law and Justice minor enhances students’ knowledge and skills with regards to critical analysis of social, political and ethical issues.

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The Law and Justice minor is an interdisciplinary approach to student learning with courses in disciplines, departments, and schools across the University. This minor enhances students’ knowledge and skills with regards to critical analysis of social, political and ethical issues. 

Students explore the relationship between social justice, laws, theories, governments, and institutions in the United States and across the globe, as well as group dynamics. Topics are related to the constitution, legal environments, criminal justice, and the judiciary system as they impact social change.

Required Courses

 
POLS214 Constitutional Law: The Modern Court 4
SOCI280 Sociology of the Law 4

Elective Courses

Choose any three:
BUS180 Business Law 4
LTWR168 Crime Literature 4
LTWR179 Human Rights and Global Literature 4
PHIL123 Symbolic Logic 4
PHILDNU 225 Social Media, Digital Technology, and Ethics 4
POLS168 Criminal Law 3
POLS216 American Judiciary & Legal Issues 4
POLS220 International Organization and Law 4
POLS223 Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas 4
SOCI220 Working for Social Justice 4
SOCI222 Organizing for Social Change 4
SOCI262 Criminology 4

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