Legal Studies

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Minor Requirements — 21 Credits

Core Courses (15 credits)

Choose five courses from the following:

BAFN 231	Legal Environment of Business	3
BAFN 332	Business Administration and the Law	3
COMM 341	Courtroom Communication	3
CRJ 110	Introduction to Criminal JusticeLAB3	3
CRJ 230	Judicial Process	3
HIST 342	American Constitutional History	3
PSCI 306	Constitutional Law	3
PSCI 328	International Law and Organizations	3
PSCI 392	Internship	1-13
PSY 365	Psychology and the Law	3
SOC 346	Criminology	3
SOC 347	Sociology of Corrections	3
SOC 444	Sociology of Law	3

PSCI 392: Any other internship must be approved by your legal studies advisor. Students are strongly encouraged to elect an internship as part of a minor. Only 3 credits of internship can be used for the minor.

Theoretical Foundations Courses (6 credits)

Choose two courses from the following:

BAMG 452	Business Ethics	3
MIND 286	Value Issues in Political EconomyLAB1	3
PHIL 150	Moral IssuesLAA3	3
PHIL 350	Ethical Theory	3
PHIL 355	Social and Political Philosophy	3
PHIL 366	Philosophy of Law	3
PSCI 331	Political Philosophy I	3
PSCI 332	Political Philosophy II	3
PSCI 335	American Political Thought	3

Program Notes

Students must complete at least 12 credits of their coursework at the 300 and 400 level. No more than 9 credits may be taken in one department.

Some advanced courses have prerequisites. Please be certain that you meet the program's prerequisites if you plan to take such a course or you may check with the instructor to see if the prerequisite(s) may be waived, if you are capable of doing the work for the course.

Please contact the Legal Studies Advisor Assistant Professor Brown at jeffrey.brown@unco.edu as soon as you declare the minor to plan your schedule so that you can graduate on time.