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**Review** Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Legal Studies

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Minor Requirements — 21 Credits

Core Courses (15 credits)

Choose five courses from the following:

BAFN 231Legal Environment of Business

3

BAFN 332Business Administration and the Law

3

COMM 341Courtroom Communication

3

CRJ 110Introduction to Criminal JusticeLAB3

3

CRJ 230Judicial Process

3

HIST 342American Constitutional History

3

PSCI 306Constitutional Law

3

PSCI 328International Law and Organizations

3

PSCI 392Internship

1-13

PSY 365Psychology and the Law

3

SOC 346Criminology

3

SOC 347Sociology of Corrections

3

SOC 444Sociology 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 452Business Ethics

3

PHIL 150Moral IssuesLAA3

3

PHIL 350Ethical Theory

3

PHIL 355Social and Political Philosophy

3

PHIL 366Philosophy of Law

3

PSCI 331Political Philosophy I

3

PSCI 332Political Philosophy II

3

PSCI 335American Political Thought

3

Program Notes

Students must complete at least 9 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.

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