Academic Programs Catalog

College of Arts and Letters

Interdepartmental and Interdisciplinary Programs

Humanities - Prelaw Program

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities—Prelaw is derived from the triad version of the Bachelor of Arts degree program in interdisciplinary humanities. In the prelaw program, one emphasis area consists of course work selected from an approved list of  relevant courses in a variety of disciplines both within and outside the College of Arts and Letters. At least one of the other two emphasis areas must be a discipline within the College of Arts and Letters.  The remaining emphasis area may be within the College of Arts and Letters.

Students with majors in departments within the College of Arts and Letters may add a prelaw component to their education by completing a cognate comprised of course work from the approved list of courses in item 3. a. (1) (c) below.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Humanities—Prelaw

  1. The University requirements for bachelor's degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities—Prelaw.

    The University's Tier II writing requirement for the Humanities—Prelaw major is met by completing Arts and Letters 492B referenced in item 3. a. (2) below.
  2. The requirements of the College of Arts and Letters for the Bachelor of Arts degree, with the exception of the College's cognate requirement.
  3. The following requirements for the major:
    a. The following courses that are related to Humanities—Prelaw (50 to 64 credits):
    (1) All of the following 3 emphasis areas; both the areas and the related courses must be approved by the student's academic advisor (45 credits):
    (a) At least 15 credits in a discipline within the College of Arts and Letters.1, 2
    (b) At least 15 additional credits in a discipline within or outside the College of Arts and Letters.1, 2
    (c) At least 15 additional credits selected from the following:
    AAAS 100 Race and Community in Local to Global Perspective 3
    CJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
    CJ 220 Criminology 3
    CJ 275 Criminal Procedure 3
    GBL 323 Introduction to Business Law 3
    ENG 473B Law and Literature 3
    GSAH 230 Values, Experience, and Difference in Global Contexts  3
    GSAH 310 Conflict and Justice in a Global Setting 3
    HST 318A United States Constitutional History to 1890 3
    HST 318B United States Constitutional History from 1877  3
    PHL 130 Logic and Reasoning 3
    PHL 330 Formal Reasoning 4
    PHL 340 Ethics 3
    PHL 342 Environmental Ethics 3
    PHL 344 Ethical Issues in Health Care 4
    PHL 345 Business Ethics 4
    PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy  3
    PHL 351 African Philosophy 3
    PHL 353 Core Themes in Peace and Justice Studies  3
    PHL 354 Philosophy of Law 3
    PHL 355 Philosophy of Technology (W) 3
    PHL 356 Philosophical Aspects of Feminism 4
    PHL 450 Liberal Theory and its Critics 3
    PHL 451 Philosophy and the Black Experience 3
    PHL 454 Topics in Philosophy of Law 3
    PHL 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy 4
    PLS 320 Judicial Politics 3
    PLS 321 Constitutional Law 3
    PLS 322 Comparative Legal Systems 3
    PLS 324 Congress 3
    PLS 325 The Presidency 3
    PLS 377 American Political Thought 3
    REL 185 Nonprofits and Religion 3
    REL 210 Religion and the Environment 3
    REL 385 Religion, Health, and Health Care 3
    REL 485 Religion and Nonprofit Leadership (W) 3
    SOC 331 Political Sociology 3
    WS 201 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies  3
    WS 301 Sexual Violence Against Women and Children: Theory and Response  3
    WS 304 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and Sexuality Studies 3
    WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States 3
    (2) Completion of AL 492B, the capstone experience. With the permission of the college, a student may substitute a capstone seminar course in one of the department majors that is associated with one of the emphasis areas within the College of Arts and Letters that the student selects to satisfy the Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities-Prelaw.
    (3) Additional credits in courses related to Humanities—Prelaw as needed to meet the requirement of at least 50, but not more than 64, credits in courses in the major (2 to 16 credits).
    (4) At least 20 credits in 300–400 level courses in the student's 3 emphasis areas.
    b. At least 3 credits in courses that involve quantitative reasoning skills selected from areas such as the following: mathematics, computer science, economics, statistics and probability, management, business, and research or creative methodology. Both the area and the related courses must be approved by the student's academic advisor. Courses used to satisfy the University Mathematics requirement may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
     

1    A discipline is associated with a departmental major or minor.
2    If the student selects a foreign language as a discipline, the courses must be at the 300–400 level or above.