Undergraduate Degree

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.

    

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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^.