Minor in Law, Justice, and Society
Transcript Recognized Minor in Law, Justice, and Society
Study government, crime, and social justice from an interdisciplinary lens that includes the perspectives of Sociology, Philosophy, History, and Political Science.
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The transcript-recognized undergraduate academic minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information regarding the requirements for achieving a minor, including a comprehensive list of minors, please visit the Minors and Certificate Programs section of the Undergraduate Catalog.
Law, Justice, and Society Minor:
2020-2022 and 2022-2024 Catalogs
18 semester credit hours of coursework, consisting of:
- 6 hours of approved Government courses
- 3 hours of approved Sociology courses
- 9 hours of a combination of chosen from the approved Government and Sociology courses, and/or additional approved courses
- At least 12 hours of the coursework must be upper-division, at least half of the courses must be completed in residence, and at least one course must be from outside the student's major
Please be aware that only select courses are offered in any given semester. Therefore, we recommend that you declare your minor as soon as possible, as it may take 3 to 4 semesters to complete.
- Approved Government Courses
GOV 312P Constitutional Principles: Core Texts GOV 314D Human Rights Theories and Practices GOV 320K United States Constitutional Development: Structures GOV 320N United States Constitutional Development: Rights GOV 331L Law and Society GOV 335D Natural Law Theory GOV 335Q Global Justice GOV 337D Law and Democracy in Latin America GOV 351C The Classical Quest for Justice GOV 357L Judicial Process and Behavior GOV 357M Topics in Public Law (any topic) GOV 365S Comparative Legal Systems GOV 365W Human Rights and World Politics GOV 357V Asian American Jurisprudence GOV 357J Law and Politics GOV 357G Structure of Individual Liberties GOV 357F Constitutional Structure of Power GOV 357E Supreme Court and Public Policy GOV 357D Civil Liberties GOV 357C Constitutional Interpretation GOV 355M Topic: Constitutionalism in Divided Societies At least 6 hours of approved GOV courses are required.
- Approved Sociology Courses
SOC 307D Capital Punishment in America SOC 307T Punishment and Society SOC 318 Juvenile Delinquency SOC 321D Demography of Crime and Punishment SOC 323C Policing SOC 325K Criminology SOC 325L Sociology of Criminal Justice SOC 336P Social Psychology and the Law SOC 340D Violence SOC 366 Deviance SOC 322U United States Immigration SOC 322L Law and Organizations At least 3 hours of SOC coursework is required.
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- Additional Government and Sociology Courses**
9 hours of coursework from the approved list of Government and Sociology courses, and/or a combination of additional approved course options listed below.
- Additional Approved Courses
C C 375 Seminar in Classical Studies (Topic 1: Roman Law) PHL 347 Philosophy of Law EUS 346 Topic 4: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe HIS 350R Topic 4: Constitutional Issues in the Twentieth-Century United States HIS 355S United States Constitutional History LAH 369H Comparative Legal Systems PHL 342 Topic 1: Natural Law Theory R S 358K Islamic Law PHL 342T Advanced Political Philosophy AFR 360 Race, Law, and United States Society RHE 330E Topic 9: Rhetoric and the Law. LAH 350 Guns in America LEB 320F/LEB 323 Business and Law Ethics KIN 353 Sport Law - Accordion 3Panel 3. Add body text in this space.
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Questions about the Law, Justice, and Society Minor?
Send them to:
Krista Zampacorta
krista.zampacorta@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 232-7283
