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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Students may declare the minor through the Registrar's online minor and certificate application system. The credential can be found under Liberal Arts (L A).
Law, Justice, and Society Minor:
2020-2022 and later 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
- 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 324O Constitutionalism in Divided Socieites GOV 331L Law and Society GOV 335D Natural Law Theory GOV 335Q Global Justice GOV 337D Law and Democracy in Latin America GOV 351C Classical Quest for Justice GOV 355M(select topic) Topics: Constitutionalism in Divided Socieites/Amending the US Constitution GOV 357C Consitutional Interpretation GOV 357D Civil Liberties GOV 357E Supreme Court and Public Policy GOV 357F Constitutional Structure of Power GOV 357G Structure of Individual Liberties GOV 357J Law of Politics GOV 357L Judicial Process and Behavior GOV 357M Topics in Public Law GOV 357V Asian American Jurisprudence GOV 365S Comparative Legal Systems GOV 365W Human Rights/World Politics 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 322L Law and Organizations SOC 322U United States Immigration 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 At least 3 hours of SOC coursework is required.
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- Additional Approved Courses
AFR 360 Race, Law, and United States Society C C 375 (select topic) Topic 1: Roman Law EUS 346
(select topic)Topic 4: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe HIS 317L (select topic) Topic 18: Immigration and Ethnicity HIS 350R
(select topic)Topic 4: Constitutional Issues in the Twentieth-Century United States HIS 355S United States Constitutional History KIN 353 Sport Law LAH 350 (select topics) Topics: Guns in America, The Paper Chase: Law School and the Life of the Law, The Feds & Texas: Expanding the Infrastructure for Border Militarization LEB 320F Foundations of Business Law & Ethics LEB 323 Business and Law Ethics PHL 342
(select topic)Topic 1: Natural Law Theory PHL 347 Philosophy of Law PHL 342T Advanced Political Philosophy R S 358K Islamic Law RHE 330E
(select topic)Topic 9: Rhetoric and the Law - Additional Approved Courses
AFR 360 Race, Law, and United States Society C C 375 (select topic) Topic 1: Roman Law EUS 346
(select topic)Topic 4: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe HIS 317L (select topic) Topic 18: Immigration and Ethnicity HIS 350R
(select topic)Topic 4: Constitutional Issues in the Twentieth-Century United States HIS 355S United States Constitutional History KIN 353 Sport Law LAH 350 (select topics) Topics: Guns in America, The Paper Chase: Law School and the Life of the Law, The Feds & Texas: Expanding the Infrastructure for Border Militarization LEB 320F Foundations of Business Law & Ethics LEB 323 Business and Law Ethics PHL 342
(select topic)Topic 1: Natural Law Theory PHL 347 Philosophy of Law PHL 342T Advanced Political Philosophy R S 358K Islamic Law RHE 330E
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