Pre-Law Minor

The Pre-Law Minor is designed to prepare students for law school and emphasizes the analytical, oral, and written skills requisite to the study of law. Early identification of an interest in law enables the student to approach the rigorous demands of both legal study and that of the legal profession more efficiently and effectively. The minor requires a minimum of six upper division courses (18 units).

It is essential that the student and the Director of the Pre-Law Minor collaborate in the process of selecting elective courses within the minor that will best prepare the individual student.

Prerequisites

POL 1American Politics and Government

3

PHI 10Critical Thinking

3

 

BUS 5Business Law I

3

or

POL 5Business Law

3

Required upper division courses:

POL 103Legal Reasoning

3

POL 108U.S. Constitutional Law

3

Six (6) units from among any of the following:

POL 102Gender and the Law

3

POL 107Race, Gender, and the Criminal Legal System

3

POL 109Individual Rights

3

POL 133Mock Trial

0.0-3.0

POL 134Moot Court

0.0-3.0

An additional six (6) units from among any of the above OR any of the following:

BUS 106Business Law II

3

or

POL 105Advanced Business Law

3

 

BUS 171Real Estate Law and Management

3

or

POL 106Real Estate Law

3

 

POL 120Legislative Process

3

POL 121Judicial Politics

3

POL 138International Law

3

POL 172Law and Literature

3

POL 176Public Policy

3

POL 180State and Local Government

3

CRI 109Forensic Studies: Criminalistics

3

CRI 110Juvenile Delinquency

3

CRI 111Criminology

3

PHI 155Symbolic Logic

3

PHI 165Philosophy of Law

3

Any other upper division course approved by the Director of the Pre-Law Minor.