LAW AND SOCIETY MINOR
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The Law and Society Minor program gives students the opportunity to study and understand the law within a sociological framework, by examining both the factors that affect variations in the law, as well as how those variations affect individuals and populations differently. In addition to a theoretical foundation in Sociology, students in the minor will study issues involving the state, its relationship to other institutions such as religions, corporations, civil liberties, the organization of courts, punishment and detention, legislatures, international bodies and trade agreements (such as NAFTA and the EU), race, class and gender and discrimination, reproductive rights, LGBT rights and the legal profession in general. Although the focus of this minor will be on U.S. laws and the U.S. society, laws and societies of other countries as well as international law and the international society will be used for comparative analysis.
The minor prepares students interested in the broad aspects of legal regulations and social organization. It is for students who are interested in graduate studies in law, applied community organizations, or business.
REQUIREMENTS (6 TOTAL CU's):
Required:
- SOCI 1000– Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 1120– Law & Society
- SOCI 2000– Sociological Research Methods
2 additional courses out of the following regularly taught courses:
- SOCI 2420– Social Problems and Public Policy
- SOCI 1030– Deviance and Social Control
- SOCI 1060– Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOCI 1130– Discrimination
- SOCI 2240– Law & Social Change
- SOCI 2430– Race, Science and Justice
- SOCI 2610– Latinos in the US
- SOCI 2902– United States and Human Rights
- SOCI 2921 - Criminal Justice
- CRIM 2030 – Law and Criminal Justice
- ENGL 0060 - Literature and Law
- LGST 1010 - Law and Social Values
- LGST 2020 - Law of Corporate Management and Finance
- LGST 2080 - Law and the Workplace
- LGST 2120 - Economic Analysis of Law
- LGST 2150 - Environmental Management: Law and Policy
- LGST 2180 - Diversity and The Law
- LGST 2190 - Law and Policy in International Business
- LGST 2210 - Constitutional Law and Free Enterprise
- LGST 2240 - Human Rights & Globalization
- LGST 2260 - Markets, Morality and Capitalism
- MGMT 2420 – Corporate Governance
- NELC 2510 – Introduction to Islamic Law
- PHIL 1450 – Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 2430 – Global Justice
- PSCI 234 – Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- PSCI 1205 – Constitutional Law
- PSCI 1206 – American Constitutional Law II
- PSCI 3401 – International law
1 Sociology or related course from any of the following disciplines:
- Africana Studies
- Anthropology
- Criminology
- English
- History
- Legal Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Urban Studies