Law and Ethics, Minor

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In addition to the Program Degree Requirements, students must fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements (see College Degree Requirements ) and the University Degree Requirements (see 1400 University Degree Requirements and Graduation ). A grade of C- or higher is required in all courses counting toward the minor.

Minor Requirements

Complete 15 credit hours as follows:

Required Courses (6 Hours)

Select at least two courses (6 hours) from the following:

PHIL 3000 - Philosophical Discussions-CTW 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3820 - Legal Reasoning 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4820 - Philosophy of Law 3 Credit Hours

Elective Courses (9 Hours)

Select at least two courses (6 hours) from the following

PHIL 2030 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 2500 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic 3 Credit Hours (Strongly recommended to sharpen skills tested in the LSAT.)
PHIL 3710 - Sex and Love 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3720 - Contemporary Moral Problems 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3730 - Business Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3740 - Biomedical Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3810 - Introduction to Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (PPE) 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3855 - Topics in Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4070 - Marxism 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4700 - Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4740 - Advanced Biomedical Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4750 - Topics in Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4760 - Ethics and Contemporary Public Policy - Ethics Bowl 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4770 - Moral Psychology 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4800 - Social and Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4855 - Advanced Topics in Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4860 - Feminist Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4890 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours

Select one more course either from the list below or from one of the two lists above.

AAS 4120 - African-American Political Thought 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4550 - Black Activism 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4600 - Enslavement and Resistance in North America 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism 3 Credit Hours
CRJU: Any 3000- or 4000-level Criminal Justice course
ECON 4450 - Law and Economics 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3080 - Persuasion: History, Theory, Practice 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4150 - Milton 3 Credit Hours
HIST 3900 - Human Rights in Historical Perspective 3 Credit Hours
HIST 4460 - Bills of Rights 4 Credit Hours
HIST 4470 - The Founders’ Constitution 4 Credit Hours
PMAP 4411 - Navigating Legal Landscapes 3 Credit Hours
POLS: Any 3000- or 4000-level Political Science course
RELS 4255 - Religion, Race, Nation 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4650 - Religion and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3224 - Crime and Punishment 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4218 - Power and Politics 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4510 - Feminist Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4760 - Social Justice in the Present Moment 3 Credit Hours
Other courses may count towards the Minor in Law and Ethics. However, these courses require advance approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Philosophy. No courses will be approved after the mid-point of the semester of the course.