Major and Minor Degree Requirements

Major Requirements - 11 courses

Students will take a total of 11 legal studies courses - 2 lower-division and 9 upper-division courses. Each course can be used to satisfy only one thematic area (for eample, Lgst 111A cannot satisfy both Constitutional Law req and Public Law & Institution req).

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Lower Division Course Requirements - 2 courses (1 course from each bullet point)

• LGST 10 Introduction to Legal Process
• PHIL 9 Logic or
  PHIL 22 Introduction to Ethical Theory, or
  PHIL 24 - Introduction to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues

Constitutional Law (CL) and Global Law (GL) requirement - 2 courses (1 course from each bullet point) 

• LGST 111A Constitutional Law or
  LGST 111B Civil Liberties
• LGST 116 Comparative Law or
  LGST 160B International Law

 

Core Course Requirements - 6 courses (1 courses from each bullet point, remaining three from any thematic area)

• Theory 
• Public Law and Institutions 
• Law and Society

 

Comprehensive Requirement—1 course 

• LGST 195AB Senior Thesis OR
  LGST 196 Senior Capstone

 

Minor Requirements - 6 courses

To complete a minor in legal studies, students must take LGST 10 (pass with a grade of a C or better) and five upper-division legal studies core courses numbered 101-190 of their choosing (Lgst 10 + 5 Lgst upper-division courses).