Legal Reasoning and Analysis Minor
The Legal Reasoning and Analysis (LRA) minor is ideal for students interested in preparing for the Pre-Law track. It provides a solid foundation for legal education and exposes students to the type of reasoning that law students and lawyers use. It also includes the core skills and values that the American Bar Association recommends for success in law school and the legal profession.
Students who are not Pre-Law may choose to minor in LRA to understand how law and reasoning affect their chosen major or field of study. However, if chosen for Pre-Law preparation, the LRA minor also prepares students for academic success on the LSAT.
Courses include Critical thinking, Argumentative and Persuasive Writing, Contemporary Ethical Theory, Law and Economics, and Economics of Poverty & Discrimination.
Requirements for a Minor in Legal Reasoning and Analysis
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Eighteen semester hours, nine of which must be at the 3000-4000 level, including the following: | ||
| Logic | ||
| Select three semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Logic | ||
| Critical Thinking | ||
| Intermediate Logic | ||
| Analytical Reasoning | ||
| Select three semester hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of Accounting | ||
| Issues in Economics for Non-Business Majors | ||
| Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Introductory Statistical Methods | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| Social Statistics | ||
| Categories | ||
| Twelve semester hours from the following categories. Courses must be taken from four of the six categories below: | 12 | |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| A grade of C is required for all courses in the minor. | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |