Legal Reasoning and Analysis Minor
Requirements for a Minor in Legal Reasoning and Analysis
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Logic | 3 | |
| Logic | ||
or PHI 1307 | Critical Thinking | |
or PHI 4345 | Intermediate Logic | |
| Analytical Reasoning | ||
| Select 3 hrs. 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 | ||
| Areas of Study | ||
| Twelve semester hours from the following categories. Courses must be taken from four of the six areas of study below: | 12 | |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| A grade of C is required for all courses in the minor. | ||
| Note: Business classes are not generally available to non-business majors. | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Areas of Study
Background Knowledge & Exposure to Law
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AVS 3310 | Aviation Law | 3 |
| BL 3305 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BL 4303 | Employment Law | 3 |
| BL 4310 | Cyberlaw | 3 |
| BL 4320 | International Business Law | 3 |
| ECO 4318 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| ENGL 4333 | Literature and Law | 3 |
| ENV 4307 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| FORS 3340 | Expert Witness Testimony | 3 |
| HIS 3373 | American Revolution and Constitution | 3 |
| HIS 4375 | The American Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| JOU 4380 | Law and Ethics of Journalism | 3 |
| NSC 3381 | Neuroscience and the Law | 3 |
| PHI 3318 | Philosophy and Constitutional Issues | 3 |
| PHI 4318 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PSC 2303 | Criminal Justice and Community Law Enforcement | 3 |
| PSC 3321 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| PSC 3339 | Law and Religion in the United States | 3 |
| PSC 3353 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| PSC 3372 | Law, Justice and the Community | 3 |
| PSC 3392 | Washington Internship | 3 |
| PSC 4305 | International Law | 3 |
| PSC 4321 | Administrative Law | 3 |
| PSC 4342 | Public Policy and the Courts | 3 |
| PSC 4361 | American Constitutional Law | 3 |
| PSC 4375 | International Organization | 3 |
| PSC 4381 | American Constitutional Law | 3 |
| PSC 4383 | Contemporary Political Thought | 3 |
| PSY 3380 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 3360 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOC 4335 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
| SOC 4352 | Criminology | 3 |
Commitment to Justice
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 4311 | World Food Problems | 3 |
| ANT 4321 | Climate Anthropology | 3 |
| CFS 4357 | Child and Family Policy and Advocacy | 3 |
| ENGL 4311 | The U.S. Through Immigrant Eyes | 3 |
| ENGL 4334 | Literature, Medicine, & Public Health | 3 |
| HIS 4375 | The American Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| PHI 3301 | Moral Philosophy | 3 |
| PPS 4304 | Nonprofits, the Social Sector, & Philanthropic Innovation | 3 |
| PPS 4310 | Philanthropy, Civil Society, & the Public Good | 3 |
| PWR 2382 | Writing for a Better World | 3 |
| PWR 4311 | Writing for Social Change | 3 |
| REL 3390 | Christian Ethics | 3 |
| REL 3394 | War and Peace in the Christian Tradition | 3 |
| REL 4389 | Disability Ethics | 3 |
| REL 4393 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| REL 4395 | Bioethics | 3 |
| REL 4397 | Race, Racism, and Religion in America | 3 |
| SOC 3311 | The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOC 4309 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 4322 | Stratification in Society | 3 |
| SOC 4360 | Social Problems in Modern Society | 3 |
| SWO 4315 | Foundations for Social Justice | 3 |
| SWO 4317 | Human Trafficking | 3 |
Critical Reasoning & Problem Solving
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 4305 | Anthropological Theory | 3 |
| CLA 2306 | Greek and Roman Mythology | 3 |
| CLA 3301 | Roman Republic | 3 |
| CLA 3302 | Greek History and Civilization | 3 |
| CSI 1401 | Introduction to Programming I | 4 |
| CSS 4310 | Political Communication | 3 |
| CSS 4394 | Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ECO 4319 | Game Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 3371 | Contemporary Critical Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 3373 | History of Critical Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 4350 | How We Read: Understanding Narrative Forms | 3 |
| ENGL 4381 | Theory and Practice of Satire from the Classical Period to the Present | 3 |
| ENV 2376 | Environment and Society | 3 |
| ENV 3300 | The Environment and Political Processes | 3 |
| GTX 4351 | Confession and Autobiography | 3 |
| LING 4302 | Semantics and Pragmatics | 3 |
| PHI 4311 | Epistemology | 3 |
| PHI 4342 | Contemporary American Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 4345 | Intermediate Logic | 3 |
| PHI 4353 | Philosophy of Language | 3 |
| PHI 4360 | Contemporary Ethical Theory | 3 |
| PHI 4361 | Social Philosophy | 3 |
| PPS 4302 | Civic & Community Innovation | 3 |
| PSC 3363 | Classical Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PSC 3373 | Western Political Thought: Modern | 3 |
| PSC 4365 | International Political Economics | 3 |
| PSC 4373 | Special Topics in Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PSC 4395 | Terrorism | 3 |
| REL 4395 | Bioethics | 3 |
| SOC 4391 | Social Theory | 3 |
Oral Communication
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CSS 1304 | Argumentation and Debate | 3 |
| CSS 3302 | Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| CSS 3305 | Advanced Public Speaking | 3 |
| CSS 3306 | Interviewing | 3 |
| CSS 3307 | Legal Communication | 3 |
| CSS 3316 | Persuasion | 3 |
| HIS 2V89 | Introduction to Model Organization of American States | 1-3 |
| HIS 4V89 | Advanced Model Organization of American States | 1-3 |
| MKT 3310 | Professional Selling and Communications | 3 |
| MGT 4320 | Negotiating and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| PSC 3311 | Moot Court | 3 |
| PSC 3375 | Model United Nations | 3 |
| Any 3000- or 4000-level course in ARB, CHI, FRE, GER, GRK, ITA, JPN, LAT, SPA, RUS | ||
Research
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 4362 | Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| ENV 3303 | Directed Reading in Environmental Studies | 3 |
| HIS 4348 | Readings in European History | 3 |
| HIS 4366 | American Legal History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS 4398 | Readings in American History | 3 |
| LAS 4390 | Advanced Reading and Research in Latin American Studies | 3 |
| LING 4V20 | Independent Study in Linguistics | 1-3 |
| PHI 4V99 | Special Topics in Philosophy | 1-3 |
| PSC 2301 | Research Writing: Political Science Methods | 3 |
| PSC 4390 | Reading Course in Political Science | 3 |
| SOC 4303 | Applied Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 4381 | Methods of Social Research | 3 |
| SOC 4V70 | Special Topics in Sociology | 1-3 |
Writing & Editing
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BUS 3315 | Business Communications | 3 |
| ENG 3305 | Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| ENG 3310 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| ENGL 3332 | Modern English Grammar | 3 |
| JOU 3325 | Editing | 3 |
| JOU 3372 | Writing for Media Markets | 3 |
| PHI 4319 | Philosophical Writing, Research and Oral Presentation | 3 |
| PWR 3303 | Persuasive and Argumentative Writing | 3 |
| PWR 3326 | Studies in Public and Civic Writing | 3 |
| PWR 4309 | Undergraduate Research and Publication | 3 |
| PWR 4311 | Writing for Social Change | 3 |
| PWR 4375 | Special Topics Lecture in Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| PWR 4377 | Writing Internship | 3 |
| Any 3000- or 4000-level course in ARB, CHI, FRE, GER, GRK, ITA, JPN, LAT, SPA, RUS | ||