Law, Rights, and Justice Major
COORDINATOR
Robin Barklis, Ph.D.
The Law, Rights, and Justice major and minor encourage students interested in law to connect legal theory with legal practice, to explore law through the lenses provided by multiple disciplines, to think critically about the relationship between law, rights, and competing conceptions of justices, and to combine liberal learning with career aspirations.
REQUIREMENTS
Degree Requirements
This major is available as a bachelor of arts degree only, as defined in the section on degree requirements for all majors in this catalog.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 365 | SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | 4 |
| or POLS 220 | GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS | |
| POLS 225 | THE STUDY OF LAW | 4 |
| or POLS 320 | LAW, RIGHTS AND JUSTICE | |
| POLS 230 | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 4 |
| POLS 487 | EXPERIENCES IN POLITICS: INTERNSHIP | 4 |
| POLS 489 | SENIOR SEMINAR | 3 |
| POLS 490 | SENIOR CAPSTONE | 3 |
| POLS 498 | PROSEMINAR | 1 |
| Select at least 3 electives from the following: | 12 | |
| PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE | ||
| RHETORICAL THEORY AND CRITICISM | ||
| GLOBAL ENCOUNTERS | ||
| LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPE | ||
| DIVERSE VOICES IN LITERARY EXPRESSION | ||
| HISTORY OF THE US WEST | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO US WOMEN'S HISTORY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 267) | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| MEDIA ETHICS | ||
| CRITICAL REASONING | ||
| MORAL PROBLEMS | ||
| LOGIC | ||
| SPORT, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS SOAN 210) | ||
| BIOETHICS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| ETHICAL THEORY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | ||
| 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY | ||
| EXISTENTIALISM | ||
| AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| REBELS, THUGS, AND SKEPTICS: TWENTIETH- CENTURY POLITICAL THEORY | ||
| WHAT IS FREEDOM? | ||
| LAW, RIGHTS AND JUSTICE | ||
| POLITICS AND THE ARTS | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY | ||
| OLD TESTAMENT | ||
| OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS | ||
| WOMEN IN RELIGION (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 342) | ||
| Select at least 3 electives from the following: 1 | 12-13 | |
| BUSINESS LAW I | ||
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW | ||
| BUSINESS LAW II | ||
| ECONOMICS OF THE LAW | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REGULATION | ||
| WESTERN CULTURE TO 1500 | ||
| WESTERN CULTURE SINCE 1500 | ||
| EAST ASIA BEFORE 1800 | ||
| EAST ASIA SINCE 1800 | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| LATIN AMERICA TO 1810 | ||
| LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1810 AMERICA | ||
| MODERN CHINA | ||
| TOPICS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| MODERN JAPAN | ||
| REVOLUTIONS IN 20TH CENTURY LATIN AMERICA | ||
| EUROPE IN THE AGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | ||
| THE US-MEXICO BORDER REGION | ||
| HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 318) | ||
| GENDER AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF EAST ASIA (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 322) | ||
| COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA | ||
| THE CIVIL WAR IN BLACK AND WHITE | ||
| THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA | ||
| HOW THE WEST FED THE UNITED STATES | ||
| AMERICAN EMPIRE | ||
| MEDIA & THE LAW | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS | ||
| THE STUDY OF LAW | ||
| POLITICS AND RELIGION (ALSO LISTED AS RELS 315) | ||
| U.S. SUPREME COURT | ||
| THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY | ||
| POLITICS OF INEQUALITY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL LAW, ETHICS, AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| RACE & ETHNICITY | ||
| LATINAS AND LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL | ||
| Total Credits | 47-48 | |
At least three elective courses must be at the 300 or 400 level. Students may not double major in Political Science and Law, Rights, and Justice. If a student believes a course not listed above might be an acceptable alternative, he or she should check with the coordinator of the program.
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Students pursuing Secondary Licensure must select Law, Rights, and Justice electives required and approved for the major with the following subjects: HIST, POLS, ECON, or SOAN only to be counted toward a preliminary teaching license endorsement in Social Studies. To best prepare for the Social Studies teaching license exam, the Education Department strongly encourages prioritizing HIST electives.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
In successfully completing the Law, Rights, and Justice major, a student will:
- exhibit a fundamental grasp of the major reasons that have been offered in defense of the rule of law, individual rights, and competing conceptions of justice;
- exhibit a fundamental grasp of the major reasons that have been offered in critique of the rule of law, individual rights, and competing conceptions of justice;
- think critically about the connections and tensions between the rule of law, individual rights, and competing conceptions of justice;
- learn how to ask meaningful questions about law, rights, and justice;
- communicate with clarity and precision in response to meaningful questions about law, rights, and justice.
OREGON PRELIMINARY TEACHING LICENSURE IN SOCIAL STUDIES
A student majoring in Law, Rights, and Justice and desiring an Oregon Preliminary Teaching License in Social Studies must also complete a Secondary Education major with Licensure. In order to complete the Secondary Education major with Licensure, students should begin taking education courses no later than their sophomore year. The student must be advised by faculty in both majors. Students must select Law, Rights and Justice electives required and approved for the major with the following subjects: HIST, POLS, ECON, or SOAN only to be counted toward a preliminary teaching license endorsement in Social Studies. To best prepare for the Social Studies teaching license exam, the Education Department strongly encourages prioritizing HIST electives.