Law, Rights, and Justice Major
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 & POLS 490 | SENIOR SEMINAR and SENIOR CAPSTONE | 6 |
| POLS 498 | PROSEMINAR | 1 |
| Select at least 3 electives of 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 (with approval from program coordinator) | ||
| 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 of the following: | 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 AND THE LAW (ALSO LISTED AS POLS 337) | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS | ||
| THE STUDY OF LAW | ||
| POLITICS AND RELIGION (ALSO LISTED AS RELS 315) | ||
| U.S. SUPREME COURT | ||
| THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY | ||
| TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| 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 of your 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.
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.