Minor Requirements: Pre Law
Pre Law Minor Requirements
The Undergraduate College: Traditional, On Campus
The Undergraduate College Pre Law program offers a minor that requires 18 credits (6 courses) available with the Major of your choice:
Minor Courses: 9 credits (3 courses).
Minor Elective Courses: 9 credits (3 courses).
Under certain conditions, a student may have a minor field designated on their Rosemont transcript. Candidates for the minor must select 21-24 credits above the introductory level in a discipline. These courses are chosen from the Academic Offerings section of the catalog for approved minors. A minimum grade point average of 2.00 in the minor is required. Discuss with your advisor.
Pre Law Minor Courses (9 Credits)
PHI 0230: Intro to Logic
An introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and methods of argument analysis and evaluation, including deductive vs. inductive reasoning, validity, soundness, truth tables, deductive proof, and probability and statistical reasoning. May also include Aristotelian logic, informal fallacies, and causal reasoning and scientific method. Helpful for students preparing for GREs or LSATs.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0260: Constitutional Law
Prerequisite: One social science course or Permission Of Instructor (POI).
Should local governments be able to take one’s property, using eminent domain and turn it over to a private developer? Can the federal government pass laws to punish violence against women? Can states legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes? Using legal opinions and political science analysis, we will answer these and other questions about the fundamental principles of the American political structure, including the relationship amongst the three branches of government. Students will choose cases and topics to research and make presentations to the class.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0261: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Prerequisite: One social science course or Permission Of Instructor (POI).
How have Supreme Court decisions concerning freedoms of speech, press and religion; the rights of the accused; civil rights for women and minority groups, and the right of privacy changed our lives and the political system? We will use legal opinions and political science analysis to answer this question. Students will research cases and topics and make presentations to the class.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Pre Law Minor Elective Courses (9 Credits)
Choose 3 of the Following 5 Courses:
PHI 0274: Legal Ethics
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of legal, ethical, and policy arguments. We will study traditional and contemporary views on the nature of law and the nature of morality. Topics covered include theories of justice and legitimacy, natural law and natural rights, legal positivism and various applied topics including legal protection of basic rights, equal protection under the law, and civil disobedience.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0265: International Organizations and Law
This course introduces students to international organizations. We study the importance and effectiveness of international organizations in such areas as peace and security, economic globalization, protection of the environment, and human rights.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
PSC 0340: Conflict Resolution
Prerequisite: SOC 0330 Social Mediation and Dispute Resolution may substitute for PSC 0340 with permission of adviser.
How do people, groups, and governments resolve their differences? This course asks and answers this deceivingly simple, yet intellectually complex, question. Over the term, the class will examine the sources of conflict across three levels of analysis (individual, group, and international) and study cases of successful conflict resolution therein. Subsequently, students will have the opportunity to develop conflict resolution techniques through theoretical study, case studies, and role-playing.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Experience Course (3 Credits)
PSC 0455: Internship
Prerequisite: Open to junior and senior Political Science majors.
Supervised experience in a legal or governmental agency or organization concerned with political issues. Students may intern in the Rosemont American University collaborative or a number of other internship possibilities in Washington and other locations across the country. Available during the school year or during the summer. Credit depends on particular internship and school year or summer options.Â
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
SOC 0375: Sociology of the Courts and Legal System
The history, traditions, social philosophies, practices, and procedures of the civil and criminal systems. The court’s importance and impact on society from arrest to case dispositions. Site visits to observe the workings of the courts. The application of sociological theory, methods, and interventions.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
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