About the Law, Courts, & Politics Track:

(This degree program is only available to students admitted for semesters prior to Fall 2011. To see the current BA program, please click here.)

The Law, Courts, and Politics track is a specialized degree program for students who are interested in attending law school.

Students will have a taste of American and International Politics, but spend the majority of their time in classes like Judicial Process, Law and Society, Constitutional Law, and Civil Liberties. Students also have the opportunity to really specialize their degree to include four interdisciplinary courses in other departments; these courses give students a strong foundation when entering law school and help provide some guidance into a particular area of law they may be interested in studying.

Degree Requirements:

All majors are responsible for planning their programs to meet General Education, Departmental, College, and University requirements. All persons who wish to secure the B.A. in Political Science are expected to fulfill the following requirements:

• A minimum of 30 semester hours in Political Science.

Required:

3700:100 Government and Politics in the U.S.
3700:201 Introduction to Political Research
3700:303 Introduction to Political Thought
3700:310 International Politics and Institutions

Choose ONE of the following:

341 American Congress
350 American Presidency
402 Politics and the Media
475 American Interest Groups
476 American Political Parties

Required:

3700:360 Judicial Process
3700:334 Law, Mediation, and Violence
3700:335 Law and Society

Choose TWO:

361 Politics of the Criminal Justice System
461 Supreme Court and Constitutional Law
462 Supreme Court and Civil Liberties

Internship (Required):

3700:395 Internship: Government & Politics (Students are required to take a minimum 2 credit internship. No more than 4 credits of internship may be applied toward the 30 credit hour requirement in Political Science.

Inter-Disciplinary Courses (FOUR required) 

Four courses are required from the following list; two courses from the same group cannot be selected.

• Math requirement – 3450:135 Math for Liberal Arts, 3450:145 College Algebra, 3470:250 Statistics for Everyday Life, 260 Basic Statistics or a higher level Math or Statistics course.
• Second year of a foreign language
• 47 Credits of 300/400 level courses - excluding the General Education requirements (i.e. Humanities, Area Studies & Cultural Diversity or any workshop)
• Minimum credits required for B.A. degree --- 128 semester hours
• Students must maintain a 2.2 average overall, and a 2.2 average in Political Science.

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