Pre-law Majors

The pre-law minor is housed in the department of history but available to students in any major. Pair your major with a pre-law minor and internship to journey toward these vocations:

• Biology + pre-law = environmental protection
• Sociology + pre-law = juvenile justice
• History or English + pre-law = legal practice
• Political studies + pre-law = Capitol Hill
• JPCS + pre-law = human rights advocacy
• Spanish + pre-law = immigration law
• Business + pre-law = just and fair trade

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Students, guided through careful advising, will incorporate additional relevant courses currently offered in their majors. Examples for History and Social Science, Philosophy and Theology, Economics or Business, Sociology, and JPCS majors are found below. Additional lists can be established for other majors that are likely to have pre-law minors.

History and Social Science:

• HIST 411 History of Recent America , 1941-Present OR
• HIST 222 African-American History
• HIST 352 History of Women
• POSC 312 International Relations
• POSC 201 Comparative Government
• POSC 401 Modern Political Ideologies

Philosophy and Theology :

• PHIL 282 Logic and Critical Thinking
• PHIL 331 Ethics: Conceptions of Personal Good
• PHIL 352 Politics: Conceptions of Common Good
• PHIL 461 Topics in Contemporary Philosophy

Economics/Business :

• ECON 412 International Economics
• BUAD 411 Business Law I
• BUAD 422 Business Law II
• BUAD 432 Seminar in Human Resource Management
• BUAD 442 International Business
• ECON 401 Economic Development

Sociology :

• SOC 342 Social Movements, Revolutions and Terrorism
• SOC 482 Conservation and Sustainable Development
• SOC 321 Sociology of International Development

JPCS :

• JPCS 281 Exploring Conflict and Peace
• JPCS 351 Mediation and Conflict Transformation
• JPCS 372 Global Ethics of Peace and Justice
• JPCS 392 Criminal Justice and Peacemaking
• JPCS 311 Developing and Sustaining the Peacebuilder
• JPCS 441 Doing Justice
• JPCS 471 International Conflict and Peacemaking