Pre-Law Minor
The pre-law minor is for students with an interest in attending law school after graduation or a career in the legal field. The interdisciplinary minor is designed to help students develop analytical skills that will be helpful for further study of the law. The minor also helps introduce students to some of the issues and concepts that are part of a legal education while reinforcing and further enhancing a broad training in the liberal arts.
Further information on the minor is available from:
Dr. Frederick Wood,
Pre-Law minor adviser
Department of Politics and Geography
(843) 349-6594, fwood@coastal.edu
Dr. Greg Goelzhauser,
Pre-Law minor adviser
Department of Politics and Geography
(843) 349-2793, ggoelzha@coastal.edu
Minor Requirements
A grade of C or above is required in each course to be applied toward the minor. Courses used in the minor cannot be used to satisfy major’s requirements.
| Recommended Courses: |
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| POLI 101 (Introduction to World Politics: prerequisite for POLI 439) |
3 |
| POLI 201 (American National Government: prerequisite for upper division POLI courses) |
3 |
| Required Foundation Courses: |
| ENGL 390 (Business and Professional Commnunication) |
3 |
| PHIL 110(Logic) |
3 |
| TOTAL: |
6 |
| Required Courses in the Minor: |
| CBAD 344 (Legal Environment of Business) or CBAD 345 (Commercial Law) or POLI 446 (The Essentials of Legal Studies) |
3 |
| POLI 449 (Constitutional Law I) or POLI 450 (Constitutional Law II) |
3 |
POLI 451(The Supreme Court) or POLI 452 (American Judicial Process) or
POLI 455 (American Jurisprudence) |
3 |
| POLI 439 (International Law) or POLI 447 (Trial Advocacy) |
3 |
| TOTAL: |
12 |
| TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: |
18 |
Recommended Additional Courses: CBAD 201 (Accounting I), COMM 302 (Communication Law and Ethics), ECON 101 (Survey of Economics), ECON 201 (Macroeconomics), HIST 360 (The Early Republic 1783-1820), JOUR 306 (Journalism Law and Ethics), PHIL 301 (History of Modern Philosophy), PHIL 305 (Contemporary Moral Issues), PHIL 311 (Ethical Theory), PHIL 314 (Social and Political Philosophy), PHIL 316 (Crime and Justice), PHIL 323 (Philosophy of Law), POLI 403 (Political Thought III), POLI 503 (American Political Thought).
Application
If you are interested in applying for a Pre-Law Minor, please download the form provided on this page. Print the document, fill out the required fields, and discuss the minor with your major adviser and the adviser for the Pre-Law Minor.
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