Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours from the approved courses.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper-division (3000-level and above) credit hours in the minor from the approved courses.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C (2.0) in all minor courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 3.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the minor GPA. Students cannot complete minor or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
4. Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours with CU Denver faculty from the approved courses.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. All courses must be taken in residence at CU Denver from CU Denver faculty. No transfer courses apply.
2. Courses taken for the minor cannot serve to fulfill requirements of the university general education or the CLAS undergraduate core graduation requirements. Courses taken for a student’s major cannot be used to fulfill any requirements for the minor unless prior permission is granted by the minor coordinator.
3. Every course used to complete minor requirements must be upper-division (3000-level and above).

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  Take the following Foundations courses:

• HUMN 4251 - Introduction to Legal Studies
• SSCI 4025 - Legal Advocacy and Social Engagement

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  Take two of the following Constitutional Thought courses:

• PSCI 4477 - Constitutional Law I
• PSCI 4487 - Constitutional Law II
• SSCI 4060 - Topics in Law Studies: Constitutional Thought
• SSCI 4325 - First Amendment: Theory and Context

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  Take two of the following Social Context of Law courses:

• COMM 3231 - Famous U.S. Trials
• CRJU 4430 - Law and Society
• ECON 4230 - Law and Economics
• HIST 4308 - Crime, Policing, and Justice in American History
• PHIL 4260 - Philosophy of Law
• PSYC 3505 - Psychology and the Law
• SOCY 4700 - Sociology of Law
• SSCI 4070 - Topics in Law Studies: Social Context of Law