Law Studies Minor

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Program Requirements

A total of 18 semester hours must be completed for the law studies minor. The five required courses (15 semester hours) must be taken in residence at UC Denver. A minimum grade of C is required in each course and students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 in courses taken toward the minor. Every course taken for the minor must be upper division, and cannot serve to fulfill requirements of the undergraduate core. Students should check with their major department to determine whether courses counted toward the law studies minor can fulfill major requirements. To apply for this minor, students must complete and submit a major/minor change declaration form to the CLAS Advising Office in North Classroom, 4002.

Required Courses

COMM 4680 - Mass Communication Law and Policy Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4680
(offered at least once a year)
HUMN 3250 - Introduction to Law Studies Summer 2010 Registration: HUM 3250
(offered every fall)
PHIL 4260 - Philosophy of Law Summer 2010 Registration: PHIL 4260
(offered every spring)

Choose two:

COMM 4681 - Communication Issues in Trial Court Practices and Processes Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4681
(offered every other year)
COMM 4750 - Legal Reasoning and Writing Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4750
(offered every other year)
PSCI 3034 - Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 3034
PSCI 4427 - Law, Politics and Justice Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 4427
PSCI 4494 - Judicial Politics Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 4494

Total: 15 Hours

Electives

Choose one:

BLAW 3000 - Legal and Ethical Environments of Business I Summer 2010 Registration: BLAW 3000
COMM 4140 - Argumentation Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4140
(taught each summer)
COMM 4255 - Negotiations and Bargaining Summer 2010 Registration: CMMU 4255
MUSC 3720 - Law and the Music Industry Summer 2010 Registration: MUS 3720
PHIL 4812 - Special Topics in Philosophy Summer 2010 Registration: PHIL 4812
PSCI 3214 - Federal Law and American Indians Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 3214
PSCI 4024 - Legislatures and Legislation Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 4024
PSCI 4477 - Constitutional Law I Summer 2010 Registration: P SC 4477

Total: 3 Hours

Minor Total: 18 Hours

The law studies program also recommends a course in informal logic to aid in preparation for the LSAT (e.g., PHIL 2441).

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