Nov 26, 2024

2020-2021 Academic Catalog

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2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Law, Justice, and Society Concentration

For more information, contact the director of the concentration.

Requirements for Law, Justice and Society Concentration

A Total of Six Units Is Required for the Concentration

All students must take this gateway course for the concentration, unless exempted by the director of the concentration.
Four units, drawn from an approved list of courses, to be chosen in consultation with the director of the concentration. No more than two of the courses can be from the student’s major.
A program-related internship (one unit), to be approved by the director of the concentration.

LWJS 101: Introduction to Law, Justice, and Society (1 Unit)

The Approved Courses Include:

Anthropology

ANTH 212: History of Sociological Thought
SOC 345: Race and Ethnicity (1 Unit)

Communication Studies

COMM 301: Studies in Free Speech

Economics and Management

E&M 353: Labor Law, Unions and Management (1 Unit)

English

ENGL 360: The Problem of Race in American Literature (1 Unit)
ENGL 363: Literary Theory (1 Unit)

History

HIST 340: History of Women in the U.S., 1877-Present (1 Unit)
HIST 300: Slave Societies of the Americas (1 Unit)

Philosophy

PHIL 107: Logic and Critical Reasoning (1 Unit)
PHIL 201: Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 202: Social Philosophy (1 Unit)
PHIL 206: Contemporary Moral Problems (1 Unit)
PHIL 335: Philosophical Issues in the Law (1 Unit)

Political Science

PLSC 312: American Political Development (1 Unit)
PLSC 323: Introduction to American Constitutional Law
PLSC 324: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (1 Unit)

Religion

RS 242: Christian Ethics (1 Unit)

Women’s and Gender Studies

WGS 360: Feminist Theory (1 Unit)