Undergraduate Curriculum

Law, Justice and Political Thought offers a focused liberal arts education for undergraduate pre-law students as well as those studying political theory and legal institutions from a broader perspective.   The major requires a core curriculum of foundational courses in political science and world politics before tracking students into coordinated courses introducing the concepts basic to the study of justice from legal, political, and theoretical perspectives.  For upper division students, we offer an array of advanced electives in the fields, as well as internships in a variety of legal and public affairs settings.  As students move through our core curriculum to their more specialized areas of interest, they engage in an ongoing series of colloquia, workshops, and social functions which serve to build our community of learning.

Required Courses 101 American National Government 150 Current World Problems Two 200 level courses, selected from 210 Public Administration 230 Comparative Politics 250 International Relations 270 Introduction to Political Theory 301 The Politics of Law

Electives Four 3/400 level LJPT courses. Choose from these options: 371  Pre Modern Political Thought 372  Modern Political Thought 373  Contemporary Political Thought 401 Constitutional Law 402 Constitutional Law 40x The Politics of Constitutionalism 404  Civil Liberties 409 Criminal Procedure 41x (prosp) Law, Politics, and Public Policy 413 Administrative Law 41x (prosp) Studies in Law 420 Women, Law and Politics 421 Law and Sexuality 43x (prosp) Comparative Law 455 International Law 475 Studies in Political. Thought 476 Am. Political Thought 477  Legal Theory and Social Problems 478  Feminist Political Theories 488  Dispute Resolution