Semester Hours: 18
The pre-law minor is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental minor designed to complement a variety of majors. It prepares students for a range of careers including the traditional practices of law, but it also builds upon EMU's historic emphases on peacebuilding, justice and global awareness, thus providing a strong background for careers in mediation, environmental law, international development, politics, human rights work, victim offender reconciliation, and juvenile justice. Pre-law minors are also expected to be actively involved in our pre-law society, Res Judicata, that organizes events to help students encounter a wide variety of legal professions, and provides resources to help students prepare for the LSAT exam that is required for admission into law school.
Required Courses (18 SH)
- HUM 200 Foundations of Humanities - 2
- POL 111 Comparative Politics - 2
- POL 112 American Politics - 2
- POL 113 International Relations - 2
- POL 481 Pre-law Internship (Internships done for other related disciplines may fulfill this requirement.) - 1-3
- Choose at least one of the following:
- BUAD 411 Business Law - 3
- *POL 250 Law, Justice and the Local Context - 3
- PXD 341 Mediation and Facilitation - 3
- Choose two or more of the following to complete the required 18 SH for the minor:
- ECON 201 Survey of Economics - 3
- *HIST 340-345 Topics in History (when appropriate) - 3
- *HIST 411 History of Recent America - 4
- *HUM 330-335 Topics in Humanities (when appropriate) - 3-4
- *HUM 420-425 Tutorial in Humanities (when appropriate) - 3-4
- LING 260 Grammars of English - 3
- *POL 220 U.S. Foreign Policy - 3
- *POL 230 International Norms and Institutions - 3
- *PPX 431 Political Reconciliation - 4
- PXD 225 Theories of Social Change - 3
- *PXD 261 Community and Conflict Analysis Techniques - 3
- *PXD 331 Restorative Justice and Trauma Awareness - 3
- PXD 375 Globalization and Justice - 3
- *SOC 360 Criminology - 3
- *SOC 362 Criminal Justice - 2
- STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics - 2