Pre-Law Minor

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Last updated: Dec 16, 2021

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