Pre-Law, minor

Owned by Jenni Piper
Oct 16, 2023
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Contact: Mary Sprunger
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. The minor consists of 18 SH including an internship.

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 course from this list:

    • BUAD 411 Business Law (3) 

    • *POL 250 Law, Justice and the Local Context (3) 

    • PXD 341 Mediation and Facilitation (3) 

  • Choose at least two courses from this list 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) 

* indicates the course is offered in alternate years