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Pre-Law Studies Minor
Total Hours: 21 Semester Hours
Required Courses -- 15 Semester Hours
ENG 4760
Studies in Professional Writing (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
HIS 3600G
The U.S. Constitution and the Nation. (3 credits)
PHI 1900G
Logical and Critical Reasoning. (3 credits)
One of these 3000-level case-oriented courses:
PLS 3523
Criminal Law. (3 credits)
PLS 3543
Civil Liberties in America. (3 credits)
PLS 3903
Gender, Public Policy and the Law. (3 credits)
One of these 4000-level case-oriented courses:
HIS 4910
The Foundation of the American Constitutional and Political System. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
JOU 4771
Communication Law. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
PLS 4774
American Constitutional Law. (3 credits)
PLS 4853
Contemporary Constitutional Development. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
Elective Courses -- 6 Semester Hours
Any two of these courses:
BUS 2101
Financial Accounting. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
BUS 2750
Legal and Social Environment of Business. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
CMN 3100
Persuasion. (3 credits)
ECN 2802G
Principles of Microeconomics. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
ECN 4850
Economic Analysis of Law. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
ENG 3001
Advanced Composition. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
HIS 3100
History of England, 1066-1688. (3 credits)
PHI 3070
Philosophy of Law. (3 credits)
PLS 3513
Politics and the Legal Process. (3 credits)
PLS 4903
Classic Political Theory. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
PLS 4913
Contemporary Political Theory. (3 credits)
(See footnote *)
SOC 2750G
Social Problems in Contemporary Society. (3 credits)
Footnote:
* Courses with prerequisites.
Information sourced from the 2005-2006 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.