Mar 24, 2026  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog
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SCLA 20000 - Cornerstones In Constitutional Law (UCC: BSS)


Credit Hours: 3.00.  In this interdisciplinary course, students read case law to understand legal reasoning and constitutional doctrines and identify major constitutional conflicts. It explores how the forces of technology, economics, politics, environmental change, scientific development, and medicine transform constitutional law. 
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the key principles and doctrines of U.S. constitutional law through engaging with case law in written and oral communication.
2. Effectively apply these key constitutional principles and doctrines through written and oral communication to issues related to each of the five Cornerstone tracks through assessments targeting modules in each track.
3. Assess and consider constitutional arguments and counterarguments and demonstrate the ability to develop and articulate arguments from different positions through detailed case briefs and oral arguments.
4. Analyze how constitutional law decisions affect the development of political, social, economic, technological and medical institutions.
Credits: 3.00



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