Law and Society, BA

Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

Each liberal arts major is designed as a four-year plan of study and includes three types of courses: Major, Core, and Elective. Most students take five courses per semester, with some of each type.

Professional academic advisors meet individually with each of our students on a regular basis to help with course selection, academic planning, and career development, as well as to help students find additional resources on campus.

For the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum click here .

Departmental/Program Major Courses (39 credits)

Double majors in Law and Society and Sociology are NOT allowed

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (57 credits)

• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
• Other Languages (Proficiency through Level IV in one language) - Credits Hours: 12.00
• Mathematics - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Statistics - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Western Heritage - Credit Hours: 3.00
• United States Tradition - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Other Cultures - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Aesthetic Awareness - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Gender Issues - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Social Ethics - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Individual and Society - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Global Perspective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Natural Sciences - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Natural Sciences Lab - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (33 credits)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website or click here .

Program Requirements

Note

Law and Society majors must earn a “C-” or better in any course used to fulfill a major requirement, including prerequisites.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Arts degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Arts degree.

32 credit hours at 30000 level or higher required for Bachelor of Arts degree.

Degree Requirements

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.