Arts & Sciences

Law & Society Minor

 Careers in Law Picture 1 390x168  Center for Law & Society   
The Center for Law & Society promotes the values of St. Bonaventure University's Franciscan heritage by preparing students to commit to lives of citizenship and service   Directors
Danette Brickman, Ph.D.
Steven Nuttall, J.D., Ph.D.  
 

Requirements   

 

21 credit hours

3.0 GPA

 

Pols 102 - American Government

Phil 312 - Symbolic Logic

Pols 102 - Political Thought OR Phil 325 - Philosophy of Law*

Eco 101 - Microeconomics OR Eco 102 - Macroeconomics 

 

*Political Science majors must take Phil 325 and Philosophy majors must take Pols 204.  All other majors may choose between Pols 204 and Phil 325. 

Electives

 

 Choose 2 from Group One and 1 from Group Two

At least one elective must be at the 300-level or above

 

 

Group One 
His416 US Constitutional History 
Phil324 Mock Trial
Phil326 Legal Reasoning
Phil327 Legal Ethics
Phil331 Philosophy of Economics
Phil332 Social and Economic Justice
Phil310 Special Studies in Philosophy**
Pols205 Law and Society
Pols306 Courts in American Politics
Pols420 Civil Rights and Liberties
Pols421 Constitutional Law
Pols450 Adv. Studies in Pol. Sci.** 
 
 **Requires approval of pre-law advisor   
 		 Group Two 
His201 US to 1865 
His202 US since 1865 
NV101 Intro to Nonviolence 
NV203 Martin Luther King, Jr. 
NV301 Philosophy of Nonviolence 
NV303 Justice and Peace 
Phil301 Ethics 
Phil341 Environmental Ethics 
Pols350 West European Politics 
Pols351 Politics of Social Policy 
Pols 355 Latin American Politics 
Pols 370 Canadian Politics 
Pols 375 Women and Politics 
Pols 425 Environmental Politics 
Pols 435 Politics of Developing Areas 
Pols 445 Social Movements 
Soc102 Social Problems 
Soc205 Sociology of Inequality 
Soc306 Socio-Economic Development 
Soc314 Sociology of Religion 
Soc413 Minorities in the US 
Theo324 Religion and Race 
Theo345 Catholic Social Thought 
Theo349 Issues in Christian Ethics 
 
 

 

 
 

  
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