The undergraduate program in Law and Social Thought has the following course requirements:
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The Gateway Course |
3 semester hours | |
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All students who enroll in the LST program take the 2000 level gateway course. Click to read more about the Gateway Course
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Pro-seminar |
3 semester hours | |
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Students working for a major in LST take the 1 semester hour pro-seminar for three, and no more than four, semesters. The pro-seminar gives students and faculty in the program the opportunity to discuss particular issues concerning the interdisciplinary aspect of the study of law and social thought. Students and faculty are encouraged to engage in mutual exploration of a truly interdisciplinary nature. It is also an opportunity for students and faculty to discuss and assess the program itself—to discuss and propose course offerings, field experiences, experiences in various classes that might contribute to a student’s education in LST.
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| LST Elective Courses/Cross-Listed Courses | 18 semester hours | |
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Coursework for LST consists of courses developed primarily for the LST program in addition tocourses already taught at the university that are cross-listed with the program. These courses are arranged into “paths” that help students with a major in LST narrow their focus and explore related ideas across disciplinary boundaries. The paths are not exclusive—cross-listed courses show up on more than one path—and need not be exhaustive. Students with specialized interests are invited and encouraged to tailor their program in consultation with an advisor. In order to encourage a truly interdisciplinary approach, students are required to take no more than two courses in a given path in the same department. The “Paths” are: | ||
| Path 1: Law, History, and Theory | ||
| The historical development of the law and the theoretical and philosophical or theoretical struggles surrounding its formation, transmission, transgression, and enforcement. | ||
| Path 2: Law, Difference, and Social Practices | ||
| The effect on law of racial, ethnic, national, gender, cultural, physical and/or cognitive differences and the institutions that think about and manage them, and the role these differences play in the formation, interpretation, and enforcement of law. | ||
| Path 3: Law, Institutions, and Public Policy | ||
| The political, economic, and scientific struggles and decisions that produce law and its relations to the populations governed by it and the way those populations are articulated in and by legal institutions. | ||
| Path 4: Comparative Law | ||
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The questions of international law, of cross-cultural understandings that form and transcend law, of legal systems and the rule of law as it is understood in non-Western and emerging countries.
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| Upper Division Seminars | 9 semester hours | |
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Students in the major enroll in at least three seminars designated as “LST Upper Division Seminar” (LST 4900) in their junior or senior year. Cross-listed seminars taught at the 4000 level that are not designated as LST Upper Division Seminars do not count toward this requirement, though do count toward requirements for the major. Advanced seminars, taught in and for existing departments, are designated as “LST Upper Division Seminars” by the program director in consultation with LST faculty, students, and department chairs.
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| Field Experience | 3-6 semester hours | |
| By arrangement. Click to read more about Field Experience. | ||