Socio-Legal Studies
Requirements
Description
The concentration in socio-legal studies offers a model for educating and training students in the study of legal ideas, institutions and practices from the perspectives of the social sciences, law, and the humanities. The distinction between law "on the books" and law "in action," which refers to how people experience law in their everyday lives, is a cornerstone of the concentration. Course work provides students with multiple and intersecting theoretical and methodological approaches that reveal law as a socially embedded system of loosely connected institutions, practices, presumptions and rules. Students participating in the concentration will learn how to apply these socio-legal tools of analysis to their study of law in action.
The concentration consists of four components to ensure students develop a broad understanding of socio-legal studies. Foundational courses in socio-legal theories (three credits) and in legal institutions (three credits) will be required. Students will then have the option of selecting three electives (nine credits) from a set of approved courses, providing flexibility so that they may pursue an individualized course of study. Additional courses beyond those listed on this proposal may be added with approval of the certificate director. Finally, a three credit experiential learning component will be required, for a total of 18 credit hours, of which a minimum of 12 hours must be upper division. This may be an internship within the U.S. or abroad, or a research experience under the guidance of a member of the socio-legal studies certificate faculty.
Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for this concentration.
- All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
- Students are required to consult an advisor in School of Social Transformation for Interdisciplinary Component courses and internship options.
Core Theory and Foundations Courses - 6 credit hours
JUS 303 Justice Theory
JUS 308 Courts and Society
JUS 360/CRJ 350 Law and Social Control
JUS 410 Punishment: Logic and Approach
JUS 463/CRJ 470 Discretionary Justice
JUS 465 Death Penalty in the United States
PHI 307 Philosophy of Law
PHI 336 Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 408 Feminist Ethics
POS 315 The Supreme Court
POS 465 International Organization and Law
POS 471 Constitutional Law I
POS 472 Constitutional Law II
Interdisciplinary Component - 12 credit hours
Note: Interdisciplinary electives must be taken from at least two different academic disciplines. Any course listed below may count towards this requirement. Other courses can be approved by the certificate program director. Select in consultation with an advisor in the School of Social Transformation.
AFR 215 Bob Marley and Reggae: Lyrics of Resistance
AFR 301/JUS 300 Race and Racism in Africa/African Diaspora
AFR 304/JUS 304 Islands of Globalization: Caribbean Politics and Political Economy
AFR 420/JUS 421 Race, Ethnicity and Politics in African Diaspora
AFR/APA/JUS/SST 428 Critical Race Theory
CRJ 305 Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
CRJ 306 Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice
JUS 329 Domestic Violence
JUS 350 Immigration and Justice
JUS 374 The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
JUS 422/WST 422 Women, Law, and Social Control
JUS 425 Race, Gender, and Justice
JUS 430 Social Protest, Conflict, and Change
JUS 432 Racial Justice
JUS 467 Terrorism, War and Justice
JUS 469 Political Deviance and the Law
JUS 470 Alternative Dispute Resolution
JUS 484 Internship
JUS 498 Pro-Seminar
POS 370 Law and Society
POS 470 Law and the Political Order
PSY 468 Psychology and Law
SOC 340 The Sociology of Deviance
SOC 445 Globalization, Development and Resistance
TCL 335/HST 323/AFR 335 Historical Studies in Race, Crime, and the Law
TCL 340 Chicana/o and Latina/o Politics and Policy
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