Undergraduate Minor in Law

The minor degree in law is open to undergraduate students in any department of the University of Missouri who desire to deepen their understanding of the American legal system.

Description

Regardless of whether a student intends to seek a professional degree in law, the required and elective courses in the minor will help students to better understand the legal environment that affects workplaces of all kinds, and which is relevant to public policy debates at the local, state, and federal levels.

The minor in law is offered through a partnership between the School of Law and the MU College of Arts & Science & Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

The director of undergraduate studies for political science is responsible for course approvals or exceptions in this minor. Political Science majors are eligible for either the pre-law emphasis or the law minor, but not both.

For more information about the law minor, contact Rodolfo Hernandez (hernandezrk@missouri.edu).

Requirements

To earn a minor in law, students must complete 15 credits, including the following:

Two School of Law Courses:

  • LAW 1100/LAW 1100H: Cases and Controversies in American Law
  • Any other course offered by the School of Law at the undergraduate level or cross listed by the School of Law at the undergraduate level (course numbers between 1000 and 4999)

Two Political Science Courses:

  • POL_SC 2200: The Judicial Process

AND one of these courses

  • POL_SC 4200/4200W: The American Constitution
  • POL_SC 4210/4210W: Constitutional Rights
  • POL_SC 4220/4220W: The US Supreme Court
  • POL_SC 4230: Constitution and Civil Liberties
  • POL_SC 4370: Law, Policy, and Regulation
  • POL_SC 4380: Politics of Criminal Justice

One of the following courses:

  • Any other course offered by the School of Law at the undergraduate level or cross listed by the School of Law at the undergraduate level (course numbers between 1000 and 4999) not already counted toward the two-course School of Law requirement listed above
  • A third Political Science course from the list above (4200, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4370, 4380)
  • BL_STU 4415/4415W: African Americans and American Justice
  • ECONOM 3367/3367W: Law and Economics
  • ENV_SC 4400/4400W: Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice
  • HIST 4400: History of American Law
  • MANGMT 3540: Introduction to Business Law
  • PHIL 4610: Philosophy of Law
  • PRST 4385: Legal Aspects of Sport
  • SOC_WK 1200: Criminal Justice
  • WGST 3260: Gender, Law and Justice