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

The minor in Law requires 18 credits, which can include no more than 3 hours of transfer credit. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.

To earn a minor in law, students must complete 18 credits, as listed below:

Required Courses:

• POL_SC 1100: American Government
• POL_SC 2200: The Judicial Process
• LAW 1100/LAW 1100H: Cases and Controversies in American Law

Elective Courses (9 credits):

3 credits must come from the following Law courses:

• LAW 2010: Law of the Internet
• LAW 3800: Logical Reasoning and Legal Analysis

3 credits must come from the following Political Science courses:

• POL_SC 2410: The Politics of International Law
• POL_SC 2445: American Constitutional Democracy
• POL_SC 2455: Constitutional Debates
• POL_SC 4200: The American Constitution
• POL_SC 4210: Constitutional Rights
• POL_SC 4220: The US Supreme Court

The remaining 3 credit can come from the POL_SC or LAW courses listed above or the courses listed below:

• WGST 3260: Gender, Law and Justice
• BL_STU 4415: African Americans and American Justice
• ECONOM 3367: Law and Economics
• ENV_SC 4400: Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice
• HDFS 4720: Child and Family Advocacy
• HDFS 4725: Law and Families in Society
• 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