2021-22 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Prelaw The prelaw major is designed to prepare students for law school. The curriculum seeks to provide necessary course content and to develop thinking and analytic skills needed to perform well on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and in law school. Course requirements involve 50 semester hours including: Prelaw Requirements.................................................................50 ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I....................................... 3 BTPA-2200 Introduction to Philosophy...................................... 3 BTPA-2240 Logic. ..................................................................... 3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ....................................................... 3 CRJU-3400 Criminal Procedure................................................ 3 ECON-2110 Essentials of Economics....................................... 3 GSS-1350 Career Options........................................................ 1 GSS-3640 Qualitative Methodology and Reasoning................. 3 GSS-3650 Quantitative Methodology ....................................... 3 *GSS-4900 Senior Research.................................................... 3 HIST-2620 Church and State. ................................................... 3 INTL-2100 Global Issues........................................................... 3 POLS-3760 Jurisprudence........................................................ 3 POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Rights............................................................................. 3 POLS-4640 American Constitutional Law: Government Powers and Federalism......................................................... 3 PWID-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers............................. 3 PWID-3011 Legal Research and Writing................................... 1 Elective selected from the following..................................... 3 POLS-3720 History of Political Thought II: Modern and Contemporary.............................................3 POLS-4500 Seminar. .........................................................3 PUAD-3600 Public Administration. .....................................3 *Capstone Course Prelaw Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency Requirements. .........................................................0–4 Other General Education Requirements................................39–47 Prelaw Major Requirements ........................................................50 General Electives...................................................................31–39 Total (minimum, not including proficiency)........................... 128 A complete description of the general education requirements is found on page 26 Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in Prelaw First year: BTGE-1725 The Bible and the Gospel...............................................3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech.................................................3 ENG-1400 Composition.....................................................................3 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture...........................................3 GSS-1350 Career Options.................................................................1 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities.........................................3 INTL-2100 Global Issues....................................................................3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and Healthy Living..................................2 Biological Sciences Elective. ..........................................................3.5 LIT-2XXX Literature Elective. .............................................................3 Physical Science Elective. ..............................................................3.5 Total................................................................................................. 31 Second year: ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I................................................3 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature................................................3 BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...............................................3 BTPA-2200 Introduction to Philosophy...............................................3 BTPA-2240 Logic. ..............................................................................3 BUS-2180 Business Law I. ................................................................3 CRJU-3400 Criminal Procedure.........................................................3 ECON-2110 Essentials of Economics................................................3 GSS-3640 Qualitative Methodology and Reasoning..........................3 GSS-3650 Quantitative Methodology . ..............................................3 HIST-2620 Church and State. ............................................................3 Total................................................................................................. 33 Third year: BTGE-3755 Theology I. .....................................................................3 BTGE-3765 Theology II. ....................................................................3 POLS-3760 Jurisprudence.................................................................3 PWID-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers......................................3 PWID-3011 Legal Research and Writing............................................1 Electives........................................................................................... 17 Total................................................................................................. 30 Fourth year: GSS-4900 Senior Research...............................................................3 POLS-4630 American Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Rights...............................................................3 POLS-4640 American Constitutional Law: Governments Powers and Federalism..................................................................3 Prelaw Elective...................................................................................3 Electives...........................................................................................22 Total................................................................................................. 34 2021–22 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 143 Department of History and Government Prelaw