Requirements for the Minor in Pre-Law
SPE 101 Introduction to Speech Communications or |
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ENG 270 Expository Writing |
3 hrs |
PHL 218 Introduction to Logic or |
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PHL 224 Formal Logic |
3 hrs |
BUS 223 Business Law |
3 hrs |
POL 314 American Constitutional Law and Politics or |
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HIS 349 U.S. Constitutional History |
3 hrs |
POL 316 American Jurisprudence |
3 hrs |
Total Hours |
15 hrs |
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Elective Courses: 6 hours selected from the following courses |
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ITS 399 Law-Oriented Internship |
3 hrs |
POL 304 American Political Theory |
3 hrs |
POL 305 International Law and Organizations |
3 hrs |
SCA 330 Sociology of the Professions (Crime, Deviance, Law) |
3 hrs |
Total Elective Hours |
6 hrs |
Total Hours for Minor: |
21 hrs |
The Coordinator of the Legal Careers Advisory Committee will act as the Coordinator for the Pre-Law Minor.
Law-Oriented Internships must be approved by Westminster’s Internship Director. The Coordinator of the Legal Careers Advisory Committee will usually serve as the academic advisor for law-oriented internships. The law-oriented internship will typically include work with an attorney in private practice, a public defender or prosecutor, or a judicial official. Students minoring in Pre-Law and planning to attend law school are also urged to take one or more of the following courses: Principles of Accounting I (ACC 215), American Government and Politics (POL 211), Principles of Microeconomics (ECN 212), Introduction to Ethics (PHL 212), Introduction to Political Theory (POL 205), Expository Writing (ENG 270).