Name: _______________________ Student ID #: ___________________ Date: ______________
University Studies Requirements
Core Courses *completed within first 60 credits
Course Credits Grade Planned to Take
WRIT 102 College Writing II
3
WRIT 209 Business and Professional Writing
3
HHP 102 Wellness and a Positive Lifestyle
3
COMM 110 Intro to Speech Communications
3
MATH/CSCI
3-4
Humanities
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
History
3
Literature
3
World Language,
Culture, & Philosophy
3
Social Science (6 cr) must include 2 different prefixes
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Course 1
3
Course 2
3
Natural & Physical Sciences
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Environmental
2
Lab
4
Fine & Applied Arts
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Art History, Criticism &
Appreciation
3
Aesthetic Experience
3
Global Awareness & Diversity *may be fulfilled through other University Studies categories
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Global Awareness
3
Diversity
3
Legal Studies Major
Academic Plan of Study
2019-2021 Catalog
Legal Studies Requirements
35 36 credits (24 credits in required courses, 3 credits in a procedure course, 2-3 credits in a substantive law course and 6 credits
from two of three groups) to include:
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 115
Law and Human Behavior
3
LSTU 233
Law, Citizenship and Civic
Engagement
3
LSTU 261
Contemporary Issues in Law and
Society
3
LSTU 268
Alternative Dispute Resolution
3
LSTU 305
Methods of Legal Research and
Writing
3
LSTU 450
U.S. Constitutional Law, Part I
3
LSTU 451
U.S. Constitutional Law, Part II
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
3
LSTU 485
OR
LSTU 499
Internship
Independent Research/Applied
Skills
3
1-3
Legal Procedures courses (3 credits required):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 210
Criminal Procedure
3
LSTU 220
Civil Procedure
3
Substantive Law courses (choose one; students are strongly encouraged to take more of these courses as
electives):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 211
Criminal Law
3
LSTU 221
Administrative Law
2
LSTU 223
Family Law
2
LSTU 224
Personal Injury and Workers’
Compensation
2
LSTU 228
Contract Law
2
Courses in two of three groups (6 credits required; LSTU majors must take atleast one course denoted below as
requiring a term paper)
Group 1: Legal Theory and Practice
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 333
Great Legal Trials: Stories
that Changed Law
3
LSTU 354
Jurisprudence
3
Group 2: Legal Process and Ordering
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 303
Environmental Law and
Regulation
3
LSTU 321
Judicial Process
3
CJUS 316
Crime, Corrections and
Punishment
3
Group 3: Diversity and Multicultural Issues
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
LSTU 363
Comparative Law and Courts
3
LSTU 365
Race, Class, Gender and the
Law
3
CJUS 312
Gender, Crime and Justice
3
*For students planning to attend law school or graduate school, a preparatory course in the LSAT or GRE is highly recommended.
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