Law And Society

Requirements: Students must take POS 3691; one course in Constitutional law; two courses that address the theory underlying law and legal institutions; two courses focusing on legal institutions; and 12 credits of elective courses with a substantial content in or bearing on law. Except by special petition, at least 6 of the 12 elective credits must be satisfied with 3000-level or above courses, and students are reminded that they need 45 credits of 3000 or 4000 level courses to graduate. Students choose from courses listed below. Other Honors College or FAU courses may be used only with prior approval of the Concentration Advisor.

Courses used to satisfy the SBA or CIV requirements of the Honors Core cannot be used towards this concentration. Except by special petition, no more than two non-Honors courses may be used to satisfy the requirements of the Concentration and they may be counted only when no equivalent course is offered at the Honors College.

Theory: This requirement may be satisfied by any two of the following courses:

Institutions: This requirement may be satisfied by any two of the following courses:

Electives: Students must take 4 additional elective courses. These may be courses listed above which are not counted for other concentration requirements, or the interdisciplinary courses listed below. However, students must take at least 1 course from 2 of the 3 categories below. Students taking ECP 3451 or one of the Psychology courses below may count PSY 1012 or ECO 2013 as one of the 4 electives since these are recommended prerequisites.

All students concentrating in law and society are strongly encouraged to participate in an internship or study abroad program with a substantial content in law.

Minor Concentration in Law and Society

The Law and Society minor concentration is designed to offer students an understanding of the role law plays in resolving conflicts within and between societies and in realizing a just political order. The study of law and justice has a rich humanistic tradition and involves reflection on fundamental values from multiple perspectives. Students take 15 credit hours: at least 9 hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level; 6 hours may be at a lower level. Students must have at least a 2.0 GPA in courses taken for the minor concentration. At least 50% of upper level credits must be from Honors College courses. No more than 1 class taken for the minor concentration may also be counted towards the student's concentration.

Requirements:

• POS 3691 Honors Law and American Society (3 credits);
• POS 4603 Honors Constitutional Law I or POS 4604 Honors Con. Law II (3 credits);
• Three Law and Society electives from list below; other courses may be used as electives only with prior approval of Law and Society advisory board (9 credits).