Below are the requirements for the Law and Society concentration for students entering prior to Fall 2008. The concentration has since been revised.
Advisory
Board: Dr. Mark
Tunick, Dr. Martin Sweet
Description: The concentration in law and
society seeks to give students a deep 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
may address topics such as abortion rights,
civil rights, environmental protection,
euthanasia, or the insanity defense by
drawing on disciplines such as political
science, sociology, philosophy, economics,
literature, history, anthropology, the
natural sciences, and psychology.
The law and society concentration is excellent
preparation for students intending to attend
law school. It is not, however, a "pre-law" program.
Law schools do not require applicants to
have any prior knowledge of the law, and
assume that students will learn all they
need to know to practice law while in law
school. The intention of the law and society
concentration is not to provide the knowledge
one acquires in law school about the "black
letter law," or what the law is in
a given jurisdiction, but rather, to use
the law as a focal point in the students'
liberal arts education. Law schools seek
applicants with strong critical thinking
and communication skills and a commitment
to the study of law, and completion of
a law and society concentration should
demonstrate that these criteria are amply
met.
Depending on their selection of courses
and use of electives outside the concentration,
students concentrating in law and society
can be prepared to do graduate work in
a number of disciplines such as political
science, history, or sociology; students
considering these options should consult
faculty in those areas. A law and society
concentration provides excellent preparation
for law or business school or careers in
fields such as journalism, public affairs,
education, and government.
Honors
Constitutional Law I or
Honors Constitutional Law II
3
Electives (see below)
24
IDS 4970
Honors Thesis in Law
and Society
6
Total Credits
36
Electives: In addition to POS 3691 and
one course in Constitutional law, concentrators
must take 24 credits of elective courses
with a substantial content in or bearing
on law. Except by special petition, at
least 12 credits of these must be 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
FAU courses may be used only with prior
approval of the Concentration Advisor.
Up to 9 of the 24 credits may be from
courses that provide background within
a discipline that is needed to pursue
advanced courses in that discipline that
have a substantial content in law or
serve as preparation for the honors thesis:
for example, an honors introductory course
in economics that is a prerequisite for
taking an upper-division course in economics
and law; or an introductory course in
psychology that is a prerequisite for
an upper division course on psychology
and the law or that prepares the student
to write a thesis on the insanity defense.
Courses used to satisfy the SBA or CIV
requirements of the Honors Core can not
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.
Course Number
Course Name
Credits
AMH
2010
AMH 2020
AMH 4932
ANT 4930
ECP 3451
EVR 4930
HIS 1933
HIS 4930
IDS 4933
IDS 4933
IDS 4933
IDS 3932
IDS 3932
PHI 2642
PHI 3644
PHP 3502
PHH 3100
PHI 4930
PHI 4930
POS 2692
POS 3734
POS 4603
POS 4604
POS 3626
POS 4685
POS 4932
POT 3021
POT 3022
POT 3023
SYG 1000
SYD 4792
SOP 3004
WST 4504
WST 3015
Honors
U.S. History to 1877
Honors U.S. History Since 1877
Honors Violence in America
Honors Islam in World Culture
Honors Law and Economics
Honors Environmental Disputes
Honors The Civil Rights Movement
Honors City and its Underground
Honors Anthropology and Law
Honors Good and Evil in Film and Literature
Honors Bioethics, Politics, and Law
Honors Ethics in Business, Govt and Society
Honors Hijab: Women and Boundaries in Islamic Cultures
Honors Ethics of Social Diversity
Honors Obligations
Honors Hegel's Political Philosophy
Honors Ancient Greek Philosophy
Honors American Pragmatism
Honors Investigating Scientific Investigation
Honors Punishment
Honors Research Methods
Honors U.S. Constitutional Law I
Honors U.S. Constitutional Law II
Honors Privacy
Honors American Legal Development
Honors Race, Gender, Diversity and Law
Honors History of Political Theory
Honors History of Political Thought I
Honors History of Political Thought II
Honors Introduction Sociology
Honors Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Science
Honors Principles of Social Psychology
Honors Feminist Theory
Honors Introduction to Women's Studies
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Total Credits
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 grade point average 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 cr);
POS 4603 Honors Constitutional Law I or POS 4604 Honors Con. Law II (3 cr);
3 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 cr).
AMH 4932 Honors Violence in America
ECP 3451 Honors Law and Economics
HIS 1933 Honors The Civil Rights Movement
IDS 4933 Honors Anthropology and Law
IDS 4933 Honors Bioethics, Politics, and Law
PHI 3644 Honors Obligations
POS 2692 Honors Punishment
POS 4603 Honors U.S. Constitutional Law I
POS 4604 Honors U.S. Constitutional Law II
POS 3626 Honors Privacy
POS 4685 Honors American Legal Development
POS 4932 Honors Courts and Public Policy
POS 4932 Honors Race, Gender, Diversity and Law
SYD 4692 Honors Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality and Science
