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Law and Society
 

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.

Available Options: Concentration in Law and Society; Minor concentration

Concentration in Law and Society

Course Number

Course Name

Credits

POS 3691 Honors Law in American Society
3
POS 4603 or
POS 4604
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

Total: 15 credits



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