Humanities - Prelaw, B.A.

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Major Code: 7186	Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts
Delivery Mode(s): Classroom	Admission Status: Undergraduate
Location(s): Main Campus - Melbourne

The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities - Prelaw offers the courses needed to meet the entrance requirements of law schools. Prelaw majors are able to gain a thorough grounding in a variety of academic disciplines applicable to graduate study in law. Students work with the prelaw advisor to select a course of study customized for their own needs and interests. A prelaw major contemplating admission to a law school should consult the prelaw advisor early in the program.

Degree Requirements

Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities - Prelaw require a minimum of 122 credit hours as outlined in the following requirements and sample curriculum. Any program plan selected in consultation with the student’s advisor must include Q-designated research in an agreed area to begin during the spring term of the junior year. Prelaw majors must complete a minimum of 39 credit hours of advanced coursework (3000-level and above) chosen from upper-level courses in humanities or psychology.

Candidates for a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities - Prelaw require a total of 122 credit hours for graduation as follows.

Curriculum

COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric
COM 1102 Writing About Literature
COM 2224 Business and Professional Writing
or
COM 2370 Speech
FYE 1000 University Experience
Foreign Language (four courses in the same language) Credit Hours: 12
Free Electives Credit Hours: 12
Liberal Arts Electives Credit Hours: 6
Mathematics Credit Hours: 6
Physical or Life Sciences Credit Hours: 6
Social Science Credit Hours: 6

Select first HUM Core Course:

Select second HUM Core Course:

Program Requirements

Prelaw (24 credit hours)

HUM 2331 American History: Pre-Columbian to Civil War Era (may not be repeated for credit)
HUM 2332 American History: From Reconstruction to the Present (may not be repeated for credit)
HUM 2401 Introduction to Law
HUM 2480 Introduction to Political Science
HUM 2510 Logic
HUM 3401 Constitutional Law 1
HUM 3402 Constitutional Law 2
PSF 2551 Survey of Forensic Psychology

Prelaw Electives (12 credit hours from the following)

BUS 2601 Legal and Social Environments of Business
BUS 2602 Environmental Law and Forensic Studies
HUM 2490 Introduction to International Politics
HUM 3085 Special Topics in Humanities (must have law focus)
HUM 3420 International Law and Politics
HUM 3541 Philosophy of Law
HUM 3685 Special Topics in Law
HUM 4085 Special Topics in Humanities (must have law focus)
SOC 1551 Introduction to American Criminal Justice
Any PSF 3000 or higher

Humanities Degree Core (10 credit hours)

Electives (12 credit hours)

At least nine credit hours must be from 3000-level (or higher) HUM, PSY or PSF courses relevant to law. At least six credit hours must be from 3000-level or higher HUM courses.