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2004-06 IUPUI Campus Bulletin

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Legal Studies Minor

Law and the institutions associated with it are of great and growing importance in modern society. Law and legal institutions define relationships among individuals, shape and are shaped by public policies, and express cultural values and traditions as well as conflicts over those values and traditions.

The Minor in Legal Studies provides students with an opportunity to study law and its relationship to society from a variety of perspectives. Whether students are interested in law as a potential career or are interested in law only as an important aspect of modern society, the courses they take to satisfy the minor may help them satisfy that interest. The minor also provides official recognition of students' pursuit of this multidisciplinary field of study.

The minor consists of 15 credit hours and has to be satisfied by taking courses from more than one department or program. Students must complete 12 credit hours of upper-level course work chosen from the list of approved courses below, and 3 credit hours in a required introductory-level course. Each course must be completed with a semester grade of C or better in order to apply toward the minor.

Required Course

POLS Y211

Introduction to Law

(3 cr.)

Additional Courses (12 credit hours from the following)

AMST A303	Topic: Law and American Culture	(3 cr.)
HIST A325	American Constitutional History I	(3 cr.)
HIST A326	American Constitutional History II	(3 cr.)
HIST A421	Topic: American Legal History	(3 cr.)
POLS Y304	Judicial Process and American Constitutional Law I	(3 cr.)
POLS Y305	Judicial Process and American Constitutional Law II	(3 cr.)
POLS Y320	Judicial Politics	(3 cr.)
SPEA V376	Law and Public Policy	(3 cr.)
WOST W300	Topic: Women and the Law	(3 cr.)

Students who have questions about the legal studies minor, or who wish to declare and pursue the minor, should contact the advisor for legal studies, Professor William Blomquist, Cavanaugh Hall 503L, (317) 274-7547.