LAW AND SOCIETY
FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall:
PSCI 203 or LWPS 230
SOC 101
Spring:
PSCI 203* or LWPS 230
SOC 101*
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall:
LWPS 230 or PSCI 307
Spring:
LWPS 230 or a political science or philosophy elective
COMMENTS:
*This course should be taken 2nd semester freshman year if it wasn’t taken 1st semester.
NOTES:
Students who are interested in attending law school following graduation from Hood should refer to the Pre-Professional Preparation section of the Hood College Catalog. Dr. Janis Judson is Hood College’s pre-law advisor. Please discuss your plans for law school with Dr. Judson (Rosenstock 105, 301-696-3721).
Law and society majors who wish to study abroad in the junior year should keep this plan in mind when scheduling courses each semester. If they wish to study in a country where a foreign language is spoken, they must be sure to enroll in the appropriate language courses at Hood in the freshman and sophomore years.
Contact person: Dr. Janis Judson, Rosenstock 105, at 301-696-3721
LAW AND SOCIETY
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING HOOD IN 2010-2011
The major requires a minimum of 30 credits. Students may take a maximum of 60 credits including 100-level courses.
REQUIRED COURSES
____ LWPS 230 Introduction to Law
____ LWSC 330 Social and Political Foundations of Law
____ LWSC 470 Seminar in Law and Society
____ PHIL 207 Logic
____ PSCI 205 Methods of Political Inquiry or
____ SOC 260 The Philosophy and Methods of Social Research
____ PSCI 307 American Constitutional Law
____ PSCI 333 Modern Political Thought or
____ PSCI 337 Theories of Democracy
____ SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS:
STUDENTS CHOOSE ONE COURSE FROM EACH SECTION:
Law and Jurisprudence (3 credits)
____ AFPS 355 African-American Political Thought
____ HNPS 313 Great Political Trials
____ MGMT 454 Legal Environment of Business
____ PHIL 221 Ethics
____ PSCI 336 Gender and the Law
____ PSCI 405 Civil Liberties
____ PSCI 408 Regulatory Politics and Law
Law and the Social Order (3 credits)
____ ANTH 201 Introduction to Anthropology
____ HSPS 315 Politics of Assassination
____ PSCI 200 Terrorism and Justice
____ PSCI 317 Urban Politics
____ SOC 259 Sociological Theory
____ SOC 300 Social Inequality
____ SOC 323 Ethnicity in America
____ SOC 353 Deviance and Social Control