Pre-Law Minor

Students seeking a pre-law minor as a preparation for law school or for general interest should contact The Center for Legal Studies at UCCS. It is a resource for students in the Pre-Law Program. Contact the Center’s Director, Raphael Sassower, at rsassowe@uccs.edu.

LSAT preparation courses are routinely offered through the college’s Extended Studies program.

General Requirements

18 credit hours, 12 of which must be upper-division (3000+ level).
All coursework for the minor must be completed in at least two of the seven departments that participate in the program (Communication, Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Women’s and Ethnic Studies).

Course Options

COMM 4750 - Communication Law
ECON 3850 - Law and Economics
PHIL 1120 - Critical Thinking
PHIL 1150 - What Is Justice?
PHIL 3200 - Politics and the Law
PHIL 3420 - Symbolic Logic I
PHIL 4260 - Philosophy of Law
PSC 1100 - The American Political System
PSC 2450 - American Political Thought
PSC 3420 - Political Theory
PSC 3430 - Law and Literature
PSC 4250 - International Law
PSC 4460 - Administrative Law
PSC 4470 - Constitutional Law
PSC 4480 - Civil Rights and Liberties
PSC 4490 - The Judicial System
PSC 4510 - Defendant’s Constitutional Rights
PSY 3940 - Psychology and the Law
PSY 4430 - Seminar in Social Issues Psychology and the Law ONLY
SOC 3250 - Power, Privilege and Social Difference
SOC 3360 - Sociology of Drugs and Addiction
SOC 3400 - Criminology
SOC 3410 - Sociology of Law
SOC 3490 - Youth Gangs
SOC 4520 - Sociology of Corrections and Rehabilitation
SOC 4960 - Juvenile Delinquency
WEST 3010 - Women in Politics
WEST 3150 - Power, Privilege, and Social Difference
*Special Topic courses which are offered in the departments but are not listed here, and which might qualify toward the minor, require the consent of the Director of the Pre-Law Minor.