Law-Related Courses Offered at Stony Brook University

Although there is no special pre-law course of study or major at Stony Brook, you should enroll in courses at Stony Brook that you enjoy, and that improve reading, critical thinking, communication, writing, and analytical skills. Listed here are some classes that you might find interesting, as part of a complete major/minor or as electives:

ANT 381-F Applied Anthropology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing

BUS 351 Human Resource Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: BUS 110 or 111 or 115; U3 or U4 standing; BUS major or minor or MTD or CME major

ECO 345 Law and Economic Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: C or higher in ECO 303

ENS 333 Environmental Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ECO 108; POL 102; Note: cross listed with POL 333

HIS 320-I European Natural Law to Global
Human Rights
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status; Advisory prerequisite: HIS 102 or 104

HIS 371-K&4 Law and Society in American
History, 1620-1877
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status

HIS 372-K&4 U.S. Constitutional History
and Civil Rights
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 status

HIS 373-F History of Crime and Criminal
Justice in the U.S.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: U3 or U4 status; HIS 104

JRN 220 Media Law and Ethics
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: JRN 110 and JRN 111

POL 319 Business Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3/U4 standing or new transfer student

POL 320 F Constitutional Law & Politics: United States
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: POL 102 or 105; U3 or U4 standing

POL 330 K Gender Issues in the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; Advisory Prerequisite: POL 102 or 105, or WST 102
Note: cross listed with WST 330