Pre-Law Related Major: Political Science

  • Be exposed to constitutional, legal, and political concepts through law-related classes.
  • Practice critical reasoning skills and sharpen logic for arguments.
  • Make use of their professors’ office hours to seek guidance about law school advice.
  • Opportunity to create writing samples. (See recommended WRT courses below)

Courses that our students have found beneficial, especially as first-year law school students, include:

  • WRT 380:  Advanced Research Writing: Theories, Methods, Practices
  • WRT 381:  Advanced Analytic and Argumentative Writing 

Pre-Law Related Electives:

 

Course

Title

POL 102: Introduction to American Government  
POL 311: International Law                                
POL 319: Business Law            
POL 320: Constitutional Law & Politics
POL 323: The U.S. Congress
POL 325: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
POL 330: Gender Issues and the Law
POL 332: Politics of Criminal Due Process
POL 333: Politics and Environmental Law
POL 390: Topics in Political Science (may be repeated as the topic changes)

 

Requirements for the Major in Political Science

Have questions? 

Michael Peress, Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Philosophy

Dylan Poje, Career Coach - Government, Law and Public Service
Career Center