Curriculum

I. Introductory Courses (6 units)

ECON 201 Microeconomic Principles (3)

POSC 209 Introduction to Law (3)

II. Core Courses (12 units)

ENGL 310 Writing Argument (3)

COMM 331 Advocacy and Argument (3)

PHIL 111 Logic (3)

POSC 384 The Judicial System (3)

III. Electives (30 units)

Two courses in each of the following lettered topics. (Students may take no more than five law-related courses, so designated by an asterisk.)

Students will need to fulfill each department’s individual prerequisites in advance of taking these courses.

A. Accounting

ACCT 201 Principles of Accounting I (3)

LEGL 225* Legal Environment of Business (3)LEGL 226* Business Law (3)or

Communication Studies

COMM 304 Persuasion (3)

COMM 420* Communication in the Legal Process (3)

or

Mass Communication

MCOM 350* Media Law (3)

B. English

Strongly recommended are ENGL 221 and ENGL 222 as prerequisites.

• ENGL 300 Literary Research and Applied Criticism (3)

  ENGL 331 American Drama (3)

  ENGL 372 Women Writers (3)

  ENGL 425 Chaucer (3)

  ENGL 426 Topics in Shakespeare Studies (3)

  ENGL 427 Shakespearean Comedy (3)

  ENGL 428 Shakespearean Tragedy (3)

  ENGL 429 Milton and the Humanist Tradition (3)

  ENGL 431 Literature of the American Romantic Period (3)

  ENGL 432 Literature of the American Realist Period (3)

  ENGL 433 The American Short Story (3)

  ENGL 435 The Development of the American Novel: 19th Century (3)

  ENGL 436 The Development of the American Novel: 20th Century (3)

  ENGL 441 Modern Fiction to World War II (3)

  ENGL 442 Modern Fiction since World War II (3)

  ENGL 461 History of Literary Criticism (3)

  ENGL 465 British and American Prose (3)

  ENGL 469 Studies in One or Two Authors (3)

• ENGL 476 Topics in Multi-ethnic American Literature (3)

ENGL 477 Topics in Black American Literature (3)

C. History

• HIST 345 The American Colonies (3)

  HIST 346 The American Revolutionary Period (3) 1492-1763

  HIST 347 The Early National Period (3)

  HIST 349 The Civil War (3)

  HIST 351 The U.S. 1865-1901: Age of Enterprise (3)

  HIST 352 The U.S. 1892-1920: Age of Reform (3)

  HIST 359 The F.D.R. Era (3)

  HIST 360 Recent American History: 1945-1975 (3)

  HIST 361 Gays and Lesbians in U.S. History (3)

  HIST 363 Social History of the U.S. to 1865 (3)

  HIST 364 Social History of the U.S. Since 1865 (3)

  HIST 366 A History of American Business (3)

  HIST 367* The Development of the U.S. Constitution: 1787-1941 (3)

  HIST 368* The Bill of Rights and the Constitution, 1941 to the Present (3)

  HIST 370 Diplomatic History of the United States (3)

  HIST 374 The American West (3)

  HIST 375 The City in American History (3)

  HIST 378 Immigrants and Immigration in the United States (3)

  HIST 379 History of Native Americans: The East (3)

  HIST 380 History of Native Americans: The West (3)

  HIST 381 African American History to the Mid-19th Century (3)

  HIST 382 African American History from the Mid-19th Century (3)

• HIST 385 Workers and Work in the United States (3)

D. Philosophy

• PHIL 204 Race, Class and Gender (3)

  PHIL 311 Symbolic Logic (3)

  PHIL 319 Science, Technology and Values (3)

  PHIL 321* Philosophy of Law (3)

  PHIL 324 Modern Philosophy (3)

  PHIL 325 Schools of Contemporary Philosophy (3)

  PHIL 326 American Philosophy (3)

  PHIL 331 Concepts of Woman: An Historical Approach (3)

  PHIL 332 Feminist Philosophy (3)

  PHIL 341 Ethics (3)

  PHIL 353 Philosophy of Religion (3)

  PHIL 361 Biomedical Ethics (3)

• PHIL 371 Business Ethics (3)

E. Political Science

• POSC 305 Urban Government and Politics (3)

  POSC 375 Public Administration (3)

  POSC 381 The Presidency (3)

  POSC 383 Congress (3)

  POSC 417 Political Parties (3)

  POSC 418* Constitutional Law and Politics (3)

  POSC 419* Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: The First and Fourteenth Amendments (3)

  POSC 420* Constitutional Protections: Personal Liberty and Rights of the Accused (3)

  POSC 421 Politics and Environmental Policy (3)

  POSC 422* The Supreme Court (3)

  POSC 425* Legal Theory (3)

  POSC 427 Political Theory I (3)

  POSC 428 Political Theory II (3)

  POSC 450 Interest Groups and Public Policy (3)

  POSC 467 Politics and the Budgetary Process (3)

  POSC 472 American Political Thought (3)

  POSC 473 International Law (3)

• POSC 479* Women and the Law (3)

IV. Seminar and/or Capstone Experience (6 units)

Students have four options to fulfill this stage of the Law and American Civilization Program.

Option I

POSC 486 Seminar: Law and Justice (3)

LWAC 491 Thesis Seminar in Law and American Civilization (3)

Option II

LWAC 497 Practicum in Law and American Civilization (3)

LWAC 491 Thesis Seminar in Law and American Civilization (3)

Option III

LWAC 497 Practicum in Law and American Civilization (3)

POSC 486 Seminar: Law and Justice (3)

Option IV

LWAC 498 Directed Readings in Law and American Civilization (3)

LWAC 499 Honors Thesis in Law and American Civilization (3)

Internship Opportunities

Students will have the opportunity to engage in internships, which are available through local law firms and the Maryland District and Circuit Courts. These may include the following: