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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Major: LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES/Major: LAWS 233 - AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY (Recommended)* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY/Major: LAWS 251 - LAW, POWER AND INEQUALITY WI (Recommended)* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS/Major: LAWS 201 - GLOBAL LEGAL ORDER (Recommended)* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - VALUES AND ETHICS/Major: LAWS 210 - LAW JUSTICE AND MORALITY (Recommended)* (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (outside SSHS) (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: LAWS 353 - SOCIOLEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING WI (HRS 4)
- Major: LAWS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: LAWS Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: LAWS 321 - FIELD STUDIES: LAW AND SOCIETY (HRS 4)
- School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major – SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OR PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY OR EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION OR ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY (HRS 4)
- Major: LAWS Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: LAWS 421 - SENIOR SEMINAR WI (HRS 4)
- Major: LAWS Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: LAWS 431 - SENIOR CAPSTONE WI (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits. GPA: 2.0
NOTE: All LAWS Electives will be chosen from categorized list
WI: Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
*These courses are major requirements that will double count for the GenEd, BUT only two courses in the major are allowed to double count. If you have already double counted two courses in the major for the GenEd category, you will NEED to select another course for the GenEd.
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