Students majoring in Political Science may not earn a Pre-law minor.18 semester credit hours, with a grade of “C” or better, are required for the Pre-law minor. These 18 semester credit hours must include:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PLSC 1102	American Government	3
PLSC 2105	Law and Politics	3
PLSC 3330	US Constitutional Law I	3
PLSC 3331	Constitutional Law II	3
Two of the following courses:		6
PHIL 2260	Social & Political Philosophy
or PHIL 3360	Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 2200	Introduction to Logic
PHIL 2245	General Ethics
LITR 2299	Methods of Literary Analysis
LITR 2298	Advanced Academic and Nonfiction Writing
THEO 1102	Theology of Justice
THEO 2424	Black and Latine Theologies
or THEO 3424	Black and Latine Theologies
THEO 2285	Religion in United States
THEO 2235	Interreligious Dialogue
or THEO 3335	Interreligious Dialogue
Total Hours		18

SLO #1: Demonstrate informational competence by formulating a research topic, conducting a literature search, selecting valid and appropriate sources, and accurately summarizing selected literature.

•  The student can find primary source research articles on a relevant topic.
•  The student can accurately summarize a research article in their own words.
•  The student can evaluate the theoretical and methodological quality of a research article.
•  Aligned University Level SLO: Information Fluency

SLO #2: Demonstrate familiarity with the law by employing different criminological perspectives to explain the relationship of the individual to society and agencies of social control.

•  The student can apply major criminological theoretical frameworks to current legal issues.
•  The student can apply legal perspectives to real life situations.
•  The student can compare major legal theoretical frameworks.
•  The student can contrast major legal theoretical frameworks.
•  Aligned University Level SLO: Breadth of Knowledge and Integrative Learning

SLO#3: Recognize the inter-dependency of the criminal justice components and how they are situated in in broader social, legal and political environments impacting operations and various constituencies (e.g., victims, offenders, professionals, etc.)

•  The student can analyze the legal factors that contribute to the development of justice policies.
•  The student can assess the consequences of implementing laws that structure the criminal justice system.
•  The student can analyze how political ideologies impact development of laws that structure the criminal justice system.
•  The student can analyze social objectives beyond the criminal justice system that the criminal justice policies attempt to fulfill.
•  Aligned University SLO: Breadth of Knowledge and Integrative Learning