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Pre-Law Concentration

Pre-Law Course Descriptions

The program in Government and International Affairs at the University is designed to introduce students to the study of law, to encourage student engagement with the legal profession, and to prepare students for the law school admission process.

Students from any major may consider applying to law school upon graduation. The Department of Government and International Affairs offers a series of public law courses to assist students considering law as a career. For students majoring or minoring in government, these courses can be taken to count for the American Politics concentration; for students in other majors, these courses can be taken as a Pre-Law Concentration. The Pre-Law Concentration provides a basic government and law background for those students who hope to go on to law school.

Requirements

15 hours of the following required courses:

GOVT 1315American Politics

GOVT 2392Introduction to the U.S. Legal System

PHIL 1381Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 3312Logic

ENGL
3 Hours Upper Level Rhetoric Course

3 Semester hours from the following courses:

GOVT 1391Human Rights

GOVT 2342

GOVT 2375International Organizations

GOVT 3353Texas Legislative Process

GOVT 3375Moot Court

GOVT 4315Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers

GOVT 4316Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

GOVT 4330International Law

6 Semester hours from the following courses:

BLAW 3317Business Law

BLAW 4320International Business Law

BLAW 4340Employment Law

ECON 2301Principles of Macroeconomics

SPCH 1311Public Speaking

PHIL 3332Ethics

PHIL 3385Justice: Tradition and Transformation

ENGL
3 Hours Upper Level Literature Course