PSYCHOLOGY 311
PRE-LAW MINOR Beyond the Sophomore year Pre-Law students must select a major field of study. Additional Pre-Law Cognates are recommended and a Pre-Law Minor may be earned through the completion of 18 credit hours, including: 3 3 3-6
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Intro Law & Society/PLAW 260 or Intro to Law/LEGL 111 Legal Analysis and Persuasion/PLAW 357 Constitutional Law I & II/POLI 350, 351 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights/POLI 351 Philosophy of Ethical Responsibility/LPHI 237 Legal Research Writing I/LEGL 211 Legal Environment of Business/BCOR 203 Philosophy & Law/PHIL 290 Logic/PHIL 210 Advanced Composition/ENGL 211 Business and Professional Communication/ENGL 212 Intro to Criminal Justice/CRJS 110 Congress & Legislative Process/POLI 315 Career Prep in Law/PLAW 380 Legal Research Writing II/LEGL 212
Law and Politics Students pursuing this track will take most of the required courses in the Political Science major, but will substitute 2 legal courses, Introduction to Law & Society and Legal Analysis & Persuasion, for 2 upper level Political Science courses. Students who intend to go on to law school are encouraged to complete the Legal Studies Certificate. The certificate can be completed within the four year program by using those courses as the allowable cognates and electives in the student’s major. If the pre law school student does not want to complete the certificate, they are encouraged to take some of the Legal Studies courses so that they can learn skills that could enable them to find summer employment and/or part-time employment in legal settings. Some helpful courses would include Legal Research & Writing I and II, Public Records Research, Computers in Law, and Trial Prep and Procedure.
PSYCHOLOGY LORI D. LINDLEY, Ph.D., Program Director FACULTY: Associate Professors: Lori Lindley, Luke Rosielle. Assistant Professors: Andrew Caswell, Jessica Hartnett, Ryan Leonard, John Ranney. Lecturer: Barbara Townsend. ADJUNCT FACULTY: Danielle Clark, Sheila Dwyer-Grove, Susan Galle-Boyko, Bruce Kobal. Aims and Objectives The Department of Psychology endeavors to prepare its students for a variety of professional and liberal arts careers by providing maximal flexibility in vocational planning. Because of the strong foundation in research methods, Liberal Studies Core, and behavioral sciences its curriculum provides, the psychology concentration prepares the student to pursue graduate study in a variety of fields including Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Law and others. It also prepares the student for nonprofessional careers that require a strong liberal arts background. Four separate tracks are available to help students tailor the psychology major to best fit their own interests and professional goals.