Pre-Law

Fall 2024 Law-Related Courses

COMM 3410: Commercial Law I 

  • TuTh 11 am-12:15 pm
  • TuTh  12:30 - 1:45 pm

COMM 3420: Commercial Law II

  • MonWed 11 am-12:15 pm

PLAP 3140: Mass Media and American Politics 

  • MoWe 9:00-9:50 am + discussion 

PLAP 3400: American Political Economy 

  • MoWeFr 12:00-12:50
  • No prior economics knowledge necessary! 

PLAP 3410: State and Local Politics

  • TuTh 12:30-1:45

PLAP 3500: Presidential Power

  • MoWe 2:00-2:50 + Discussion 

PLAP 3810: Constitutional Interpretation; Separation of Powers and Federalism 

  • Tu 5:00-7:30

PLCP 3120: Politics and Political Economy of the Welfare State

  • MoWe 3:00-3:50 pm + discussion

PLCP 3330: Politics of Latin America

  • MoWe 10:00-10:50

PLCP 3630: Politics in India and Pakistan

  • TuTh 3:30-4:45
  • Prereq: some background in comparative politics and/or study of history and society in South Asia

PLCP 4200: Comparative Legislatures

  • TuTh 11:00-12:15
  • Prereq: At least 2 courses at the 3000 level in American politics and/or Comparative politics 

PLCP 4250: Politics of Economic Reform

  • We 2:00-4:30
  • Prereq: previous course in PLCP, PLIR, or economics is recommended

PLCP 4430: Politics of Corruption 

  • Mo 2:00-4:30
  • Prereq: PLCP 1010, PLCP 2120, or instructor permission

PLIR 2020: Foreign Policies of the Powers

  • MoWe 11:00-11:50 + discussion

PLIR 2050: Intro to Political Economy 

  • MoWe 12:00-12:50 + discussion

PLIR 3060: Military Force in International Relations

  • TuTh 5:00-6:15
  • Prereq: One course in PLIR or instructor permission

PLIR 4320: Religion and War

  • Mo 7:00-9:30 pm

PLIR 4330: Perceptions of America Abroad 

  • Mo 4:30-7:00 pm
  • Prereq: at least one course in PLIR 

PLIR 4450: The Clash of Ideas in World Politics 

  • Mo 2:00-4:30
  • Prereq: one course in PLIR 

PLPT 3010: Ancient and Medieval Political Theory 

  • MoWe 5:00-5:50 + discussion

PLPT 3500: Concepts of Law

  • TuTh 5:00-6:15

PLPT 4200: Feminist Political Theory 

  • Tu 3:30-6:00 pm

PLPT 4500: Politics and Morality 

  • Tu 5:00-7:30 pm
  • Prereq: one course in PLPT or instructor permission

PHIL 2060: Philosophical Problems in Law 

  • MoWe 8:00-8:50

PHIL 2110: History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval 

  • MoWe 11:00-11:50 + discussion

PHIL 2420 Introduction to Symbolic Logic

  • TuTh 8:00-9:15 am

PHIL 2820: Philosophy of Health and Healthcare

  • TuTh 8:00-8:50 am + discussion

PHIL 3150: 17th Century Philosophy

  • TuTh 3:30-4:45

PHIL 3110: Plato

  • MoWe 2:00-3:15

PHIL 3640: Political Philosophy

  • TuTh 5:00-6:15

PHIL 3720: Contemporary Ethics

  • TuTh 3:30-4:45

AAS 2500: Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic 

  • Th 3:30-6:00 pm

AAS 3853: From Redlined to Subprine: Race and Real Estate in the US

  • MoWe 12:00-12:50 + discussion

ANTH 1185: Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism

  • We 4:00-6:30

ANTH 3290: Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition

  • We 3:30-6:00 pm

ANTH 3559: Colonialism and Decolonization

  • TuTh 9:30-10:45

SOC 4057: Family Policy 

  • MoWe 2:00-3:15
  • Studies the relationship between family and society as expressed in policy and law
  • Prereq: 6 credits of sociology or instructor permission 

HILA 3051: Modern Central America

  • TuTh 11:30-12:15

HIME 2002: The Making of the Modern Middle East

  • TuTh 11:00-12:15

HIST 2011: History of Human Rights

  • MoWe 1:00-1:50 + Discussion 

HIST 3281: Genocide: A Global History

  • MoWe 10:00-10:50

LPPL 3660: Value and Bias in Public Policy 

  • TuTh 9:30-10:45
  • Must be 4th Year First or Second BA Major or a 4th Year Minor in Batten 

LPPP 2200: Intro to Public Policy 

  • MoWe 11:00-11:50

LPPP 4200: Institutional and Political Context of Public Policy 

  • MoWe 2:00-3:15
  • Must be a Batten Minor or 4th Year First or Second Batten Major 

LPPS 3310: Police-Community Relations: Problems and Prospects 

  • We 3:30-6:00

LPPS 3470: American Healthcare Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Th 3:30-6:00

LPPS 4230: US Mental Health Policy 

  • TuTh 2:00-3:15

RELG 3713: Black Religion and the Criminal Justice System

  • TuTh 3:30-4:45