About
As preparation for law school entry and success, the following minor is recommended in keeping with the American Bar Association list of Core Skills, Value, Knowledge, and Experience for pre-law students. The ABA suggests these pre-law components:
- Problem solving
- Critical reading
- Writing and editing
- Oral communication
- Research
- Organization and management
- Public service and promotion of justice
- Relationship-building and collaboration
- Background knowledge
- Exposure to the law
Requirements
REQUIRED COURSES (18 - 21 Total Credits)- Course(s):
- BUAD339 - Business Law (3)
- PLSC254 - American National and State Government (3)
- PLSC330 - Introduction to United States Constitutional Law (3)
- Select 1 course(s):
- ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
- PLSC450 - Legal Writing and Research (3)
- Select between 0 and 3 credits from the following: PLSC491 - Political Science Practicum (0 - 6)
- Select 3 credit(s):
- HIST374 - History of England (IN-6) (W) (3)
- PLSC353 - From Colony to Nation (W) (3)
- PLSC357 - Modern America (W) (3)
- PLSC471 - Western Political Thought through the Renaissance (W) (3)
- PLSC472 - Western Political Thought since the Renaissance (W) (3)
- Select 3 credit(s):
- ACCT456 - Federal Taxation (3)
- BUAD358 - Ethical, Social, and Legal Environment of Business (3)
- COMM427 - Mass Media Law and Ethics (3)
- HMNT211 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)
- INDV110 - Human Rights and Service (SERV-2) (3)
- INDV220 - International Relations and Global Politics (3)
- INDV360 - Political Economy (3)
- MATH219 - Set Theory and Logic (3)
- MGNT344 - Human Resource Management (3)
- PLSC103 - Trial Advocacy Basics (1)
- PLSC260 - Comparative Politics (3)
- PLSC310 - Moot Court (1)
- PLSC320 - Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (1)
- INDV321 - Issues in Ethics and Development (3)
Grand Total Credits: 18 - 21
Sample Degree Plan
Grand Total Credits: 18 - 21