Degree Requirements
C. American History and Law Concentration
This concentration prepares students to meet the standard History Program Objectives and to provide traditional historical preparation for Law School combined with the study of contemporary legal practice.
The History major provides excellent preparation for law school because it pursues the following objectives desired by the American Bar Association for pre-law preparation: “Problem Solving, Critical Reading, Writing and Editing, Oral Communication and Listening, Research, Organization and Management, Public Service and Promotion of Justice, Relationship-building and Collaboration, Background Knowledge, Exposure to the Law.”
(www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/pre_law.html)
Two Introductory Survey Courses:
HIS 103 World History from 1500 to the Present and one of the following courses:
| HIS 202 | The United States to 1877 | 4 |
| | or | |
| HIS 203 | The United States Since 1877 | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Four American Law Core Courses:
| HIS 335 | U.S. Constitutional History | 4 |
| LJA 315 | Appellate Advocacy | 4 |
| | And two of the following courses: | |
| HIS 229 | History of Sexuality | 4 |
| HIS 275 | The Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
| LJAH 411 | Law and Social Policy (Honors) | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Two History of American Government and Law Courses:
| HIS 202 | The United States to 1877 | 4 |
| HIS 203 | The United States Since 1877 | 4 |
| HIS 215 | Women in American History | 4 |
| HIS 225 | The Age of the Civil War | 4 |
| HIS 321 | Revolutionary America | 4 |
| HIS 326 | The History of U.S. Foreign Relations | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
HIS 202 and
HIS 203 cannot be counted as an American Government and Law elective if that course is being counted toward the introductory survey requirement.
One Course in Law and Society in International Perspective:
| HIS 218 | History of the Islamic World | 4 |
| HIS 221 | Japan's Modern Centuries | 4 |
| HIS 260 | The Holocaust | 4 |
| HIS 302 | Revolutionary Europe 1789 to 1919 | 4 |
| HIS 325 | Narcotic Drugs and Modern Society | 4 |
| HIS 414 | The Era of World War II | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: 44
Upper-Level Course Requirement:
Students must take sixteen HIS or LJA credits at the 300-level or above, including courses taken in fulfillment of the above requirements and the History Core.