Undergraduate College Catalog

Rhetoric and Reasoning

Requirements

One of the following courses:

ENGL 201Introduction to Literary Study and Analysis

3

PHIL 251Introduction to Critical Thinking

3

PSYC 323Judgment and Decision Making

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Plus three of the following courses:

CJ 202Writing in Criminal Justice

3

COMM 250Academic Research and Writing

3

ENGL
Any Literature course at the 300 level and above

3

Total Credit Hours:9

(Other courses with a significant research and writing component may count for this with the approval of the Pre-Law Advisor.)

Plus two of the following courses:

(with no more than one course from a single academic discipline)

BUSN 315Business Law I

3

BUSN 316Business Law II

3

CJ 101Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CJ 330Criminal Law and Procedure

3

POLS 314AGovernmental Power and U.S. Constitutional Law

3

POLS 314BGovernmental Power and U.S. Constitutional Law

4

POLS 316ARights & Liberties and U.S. Constitutional Law

3

POLS 316BRights & Liberties and U.S. Constitutional Law

4

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 18

Other courses with a significant legal component may count for this with the approval of the Pre-Law Advisor.

Students cannot take multiple sections of classes that are cross-listed with other departments or have different sections or numbers within the same discipline. At least 9 credits must be unique to the minor – i.e., they cannot also fulfill other major or minor requirements.