Overview & Academics

Law schools do not require a specific major for admission. Information about admission to law schools is available from the websites of individual schools and from the website of the Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law schools at http://officialguide.lsac.org. Students interested in applying for law school should consider taking any major in which they have a personal interest and which helps develop their writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. The Pre-Law faculty advisor can help you with mapping out a program of studies that will help you prepare for law school.

The American Bar Association believes that the best preparation for law school is to take challenging courses in a variety of disciplines. Taking courses marked as Writing Intensive (WI) is good preparation for law school. Courses that can help students develop their writing, speaking and critical thinking skills include:

Business Division

• ACC 200 Fundamentals of Accounting
• BUS 207 The Legal Environment
• ECO 201 Principles of Economics I (Macro Economics)
• ECO 202 Principles of Economics II (Micro Economics)

Humanities Division

• ENG 130 Fundamentals of Communication
• ENG 302 Advanced Composition
• ENT 140 Oral Communication Methods
• PHI 202 Ethics

Education & Social Sciences Division

• HIS 111 The United States to 1865
• HIS 112 The United States Since 1865
• JUS/POL 410 Constitutional Law
• JUS 293 Criminal Law
• JUS 310 Reporting for Criminal Justice Professionals
• POL 112 American Political System
• POL 310 Political Economy
• POL 400 American Political Thought
• POL 401 Ideals and Ideology
• PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology
• SOC 400 Sociology of the Workplace
• SOC 460 Deviant Behavior and Social Control