Pre-Law Minor

Department of Political Science and Public Management

Location: Clement Bldg., Room 143
Phone: 931-221-7515
Website: www.apsu.edu/polysci

This is a new minor that is proposed for Austin Peay State University undergraduate students who are interested entering law school upon graduation from the University. It is designed as in interdisciplinary minor that will draw on courses from the disciplines of political science, public management, and philosophy. This minor seeks to develop critical and analytical thinking skills that will prepare students for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and law school.

Required

Total Hours 9

Electives

Select three (3) courses from the list below:
PHIL 3060 - Applied Ethics 3
PHIL 3900 - Informal, Categorical and Propositional Logic 3
PHIL 4200 - Philosophy of Law 3
POLS 2005 - Legal Research and Writing 3
POLS 3000 - Foundations of Political Theory 3
POLS 4330 - Women and the Law 3
POLS 4390 - Judicial Policy and Courts 3
PM 3150 - The American Criminal Justice System 3
PM 3160 - Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 3
PM 3170 - Criminal Law 3
PM 3235 - Public Policy Analysis 3
PM 4320 - Administrative Law 3

Pre-Law Minor

Required

Total Hours 9

Electives

Total Hours 9

Total Hours for Minor 18