Law and Policy Minor

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The Law and Policy minor is designed for students interested in the design of policy and legislation, and students on a pre-law track. Skills and knowledge may be applied to fields such as environment and climate change, technological innovation, public health law, or intellectual property law.

A minor in Law and Policy is accomplished by completing 16 credits from the following:

HASS Inquiry (choose one):

IHSS 1350 - Law, Values, and Public Policy: Perspectives on Science and Technology Credit Hours: 4
IHSS 1500 - Human Rights in History Credit Hours: 4
IHSS 1510 - War and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSH 1110 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSS 1110 - Science, Technology, and Society Credit Hours: 4

Required:

STSS 2700 - Law and Society Credit Hours: 4

Choose remaining credits from the following 4000-level options:

STSH 4210 - Engineering Ethics Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4310 - Energy Politics Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4320 - Resilience Planning Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4430 - Drugs in History Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4520 - Social Demography: Society by the Numbers Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4700 - Environmental Law Credit Hours: 4
STSH 4800 - Public Service and Social Justice Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4310 - Energy Politics Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4320 - Resilience Planning Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4430 - Drugs in History Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4520 - Social Demography: Society by the Numbers Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4540 - China and the United States Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4560 - Gender, Science, and Technology Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4570 - Contemporary Political Thought Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4580 - Self-Organization in Science and Society Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4590 - American Politics in Crisis Credit Hours: 4
STSS 4800 - Public Service and Social Justice Credit Hours: 4

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Law and Policy Minor

HASS Inquiry (choose one):

Required:

Choose remaining credits from the following 4000-level options: