In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program. There is no minor program in Legal Studies. The level of honors is based on the final upper division major/honors GPA and the quality of the thesis as decided by a student’s faculty supervisor.įor more detailed information regarding the honors program and thesis requirements, please go to and click on the Research tab. There are three levels of departmental honors: honors, high honors, highest honors. The thesis is read by the faculty supervisor who will assign a letter grade.

Finish their final semester with at least a 3.5 UC Berkeley GPA and at least a 3.5 major GPA.

Complete an honors thesis, with a minimum of 40 written pages, approved by the student’s faculty supervisor and.

Meet periodically throughout the semester with the faculty supervisor during the spring.

Enroll in LEGALST H195B and LEGALST H195C in the spring semester following successful completion of the LEGALST H195A honors seminar and meet the GPA requirements.

Enroll in LEGALST H195A honors seminar in the fall semester before writing the thesis.To graduate with departmental honors, students must: The student must have completed at least half of the major requirements before being admitted to the honors program. Honors ProgramĪ student majoring in Legal Studies with an overall UC Berkeley grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 and a GPA of 3.5 in Legal Studies courses by the end of the spring semester junior year may apply and may be admitted to the honors program. Please visit for more details under 'About the Major' then 'Declaring the Major'. History or AP European History Social Behavioral: AP Micro Econ or US Govt & Politics Philosophy: Cannot use AP credit Statistics: AP Statistics History: AP U.S. All courses taken for the major must be taken for a letter grade.Ī score of 3 or higher in the following AP exams will fulfill three of the four prerequisites: For details regarding the prerequisites, please see the Major Requirements tab on this page. Students may declare the major after completing two of the four prerequisites with a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) between the two courses and an overall UC Berkeley GPA of 2.0. The Legal Studies major is under the academic supervision of the School of Law faculty. Courses are organized into interdisciplinary topical areas that transcend disciplinary boundaries in the interest of collaborative inquiry. The major’s course offerings examine law and legality from both humanist and empirical perspectives. The Legal Studies faculty and students grapple with important questions of social policy within the framework of significant concerns in jurisprudence and theories of justice. These concerns include individual liberty, privacy, and autonomy political and social equality the just distribution of resources and opportunities within society the relationship between citizens and the state democratic participation and representation the moral commitments of the community and the preservation of human dignity. The major is designed to stimulate the critical understanding of and inquiry about the theoretical frameworks, historical dynamics, and cultural embeddedness of law. The Legal Studies curriculum examines how law shapes and is shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces.

Legal Studies is an interdisciplinary, liberal arts major that engages the meanings, values, practices, and institutions of law and legality.

Students learn this process hands-on with case examples and studies.About the Program Please visit our website at Bachelor of Arts (BA) Students work to produce well-written, well-researched documents applying client’s facts to the law. The Legal Studies degree can be earned entirely online if necessary. Because internet courses don't have set classroom schedules, students can participate at any hour and from anywhere, even from your job. Students don't have to travel to take an online course, eliminating geographic barriers. The Legal Studies degree is one of SUNY Canton's signature online programs. This allows students to learn from the experiences of professionals from governmental agencies and from the private sector. Instructors in this program have a wide variety of real world experience including attorneys who are practicing, or have practiced law. It continues to be the only four-year undergraduate Legal Studies program within the 64 campus SUNY system.Ĭurriculum Coordinator Real-World Experience The Legal Studies program has grown from 38 students in 2008 to 97 in 2018.

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