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Law and Policy Core Courses (35 credits)
- Two law courses:
- TLAW I; At least one of these courses must be:
- TLAW II; One of these courses may be:
- Two politics courses:
- One practical reasoning course:
- One ethical and philosophical reasoning course:
- One writing course:
Law and Policy Elective courses (25 credits)
Each of the courses selected from the lists below must be in addition to those chosen to fulfill core requirements.
LAW AND LEGAL SYSTEMS IN POLICY MAKING (15 CREDITS)
- TCOM 454 Communications Law
- TCRIM 395 American Criminal Courts
- TLAW 320 Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers and Constraints
- TLAW 339 Washington Environmental Law
- TLAW 348 Gender and Law
- TLAW 361 Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties
- TLAW 363 Law in Society
- TLAW 367 Comparative Law and Courts
- TLAW 422 International Humanitarian Law
- TLAW 423 International Law
- TLAW 424 The Politics and Law of International Human Rights
- TLAW 438 Environmental Law
- TLAW 452 Race, Ethnicity, and Law
- TLAW 465 Law and Public Policy in the United States
- TPOLS 355 Reproductive Rights, Law, and Justice
THEORY AND PRACTICE IN LAW AND POLICY (10 CREDITS)
- TCOM 465 Contemporary Free Speech Issues
- TCOM 481 Communication Regulation and Policy
- TCRIM437 Abolitionism and Revolutionary Criminology
- TECON 316 Current Issues in US Public Policy
- TECON 321 Economics of Education
- TECON 350 Law and Economics
- TECON 360 Poverty in Developing Countries
- TECON 370 Economics and Social Mobility
- TECON 418 Urban Problems and Policies
- TECON 421 Environmental Policy
- TECON 450 Labor Economics and Policy
- TECON 470 Economics of Health and Health Policy
- TESC 345 Pollution and Public Policy
- TFILM 444 Crime Narratives and Society
- TLIT 433 Native American Literature and Federal Indian Law
- TPHIL 414 Philosophy of Law
- TPHIL 453 Political Theory of Human Rights
- TPOLS 322 War and Politics
- TPOLS 323 The Practice of War
- TPOLS 324 War, Activism, and Ethics
- TPOLS 325 Issues in Local Government
- TPOLS 340 Middle East Politics
- TPOLS 341 Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East
- TPOLS 343 Community and Labor Organizing
- TPOLS 350 Politics and Film in the Middle East
- TPOLS 353 U.S. Congress
- TPOLS 360 Genocide
- TPOLS 400 The American Presidency
- TPOLS 451 Human Rights and the Use of Force
- TPOLS/TSOCWF 425 Comparative Social Policy
- TSOC 335 Social Class and Inequality
- TSOCWF 300 Historical Approaches to Social Welfare
- TURB 312 Race and Poverty in Urban America
- TURB 316 Cities and Citizenship
Capstone requirement (5 credits)
Toward the end of their studies, all Law and Policy students engage in a capstone class. You must complete the below seminar for your final five (5) credits in this major. This course will be your culminating work for your major and illustrate that you have met the student learning objectives.
Toward the end of their studies, all Law and Policy students engage in a capstone class. As a Law and Policy student, you also have the option of graduating with honors, which requires a second capstone class. This route is especially recommended for students expecting to enter graduate school.
