The interdisciplinary nature of the Law and Policy major invites students to engage with a variety of different perspectives on the social and legal problems facing societies on local, state, national and global levels. Students in this major develop a deep appreciation for the complex relationships between law, society, culture and politics.

20 credits Foundations

  • Take one of the following:

    • TLAW 150 Introduction to the American Legal System

    • TLAW 215 Introduction to International Organizations
       

  • Take one of the following:

    • TPHIL 250 Practical Reasoning

    • TPHIL 25 Data and Discourse
       

  • Take both:

    • TLAW 363 Law in Society

    • TWRT 211 Argument and Research in Writing

5 credits Policy and Politics
5 credits Law and Social Inequality
5 credits Law in a Global Context
25 credits Electives

Each of the courses selected from the list below must be in addition to those chosen to fulfill core requirements.

5 credits Capstone

ADVISOR

Shelli Veal

Schedule with Shelli

MAJOR COORDINATOR

Professor Emily Thuma

DEPARTMENT

Department of Social Sciences (SOCS)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Community and Labor Organizing
  • Education
  • Government
  • Human Rights Work
  • Law
  • Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
  • Policy Development
  • Post-graduate Studies

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Please meet with your advisor to declare your major.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

For a BA in Law and Policy, you need to complete 65 credits, which must include 45 credits of upper-division (300–400 level) courses, and must have a minimum 2.0 GPA in courses applied to the major.

Honors

Transfer Credits

UW Tacoma Graduation Requirements