Legal Studies Courses Offered for Fall 2009

For the most current information, search the UW-Madison Timetable here:
http://registrar.wisc.edu/timetable/

Gateway Courses
Legal Studies/Sociology 131: Criminal Justice in America
Legal Studies/Poli Sci 217: Law, Politics, and Society

Methods Courses (Statistics and Research Design)
General Business 303: Business Statistics
Economics 310: Statistics: Measurement in Economics
Poli Sci 551: Intro to Stat Inference for Political Research
Psychology 210: Basic Stats for Psychology
Sociology 360: Statistics for Sociologists
Statistics 301: Introduction to Statistics

Psychology 225: Experimental Psychology
Sociology 357: Methods of Sociological Inquiry

Theme Group 1: Legal Institutions
American Indian St 450-013: Federal Indian Law (H only)
Journ 559 Law of Mass Communication
Political Science 104: Intro to Amer Nat'l Government
*Political Science 106: Intro to Comparative Politics
Political Science 184: Intro to American Politics (H only)
*Political Science 338: The European Union
Political Science 411: Constitutional Law I
Political Science 426: Legislative Process
Political Science 470: The First Amendment


Theme Group 2: Process of Legal Order & Disorder
General Business 301: Business Law
History 344 American Revolution, 1763-89
RMI (Sch of Business) 300: Principles of Risk Management
Legal Studies/Sociology 131: Criminal Justice in America (NOTE: Counts
within this theme only for students who have also taken Legal St/Poli Sci 217
)
*Legal Studies 400, Section 011: The American Juvenile Justice System
in Comparative Perspective
#Legal St 650, Section 015: Role of Police in a Free Society
Psych 311, Sec 002: Inside the Criminal Mind (Prereq) (this section only)
Psych 411, Sec 002: Legal Psych:Crim & Civil Issues (Prereq) (this section only)
Psych 411, Sec 004: Psych Juvenile Deliquency (Prereq) (this section only)
Psychology 509: Abnormal Psychology
Social Work 523: Family Violence (Prereq)
Social Work 646: Child Abuse and Neglect (Prereq)
Sociology 441: Criminology

Theme Group 3: Law & Social Structure
Econ 522: Law and Economics
Enviro St 600, Section 001: Enviro Studies Cert Seminar, Habitat Conservation Planning for Endangered Species (this section only)
General Business 302: Business Organizations and Negotiable Instruments
(Prereq: Gen Bus 301)
Hist/Afro-Am 628: Hist of the Civil Rights Mov't in the US
Soc 134: Problems of Amer Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Soc 220: Ethnic Movements in the US
Soc 643 Sociology of Occupations and Professions
Womens St 102: Women, Social Instit & Social Change

Theme Group 4: Law & Culture
Comp Lit 375, Section 002: Law and Literature (this section only)
#Legal St 650, Section 004: Law, Theology, & the State
*Jewish St 625, The Holocaust: Facts, Trials, Verdicts, Post-Verdicts

Theme Group 5: Law & Theory
#Legal St 650, Section 009: Jurisprudence
Philosophy 241 Introductory Ethics
Philosophy 341: Contemporary Moral Issues
Philos 541 Modern Ethical Theories

Capstone
*Legal Studies 450, Section 003: History of Punishment (meets with History 426)
Sociology 641: Sociology of Law (crosslisted with Legal Studies)

*Meets requirement that at least one course in the major must have substantial content dealing with countries or cultures other than the United States.


# Restricted to Declared Legal Studies Majors with Senior Standing. Legal Studies consent required. Limited spaces. Contact the Legal Studies Advisor at lsp@ssc.wisc.edu for registration information.





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