Legal Studies Courses Offered Spring 2008

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

Methods Courses (Statistics and Research Design)
General Business 303: Business Statistics
Economics 310: Statistics: Measurement in Economics
Psychology 210: Basic Stats for Psychology
Sociology 360: Statistics for Sociologists
Statistics 301: Introduction to Statistical Methods

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

Theme Group 1: Legal Institutions
Journ 559 Law of Mass Communication
Political Sci 104: Intro to Amer Nat'l Government
*Political Sci 106: Intro to Comparative Politics
Political Sci 184: Intro to American Politics
*Political Sci 316: Principles of International Law
*Political Sci 338: The European Union
Political Sci 404: Amer Politics & Government
Political Sci 412: Constitutional Law II
Political Sci 426: Legislative Process

Theme Group 2: Process of Legal Order & Disorder
Amer Ind St. 450, Sec 013: Am Indian Nat Resources Law
General Business 301: Business Law
Risk Mangmnt & Ins 300: Principles of Risk Mangmnt
Risk Mangmnt & Ins 615: Liability Risk Mangmnt (prereqs)
Legal St/Soc 131: Criminal Justice in America (NOTE: This course counts within this theme only for students who have also taken Legal St/Political Sci 217)
Legal St 650, Section 016: Selected Problems in Policing** (meets with Law 977-001)
Political Science 401, Sec. 006: Topic: Transitional Justice
Psych 411, Sec. 028: Psych Juvenile Delinquency (prereqs)
Psych 509: Abnormal Psychology
Social Work 646 Child Abuse and Neglect (prereqs)
Sociology 441: Criminology

Theme Group 3: Law & Social Structure
Gen Bus 302: Business Organizations and Negotiable Instruments (prereq: Gen Bus 301)
*Legal St 400, Sec 010: Human Rights, Politics & Society
Legal St 444: Law in Action
Psych 411, Sec.073: Soc Sci & So Systems in Law (prereqs)
Sociology 134: Amer Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Sociology 220: Ethnic Movements in the United States
Women St 102: Women, Social Inst & Social Change


Theme Group 4: Law & Culture
*Theater/Jewish St 410: The Holocaust Theme -West Drama
*Legal St 450, Sec. 012 : Lawyers & Judges in the British Empire
*Legal St 650, Section 004: Law, Theology, & the State** (meets with Law 940 and Jewish St 490-002)
*History 600, Sec 010: State/Society & Law 20th Century China
*History 600, Section 013: Law & the Sacred in Middle Ages

Theme Group 5: Law & Theory
Journalism 675, Section 001: Topics-Gov't & Mass
Media; Issues in Media Law & Ethics
Legal Studies 650, Section 003: Legal Process**
(meets with Law 713)
Med Hist /Philosophy 558: Ethical Problems Raised by Biomedical Technology
Med Hist 559-001: Children, Parents & State:
Constitutional Foundations
Med Hist /Philosophy 565: Ethics of Modern Biotechnology
Philosophy 241: Introductory Ethics
Philosophy 341: Contemporary Moral Issues
Philosophy 441: Environmental Ethics
Philosophy 549: Great Moral Philosophers


Capstone
*Legal St 450, Sec. 011: Legal Pluralism (NOTE: Enrollment restricted to DECLARED majors who are May 2008 degree candidates and who have not yet taken a capstone course. Enrollment by dept consent only; contact lsp@ssc.wisc.edu for permission to enroll.)

*At least one course in the major must have substantial content dealing with countries or cultures other than the United States. An asterisk in the list of courses above designates courses meeting this requirement.

** Registration for 650 Courses is limited and by "Departmental Consent" only. Contact the Legal Studies Advisor at lsp@ssc.wisc.edu for registration information about Legal St 650 courses.

 

 

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