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Critical Courses

These are the required (critical) courses in the Pre-Law Concentration curriculum.

For more detailed course descriptions visit the UL Catalog.

Political Science

Must be passed with course grade of C or higher. (37 credit hours total)

  • POLS 101 Introduction to Political Science, 1 credit hour
  • POLS 110 American National Government  OR POLS 111 Honors American National Government OR POLS 210 American Politics and Policy, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 317 State and Local Government OR POLS 318 Honors State and Local Government, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 220 World Politics OR POLS 221 Honors World Politics OR POLS 360 International Politics, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 370 Political Philosophy: Major Thinkers OR POLS 475 American Political Thought, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 340 Public Administration OR POLS 414 Congress OR POLS 419 The Presidency OR POLS 442 Bureaucratic Identity and Social Roles, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 382 Law and Judicial Process OR POLS 387 Constitutional Law, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 483 Civil Liberties OR POLS 487 Civil Rights Law, 3 credit hours
  • POLS 3xx/4xx, POLS electives, 12 credit hours
  • POLS 4xx, POLS electives, 9 credit hours

English

  • ENGL 101 Introduction to Academic Writing, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher)
  • ENGL 102 Writing and Research about Culture, 3 credit hours (must be passed with C or higher
  • ENGL 2xx (Literature elective), 3 credit hours
  • ENGL 359 Advanced Writing in Social Sciences OR ENGL 360 Advanced Writing OR ENGL 365 Technical Writing, 3 credit hours

History

  • HIST 221 The United States to 1877, 3 credit hours
  • HIST 222 The United States since 1877, 3 credit hours

Modern Language (Choose sequence in French (FREN), German (GERM) or Spanish (SPAN))

  • MODL101 Elementary I, 4 credit hours
  • MODL102 Elementary II, 3 credit hours
  • MODL 201 Intermediate, 3 Credit Hours

Math

  • MATH 102 Quantitative Reasoning OR (MATH 103 AND MATH 104) OR MATH 105 College Algebra

Science

(CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) AND BIOL, with 2 courses in the same science

  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
  • Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours

Behavioral Science

  • SOCI 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECON 201 Principles of Economic I OR ECON 202 Principles of Economics II OR ECON 300 Fundamentals of Economics, 3 Credit Hours

Communication

  • CMCN 202 Argumentation and Structure Decision-Making OR CMCN 302 Competitive Forensics OR CMCN 310 Public Speaking, 3 credit hours

Art

  • Elective (Art), 3 credit hours

Philosophy

  • PHIL 3/4xx, 3 Credit Hours

University Freshman Experience

  • UNIV 100 First Year Seminar: Cajun Connection, 3 Credit Hours

Minor

  • 18 credit hours in minor
  • 6 credit hours of the 18 credit hours total must be at the 3/4xx level
  • no more than one course grade of D in minor