Minor in Pre-Law
Overview
The pre-law minor provides a liberal-arts-based introduction to courses in law, government and critical reasoning as a helpful start toward graduate work in the law and related fields.
Courses
Below are the course requirements for this academic program. In addition to these program-specific requirements, all majors include Biola's traditional undergraduate core curriculum. For more program details, including a sample course sequence, visit Biola's academic catalog.
Mission
The mission of the Pre-Law minor is to provide an interdisciplinary liberal arts-based introduction to courses in the law, government, and critical reasoning with an eye to Christian integration as a helpful start toward graduate work for Christians in law and related fields.
Curriculum Requirements
A Pre-law minor is offered with the completion of 18 credits.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Courses | ||
| The Pre-Law student is required to take the following four courses, which represent the four respective core disciplines serving the pre-law minor. | ||
| HIST 360 | Economic History of the United States | 3 |
| or POSC 360 | Economic History of the United States | |
| PHIL 210 | Introduction to Logic | 3 |
| or PHIL 218 | Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Logic | |
| POSC 250 | Foundations of the American Political System | 3 |
| or POSC 256 | Virtue, Citizenship, and Politics | |
| SOCI 336 | Unequal Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Crime | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select 6 credits from any of the following courses: | 6 | |
| The Colonial Period, American Revolution, 1607–1800 | ||
or HIST 308 | American Democracy, Civil War and Reconstruction, 1800–1877 | |
or HIST 401 | The Rise of Modern America, 1877–1920 | |
or HIST 402 | The United States Since 1920 | |
| Ethics | ||
or PHIL 440 | Theoretical Wisdom: Philosophical Topics | |
| American Constitutional Law | ||
or POSC 420 | Courts and Public Policy | |
or POSC 430 | Church and State Relations | |
| Criminology | ||
or SOCI 350 | Sociology of Violence | |
or SOCI 352 | Social Inequality: Race, Class and Gender | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |