The Department now offers a Political Science concentration for pre-law students, entitled the Pre-Professional Legal Studies concentration.  The concentration includes 30 semester hours of required and elective PS courses, 15 semester hours of pre-law concentration courses, and 15 semester hours of coursework in other departments.

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B.S. in POLITICAL SCIENCE  CONCENTRATION: PRE-PROFESSIONAL LEGAL STUDIES
 

POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES (at least 30 hours).
Elective courses must be selected with the consent of the advisor.

1100 Introduction to American national Gov._____   3
2130 State and Local Government  _____   3
3115 Research Methods (C, ND)  _____   3
3150 Constitutional Law (W)  _____   3
3660 Administrative Law   _____   3
4550 Law and Society (S, W)  _____   3
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CONCENTRATION AND ELECTIVE COURSES (at least 30 hours).
Elective courses must be selected with the consent of the advisor.

CJ 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice _____   3
STT 2810 Statistics (C, ND)   _____   3
CJ 3050 American Legal Systems (W) _____   3
CJ 3551 Criminal Law   _____   3
CJ 3552 Criminal Procedure   _____   3
FIR 2150 Legal Environment of Business _____   3
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      Total =  30
 

For further information, please contact Dr. Ronald Stidham at 828-262-6039 or stidhamr@appstate.edu