Pre-Legal Studies, AA

Program Description

This program is designed to provide a background useful for the student interested in the study and practice of law by exposing the student to a diverse and demanding undergraduate liberal arts curriculum. Rigorous coursework, spanning several departments across the college, will help prepare the student for the challenges of law school and the practice of law by developing an understanding of courts, legal institutions, and the justice system; social and cultural institutions; English comprehension and usage; and political science and economics. A student must have a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree before beginning the professional study of law. 

General Education Requirements

Writing Level I (WR1) 3 credits
Writing Level II (WR2) (in program)
American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000) 3 credits
ARTS (in program)
HUM 3 credits
LSCI 4 credits
MATH *3 credits
ORAL *3 credits
SOC (in program)
UNST 1 credits

*Math 1000 Problem Solving or MATH 1400 College Algebra

*COMM 1030 Interpersonal Communications recommended for transfer to UW

Program Requirements

Course Requirements

Course NumberTitleCredits
BADM 2010Legal Environment of Business

3 credits

COMM 2090Intro to Persuasion

3 credits

CRMJ 2100Politics & Judicial Process

3 credits

CRMJ 2120Intro to Criminal Justice

3 credits

CRMJ 2210Criminal Law

3 credits

CRMJ 2230Law of Evidence

3 credits

CRMJ 2400Criminology

3 credits

CRMJ 2685Research Methods in Criminal Justice

3 credits

ECON 1020Microeconomics

3 credits

ENGL 2050Creative Writing: Fiction

3 credits

NAIS 3300Federal Indian Law

3 credits

SOC 1000Sociological Principles

3 credits

Program Electives

Students should choose one of the following 4 credit Statistics classes

Course NumberTitleCredits
STAT 2050Fundamentals of Statistics

4 credits

OR

STAT 2070Intro Statistics for the Social Sciences

4 credits

Total Credit Hours: 60