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LAW AND POLICY CORE COURSES
- One law course:
- TLAW 320 American Constitutional Law (formerly TPOLS 320)
- TLAW 363 Law in Society (formerly TPOLS 363)
(*If both courses are taken, one course will fulfill the core requirement and the second course will count toward the Legal Studies area of specialization)
- One domestic politics course:
- One international politics course:
- One economics course:
- TECON 200/TBECON 220 Microeconomics
- TECON 201/TBECON 221 Macroeconomics
(required for International Development track)
- One ethical and philosophical reasoning course:
- Both statistics and methods courses listed:
- One writing course:
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION (25 CREDITS)
You may choose from one of four areas of specialization and complete at least 15 credits from that area. In addition, you must complete 10 credits from any of the area lists to provide breadth to your coursework.
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: HEALTH POLICY
- TECON 470 Economics of Health and Health Policy
- THLTH 310 Health and Society
- THLTH 372 Environmental Health: Local to Global
- THLTH 440 Business of Health Care
- THLTH 470 Challenges and Controversies in US Health Care
- THLTH 485 Critical Issues in Global Health
- THLEAD 380 Healthcare Budgetary Analysis and Financial Decision Making
- THLEAD 410 Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
- THLEAD 420 Healthcare Accreditation and Legal Issues
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: SOCIAL POLICY
- TECON 316 Current issues in US Public Policy (formerly TECON 416)
- TECON 321 Economics of Education (formerly TECON 420)
- TECON 360 Poverty in Developing Countries
- TECON 370 Economics and Social Mobility
- TECON 430 Behavioral Economics
- TECON 450 Labor Economics and Policy
- TECON 470 Economics of Health and Health Policy
- TPOLS 325 Issues in Local Government
- TPOLS 348 Gender and Law
- TPOLS 353 U.S. Congress
- TPOLS/TSOCWF 425 Comparative Social Policy
- TPSYCH 421 Social Psychology, Law and Society
- TSOC 335 Social Class and Inequality
- TSOC 436 History of Social Welfare Policy in the US
- TSOCWF 300 Historical Approaches to Social Welfare
- TSOCWF 320 Social Welfare: Contemporary Approaches
- TURB 312 Race and Poverty in Urban America
- TURB 316 Cities and Citizenship
- TURB 323 Sustainable Urban Development Policies
- TURB 460 Urban Issues in the Developing World
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- TECON 320 Gender and Development
- TECON 332 Rise of East Asia
- TECON 340 International Economics
- TECON 360 Poverty in Developing Countries
- TECON 394 Comparative Economic Development
- TECON 417 Political Economy of India
- TECON 425 Contemporary Issues in International Political Economy
- TECON 440 Global Economic Challenges
- TECON 460 China's Rise and its Global Economic Implications
- TECON 461 Current Issues in the Chinese Economy
- TEGL 435 Migration in the Modern World (formerly TSOC 435)
- TESC 341 Climate Change
- TGEOG 435 Contemporary Geopolitics
- THLTH 372 Environmental Health: Local to Global
- THLTH 485 Critical Issues in Global Health
- TLAW 348 Gender and Law (formerly TPOLS 348)
- TLAW 422 International Humanitarian Law (formerly TPOLS 422)
- TLAW 424 The Politics and Law of International Human Rights (formerly TPOLS 368)
- TPOLS 230 International Human Rights (formerly TPOLS 311)
- TPOLS 321 American Foreign Policy
- TPOLS 410 Labor Rights and Human Rights
- TPOLS 440 American Foreign Policy in the Middle East
- TSUD 444 Green Internationalism and the City
- TURB 430 Pacific Rim Cities
- TURB 460 Urban Issues in the Developing World
- TWOMN 420 Women in the Global Economy
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: LEGAL STUDIES
- TCOM 454 Communications Law
- TCRIM 395 American Criminal Courts
- THIST 410 Early American Politics and Law
- TPHIL 314 Philosophy of Crime and Punishment
- TPHIL 414 Philosophy of Law
- TLAW 320 Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers and Constraints (formerly TPOLS 320)
- TLAW 348 Gender and Law (formerly TPOLS 348)
- TLAW 361 Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties (formerly TPOLS 361)
- TLAW 363 Law in Society (formerly TPOLS 363)
- TLAW 367 Comparative Law and Courts (formerly TPOLS 367)
- TLAW 422 International Humanitarian Law (formerly TPOLS 422)
- TLAW 423 International Law (formerly TPOLS 423)
- TLAW 424 The Politics and Law of International Human Rights (formerly TPOLS 368)
- TLAW 438 Environmental Law (formerly TPOLS 438)
- TLAW 452 Minorities and the Law (formerly TPOLS 452)
- TLAW 465 Law and Public Policy in the United States (formerly TPOLS 465)
CAPSTONE OR INTERNSHIP
You must select one of the options below for your final five (5) credits in this major. This course will be your culminating work for your major and illustrate that you have meet the student learning objectives as found in our Course Catalog. While the Law and Policy capstone and internship courses are being developed, you may substitute the course options with the TPPE capstone or internship courses as listed below. This option should be confirmed with your advisor prior to registering for the course, so it can be applied correctly in DARS.
One of the following:
