Courses

An historical survey of the American experience from its colonial beginnings through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

An historical survey of the American experience from the emergence of urban-industrial society in the late nineteenth century to the present.

An introduction to law-related issues with a focus on current legal topics viewed from an across-discipline perspective.

This course examines the American democracy by looking at the dynamic interaction between the founding ideals of the United States government, the institutions established by the Constitution, and the ongoing contest for power within and through those institutions.

This course explores the historical and contemporary struggles of particular groups within American society to expand their rights.

Analysis of the roles, procedures, and policies characterizing the American legal system.

Discussion of the validity, soundness, and fallacies of everyday language use and reasoning; informal logic; and manipulative arguments and propaganda.

In this course, students will first learn basic vocabulary for argument analysis, standards for evaluating arguments that are expressed in English, and basic methods for testing these arguments along with the shortcomings of said methods.

A survey of the literature on the role of rhetoric in law, including trial advocacy, appellate argument, and judicial reasoning.

Theories and strategies important for conceptualizing, developing, and managing conflict negotiation, mediation, and third-party intervention.

An overview of the United States criminal justice system and the major components of police, courts and corrections.

Introduction to law in society with a focus on criminal law, judicial code, laws of sentencing and corrections, ciminal procedure.

Focused on the fundamentals of fundraising and leadership, including communications, management of events and people, and stewardship.

Approved experience, related to student career objectives, in agencies external to the University.

Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Examination of basic legal principles underlying the employment relationship, and their social, political, and economic bases.

Development of Anglo-American law regulating collective bargaining, with emphasis on American labor-management relations under Wagner, Taft-Hartley, and other acts.

A study of selected problems in the history of work in the United States, especially since 1877.

Historical and contemporary philosophies of law; concepts of responsibility, property, rights, and justice; and ethical issues in legal practice.

The origins of judicial review, landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, and their impact on the American form of government.