Degree Requirements
C. American History and Law Concentration
This concentration prepares students to meet the standard History Program Objectives and to provide traditional historical preparation for Law School combined with the study of contemporary legal practice.
The History major provides excellent preparation for law school because it pursues the following objectives desired by the American Bar Association for pre-law preparation: “Problem Solving, Critical Reading, Writing and Editing, Oral Communication and Listening, Research, Organization and Management, Public Service and Promotion of Justice, Relationship-building and Collaboration, Background Knowledge, Exposure to the Law.”
(www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/pre_law.html)
Three American History Elective Courses:
| HIS 205 | Native American Histories: Colonialism and Resistance | 4 |
| HIS 206 | Slavery and Racism in the Early Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 4 |
| HIS 215 | Women in American History | 4 |
| HIS 225 | The Age of the Civil War | 4 |
| HIS 229 | History of Sexuality | 4 |
| HIS 275 | The Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
| HIS 296 | America and Vietnam | 4 |
| HIS 304 | History of Florida | 4 |
| HIS 320 | Museums, Historic Sites and Archives | 4 |
| HIS 321 | Revolutionary America | 4 |
| HIS 326 | The History of U.S. Foreign Relations | 4 |
| HIS 330 | America in the 1960s | 4 |
| HIS 335 | U.S. Constitutional History | 4 |
| MSL 203 | American Military History | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Four Law Elective Courses:
| LJA 204 | Introduction to Law, Justice, and Advocacy | 4 |
| LJA 211 | Legal Research and Writing | 4 |
| LJA 315 | Appellate Advocacy | 4 |
| LJAH 315 | Appellate Advocacy (Honors) | 4 |
| LJA 316 | Trial Advocacy | 4 |
| LJAH 411 | Law and Social Policy (Honors) | 4 |
| PHL 201 | Logic | 4 |
| PHL 202 | Ethics | 4 |
| PHL 311 | Philosophy of Law | 4 |
| PHL 312 | The Philosophy of Human Rights | 4 |
| PHL 313 | Justice | 4 |
| PHL 314 | International Justice | 4 |
| SPE 212 | Global Speech, Human Rights and Social Justice | 4 |
| SPE 315 | Freedom of Speech and First Amendment Studies | 4 |
| SPE 425 | Persuasion, Argumentation, and Conflict Resolution | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
One History Elective Course:
HIS 102 or above.
Upper-Level Course Requirement:
Students must take sixteen HIS or LJA credits at the 300-level or above, including courses taken in fulfillment of the above requirements and the History Core.