Department of Writing Studies
612-624-3445
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Sub-plan 3. Legal Discourse and Public Policy

Writing Studies courses required for this sub-plan:
WRIT 4431: Intersections of S&TC and Law, 3 cr (fulfills S&TC major elective)
WRIT 3577W: Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet, 3 cr

Choose 12 credits from the following courses:

Courses	Credits	Prerequisite
AMIN 4231: The Color of Public Policy	3	None
COMM 3631: Freedom of Speech	3	None
CSCI 3921W: Social, Legal, and Ethical Aspects of Computing	3	At least soph or instr consent
HIST 4337: Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court Since 1865	4	Jr or sr or grad student
JOUR 3007: The Media in American History and Law	3	Non-jour major or [jour major, course appr on prog plan] or [pre-jour, adviser approval]
JOUR 3776: Mass Communication Law	3	Jour major or jour minor or approved IDIM major or ICP major or BIS major or #
JOUR 5552: Law of Internet Communication	3	Non-jour major or jour major with course appr on prog plan or [pre-jour with adviser approval]
PHIL 1001: Introduction to Logic	4	None
PHIL 1004W: Introduction to Political Philosophy	4	None
PHIL 4321W: Theories of Justice	3	1003 or 1004 or #
POL 1001: American Democracy in a Changing World	4	None
POL 1201: Political Ideas and Ideologies	4	None
POL 3225: American Political Thought	3	None
POL 3308: Congressional Politics and Institutions	3	1001 or 1002 or #
POL 3309: Justice in America	3	1001 or 1002 or #
POL 4403W: Comparative Constitionalism	3	None
POL 4485: Human Rights & Democracy in the World	3	At least one 1xxx or 3xxx course in pol sci, non-pol sci major or #
POL 4501W: The Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation	3	1001 or 1002 or equiv or [non-pol sci] grad student or #
POL 4502W: The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights	3	1001 or 1002 or equiv or [non-pol sci] grad major or #
SOC 3101: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System	3	Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Soc 3111
SOC 4101W: Sociology of Law	3	1001 or 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or #; 3701 recommended
SOC 4161: Criminal Law in American Society	3	3101 or 3102 or 3111 or #
SOC 4162: Criminal Procedure in American Society	3	3101 or 3102 or 3111 or #
SOC 4170: International Law and Cultural Change	3	1001 or 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or #
SOC 4175: Law, Politics, and Inequality	3	1001 or 3101 or 3102 or 3111 or #

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