Bachelor’s Degree, Humanities, Pre-Law


This 120-hour degree plan consists of the following:

 
  • 60 freshman and sophomore level credit hours
  • 9 HSH General Education credit hours
  • 24 credit hours in Humanities
  • 9 credit hours in Human Science coursework
  • 12 credit hours of directed electives
  • 3 credit hours in the required capstone course, HUMN 4735, Senior Seminar
  • 3 credit hours of free electives
 

Hours

Courses

Comments

3 Hours—Humanities
(Select one course from Basic Texts series)

HUMN 3031—Basic Texts in Western Tradition 1
HUMN 3033—Basic Texts in Western Tradition II
HUMN 3035—Basic Texts III-Non-Western Tradition

You will also complete one course from the Basic Texts series to meet the HFA core requirements.

3 Hours—Communication
(Select one course from the list)

WRIT 3132—Written Communications in Business
COMM 3531—Mass Media and Society
COMM 3532—Media Law
COMM 4233— Speech Communication-Theory and Practice

 

6 Hours—History
(Select two courses from the list of recommended courses)

HIST 3331—Medieval Europe
HIST 4035—Texas and the Borderlands+
HIST 4134—Growth of Industrial America
HIST 4133—Civil War and Reconstruction+
HIST 4135—America 1919-1945+
HIST 4136—America Since 1945+
HIST 4234—U.S. Labor History+
HIST 4338—Modern Britain

Courses noted with a “+” will satisfy the statutory requirement for American History.

6 Hours—Literature
(Select two courses from the list of recommended courses)

LITR 3631—Shakespeare
LITR 4130—Literary Studies-Genres and Critical Perspectives
LITR 4131—Literary Theory
LITR 4238—Rise and Development of the English Novel
LITR 4332—American Minority Literature
LITR 4530—Masterpieces of 19th Century European Literature
LITR 4531— Masterpieces of 20th Century European Literature
LITR 4537—Women in Literature

 

6 Hours—Philosophy
(Select two courses from the list of recommended courses)

PHIL 3231—Logic
PHIL 3331—Ethics
PHIL 3433—Philosophy and Knowledge
PHIL 4134—The Great Philosophers I
PHIL 4135--The Great Philosophers II

 

9 Hours—HSH Pre-Law Track
(Select three courses from the list)

ANTH 3131—Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 3531—Political and Economic Anthropology
ANTH 4431—Women in Society
ANTH 4432—Human Rights and Social Justice
ANTH 4531—Anthropology and Family
CRIM 3132/SOCI 3132—Criminology
CRIM 3335/SOCI 3335—Deviance
CRIM 4332--Social Problems and the Legal System
SOCI 3531—Political Sociology
SOCI 3531—Urban Sociology
SOCI 4131—Social Psychology
SOCI 4132—Social Structure: Class, Power and Status
SOCI 4332—Sociology of Law
SOCI 4535—Minorities in America

 

12 Hours—Electives
(Select four courses from the list of recommended courses and/or any Legal Studies Courses)

CRIM 4133/SOCI 4133—Juvenile Delinquency
CRIM 4135/SOCI 4135—The Death Penalty
CRIM 4434/SOCI 4434—Criminal Law
POLS 3331—Legislative Process
POLS 3532—Policymaking Process
POLS 4133—Civil Liberties in America
POLS 4135—Judicial Process
POLS 4535—Political Philosophy
SOCI 4232—Theories of Society
SOCI 4238—Social Conflict and Mediation
SOCI 4331—Prison and Society
SOCI 4333—Crisis Intervention
SOCI 4432—Human Rights and Social Justice
WMST 4136—Women and the Law

 

3 Hours HUMN 4735—Senior Seminar  

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