Law and Policy minor

Department of Law

As an Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Minor

The Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business and the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences offer a joint interdisciplinary program in law and policy that satisfies Baruch College’s liberal arts minor requirement. The Law and Policy Minor is suitable for both liberal arts and business students who have an interest in developing a critical, multidisciplinary understanding of the U.S. legal system. This program focuses on analyzing the legal system from various liberal arts and jurisprudential perspectives and thus draws heavily on philosophical, historical, sociological, and political insights about law and individual rights.

Requirements for the Minor

To satisfy the liberal arts minor in Law and Policy, students must first take two of the 3000-level elective courses listed below and then take one of the interdisciplinary 4000-level capstone courses offered by the Department of Law.

Students should choose two courses from the following list

BLS 3014	Civil Rights Legislation and Litigation	3 credits
COM 3045	Communication Law and Free Speech ( PHI 3045)	3 credits
ENV 3005	Economic and Legal Aspects of Ecology	3 credits
HIS 3005	Social Welfare Policy ( POL 3005)	3 credits
HIS 3060	African American History ( BLS 3060)	3 credits
HIS 3650	Women in America	3 credits
JRN 3220	Media Ethics and Law	3 credits
LAW 3122	Law and the Environment*	3 credits
LAW 3400	Law, Business and Sustainability*	3 credits
PHI 3020	Philosophy of Law	3 credits
PHI 3025	The Philosophy of Rights and Property	3 credits
PHI 3260	Crime and Punishment	3 credits
POL 3008	Religion and Politics in the United States ( REL 3008)
POL 3313	Constitutional Law	3 credits
POL 3314	Civil Liberties	3 credits
POL 3422	Urban Public Policy	3 credits
PSY 3069	Psychology and Law	3 credits
SOC 3154	Crime and Justice in Sociological Perspective	3 credits

*For the purposes of this program, this course counts as an Arts and Sciences course.

Students should also choose one of the following

LAW 4900	Law, Public Policy and Legal Theory *	3 credits
LAW 4905	U.S. Immigration Law and Policy *	3 credits
LAW 4906	Women, Law and Policy *	3 credits
LAW 4907	Technology Policy and Legal Theory *	3 credits

*For the purposes of this program, this course counts as an Arts and Sciences course.

Students are expected to complete the minor requirements in place at the time they are officially accepted into their programs. Please review the College Bulletin for the relevant academic year.