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Premajor Requirements

In order to be considered eligible for admission to the Law, Societies, and Justice major students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average and complete at least three prerequisite courses. Many of the prerequisite courses are popular and fill quickly, so students are advised to begin planning early.

We make every effort to offer each premajor course as often as possible. If you have trouble registering for prerequisites, e-mail lsjadv@u.washington.edu. Admission decisions will be made on a competitive basis from among those students who meet the minimum requirements.

Admission to Major

Applications are accepted during autumn, winter and spring quarters. The application deadline is typically the second Friday of the quarter; admission decisions are made prior to the start of registration. The exact date for these deadlines will be printed on the application to the major.

Law, Societies, and Justice Prerequisite Checklist

1. A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of no less than 2.00.

2. Completion of 15 credits (3 courses) from the following categories:
a. One LSJ Core course (5 credits)

LSJ/ POL S 363, or LSJ/SIS 362	Law in Society, or Law and Justice: an Introduction to Social Theory

LSJ/POL S 367	Comparative Law and Courts

LSJ 375, or SOC 372	Crime, Politics, and Justice, or Introduction to Criminal Justice

LSJ 320/POL S 368, or LSJ 321/ ANTH 323	The Politics & Law of International Human Rights or Human Rights Law in Culture and Practice

b. One research methodology/ statistics course from the program requirement list (4-5 credits):

STAT/SOC/CSSS 320	Evaluating Social Science Evidence
SOC 220	Intro to Sociological Methods
POL S 205	Political Science as a Social Science
PSYCH 209	Fundamentals of Psych Research
PSYCH 315	Understanding Statistics in Psychology
PSYCH 317	Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Psychology
QMETH 201	Introduction to Statistical Methods
STAT 220	Basic Statistics
STAT 311	Elements of Statistical Methods

c. One English Composition class (5 credits, ENGL 198 recommended). Additional classes involving writing in the social sciences will also benefit students.

3. Admission is competitive, based on the following: a) GPA, with emphasis on grades received in courses required for admission (applicants accepted normally present cumulative GPAs considerably above 2.50); b) personal statement representing the student's interest in and commitment to study of Law, Societies, & Justice; c) evidence of writing, analysis and academic skills suitable to success in upper level classes in the department.

Note: Students must have all three prerequisites completed and graded in order to be considered for admission.

If you are admitted to the major: Applicants admitted to the major will receive email notification as soon as decisions are finalized. After receiving such notification, students should make an appointment to speak with the adviser in Gowen 42. During your appointment, major requirements will be reviewed and the necessary paperwork to formally declare the major will be completed. Your acceptance to the major cannot be formalized unless these forms are filled out and signed. Students are encouraged to make an appointment as soon as possible after receiving an email indicating their acceptance to the major in order to facilitate registration for the following quarter.

Additional Information: Transfer credits completed in administration of justice or law enforcement programs are accepted on a limited basis at the UW. Please check with the LSJ adviser.

Major Requirements

Graduation as a major in LSJ the program requires completion of a minimum of 58 credits from the Law, Societies, & Justice list of affiliated courses to include:

All four LSJ core courses (20 credits), listed above;
Three additional courses (not including the core courses) from one of the three designated subfields of study (Crime, Social Control, and Justice; Comparative Legal Institutions & Politics; Rights, Resistance, and Reconstructions in Law) and two courses from one of the other subfields;
Senior Seminar: courses meeting the LSJ Senior Seminar requirement will be indicated on the quarterly Time Schedule (Senior Seminar cannot also count as an LSJ Subfield course).
LSJ 401 Internship (for further information see internship link above); and
5 credits of research methodology, listed above.

Credits for the LSJ major:

Min	Max
20cr	20cr	Core Courses
23	25	Subfield Courses
10	10	Senior Seminar and LSJ 401
5	5	Research Methods
58	60	TOTAL

Subfields

Subfield Courses (23-25 credits) for Major: Students must take 23-25 credits to include three courses in one primary subfield, and two courses in a secondary subfield. The three required core courses may not be used to satisfy both the core and the subfields requirement. Also, note that you may apply only one course of less than five credits toward the subfields requirement.

Subfield 1: Crime, Social Control, and Justice

LSJ 377	Punishment: Theory and Practice
LSJ/SOC 376	Drugs and Society
LSJ/GEOG 378	Policing the City
LSJ 440	Criminal Law and Procedure
LSJ/SOC 473	Corrections
LSJ/SOC 476	Miscarriages of Justice
LSJ 480	The Police
LSJ 485	Introduction to Organized and White Collar Crime
PHIL 314	Philosophy of Crime and Punishment
POL S 464	The Politics of American Criminal Justice
SOC 271, or SOC 371, or SOC 472	Introduction to Sociology of Deviance and Social Control, or Criminology, or Juvenile Deliquency*

* Only one of these three courses may count toward completion of the major.

Subfield 2: Comparative Legal Institutions & Politics

LSJ 316	Law, Justice and Social Theory
LSJ 355	Introduction to the American Court System
LSJ/POL S 360	Introduction to United States Constitutional Law
LSJ/POL S 361	United States Courts and Civil Liberty
LSJ 428/POL S 415	Women's Rights in an Integrated Europe
LSJ 444	Ethics in Law and Justice
LSJ/POL S466/WOMEN 410	Feminist Legal Studies
LSJ/POL S/SISEA 469	Law, Development and Transition in East Asia
LSJ/GEOG 474	Geography and the Law
AIS 335	American Indians and the Law
PHIL 114	Philosophical Issues in Law
PHIL 414	Philosophy of Law
POL S 450/SIS 456	State-Society Relations in Third World Countries
POL S 461/CMU 440	Mass Media Law
POL S 462	The Supreme Court in American Politics
POL S 467	Comparative Law in Society
SIS 425	International Law and Arms Control
WOMEN 310	Women and the Law

Subfield 3: Rights, Resistance, and Reconstructions in Law

LSJ 320/POL S 368, or LSJ 321/ANTH 323	The Politics and Law of International Human Rights, or Human Rights Law from a Critical Perspective*
LSJ/POL S 327	Women's Right as Human Rights
LSJ/AES 330	Critical Race Theory
LSJ 331/POL S 317	The Politics of Race in the United States
LSJ 332	Introduction to Disability and Society
LSJ 410/SIS 470	Human Rights in Latin America
LSJ 420	Politics of Rights
LSJ 421	Women's Rights and Politics in Islamic Society
LSJ 425/ANTH 497	Perspectives on U.S. Asylum Law
LSJ 428/POL S 415	Women's Rights in an Integrated Europe
LSJ 433	Disability Law, Policy, and the Community
LSJ 434	Civil and Human Rights Law for People with Disabilities
AFRAM 437	Blacks in American Law
PHIL 338	Philosophy of Human Rights
PHIL 414	Philosophy of Law
POL S/AFRAM 315	Black Identities and Political Power
POL S 430	Civil-Military Relations in Democracies
WOMEN/CHID 350	Women in Law and Literature

*If student takes both LSJ 320 and LSJ 321, the first counts towards the LSJ Core and the second can count in this subfield.

Click here for Major Checklist (pdf)

Senior Seminar & Fieldwork Internship (LSJ 401)

General Requirements
The required senior seminar (5 credits) and Field Experience, LSJ 401 (5 credits) are to be taken in the senior year after the majority of the other required courses have been completed. NOTE: ONLY DECLARED LSJ MAJORS ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE 401.

Senior Seminar
Each year several courses listed as LSJ Senior Seminars will be featured. While the number of qualifying seminars will vary each year, no less than four will be offered every year and a minimum of one each quarter, excluding summer. An effort will be made to offer a range of diverse substantive specializations in these seminars matching the three program subfields and the diverse interests of student majors. Completion of one such course is required for graduation. *Students are responsible for telling the LSJ adviser which course is to be used for the Senior Seminar requirement.

LSJ 401 Fieldwork Internship

Students are required to complete one hundred hours of service for the LSJ 401 course. In addition to the hours worked in your field site, students are expected to complete an organizational profile and an analytic paper. Students also attend an informational meeting at the beginning of the quarter in which they are enrolled in 401. For more information, and recommended internship listings click here.

Courses

Course Lists and Descriptions --go to the University Course Descriptions .

Time Schedules -- go to the University Time Schedule for class information.

This page last updated 6/20/08

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