TOPICS IN LEGAL STUDIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how social, political, and cultural phenomena shape law and legal systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze the social, political, and cultural impacts of law at the societal and individual levels. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Assess how legal ideas and ideologies have changed over time and have shaped law and legal systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Find, interpret, and utilize resources relevant to law and society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze legal arguments and information in broad social and historical contexts, write clearly and persuasively, and construct original arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Analyze research methods, engage critically with scholarly literature, and assess debates among scholars and others who have shaped understandings of this topic and field. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how social, political, and cultural phenomena shape law and legal systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze the social, political, and cultural impacts of law at the societal and individual levels. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Assess how legal ideas and ideologies have changed over time and have shaped law and legal systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Find, interpret, and utilize resources relevant to law and society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze legal arguments and information in broad social and historical contexts, write clearly and persuasively, and construct original arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Analyze research methods, engage critically with scholarly literature, and assess debates among scholars and others who have shaped understandings of this topic and field. Audience: Graduate