Feb 23, 2026

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Law and Justice 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Law and Justice requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

AAS 168 - All That Speak of Jazz: An Intellectual Inquiry Into Jazz and Democracy 3 Credit Hours
OR
ENG 168 - All That Speak of Jazz: An Intellectual Inquiry Into Jazz and Democracy 3 Credit Hours (either course fulfills UK Core - Arts and Creativity)
HIS 109 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Humanities)
PS 101 - American Government 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Citizenship - USA)
PS 210 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 Credit Hours
OR
PS 230 - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credit Hours (PS 230 fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
LJ 201 - Introduction to Law and Justice 3 Credit Hours
PHI 120 - The Art of Thinking: An Introduction to Logic 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
STA 210 - Making Sense of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours
(fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)

Year 2

First Semester

LJ 301 - Rights and Equality 3 Credit Hours
LJ Law and Justice Elective 1 Credit(s): 3
LJ Law and Letters Elective 1 Credit(s): 3
A&S Foreign Language 1 Credit(s): 3
A&S Natural Science 1 Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

PS 360 - Politics of Law and Courts 3 Credit Hours
LJ Law and Justice Elective 2 Credit(s): 3
LJ Law and Letters Elective 2 Credit(s): 3
A&S Foreign Language 2 Credit(s): 3
A&S Natural Science 2 Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

PS 372 - Introduction to Political Analysis 3 Credit Hours
LJ Law and Justice Elective 3 Credit(s): 3
LJ Law and Letters Elective 3 Credit(s): 3
A&S Many People, One Community Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

LJ Law and Justice Elective 4 Credit(s): 3
LJ Law and Justice Elective 5 Credit(s): 3
LJ Anaylsis and Logic Elective 1 Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

LJ Law and Justice Elective 6 Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

LJ 499 - Research Capstone 3 Credit Hours
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3