Legal Studies Minor
This minor is intended for students who are interested in the study of the law in their undergraduate education and may serve as an introduction for students who are interested in pursuing a legal career. The Legal Studies minor consists of 15 credits (five 3-credit courses). Students will be required to take the introductory course in legal studies (POL 110: Introduction to Legal Studies) plus four additional courses chosen with the approval of the program’s coordinator. Alternatively, the student may elect to substitute either a law focused internship or directed independent study for one of these four additional courses.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will gain fundamental knowledge of the nature and function of law and of specific legal principles.
- Students will acquire an interdisciplinary appreciation of the importance of legal rights and obligations in society.
- Students will develop competencies that will prepare them for further study in law or employment assisting in a legal environment.
About Academic Minors
Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).
Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost. Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor. A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's transcript at the time of graduation.
- A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of study.
- Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation in their primary major.
- Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
- A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
- At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
- At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
- Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the minor.
- Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some minors may require a higher GPA.
- Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major (e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
- Students are permitted to double-count courses.
- Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval of their department chair or curriculum Dean.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
Business
Dr. Nanda Viswanathan
School of Business, Room 329
934-420-2015
business@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
Fall 2024
Subject to revision
| Required: |
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| POL 110: Introduction to Legal Studies |
The four additional courses for the minor may be chosen from the following:
| AVN 300W Government in Aviation (Writing Intensive) |
| AVN 400 Aviation Law |
| BIO 455 Validation and Regulatory Affairs |
| BUS 202 Business Law I |
| BUS 230 Environmental Law |
| BUS 304 Business Law II |
| BUS 321 International Law |
| BUS 352 Employment Law |
| BUS 406 Business Organization Law |
| CON 361 Government Building, Environmental Codes and Regulations |
| CRJ 204 Criminal Law |
| CRJ 205 Criminal Procedure Law |
| CRJ 404 Cyber Law and Electronic Espionage |
| ECO 312 Economics of Non-Profit Organizations |
| POL 250 American National Government |
| POL 251 State and Local Government |
| POL 310 Introduction to Political Theory |
| POL 399 NYS Legislative Internship |
| SMT 311 Sport Law |
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