Academics

Pre-Law Minor

Pre-Law is a dynamic, interdisciplinary field that critically examines the role of law in theory and practice. Foundational coursework will support the required competencies necessary for law students and lawyers, as well as explore the legal system as a resource for responding to and addressing a range of unspecified social issues, problems, and conflicts between civil society, government and the private sector. Pre-Law provides a foundation for understanding the role of the legal system and lawmakers as actors in advancing societal change.

Using Xavier’s Core as a foundation, Pre-Law also provides a continuum of curricular and co-curricular experiences that support a student’s inquiry, immersion and discernment of law as a vocation.

Pre-Law Minor Curriculum (15 Credit Hours) 

Required Courses (3 credit hours) 

  • PPUB 301: Legal Internship...........(3 credit hours)
  • LSAT Preparation Course...........(0 credit hours)

Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Select 12 credit hours from the following approved courses:

  • ACCT 311 Intro to Taxation...........(3 credit hours)
  • ACCT 312: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)...........(3 credit hours)
    • ACCT 311 Prerequisite
  • ACCT 414 Corporate Taxation...........(3 credit hours)
    • ACCT 311 Prerequisite
  • BLAW 300 Legal Environment...........(3 credit hours)
  • BLAW 400 Regulatory Environment...........(3 credit hours)
    • BLAW 300 prerequisite
  • CJUS 104 Introduction to the Courts...........(3 credit hours)
  • CJUS 210 Constitutional Law...........(3 credit hours)
  • CJUS 240 Criminal Law I...........(3 credit hours)
  • COMM 477 Strategic Comm Ethics Society...........(3 credit hours)
    • COMM 270 Prerequisite
  • HESA 390 – Health Care Law/Ethics...........(3 credit hours)
  • HIST 301 – Colonial America...........(3 credit hours)
  • HIST 302 - Formative Yrs of Rep:1763-1789...........(3 credit hours)
  • HIST 303- The New Nation 1785-1825...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 311 Logic...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 321 Business Ethics...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 329 Bioethics...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 330 Philosophy of Law...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 357 Natural Law and International Relations...........(3 credit hours)
  • PHIL 363 Medieval Political Philosophy...........(3 credit hours)
  • POLI 110: Introduction to American Government & Politics...........(3 credit hours)
  • POLI 214 The Courts...........(3 credit hours)
  • POLI 335 Democratic Theory & Practice...........(3 credit hours)
  • POLI 347 Supreme Court on Civil Liberties...........(3 credit hours)
  • PSYC 261 Social Psychology...........(3 credit hours)
  • PSYC 350 Psychology and the Law...........(3 credit hours)
  • PPUB 246 Civil Society and Government...........(3 credit hours)

Want to learn more about the Pre-Law Minor?

Contact Chynna Hibbits, Pre-Law Minor Program Director, Associate Director Government Relations and Pre Law Advisor at hibbittsc@xavier.edu.