Pre-Law courses at Metro State

Metro State offers excellent programs that can prepare you for LSAT/Law School. Check out these programs:

Majors
Minors
Criminal Justice and Criminology Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
History Public Administration
Journalism (News/Editorial or Public Relations) Public Relations
Political Science  
Speech Communication: Public Address & Rhetoric  
   

Pre-Law Advising:

Dr. Norman Provizer, provizen@mscd.edu , 303-556-3157
Dr. Robert Hazan, hazanr@mscd.edu , 303-556-3412
Dr. Adolph Grundman, grundmaa@mscd.edu, 303-5564865

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Suggested courses helpful for a pre-law student (you can take these classes as part of a major/minor programs or as general electives); see course descriptions for pre-requisites.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY

CJC 1010 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
CJC 1100 - Evolutionary Legal Concepts in Criminal Justice
CJC 2000 - Introduction to Legal Studies
CJC 2100 - Substantive Criminal Law
CJC 2120 - Evidence and Courtroom Procedures
CJC 3120 - Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice Professional
CJC 3140 - Juvenile Law
CJC 3700 - Civil Law for Criminal Justice Professional
CJC 4100 - Advanced Jurisprudence
CJC 4310 - Correctional Law

ENGLISH

ENG 3030 - Semantics
ENG 3510 - Advanced Composition
ENG 3520 - Advanced Writing
ENG 3700- Literature and the Law

FINANCE

FIN 3800 - Real Estate Practice and Law
FIN 3810 - Advanced Real Estate Practice and Law

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

HCM 3020 - Health Care Jurisprudence

HISTORY

HIS 3310 - England to 1714
HIS 3430 - American Revolution and the Early National Period, 1763-1848
HIS 3680/HON 492K- The Court in Crisis
HIS 3689/HON 3689- The History of the First Amendment

HOSPTALITY, MEETING & TRAVEL ADMINISTRATION

HMT 4730 - Principles of Negotiation

JOURNALISM

JRN 1100 - Beginning Reporting
JRN 2100 - Intermediate Reporting
JRN 2700 - Fundamentals of Public Relations
JRN 4100 - Investigative Reporting

MANAGEMENT

MGT 2210 - Legal Environment of Business I
MGT 3000 - Organizational Management
MGT 3210 - Commercial and Corporate Law
MGT 3220 - Legal Environment of Business II

MARKETING

MKT 3000 - Principles of Marketing
MKT 3120 - Promotional Strategy
MKT 3250 - Personal Selling

PHILOSOPHY

PHI 1030 - Ethics
PHI 1110 - Language, Logic and Persuasion
PHI 1440 - Logic
PHI 3350 - Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 3350 - Ethical Theories
PHI 3430 - Philosophy of Law
PHI 3530 - Philosophy of Mind

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSC 3120 - American Constitutional Law
PSC 3320 - International Law

SPEECH COMMUNICATION

SPE 2730 - Communication and Conflict
SPE 3010 - Advanced Public Speaking
SPE 3050 - Intercollegiate Forensics
SPE 3090 - Argumentation and Advocacy
SPE 3130 - Conference Leadership
SPE 3160 - Communication in Politics
SPE 3170 - Interpersonal Negotiation
SPE 4090 - Classical Rhetoric
SPE 4120 - Freedom of Speech

SOCIOLOGY

SOC 3550 - Sociology of Law

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS

COM 3560 - Communication of Power and Authority

THEATRE

THE 2210 - Introduction to Theatre
THE 2220 - Techniques of Acting
THE 2230 - Techniques of Acting II
THE 3200 - Oral Interpretation
THE 3240 - Theatre Improvisation Techniques