Pre-Law

Many students find that a major in Economics and Management provides them with excellent preparation for the study of the law. Economics not only provides students with excellent analytical skills, but economic analysis itself is coming to play an increasingly important role in legal theory as well.

	Fall	Spring
Freshman	Introduction to Economics (E&M 101)^R Liberal Arts 101^1 Math 125^R OR Math 141 Mode/Category^2	Economy & Financial Markets ( E&M 102)^R English Composition (ENG 101) Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2
Sophomore	Financial Accounting (E&M 211)^R Intermediate Microeconomics (E&M 230)^R Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2	Intermediate Macroeconomics (E&M 232) Statistics: E&M 235, Math 210 or 309^R Mode/Category^2 Mode/Category^2
Junior	Labor Law, Unions & Management (E&M 353) Prelaw Concentration^4 Mode/Category^2 Elective^5	Prelaw Concentration^4 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (E&M 376) Elective^5 Elective^5
Senior	Prelaw Concentration^4 Elective^5 Elective^5 Elective^5	Business Law (E&M 350) Prelaw Concentration^4 Elective^5 Elective^5

^RRequired for major:  Includes E&M 101, E&M 102, E&M 211, E&M 230, E&M 232, and three other E&M courses; plus Math 125 or higher and statistics (E&M 235, Math 210, or Math 309)

¹Required freshman course

²Pick course from one of nine areas required for graduation

³E&M 101 and Math 141 count for two of the nine Mode/Category courses.

⁴Suggested courses for Prelaw Concentration:

Phil 107 Logic and Critical Reasoning

Eng 203 Adv. Expository Writing

Hist 348 U.S. Const. History

PSci 323 Constitutional Law

PSci 367 Amer Polit. Thought

Hist 351 History of Law

Phil 335 Philo. Issues in Law

⁵Elective courses might include Women in the Economy, Environmental Economics, Issues in Modern Political Economy, Governmental Economics and Policy, Business Ethics, Public Speaking, and more accounting.