Pre-Law

Location(s): Face-to-face

Program Requirements

The Pre-Law Program at Adams State University is not a major, but a series of liberal arts courses recommended by the pre-law advisor based upon the individual needs of the students and the challenging requirements for gaining admission into law school. Students major in a variety of disciplines. Irrespective of discipline, students should possess certain core competencies. The program below is the designed to assist students in demonstrating these competencies:

Pre-Law Studies Core

GOVT 291 - American Government 3 Credit(s)
HIST 202 - American Hist to 1865 GT-HI1 3 Credit(s)
HIST 203 - Amer Hist 1865-Present GT-HI1 3 Credit(s)
GOVT 429 - Constnl Law and Criminal Justice 3 Credit(s)
GOVT 430 - Constnl Law:Civil Liberties 3 Credit(s)
GOVT 460 - Pre-Law Studies Seminar 3 Credit(s)
GOVT 466 - Ancient Political Theory 3 Credit(s)
GOVT 467 - Modern Political Theory 3 Credit(s)
ECON 255 - Macroeconomics Principles 3 Credit(s)
BUS 207 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s)
MATH 205 - Intro to Statistical Methods 3 Credit(s)
OR
PSYC 211 - Intro to Stats Lecture/Lab 4 Credit(s)
PHIL 205 - Logic & Critical Thinking 3 Credit(s)
OR
PHIL 202 - Ethics 3 Credit(s)

Pre-Law Elective Classes (12 Hours)

This component consists of 12 hours of upper division courses selected in conjunction with the pre-law advisor. It includes at least six hours of literature and/or composition, with the remaining six hours consisting of government/political science courses with extensive research and writing components or a supervised internship, when available, with the Office of the Public Defender of Colorado Rural Legal Services. The internship involves a writing requirement.