Law and Society

Subject abbreviation: LWSO College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Piotr Gorecki, Ph.D., Chair Committee Office, 1604 Humanities and Social Sciences

• (951) 827-5208; lawandsociety.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge John Cioffi (Political Science) Carl Cranor (Philosophy) David Eastmond (Neuroscience) Paul Green (Ethnic Studies) Alexander Haskell (History) Robert Parker (Sociology) Georgia Warnke (Philosophy) Fariba Zarinebaf (History) Milagros Peña Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ex officio

The Law and Society major is open to undergraduate students with junior standing who have completed LWSO 100 with a grade of “C” or higher. The major offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts approach to the study of legal and law-like relationships and institutions. The program combines the perspectives of various disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The multidisciplinary approach introduces students to a wider range of views about law than is generally possible within a single department, provides a coherent and rigorous program of courses organized around the theme of law and law-like relationships, and allows students to develop critical thinking about law and social institutions.

For students not planning to pursue graduate studies, this program offers a means of understanding some complex relationships between social institutions. For those who plan to pursue graduate studies, the breadth of course work should provide a sound basis for graduate studies in areas related to law: history, philosophy, political science, and sociology, among others. And for students who choose to pursue the study of law in a professional school of law, the curriculum can offer a sound background.

Students may select Law and Society as a major with the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Philosophy, Political Sci- ence, Psychology, and Sociology.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sci- ences, Colleges and Programs section.

The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Law and Society are as follows:

• 1. Specified requirements of the cooperating

department (See the departments of Anthropology, Economics, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.)

• 2. Law and Society requirements (36 units)

• a) PHIL 007 or PHIL 007H

• b) LWSO 100 (with a grade of “C” or better)

• c) One course chosen from POSC 114, PSYC 012, SOC 004 (or equivalent course in

research methods)

• d) Three courses chosen from ANTH 127,

ECON 119, HISE 153, PHIL 165, POSC 167, PSYC 175, SOC 159

• e) Two courses chosen from ENSC 174,

HISA 120A, HISA 120B, HISE 123, LWSO 175 (E-Z), PHIL 164, POSC 111, POSC 166, POSC 168, POSC 186, SOC 147, SOC 149, SOC 180

• f) LWSO 193, Senior Seminar

Note For sections 2.d) and 2.e) combined, not more than two courses may be taken from the same department. In filling the dual requirements of the major, students may not count more than two courses toward both parts of their total requirements (specified departmental requirements and Law and Society requirements).

The minor in Law and Society has the following requirements.

• 1. Upper Division (six courses [at least 24

units])

• a) LWSO 100

• b) Three courses chosen from ANTH 127,

ECON 119, HISE 153, PHIL 165, POSC 167, PSYC 175, SOC 159

• c) Two courses chosen from ENSC 174,

HISA 120A, HISA 120B, HISE 123, PHIL 164, LWSO 175 (E-Z), POSC 111, POSC 166, POSC 168, POSC 186, SOC 147, SOC 149, SOC 180

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.