Certificate in Legal Thought Directors Jeffrey Hockett Associate Professor of Political Science Advisory Board John Coward, Communication The certificate program in legal thought is intended for students who are interested in the study of law and legal institutions and their relationships to philosophy, politics, economics, and the social problems of crime and delinquency. Certificate Requirements Students must complete 21 hours of course work approved by one of the directors. Internships may substitute for one course. Required Courses (9 hours) POL 2073, Law and Society (3) SOC 2123, Crime, Justice, and Social Order (3) POL 3463, Constitutional Law, or POL 3343, Civil Liberties (3) Elective Courses  (12 hours) Nine hours must be taken at the 3000-4000 level. ACCT 2013, Introduction to Financial Accounting (3) BL     2013, Legal Environment of Business (3) COM  3873, History and Philosophy of Free Expression (3) ECON 2023, Microeconomics (3) ECON 3033, Microeconomic Theory (3) HIST  4543, American Constitutional History to 1877 (3) PHIL  1023, Issues in Biomedical Ethics (3) PHIL  1063, Ethics and the Problems of Society (3) PHIL  2013, Reasoning (3) PHIL  3193, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (3) PHIL  3973, Philosophy of Natural Law and Natural Rights (3) PHIL  4063, Philosophy of Law (3) POL   2083, Western Political Thought I (3) POL   2093, Western Political Thought II (3) POL   3023, Politics of the Judicial System (3) POL   3043, American Political Thought (3) POL   3343, Civil Liberties in the United States (3) POL   3463, Constitutional Law (3) PSY   2063, Human Development (3) PSY   3033, Abnormal Psychology (3) PSY   3083, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Change (3) PSY   4163, Psychology and Social Change (3) SOC  3013, Political Sociology (3) SOC  3093, Sociology of Poverty (3) SOC  3243, Sociology of Deviance (3) SOC  4013, Sociology of Law (3) Certificates Home