Law, Justice, and Culture Certificate Program

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Certificate code CTLJCU

College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science Department
Bentley Annex 266
Phone: 740.593.4373
Fax: 740.593.0394
proffitt@ohio.edu
http://www.ohio.edu/pols

Kathleen Sullivan, certificate coordinator/contact person

Program Overview

The certificate brings together interdisciplinary coursework from anthropology, criminology, history, interdisciplinary arts, political science, social work, sociology, and other departments across the social sciences and humanities relating to law’s formative and constitutive role in cultural, political, and social life. The certificate will be supported by the university’s Center for Law, Justice, & Culture, which provides an academic community dedicated to teaching and scholarship by integrating programs and uniting faculty and students who share a common interest in the critical analysis and interpretation of law.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

Students with an overall GPA of 3.4 or above will be eligible for 25 slots per year.

Change of Program Policy

Students will submit an application through the CLJC website. Required materials include student DARS and a one-page essay in which the student lists his or her course of study, explaining the reasons for the choice and interests in law, justice, and culture. Optional materials include an essay for students who have not met the minimum GPA requirement, giving them an opportunity to explain their qualifications for and interest in the certificate.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

The certificate program in Law, Justice, & Culture promotes interdisciplinary education through a coherent program of study that will enable undergraduate students to study law and justice from a liberal arts perspective. This program fulfills Ohio University’s commitment to being the best student-centered learning experience in America.

Requirements

Law, Justice, and Culture Required Courses

LJC 2000 - Core Course for Certificate in Law, Justice, & Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 2200 - The Politics of Law Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 2600 - Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3.0

Law, Justice, and Culture Electives

Take nine credits from the following list of courses that address law’s formative and constitutive role in cultural, political, and social life. In order to ensure that students receive interdisciplinary training in law, justice, and culture, the certificate requires that the three advanced courses must be distributed across two different departments, with at least one course outside the student’s primary major.

ANTH 4620 - Human Rights, Law and Justice Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3530 - Anthropology of Violence and Peace Credit Hours: 3.0
COMS 4604 - Responsibilities and Freedom of Speech in Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3520 - Roman Law & Society Credit Hours: 3.0
PHIL 4420 - Philosophy of Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4010 - American Constitutional Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4015 - Constitutional Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4210 - The Politics of Law and Sexuality Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4550 - International Law Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4555 - Transitional Justice Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4565 - International Human Rights Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4751 - Critical Race Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4752 - The Politics of Intersectionality Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4753 - American Whiteness Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 4770 - Legal Theory and Social Problems Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3600 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3630 - Juvenile Delinquency Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3640 - Police and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3650 - Sociology of Mental Illness Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3660 - Punishment and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Courts Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 4640 - Law in Societies Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 4680 - Crimes Against Humanity: Confronting and Responding to Mass Atrocity and Genocide Credit Hours: 3.0
SW 3602 - Social Welfare Policy Credit Hours: 3.0