Double Major in Legal Studies and Political Science

Program description

This double major enables students to receive degrees in both Legal Studies and Political Science through a four-year program map. The two programs are especially complementary given law and politics are deeply intertwined and co-constitutive. Students will learn to navigate how legal systems affect governance, and how power impacts law-making and legal decision making. They will acquire knowledge and skills that especially equip them to enter the legal profession, including law school.

Required first-year courses for Bachelor of Arts students completing a Double Major in Legal Studies and Political Science [15 credit hours]

• LGLS 1000U – Foundations of Legal Studies
• POSC 1000U – Introduction to Political Science
• POSC 1200U – Introduction to Democracy in Theory & Practice
• SSCI 1910U – Writing for the Social Sciences

• One of:

• COMM 1100U – Introduction to Communication and Digital Media Studies or
• CRMN 1000U – Introduction to Criminology and Justice or
• PSYC 1000U – Introductory Psychology

Double Major core courses [105 credit hours]

• CRMN 3040U – Restorative Justice
• LGLS 2100U – Public Law
• LGLS 2110U – Private Law
• LGLS 2200U – Legal Theory
• LGLS 2940U – Legal Research Methods
• LGLS 4200U – Law and Social Change
• POSC 2000U – Canadian Politics
• POSC 2100U – Global Politics
• POSC 3000U – Policy, Democracy and Governance
• POSC 3800U – Capitalism and Socialism
• POSC 4000U – International Politics and Policy

• Two of:

• POSC 2200U – Fundamentals of Policy Theory or
• POSC 2300U – Mobilizing for Change or
• POSC 2502U – Community Development and Social Change

• Two of:

• LGLS 2120U – International Law or
• LGLS 2420U – Canadian Human Rights Law or
• LGLS 2500U – Information and Privacy Law

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• One 1000- or 2000-level Legal Studies Elective

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• Two of:

• LGLS 3200U – Sociology of Law or
• LGLS 3220U – Philosophy of Law or
• LGLS 3230U – Law and Globalization or
• LGLS 3240U – Cultural Studies of Law or
• LGLS 3520U – Law and Technology or
• LGLS 3700U – Law and Power

• One of:

• LGLS 3300U – Disability and the Law or
• LGLS 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada or
• LGLS 3320U – Race, Ethnicity and the Law or
• LGLS 3330U – Gender, Sexuality and the Law

• Three of:

• POSC 3100U – Political Economy of Global Development or
• POSC 3101U – Inequality, Environment and Development or
• POSC 3102U – Race and Racism in Political Culture or
• POSC 3300U – Building Sustainable Communities or
• POSC 3301U – Eco-Justice or
• POSC 3302U – Environment and Globalization or
• POSC 3303U – Policies for Sustainability or
• POSC 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability and Development: A Global Perspective or
• POSC 3600U – Politics of Education in Canada or
• POSC 3700U – Technology, Politics and Social Theory or
• POSC 3750U – American Politics and Political Culture or
• POSC 3751U – Media, War and Conflict

• One of:

• POSC 3201U – Rural Communities or
• POSC 3203U – Urban Development or
• POSC 3500U – Equity Policy or
• POSC 3501U – Politics and Poverty or
• POSC 3601U – The Politics of Health or
• POSC 3602U – Labour in the Global Economy or
• POSC 3603U – The Politics of Housing

• One of:

• POSC 4300U – Special Topics in Political Science or
• POSC 4310U – The Politics of Indigenous Rights

• One of:

• LGLS 4099U – Legal Studies Integrating Project or
• POSC 4005U – Independent Study or
• SSCI 4101U – Honours Thesis I

• One of:

• One 4000-level LGLS course or
• SSCI 4098U – Practicum or
• SSCI 4103U – Internship

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• One 3000- or 4000-level LGLS elective course

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• Eight FSSH General Electives

Total [120 credit hours]