In order to declare, students must complete all of the following with grades of C or better:
- Complete one Communication A* course;
- Complete one Quantitative Reasoning A* course; and
- Complete one “Gateway Course” chosen from the list below:
- Legal St./Soc 131: Criminal Justice in America
- Legal St./Poli Sci 217: Law, Politics and Society
*Students may be exempt from COMM-A by their English Placement Score and from QR-A by their Math Placement Score
Process to Declare the Major
- Complete the form to declare legal studies or make an appointment with an advisor via StarFish.
- All forms will be processed by 5pm on Friday on the week they were submitted. Should you meet declaration requirements, you will receive an email confirming you have declared.
- If you do not meet declaration requirements, you will receive an email explaining the requirements you must meet before declaring.
- If you meet declaration requirements and you are adding legal studies to a major outside of the College of Letters & Science, you will receive an email with further steps.