Legal Thought

Director
Jeffrey Hockett
Associate Professor of Political Science

Advisory Board
John Coward, Communication
Russell Hittinger, Religion

The certificate program in legal thought is designed 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. The program will serve traditional and nontraditional students who are pursuing a degree at The University of Tulsa or who wish to add a specialty in Legal Thought to an existing degree.

Certificate Requirements

Students must complete 21 hours of course work approved by the director. Internships may substitute for one course.

Required Courses (9 hours)

  • Pol/Phil 2073, Law and Society
  • Soc 2123, Crime, Justice, and Social Order
  • Pol 3463, Constitutional Law

Electives (12 hours, nine of which must be at the 3000-4000 level)

  • Acct 2113, Concepts in Accounting Information I
  • Bus 2013, Legal Environment of Business
  • Com 3873, History and Philosophy of Free Expression
  • Econ 2013, Macroeconomics
  • Econ 2023, Microeconomics
  • Econ 3033, Microeconomic Theory
  • Engl 4843, Law, Literature and Detection
  • Hist 3293, Crime, Conspiracy, and Courtroom Dramas
  • Hist 4543, American Constitutional History to 1877
  • Hist 4563, American Legal Theory
  • Phil 1023, Issues in Biomedical Ethics
  • Phil 1063, Ethics and the Problems of Society
  • Phil 2013, Reasoning
  • Phil 3193, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
  • Phil 4063, Philosophy of Law
  • Pol 2083, Western Political Thought I
  • Pol 2093, Western Political Thought II
  • Pol 3023, Politics of the Judicial System
  • Pol 3043, American Political Thought
  • Pol 3343, Civil Liberties in the United States
  • Pol 3463, Constitutional Law
  • Psy, 2063, Human Development
  • Psy 3033, Abnormal Psychology
  • Psy 3083, Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Change
  • Psy 4183, Psychology and the Law
  • Soc 3013, Political Sociology
  • Soc 3093, Sociology of Poverty
  • Soc 3243, Sociology of Deviance
  • Soc 4013, Sociology of Law