Degrees Offered:
- Minor: Justice, Law & Public Policy
Course Listings
- Click here to read complete descriptions of the Justice, Law & Public Policy courses offered at Wittenberg.
Degree Requirements:
Complete 22 credits of coursework, including work in reasoning and formal or informal logic, as well as a required experiential component through internship and/or community engagement and four additional courses from three different departments from the electives list with at least 8 credits total at the 300-level.
Students select a theme of study in consultation with their advisor.
Required Courses
One of the following courses in reasoning and formal or informal logic (4 credits)
- BUSN 210Q: Business and Economic Statistics (4 credits)
- COMM 280: Reasoning and Communication (4 credits)
- DATA 227: Introductory Statistics (4 credits)
- PHIL 110R: Logic and Critical Reasoning (4 credits)
- PSYC 201: Statistics (4 credits)
Experiential Component
Complete an Internship or Community Engagement (2 credits)
- JLPP 491: Internship (1-8 credits)
- JLPP 492: Community Engagement (1-8 credits)
Electives
Four additional courses from three different departments from the below list with at least 8 credits total at the 300-level.
- AFDS 201C/H: Introduction to African and Diaspora Studies (4 credits)
- AFDS 270: Topics in African and Diaspora Studies (2-4 credits)
- COMM 190: Public Speaking (4 credits)
- COMM 224: Group Dynamics (4 credits)
- COMM 327: Health Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 351: Media Law (4 credits)
- COMM 362: Political Rhetoric (4 credits)
- COMM 363: Environmental Communication (4 credits)
- ECON 190S: Principles of Economics (4 credits)
- ECON 350: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (4 credits)
- ECON 365: Law and Economics (4 credits)
- ESCI 100N: Global Climate Change (4 credits)
- ESCI 250: Environmental Research Methods (5 credits)
- GEOL 170B: Geology of the Critical Zone (5 credits)
- HFS 224: Sport Law (4 credits)
- HIST 173C: History of South Africa (4 credits)
- HIST 231S: American Constitutional Foundations (4 credits)
- HIST 232S: Modern American Constitutional Law (4 credits)
- HIST 281 C/R: Modern Middle East (4 credits)
- HIST 325: Topics in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations (2-4 credits)
- HIST 372: Race in the United States and South Africa (4 credits)
- JLPP 490: Independent Study (1-4 credits)
- NUR 220: Foundations (4 credits)
- NUR 230: Research & Evidence-Based Practice (4 credits)
- NUR 320: Care of Patients with Psychiatric-Mental Health Needs (4 credits)
- NUR 340: Care of Mothers, Newborns, and the Family (4 credits)
- NUR 410: Leadership in Nursing (4 credits)
- NUR 430: Care of Children and Families (4 credits)
- NUR 440: Global Populations Perspectives (4 credits)
- PHIL 103R: Ethics and Identity (4 credits)
- PHIL 107R: The Art of Living Ethically (4 credits)
- PHIL 204R: Philosophy of Women’s Lives (4 credits)
- PHIL 207R: Science in Social Context (4 credits)
- PHIL 240R: Law: Near and Far (4 credits)
- PHIL 310: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (4 credits)
- PHIL 311: Modern Philosophy (4 credits)
- PHIL 380: Special Topics (4 credits)
- POLI 202S: Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
- POLI 211R: Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy (4 credits)
- POLI 212R: Modern Political Philosophy (4 credits)
- POLI 215R: American Political Thought (4 credits)
- POLI 216R: Family Values: The Politics of Virtue, Care, and Equality (4 credits)
- POLI 221S: State and Local Government (4 credits)
- POLI 222S: Urban Politics (4 credits)
- POLI 223: Introduction to Local Government Administration (4 credits)
- POLI 224S: The American Presidency (4 credits)
- POLI 230: Campaigns and Elections (4 credits)
- POLI 232S: Public Opinion (4 credits)
- POLI 234S: Black Politics (4 credit)
- POLI 236S: Media and Politics (4 credits)
- POLI 253S: International Political Economy (4 credits)
- POLI 259: Topics in International Relations (4 credits)
- POLI 302: North American Politics (4 credits)
- POLI 305: European Politics (4 credits)
- POLI 309: Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics (4 credits)
- POLI 320: Public Administration (4 credits)
- POLI 321: Public Policy (4 credits.)
- POLI 322: American Constitutional Law (4 credits)
- POLI 323: U.S. Congress (4 credits)
- POLI 329: Advanced Topics in American Government (4 credits)
- POLI 332: Political Parties and Interest Groups (4 credits)
- POLI 350: American Foreign Policy (4 credits)
- RELI 177R: Religious Perspectives on Contemporary Moral Issues (4 credits)
- RELI 378R: Bioethics (4 credits)
- SOCI 212: Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (2-4 credits)
- SOCI 214S: Penology and Social Control (4 credits)
- SOCI 215: Crime and Media (4 credits)
- SOCI 245C/S: Gender and Society (4 credits)
- SOCI 312: Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (2-4 credits)
- SOCI 314: Women and Crime (4 credits)
- SOCI 370: Criminology and Criminological Theory (4 credits)
- SOCI 376S: Law and Society (4 credits)
- WMST 100: Women, Culture, Politics and Society (4 credits)
Some courses may have prerequisites, please check course descriptions. Additional courses as approved by the advisory committee may also count toward the minor.