Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

1. A legal studies minor will understand that legal systems and their outcomes can be influenced by the demographic profiles of the participants, not limited to race, class, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation, geographical location, physical and mental health.
2. A legal studies minor will be capable of identifying and comprehending how the law is an instrument for resolving grievances, imposing punishment, promoting public good, public benefit, and equality, and enforcing regulation.
3. A legal studies minor will understand how legal practitioners can use legal concepts and language to support different positions, and will be capable of researching, reading, and writing about legal concepts and applying that research to hypothetical legal scenarios.