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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Law Minor


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Admission Criteria


  • Minimum overall and UB GPA of 2.000.
  • Minimum grade of C (2.000) required in any Law Minor core courses already taken (LAW 101; and LAW 201 or LAW 202).

Current UB students seeking admission to the Law BA should submit the Major/Minor Change Request Form.

Course Requirements


Notes


*LAW 495 can only count once towards the major or minor.

Total Credits Required for Minor: 18


Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.

Academic Requirements


  • Minimum Law Minor GPA of 2.000. This includes all courses used by the minor.
  • Each Law Minor core course (LAW 101; and LAW 201 or LAW 202) must be completed with a minimum grade of C (2.000).

Learning Outcomes


Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

  • Fundamental concepts in law.
  • The structure and operation of the United States legal system and its relationship to social and economic institutions;
  • Reading, understanding, and interpreting legal texts such as cases, statutes, regulations, and the U.S. Constitution.
  • The use of legal reasoning and rhetoric, including arguments that draw upon legal authority, doctrine, and evidence.

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