Law & Society
2015-2016 Outcomes and Curriculum Map
Student learning outcomes:
1. Students will form a knowledge base in the foundational principles of law,
justice, humanities and social science.
2. Students will be able to analyze legal, moral and scientific arguments.
3. Students will be able to compare legal systems using historical, cross-cultural,
and interdisciplinary methods.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in researching and use of
primary and secondary legal and scholarly sources.
5. Students will be able to present clear oral and written argumentation on sociolegal issues.
6. Students will connect the law in action to course concepts.
Curriculum map:
Modes of Learning: I = Introduction, P = Practice, M = Mastery
Course
number
Course name
131
201
Law Society
Global Legal
Order
Revolution,
Rebellion,
and
Democracy
Law, Power,
and
Inequality
Sociolegal
Research and
Writing
Field
Studies
Directed
Readings
Thesis
Supervision
233
251
353
321
421
431
Outcome
1:
Found.
principles
I
P
Outcome 2:
Legal and
Moral
Outcome 3:
Comp.
methods
Outcome 4:
Research &
critical
skills
Outcome 5:
Argum.
skills
Outcome
6: Law in
action
I
P
I
I
I
P
I
P
P
I
I
P
I
P
P
I
I
P
I
P
P
P, M
P
P
P
M
M
M