Legal Studies Certificate
A legal studies certificate may be earned by students who have completed a concentration of academic work designed to prepare them for admission to and success in law school, regardless of major or minor at UNT.
The Department of Political Science will award the certificate to students who have completed 15 hours of approved course work and maintained a 3.25 in the courses taken for the certificate as well as a 3.0 cumulative UNT GPA.
Classes that count toward the student’s major, minor or core requirements may also count toward this certificate. In keeping with university policy, all course work for the certificate must be completed at UNT.
You'll take courses in the following five areas:
- Foundations
- Analytical Reasoning
- Ethics
- Oral and Written Advocacy
- Applied Legal Studies
A legal studies certificate may be earned by students who have completed a concentration of academic work designed to prepare them for admission to and success in law school, regardless of major or minor at UNT.
The Department of Political Science will award the certificate to students who have completed 15 hours of approved course work and maintained a 3.25 in the courses taken for the certificate as well as a 3.0 cumulative UNT GPA.
Classes that count toward the student’s major, minor or core requirements may also count toward this certificate. In keeping with university policy, all course work for the certificate must be completed at UNT.
You'll take courses in the following five areas:
- Foundations
- Analytical Reasoning
- Ethics
- Oral and Written Advocacy
- Applied Legal Studies
