Courses

Pre-Law Course Suggestions

Fall 2009

Here are some suggestions of pre-law courses that are offered at Carnegie Mellon.  Whether planning to go to law school or just generally interested in law-related courses, you may find this list helpful.

*This class is typically offered in the spring

Business Administration

• 70-122 Intro to Accounting (content has indirect relevance)
• 70-364 Business Law (law-related content)
• 70-365 International Trade and International Law (law-related content)

Drama

• 54-191 Acting for Non-Majors (skills are relevant)

Economics

• 73-100 Principles of Economics (content has indirect relevance)

Engineering & Public Policy

• 19-101 Intro to Engineering and Public Policy* (content has indirect relevance)
• 19-211 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing* (content has indirect relevance)
• 19-402 Telecommunications, Technology Policy & Management (content has indirect relevance)
• 19-609 Public Policy and Regulation* (content has indirect relevance)

English

• 76-101 Interpretation & Argument (skills are relevant)
• 76-270 Writing for the Professions (skills are relevant)
• 76-271 Intro to Professional and Technical Writing (skills are relevant)
• 76-390 Style (skills are relevant)
• 76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace (content has indirect relevance, skills)
• 76-319 Environmental Rhetoric (skills are relevant)
• 76-373 Topics in Rhetoric: Argument (skills are relevant)
• 76-386 Language & Culture (content has indirect relevance)
• 76-395 Science Writing (skills are relevant)
• 76-473 Theories of Argument* (content has indirect relevance)
• 76-476 Rhetoric of Science (skills are relevant)
• 76-884 Discourse Analysis (content has indirect relevance)
• 76-789 Rhetorical Grammar (skills are relevant)

History

• 79-249 Twentieth Century U.S. (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-298 Special Topics: Global Justice (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-300 History of Public Policy in the U.S. (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-320 Women, Politics, and Protest: U.S. Women’s Rights (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-330 Medicine and Society (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-332 Juvenile Delinquency: Images, Realities, and Public Policy, 1800-1967 (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-335 Drug Use and Drug Policy (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-362 Law and Disorder in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800* (content has indirect relevance)
• 79-410 History and Policy Project Course (skills are relevant)
• 79-420 Advanced Studies in Social & Cultural History (skills are relevant)

Institute for Software Research

• 08-200 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing* (content has indirect relevance)
• 08-532 Law of Computer Technology (law-related content)
• 08-534 Usable Privacy Security (indirect relevance)

Medical Management

• 92-867 Strategic Health Law (law-related content)
• 92-894 Health Law* (law-related content)

Philosophy

• 80-130 Intro to Ethics (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-135 Intro to Political Philosophy (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-136 Social Structure, Public Policy, and Ethics (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-208 Critical Thinking* (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-210 Logic & Proofs (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-221 Philosophy of Social Science* (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-235 Political Philosophy* (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-241 Ethical Judgments in Professional Life (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-281 Language and Thought* (content has indirect relevance)
• 80-321 Causation, Law, & Social Policy (law-related content)
• 80-447 Global Justice (content has indirect relevance)

Psychology

• 85-341 Organizational Communication* (content has indirect relevance)
• 85-377 Attitudes and Persuasion* (content has indirect relevance)

Public Management

• 91-824 Legal Issues in Human Resources Management (law-related content)
• 91-865 Legal Issues in Higher Education (law-related content)
• 91-882 Legal Issues in Education (law-related content)

Public Policy and Management

• 90-713 Policy and Politics in International Perspective* (content has indirect relevance)
• 90-714 Policy and Politics in American Institutions* (content has indirect relevance)
• 90-717 Strategic Writing Skills* (skills are relevant)
• 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills* (skills are relevant)
• 90-758 Ethics & Public Policy in a Global Society (content has indirect relevance)
• 90-832 Health Law (content has indirect relevance)
• 90-840 Legislative Policy Making* (content has indirect relevance)

Social Decision Science

• 88-104 Decision Processes in American Political Institutions (content has indirect relevance)
• 88-181 Topics in Law: The First Amendment (law-related content)
• 88-184 Topics in Law: The Bill of Rights* (law-related content)
• 88-220 Policy Analysis I (content has indirect relevance)
• 88-302 Behavioral Decision Making (content has indirect relevance)

Tepper School of Business

• 45-740 Business Law & Ethics (law-related content)