SOC 3500 - Law and Society

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every other year. Also offered evenings.

This course focuses on law as a practical resource. Students examine how the availability of law is distributed in society, what the law provides for those who use it, and how the law has been influenced by certain trends of use. Students study ways in which the law has been analyzed and discover the nature of legal evolution and social change.

Prerequisite(s): Two intermediate level sociology courses .