Sociology BA / Law JD
Major: Sociology and Law
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Juris Doctor (JD)
Calendar Type: Quarter and semester
Total Credit Hours: 180.0 quarter credits & 85.0 semester credits
Co-op Options: No Co-op (Six years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 45.1101
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-3041
About the Program
This accelerated degree program combines the BA in Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the JD offered by the Kline School of Law. It is a "3+3" program, allowing qualified students to earn both their BA in Sociology and their JD in six years. The study of sociology provides a strong foundation for success in law school.
Admission Requirements
For the BA: Standard admission requirements for all Drexel undergraduate programs.
To be admitted to Drexel's Kline School of Law, students must:
- Maintain a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.45
- Earn a LSAT score that at least meets the Kline School of Law's current LSAT median (as determined by point of entry into the undergraduate program) no later than December of year 3 of undergraduate program
- Actively participate in pre-law and BSJD activities
- Meet regularly with academic advisor and the pre-law advisor
- Maintain satisfactory progress towards completing required undergraduate coursework as set out in the plan of study in three years
- File complete, binding application to the Kline School of Law by December 31 of year 3 of undergraduate program
- Comply with all admission and seat deposit requirements of the Kline School of Law
- Comply with all character and fitness requirements of the Kline School of Law
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| UNIV H101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Four Humanities Courses | 12.0 | |
| Two Mathematics Courses | 6.0 | |
| Two Science Courses | 6.0 | |
| Two Consecutive Foreign Language Courses * | 8.0 | |
| Three Social and Behavioral Science Electives | 9.0 | |
| Two International Studies Courses | 6.0 | |
| Two Studies in Diversity | 6.0 | |
| Sociology Core Requirements | 3.0 | |
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Required Major Capstone | 4.0 | |
| Capstone in Sociology | ||
| Theory Sequence | 8.0 | |
| Classical Social Theory ([WI]) | ||
| Contemporary Social Theory ([WI]) | ||
| Methods Sequence | 8.0 | |
| Research Design: Qualitative Methods | ||
| Research Design: Quantitative Methods | ||
| Required Sociology Electives | 40.0 | |
| Select at least 10 of the following: (At least four must be at the 300 or 400 level; and at least one must be at the 400-level.) | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Medicine and Society | ||
| Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Work | ||
| Wealth and Power | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
| Sex and Society | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Sociology of Health Professions | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Sociology of the Environment | ||
| Sociology of Sport | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Global Climate Change | ||
| Sociology of Global Health | ||
| HIV/AIDS and Africa | ||
| Social Networks and Health | ||
| Sociology of Deviance | ||
| Development and Underdevelopment in the Global South | ||
| Sociology of Education | ||
| Globalization | ||
| Global Environmental Movements | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Sociology of Disasters | ||
| Practicum in Applied and Community Sociology | ||
| Medicine, Technology and Science | ||
| Housing and Homelessness | ||
| Imagining Multiple Democracies | ||
| Love, Rage & Debt: The Debt Society | ||
| Politics of Life | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Special Topics in SOC | ||
| UG Free Electives | 19.0 | |
| Additional Free Electives fulfilled by 22 semester credits from first-year law courses | 33.0 | |
| Law School Requirements | ||
| Torts | ||
| Contracts | ||
| Civil Procedure | ||
| Legislation and Regulation | ||
| Property | ||
| Criminal Law | ||
| Constitutional Law | ||
| Legal Methods I | ||
| Legal Methods II | ||
| Professional Responsibility | ||
| Electives and Menu Requirements including: | 49.0-50.0 | |
| One upper level writing course (WUL) | ||
| One Statutory course | ||
| One professional practice course | ||
| Upper level writing (WUL) courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 610S | Reproductive Rights Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 611S | Sex, Gender, & the Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 614S | Supreme Court Seminar | 3.0 |
| LAW 647S | The Rights of Children | 2.0 |
| LAW 656S | Justice Lawyering Sem ((if full year paper)) | 1.0-3.0 |
| LAW 673S | Crime and Community | 2.0 |
| LAW 790S | Toxic Torts | 2.0 |
| LAW 791S | Regulating Patient Safety | 2.0 |
| LAW 793S | Mental Health Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 827S | Immigration Litigation | 2.0 |
| LAW 828S | International Business Transactions | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 832S | Contract Theory Seminar | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 836S | Legal History | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 838S | Foundations of Legal Analysis | 2.0 |
| LAW 840S | Literature and The Law Seminar | 2.0 |
| LAW 842S | Law and Mind Sciences | 2.0 |
| LAW 844S | Law and Social Movements | 3.0 |
| LAW 848S | Courts and Public Policy | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 882S | Litigation Drafting | 2.0 |
| LAW 884S | Contract Drafting | 2.0 |
| LAW 910S | Appellate Advocacy | 2.0 |
| LAW 920S | Drexel Law Review ((if WUL option)) | 1.0-6.0 |
| LAW T880S | Special Topics in LAW | 1.0-5.0 |
| Statutory Courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 620S | Administrative Law | 4.0 |
| LAW 622S | Employment Discrimination | 3.0 |
| LAW 623S | Election Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 624S | Environmental Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 642S | Special Education Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 674S | Health Care Fraud and Abuse | 2.0 |
| LAW 675S | Federal Criminal Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 676S | White Collar Crime | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 700S | Business Organizations | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 701S | Federal Income Tax | 4.0 |
| LAW 702S | Enterprise Tax | 4.0 |
| LAW 706S | Secured Transactions | 3.0 |
| LAW 708S | Payment Systems | 3.0 |
| LAW 710S | Bankruptcy | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 711S | Sales | 3.0 |
| LAW 714S | Securities Regulation | 3.0 |
| LAW 740S | Trusts and Estates | 3.0 |
| LAW 760S | Copyright | 3.0 |
| LAW 764S | Trademarks & Unfair Competition | 3.0 |
| LAW 792S | Food and Drug Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 796S | Insurance Law | 2.0 |
| LAW 820S | Immigration Law | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 821S | European Union Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 826S | Refugee and Asylum Law | 2.0 |
| Professional Practice Courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 924S & LAW 653S | Entrepreneurial Law Clinic and Entrepreneurial Law Clinic Seminar | 7.0 |
| LAW 931S & LAW 654S | Law Co-op and Lawyering Practice Seminar | 8.0-9.0 |
| LAW 941S & LAW 942S & LAW 656S | Criminal Litigation Clinic I and Criminal Litigation Clinic II and Justice Lawyering Sem | 14.0-15.0 |
| LAW 943S & LAW 944S & LAW 656S | Civil Litigation Clinic I and Civil Litigation Clinic II and Justice Lawyering Sem | 14.0-15.0 |
| LAW 947S & LAW 948S & LAW 656S | Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic and Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic II and Justice Lawyering Sem | 14.0-15.0 |
| LAW 950S & LAW 951S & LAW 656S | Community Lawyering Clinic I and Community Lawyering Clinic II and Justice Lawyering Sem | 14.0-15.0 |
| Free Electives (may require permission to enroll) | ||
| Any other unspecified LAW courses numbered 550s and above may count as JD elective | ||
| * | At least one foreign language course must be at the 200-level. In addition, the department recommends students take 2 additional foreign language courses as free electives. |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
Undergraduate course credits are quarter credits
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| SOC 101 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | Diversity Studies Elective | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV H101 | 1.0 | SOC 241 | 4.0 | Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Foreign Language Course | 4.0 | Foreign Language Course | 4.0 | Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Mathematics Course | 3.0 | Science Elective | 3.0 | Social and Behavioral Science Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 15 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| SOC 242 | 4.0 | Diversity Studies Elective | 3.0 | SOC 355 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| Mathematics Course | 3.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | Humanities Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | Science Elective | 3.0 | Social and Behavioral Science Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | Social and Behavioral Science Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| SOC 356 | 4.0 | SOC 450 | 4.0 | UNIV H201 | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | Humanities Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Student transitions to first year of law school | |
| Humanities Elective | 3.0 | International Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Required 300/400 Elective | 4.0 | ||
| International Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Required 300/400 Elective | 4.0 | Sociology Required 300/400 Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Sociology Required 300/400 Elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Required Elective | 4.0 | ||
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total Credits 147 | |||||||
Law School course credits are semester credits
First Year Law course credits (22 semester credits) are counted toward the Sociology BA.
| Fourth Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| LAW 550S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 4.0 | LAW 555S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 3.0 |
| LAW 552S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 4.0 | LAW 556S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 4.0 |
| LAW 554S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 4.0 | LAW 558S | 4.0 |
| LAW 565S (Counts toward UG free elective) | 3.0 | LAW 566S | 3.0 |
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Fifth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| LAW 560S | 4.0 | LAW 830S | 2.0 |
| Law Requirements/Electives | 10.0 | Law Requirements/Electives | 12.0 |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| Sixth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Law Requirements/Electives | 14.0 | Law Requirements/Electives | 14.0 |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| Total Credits 85 | |||
