The Early Law School Entry
Jurisprudence Program
in the Legal, Ethical & Historical Studies
Division
at the University of Baltimore
The Jurisprudence-Early Entry Program substitutues the first year of
law school for the last year of college. Applicants for the Early Entry
Program are to have earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 in courses
transferred to the university. All applicants should be interviewd by the
program director prior to
admission into the program.
Requirements
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Philosophy (6 credit hours).
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PHIL 301 Ethics or PHIL 490 Theories of Justice
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PHIL 317 Logic of Language
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History (6-9 credit hours). Early Entry Jurisprudence students must
take at least six credits of history courses, including:
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At least one of the following
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HIST 310 Ancient
Civilizations
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HIST 311 Emergence of Europe
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HIST 312 Age of Revolutions
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HIST 313 Europe 1815-1914
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HIST 314 Europe Since 1914
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HIST 317 Early America
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HIST 318 Modern America
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HIST 320 America Since 1940
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HIST 446 History of Christianity
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HIST 463 Hitler's Germany
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HIST 466 History of Africa
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HIST 468 American Political History
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HIST 475 Topics in Women's History
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And at least one of the following
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HIST 331 English Law and Society to 1689
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HIST 332 English Law and Society Since 1689
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HIST 340 American Legal History
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HIST 377 New South and Civil Rights
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HIST 434 American Constitutional History
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HIST 438 Great Trials in History
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HIST 440 History of the Common Law
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Government (6-9 credit hours). Early Entry Jurisprudence students
must take at least six credits of government courses, including:
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At least one of the following
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GVPP 300 American Political Institutions
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GVPP 322 Bureaucracy and Public Policy
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GVPP 326 Urban Politics and Public Policy
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GVPP 344 American Presidency
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GVPP 345 The Legislative Process
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GVPP 348 State and Local Government
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GVPP 362 Media and Government
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GVPP 384 Comparative Government
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GVPP 461 Maryland Govt. and Political Processes
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And at least one of the following
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GVPP 340 Constitutional Law
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GVPP 341 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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GVPP 381 American Political Thought
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GVPP 382 Political Ideologies
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GVPP 425 Administrative Law and Processes
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GVPP 427 Democracy, Ethics, and the Administrative Process
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Electives (6 credits maximum). Early Entry Jurisprudence students
may count up to six credits of electives from among the following courses
towards their 96 hour total:
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Communications (3 credits)
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CMAT 300 or 303 Public Speaking or Oral Communication in Business
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CMAT 320 Argumentation, Debate, and Society
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WRIT 314 Writing Workshop: Argument and Persuasion
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Statistical Methods and Evaluation of Evidence (3 credits)
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GVPP 408, SOCI 403, CRJU 302 Research Methods
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APST 308 Statistics for the Social Sciences
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Economics (3 credits)
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ECON 300 or 307 Principles of Economics, or Money and Banking
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By permission: Students may count one additional three credit course in
English, history, philosophy, government, criminal justice, sociology or
psychology towards their 96 hour total with the permission of the Program
Director.