Students planning to attend law school after completing a degree at Rocky Mountain College are encouraged to supplement their major by taking on a secondary Pre-Law minor. Along with the completion of all requirements for their major, Pre-Law students take core courses in government, law, and logic, and choose among electives in the four categories listed below.

Required courses are intended to foster critical thinking skills, develop advanced writing abilities, and acquire an understanding of the human condition as it relates to the issues of legal and social justice. Students in the program will also receive assistance with LSAT test preparation and the law school application process.

Required courses:

• POL203, American Government
• POL412, Constitutional Law
• PHR205, Logic

Select one of the following:

• ENG319, Creative Non-Fiction Writing
• ENG325, Professional Writing
• ENG359, History and Grammar of English

Select one of the following:

• COM240, Rhetoric of Western Thought
• COM260, Debating Contemporary Issues
COM404, Rhetoric of Protest and Dissent

Select one of the following:

• PHR303, Ethics
• PHR340, Christian Ethics

Select one of the following:

• AVS312, Aviation Law
• BSA331, Business Law
• IDS205, Negotiations
• IDS305, Mediation
• POL321 History of Political and Social Thought
• PSY/SOC201 Social Psychology
• SOC242, Cultural Anthropology
• SOC321, Criminology
• or other relevant Special Topics course with permission of faculty

All courses for this program fall under other programs.