Legal Studies Course Plan
The following plan can work whether you begin as a freshman or as a junior transfer. It’s best to spread your courses out as much as possible to give yourself the time to do your absolute best and be able to take advantage of other wonderful opportunities available to you.
Helpful Tip #1: Continue to choose a Core course each semester so you don’t get to the end of your time here and find that you have to settle for a course because it’s the only one offered that you haven’t already taken. The list of Core choices is short and we can only offer a few each semester, so grab the courses you prefer as they come up.
Helpful Tip #2: Take just two upper divs for the major each semester. Typically grades are higher for students who plan conservatively.
Helpful Tip #3: Prereqs can be taken during the summer at community college, just check on ASSIST.org.
Helpful Tip #4: Plan ahead for Study Abroad, UCDC, Honors (LS H195A and LS H195B & C in senior year), etc. You CAN do it all.
Helpful Tip #5: As long as you have at least 14 upper div units (two 3 unit courses and two 4 unit courses) for the four Area requirements, you'll need just those four Area courses, combined with the four Core classes to meet the 30 upper div units required for the major.
This is just one way to go about planning your courses:
Fall – Freshman Year
Prereq
Spring – Freshman Year
Prereq
Fall – Sophomore Year
Prereq
Spring – Sophomore Year
Prereq
Fall – Junior Year
Upper div Core (4 units)
Upper div Area (4 units)
Spring – Junior Year
Upper div Core (4 units)
Upper div Area (4 units)
Fall – Senior Year
Upper div Core (4 units)
Upper div Area (4 units)
Spring – Senior Year
Upper div Core (4 units)
Upper div Area (capstone course) (4 units)