Law and Society Honors Program
Each year, a small group of outstanding students is allowed to join the Law
and Society Honors Program. This program includes participation in a three-quarter
(8 unit) Honors Thesis sequence during your senior year. Students who successfully
complete the program and the thesis, and who maintain an overall grade point
average of at least
3.50, will graduate with Distinction in the Major. The Honors Program offers
several benefits to participating Law and Society students. The program allows
students to conduct independent and in-depth research on an important topic
or question of their choice. It also enables students to work closely with several
faculty members, as well as a group of other students with shared interests
and levels of motivation.
The opportunity to study abroad is available to qualified undergraduates (3.0
cumulative grade-point average as well as completion of language and other courses
as required). Students who opt for this program usually spend their junior
or senior year abroad before returning to complete their studies. Students may
study at universities which have articulation agreements with the University
of California.
The UCDC Program supports and supervises Law and Society students who pursue
internships in the nation's capital. The program is open through a competitive
application process to upper-division students. Students may enroll in any academic
quarter, including summer, and may earn up to eight units of internship credit
Interdisciplinary Studies (INT 192DC) and four units of independent study credit
(INT 199DC). After the completion of these units, the student may petition to
transfer them to Law and Society 192 and 199 to fulfill the upper-division electives.
Additionally, certain academic quarters offer the student an opportunity to
enroll in upper-division courses at the Washington Center.
The IISL offers a Master's degree in the Sociology of Law. Degree requirements
include the successful completion of courses and the acceptance of a dissertation.
The program provides a broad knowledge of theoretical and empirical sociology
of law. It includes intensive seminars taught by an international teaching staff,
and production of an individual research project under the tutorship of a senior
specialist in socio-legal studies, concluded by the writing of the final dissertation.
The seminars prepare students for independent scientific work and enlarge their
capacity for practical problem solving. The program aims to increase the knowledge
and sociological understanding of different legal systems and their cultural
contexts.
Law & Society Research Assistants and 199 Courses
See the Law & Society Program MSO for more information.
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