Getting Started in Legal Studies: Fall 2024 Transfers

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Students are admitted to UC Santa Cruz with a "proposed major" in most cases, and later petition to officially declare the major. Admission does not guarantee acceptance into a particular major, although transfer students' records are screened for preparation for many majors at the time of admission. Junior transfer students must be formally declared by the deadline in their second quarter of enrollment.


Qualification requirements and/or prerequisites for the major:

Review transfer information and policy, getting started, and major qualification requirement sections in the General Catalog.

Transfer students who intend to pursue this major should do the following prior to the beginning of their first term…

...and should take these courses their first term:

  • Students are advised to take Legal Studies 10 during their first quarter along with one Lgst upper-division course of their choosing (an upper-division course is any course that is numbered 100-190). It is highly recommended for students to take LGST 10 over the summer, if possible. 
  • It is also advisable to enroll in Philosophy 7, 9, 22, 24 or 27 within their first year.

If unable to enroll in the courses listed above:

Enroll in an alternate class of your choosing, and sign up for the waitlist during your second pass enrollment period. Your enrollment period can be found on your student portal in the “Student Center.”

Special enrollment procedures:

Enroll in classes during your online enrollment appointment time.

Although not required for the major, students in this major might benefit from:

Students majoring in legal studies will benefit from any classes that help to build writing, research, and analytical skills since these skills are important to success in the major.

Other Information:

Students are allowed to substitute one philosophy course in logic or ethics taken elsewhere to satisfy the lower division philosophy requirement. This course must appear on the student's transfer credit list on the MyUCSC portal. The course should be the equivalent to Phil 7, 9, 22, 24 or 27 and most courses can be verified through assist.org.

Instructions for declaring the major are on our website.

Tentative Course List

Links to Review:

Program Description (Catalog)

Department Website

Academic Advising

Advisor Contact Information:



Yanin Monter-Hernandez

legalstudies@ucsc.edu
Merrill 125

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