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Pre-Law Related Major: History

Benefits:

  • Read complex texts to understand how arguments are made and supported. 
  • Craft exceptional writing samples.
  • Pursue a concentration in Law, Politics, & Social Justice.
  • Enroll in HIS 401 seminar class, the capstone course in History focusing entirely on research, public speaking and writing, while satisfying the SBC requirements WRTD, SPK and EXP+.
  • Study and talk with professors who teach and do research on topics that are interesting to students.
  • Several of our faculty members have served as expert witnesses in high profile court cases.

 

Extracurricular Activities:

  • Pre-Law Society; consider participating in the mock-trial program
  • History Club 
  • Publishes the student-run journal, The Stony Brook Undergraduate History Journal; also hosts debates on contemporary topics)
  • URECA - year-long independent research project
  • One- or two-semester independent research project opportunities

Courses that our students have found beneficial, especially as first-year law school students, include:

  • WRT 380:  Advanced Research Writing: Theories, Methods, Practices
  • WRT 381:  Advanced Analytic and Argumentative Writing 


Pre-Law Related Electives:

Course

Title

HIS 301: 

Reading and Writing History

HIS 314:

Indigenous-Settler Relations in the U.S.

HIS 325:

Civil Rights and Black Power

HIS 331:

Immigration in American History

HIS 365:

Environmental History of North America

HIS 366:

Carceral Studies: Histories of Policing, Prisons, and Surveillance

HIS 371:

Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877

HIS 374:

Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying

HIS 401:

Research Seminar in History

For the full list of major requirements, click here. 

To view law school applicants by major, click here. 

For more information, contact: 

Career Coach, Education and Helping Professions/Government, Law, and Public Service
Shaquille Rivera
Shaquille.rivera@stonybrook.edu
Undergraduate Program Director
Eric Zolov, Professor
Eric.zolov@stonybrook.edu
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