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Pre-Law Related Major: History
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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 |
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Reading and Writing History |
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Indigenous-Settler Relations in the U.S. |
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Civil Rights and Black Power |
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Immigration in American History |
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Environmental History of North America |
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Carceral Studies: Histories of Policing, Prisons, and Surveillance |
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Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877 |
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Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying |
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Research Seminar in History |
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