Emphasis in Law and Policy

Coordinator: Nadine Changfoot, M.A.(Carleton), Ph.D. (York)

                        E-mail:  nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca

A knowledge of law and policy is essential for many career paths and for informed citizen participation in public affairs. The Emphasis in Law and Policy is intended for students interested in career preparation, critical reflection on legal and policy questions, and advocacy on public issues.

To be eligible, students must successfully complete the requirements of both the Emphasis Program and the Honours or General program in which they are enrolled. The transcripts of students graduating with an Honours or General degree, who have successfully completed the requirements of the Emphasis Program, will contain the notation "with an Emphasis in Law and Policy."

Eligibility for the Emphasis is determined when students complete their application to graduate. No other registration procedures are required during the student's undergraduate programme. If you have completed the required courses, then the Emphasis should be added automatically to your transcript. Still, it is a good idea to make a note on your application to graduate that you qualify for the Emphasis.

Students should take care to ensure that they have met the requirements for the Emphasis no later than Fall Registration in the last year of their programmes. If you have questions contact the Coordinator, politics@trentu.ca.

Courses
The Emphasis in Law & Policy consists of six credits from the courses listed below. These must include at least 1.5 credits from Category A – Policy and at least 1.5 credits from Category B - Law.

Category A – Policy
CAST - HIST - POST 4770 (477) Studies in Canadian social policy

ECON 302H Financial economics
ECON 311H International trade
ECON 312H International Finance
ECON 316H Government expenditure analysis
ECON 317H Canadian tax policy
ECON 333H The economics of global interdependence
ECON 341 Industrialization organization
ECON - CAST 384H Health economics
ECON - ERST 381H Environmental economics

ERST - POST 2100H (210H) Environmental science and politics
ERST - ECON - CAST, 378H Canadian renewable resource economics
ERST - CAST – HIST 4670H (467H) Environmental history
ERST-CAST– POST 3100 (310) Public policy & the Canadian environment
ERST - IDST – POST 4610H (461H) Global environmental policy

HIST 337 History of espionage, intelligence and surveillance

INDG 200 Politics and Indigenous communities
INDG - POST 302 Indigenous governance

IDST - ANTH 221 Agrarian change and the global politics of food
IDST 310 International development studies in an economic context
IDST 314H Global institutions and development
IDST - POST 4120H International migration
IDST 422 Assessment of development projects
IDST-CAST–POST 424 Canada globalization and international development
IDST - POST 425H Topics in global political economy

POST 100 Introduction to politics
POST- CAST 201 Canadian politics
POST 320H Ordering World Politics I: US foreign policy in the 20th century
POST 321H Ordering world politics II: Canadian foreign policy in the 20th century
POST 362H Democratic strategy and public policy
POST - WMST 388 The politics of gender and globalization
POST 405H Contemporary Canadian problems
POST 428 Government and politics in the Middle East
POST 432 The politics of recognition
POST - CAST – ERST 460H Public policy in global perspective
POST - SOCI 497H World cities and local politics

SOCI 361 Crime, deviance, and social control
SOCI 366 Ethnicity, identity and community
SOCI 462H Studies in social policy
WMST 400 Advanced studies in feminism

Category B – Law
ADMN 325H The legal environment of business

ERST 3110H (311H) Environment impact assessment: A case study approach
ERST 3250H (325H) Introduction to environmental law
ERST 4250H (425H) Environmental law and regulation

HIST 3850 The history of crime in England (offered only in Oshawa)
INDG 340 Law and Indigenous Peoples

IDST - SOCI 312H Law, rights and development

PHIL 105 Practical Reasoning
PHIL - POST 232 Philosophy of law, justice and rights

POST - CAST 309 Law and constitutional issues
POST- CAST-WMST 367 Women and politics in Canada

SOCI 427H Sociology of Law

Notes
The Emphasis in Law and Policy does not give undergraduate students a significant advantage in applications to law schools. Law school applications are viewed most favourably when a student has an Honours degree with high standing in an undergraduate programme, typically in the humanities or social sciences, and a good score on the standardized law school admissions test (LSAT). The Emphasis provides a foundation in law and policy that is useful for many careers.

Departments and Programmes may not offer all the courses that qualify as credits in the Emphasis in any given year. Students should be aware that planning beyond the current academic year may require corresponding with the Chairs of the Departments and Programmes whose courses interest them. The Coordinator of the Emphasis does not make the decisions as to which courses will be offered.

Courses in the Law and Policy Program may have prerequisites. In planning their Emphasis, students should carefully take this into account.

The course listings in the 2008-2009 Calendar entry for the Emphasis (p. 237) were compiled in the Fall of 2007. Errors, revisions and additions to the listings will be posted on this page as they are confirmed. There is a short list at the end of this page of courses which have been recently approved.  Departments and Programmes will offer Special Topics courses from time to time that may qualify as either Law or Policy courses. Since these are occasional offerings, they are not permanent listings in the Calendar but students should consult with the Coordinator to determine whether they can be counted on a one-time basis.

Both the Trent University Calendar and the lists on this web site may refer to courses that have been discontinued or have not been offered for some time. Students should be aware that newer courses may exclude older courses which covered similar course material (i.e., if you earned credit for the excluded course in the past you may not earn additional credit for the newer course) and should consult the Calendar or correspond with the Chair of the Department or Programme to ensure that they can receive credit for the newer course.

The Trent University Calendar and lists on this web site of courses that may be counted for credit in the Emphasis will always include a number of courses that are no longer offered to accommodate students who may take longer than the usual time to complete a degree, or re-enter the University after an absence