Legal Studies Minor Program Overview
Department Mission Statement
The Department of Political Science answers the call given by the Church of articulating a true understanding of the integration of faith, reason, and culture. The study of political life and more broadly of social, economic, legal, cultural, scientific, and human life questions, which is done in the Department’s programs, proceeds from a Catholic understanding of the human person, his social relationships, the natural law that governs his conduct and his final end in God.
Aims
The Legal Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic minor that gives students an introduction to the law and legal research. It can help prepare those bound for law school by introducing them to the different fields of law and the basics of doing legal research and writing. Additionally, it provides liberal arts students with a basic understanding of this critical area of social life that connects with and helps shape so many of man’s other endeavors in community. The program, which stresses that human law must be grounded in natural law, can help students to be effective advocates for justice and truth in the public square.
Pre-Law Advising Program
Through the Pre-Law Advising Program advice and counseling is available for students contemplating application to law school. For information about this program contact Prof. James M. Hostetler at [email protected]
Academic Catalog
View the Legal Studies Minor on the Undergraduate Catalog
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Alumni Profiles
Kevin Arkoosh ’17
Political Science & History
While at Franciscan, Kevin Arkoosh, served a summer internship on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator James E. Risch (R-ID). Today, Arkoosh works full-time for Senator Risch as a legislative assistant,… read more
Michelle Ginter ’16
Humanities and Catholic Culture
Michelle Ginter says her passion for sacred and ecclesiastical architecture was “a natural fruit” of her time as a double major in Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Theology and Humanities and… read more
Dan Woltornist ’12
Political Science, History, & Philosophy
No one can say senior political science major Dan Woltornist doesn’t come by his conservative political philosophy honestly.The grandson of not one, but two Russian immigrants who separately fled the… read more
Beyond the Classroom
Austrian Semester Abroad
Grow, develop, and be formed into a more mature student by spending a semester in Franciscan’s Austrian program. You’ll expand your major in unbelievable ways by traveling to places such as Rome and the holy sites of Christendom, and through courses taught at a 14th-century monastery that also serves as your home.
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