History, Culture, and the Law is an interdisciplinary major that provides students the opportunity to understand how legal systems are shaped by cultural norms and historical developments, as well as how social change has been and can be created through legal processes. After studying principles of historical method and jurisprudence, students bring to bear the interdisciplinary frameworks they have begun to develop in one of six culturally-focused concentrations: Africana Studies and Culture; Asian Studies and Culture; Culture and Colonialism; Digital Humanities; Gender and Sexuality; and Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture. Students have opportunities to develop flexibility in perspectives; to exercise ability to work in interdisciplinary frameworks; and to foster appreciation of cultural diversity that will enable them to make a positive impact in their chosen spheres of action.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.
Note: No more than two courses taken for this major may be counted toward another major or minor.
Law and History Core
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Core Courses | ||
| Complete the following three courses: | 12 | |
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| Law and History | ||
| Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society | ||
| Foundational Core Elective | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Global Human Rights: A Social and Economic Perspective | ||
| Topics in Law and Public Policy | ||
| Understanding the Modern Supreme Court | ||
| Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice | ||
| Judicial Process and Behavior | ||
| International Law | ||
| U.S. Constitutional Law | ||
| U.S. Civil Liberties | ||
Concentrations
Students will elect one four-course concentration from among these choices:
- Africana Studies and Culture
- Asian Studies and Culture
- Culture and Colonialism
- Digital Humanities
- Gender and Sexuality
- Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture
Major Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three of the following not already used to fulfill one of the requirements above. Courses not used above to fulfill a requirement may also be used to fulfill this elective requirement. However, only one course used to fulfill this requirement may be at the 1000 level. | ||
| Black Community and Social Change | ||
| Global Markets and Local Culture | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Nationalism | ||
| Policing a Democratic Society | ||
| Gender, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or WMNS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture | ||
| Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues | ||
| Native American Resistance: Past and Present | ||
| Capitalism and Business: A Global History | ||
| The Global Far-Right since 1945: Politics, Culture, Violence | ||
| Hitler, Germany, and the Holocaust | ||
| The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide | ||
| America and the Holocaust | ||
| Colonialism/Imperialism | ||
| Going Global: The United States, 1898-1945 | ||
| Assassinations in World History | ||
| Topics in Law and Public Policy | ||
| Introduction to Contemporary Moral Issues | ||
| Debating Ethical Controversies | ||
| Social and Political Philosophy | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | ||
| Modern Philosophy | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following capstone courses: | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Asian Studies Capstone Directed Study | ||
| Capstone Project | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
| Global Justice | ||
Major GPA Requirement
Minimum 3.000 GPA required in all major courses
Major Credit Requirement
Complete 52 hours in the major
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirements
128 total semester hours required
Concentration in Africana Studies and Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to African American and Africana Studies | ||
| Introduction to African Studies | ||
| Complete one of the following, as a Writing Intensive course: | 4 | |
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
or ANTH 4510 | Anthropology of Africa | |
| Race, Class, and Gender | ||
or SOCL 4520 | Race, Class, and Gender | |
| Complete two of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level of above: | 8 | |
Concentration in Asian Studies and Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete the following course: | 4 | |
| East Asian Studies | ||
or HIST 1150 | East Asian Studies | |
| Complete one of the following, as a Writing Intensive course: | 4 | |
| Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| Complete two of the following. If HIST 2308 or PHIL 2395 is the Writing Intensive course, at least one of these electives must be at the 3000 level or above: | 8 | |
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia | ||
| Culture and Politics in Modern India | ||
| Japanese Film | ||
| Modern Chinese History and Culture | ||
or HIST 1500 | Modern Chinese History and Culture | |
| Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture | ||
| Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture | ||
| World War II in the Pacific | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| History of Vietnam Wars | ||
| Capitalism and Business: A Global History | ||
| Modern Japan | ||
| Music of Asia | ||
| Ethics: East and West | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond: Eastern Religions | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
Concentration in Culture and Colonialism
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete the following course: | 4 | |
| Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | ||
or PHIL 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | |
| Complete three of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level or above: | 12 | |
| Introduction to French Culture | ||
| Cultural History of Spain | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
or ENGL 2451 | Postcolonial Women Writers | |
| Europe: Empires, Revolutions, Wars, and Their Aftermath | ||
| Picturing Modernity: The Photographic Image in Culture and Society | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| Introduction to Russian Civilization | ||
| History of the Soviet Union | ||
| History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | ||
| History of Espionage 2: Cold War Spies | ||
| Capitalism and Business: A Global History | ||
| Colonialism/Imperialism | ||
| History of Modern Terrorism | ||
| Understanding the Bible | ||
| Existentialism | ||
| Moral Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy and Literature | ||
Concentration in Digital Humanities
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete the following course: | 4 | |
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Complete three of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level or above: | 12 | |
| Apps, Memes, and Bots: Global Literature in the Age of the Internet | ||
| Communication in a Digital Age | ||
| Social Networks | ||
| Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
| Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks | ||
| Technology and Human Values | ||
| Ethics and Evolutionary Games | ||
| Law and Society in a Digital World | ||
| Computers and Society | ||
Concentration in Gender and Sexuality
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture | ||
| Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Complete one of the following as a Writing Intensive course: | 4 | |
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Race, Class, and Gender | ||
or SOCL 4520 | Race, Class, and Gender | |
| Complete two of the following. If WMNS 2505 is the Writing Intensive course, at least one of these electives must be at the 3000 level or above: | 8 | |
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
or HIST 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
or WMNS 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
| Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
or WMNS 2451 | Postcolonial Women Writers | |
| Women and World Politics | ||
| Gender in a Changing Society | ||
| Gender and Reproductive Justice | ||
| Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism | ||
| Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
Concentration in Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete four courses as follows: | ||
| Complete the following course: | 4 | |
| Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies | ||
| Complete one of the following, as the Writing Intensive course: | 4 | |
| Latin American Society and Development | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Caribbean Literature and Culture | ||
| Latin American Culture, History, and Politics | ||
| New Media Narratives in Latin America: Local and Global Dimensions | ||
| Caribbean Literature and Culture | ||
| New Narratives: Latin America after 1989 | ||
| Representing Violence and Human Rights in Latin America | ||
| Introduction to Latin American History | ||
| Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture | ||
| Latin American History through Film | ||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2 / Fall
Africana Studies and Culture Concentration
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MATH 1215 | 4 | LPSC 2301 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| Foreign Language | 4 | AFAM 1101 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1100 | 4 | POLS 1160 | 4 | ||||
| CLTR 1000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENGL 3325 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 2301 | 4 | ||||||
| LPSC 2302 | 4 | ||||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| WMNS 4520 | 4 | AFAM 1113 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| AFRS 1270 | 4 | EESH 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENGW 3315 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HCL Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HCL Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | HCL Capstone | 4 | |||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | ||||||
| HCL Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||
Four Years, One Co-op in Spring / Summer 1
Digital Humanities Concentration
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| Foreign Language | 4 | LPSC 2301 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MATH 1215 | 4 | ENGL 1450 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1100 | 4 | COMM 1255 | 4 | ||||
| CLTR 1000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 3325 | 4 | ||||||
| PHIL 2301 | 4 | ||||||
| LPSC 2302 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 3340 | 4 | ENGW 3315 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| INSH 2102 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | HCL Elective | 4 | ||||
| HCL Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| HCL Elective | 4 | HCL Capstone | 4 | ||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||