Bachelor's Degree Requirements

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Student must take a total of 12 courses to fulfill the requirements for the major. Four courses must be in Philosophy (146; either 147, 148, or 149; 345; and either 455, 456, 457 or 458 of any letter/title); two Political Science courses from list B, at least one of which is an upper-level class; and any two History courses from list C. The remaining four courses may be selected from among all the classes listed under Philosophy, Political Science, History or Cognates. At least half of the courses must be 300 level or above

Philosophy Required:
PHIL 146 Law and Justice
PHIL 147 Markets, Ethics and Law or PHIL 148 Medical Ethics or PHIL 149 Environmental Ethics and Policy
PHIL 345 Philosophy of Law
PHIL 455 Advanced Philosophy of Law or PHIL 456 Problems in Law and Political Theory (of any letter/title or PHIL 457 Problems in Law and Morality (of any letter/title) or PHIL 458 Problems in Law and History of Philosophy (of any letter/title)
Optional Philosophy:
PHIL 121 Methods of Reasoning or PHIL 122 Elementary Logic
PHIL 140 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 147 Markets, Ethics and Law
PHIL 148 Medical Ethics
PHIL 149 Environmental Ethics and Policy
PHIL 201 Plato and Aristotle
PHIL 342 History of Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 340 Ethical Theory
PHIL 344 Buddhist Ethics
PHIL 403 Topics in Ancient Philosophy (of any letter/title)
PHIL 448 Advanced Topics in Medical Ethics
PHIL 455 Advanced Philosophy of Law
PHIL 456 Problems in Law and Political Theory (of any letter/title)
PHIL 457 Problems in Law and Morality (of any letter/title)
PHIL 458 Problems in Law and the History of Philosophy (of any letter/title)
PHIL 488 Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (of any letter/title)
PPL 498A/499A Honors Tutorial I / Honors Tutorial II
Political Science (minimum of two required, at least one of which is an upper-level class)
PLSC 111 Introduction to American Politics
PLSC 113 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PLSC 115 Introduction to Ideas and Politics
PLSC 117 World Politics
PLSC 215 Environmental Policy
PLSC 219 Pluralism, Prejudice and Public Law
PLSC 300 Political Psychology
PLSC 318 Contemporary Democracy
PLSC 319 Issues in World Politics
PLSC 320 Public Administration
PLSC 321 American Presidency
PLSC 322 American Political Parties and Pressure Groups
PLSC 323 The Congress in American Politics
PLSC 324 Campaigns and Elections
PLSC 325 Ethics and U. S. Foreign Policy
PLSC 326 American State Politics
PLSC 327 American Foreign Policy
PLSC 328 Public Policy and Political Process
PLSC 329 Public Law
PLSC 331 Constitutional Law and Politics
PLSC 333 Civil Rights and Liberties
PLSC 339 Criminal Justice
PLSC 340 Public Opinion
PLSC 348 Human Rights
PLSC 360 Political Behavior
PLSC 366: US Labor Politics, Policy and Law
PLSC 369 American Electoral Behavior
PLSC 373 American Political Thought
PLSC 375 International Law
PLSC 380 Topics in World Politics (of any letter/title)
PLSC 382 Topics in American Politics (of any letter/title)
PLSC 384 Topics in Policy Analysis (of any letter/title)
PLSC 387 Topics in Political Theory (of any letter/title)
PLSC 389 Topics in Comparative Politics (of any letter/title)
PLSC 414 The U.S. Supreme Court
PLSC 419 Interest Groups
PLSC 420 Judicial Politics and Behavior
PLSC 421 American Politics: Congress
PLSC 424 American Political Process
PLSC 425 The American Congress, Structure and Power
PLSC 426 Voting Rights
PLSC 452 Evolution of Criminal Justice System
PLSC 456 Environmental Policy Analysis
PLSC 474 Voting Behavior
PLSC 481 Seminar in American Politics (of any letter/title)
PLSC 482 Topics in Policy Analysis (of any letter/title)
PLSC 484 Seminar in Special Topics in Public Law (of any letter/title)
PLSC 487 Contemporary American Political Thought
History (minimum of two required)
HIST 103 Foundations of America (of any letter/title)
HIST 104 Modern American Civilization (of any letter/title)
HIST 250 Colonial America
HIST 251 Revolutionary America
HIST 257 American Working Class Since 1877
HIST 264 Immigration and Ethnicity in the US
HIST 266 U.S. Women since 1874
HIST 267A Asian American History
HIST 268 Native American Culture and History
HIST 300 Ancient Law and Society
HIST 302 Legal History: Justinian to Blackstone
HIST 310 Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
HIST 333 Human Rights Since 1945
HIST 336 Slavery, Nature, Empire
HIST 345 The Holocaust
HIST 351 19th Century US History and Literature
HIST 354 Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 356 American Legal History
HIST 362 U.S. in the 1960s
HIST 380 Special Topics in US History (of any letter/title)
HIST 430 War Crimes Trials and Justice
HIST 431 Constitutionalism: US and Japan
HIST 480 Senior Seminar in US History (of any letter/title)
HIST 486 Senior Seminar in World or Comparative History (of any letter/title)
Cognate Courses (all are optional)
ANTH 364 Political Anthropology
BE 304 Intellectual Property Law
CLAS 381A Persuasion in Ancient Greece
ECON 103 Introduction to the International Economy
ECON 144 Poverty and Discrimination
ECON 160 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 162 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 312 Environmental Law and Policy
ECON 331 Environmental Economics
ECON 343 Intro. to Labor Economics and IR
ECON 349 Economics of Law and Property Rights
ECON 350 US Financial System: Markets and Institutions
ECON 426 History of Economic Thought
ECON 445 Public Expenditure and Public Choice
ECON 449 Economic Analysis of Law
ECON 461 Game Theory
ENVI 215 Environmental Policy
ENVI 239 Environmental Planning Policy
ENVI 312 Environmental Law and Policy
ENVI 317 Environmental Sciences and Public Policy
ENVI 340 Natural Resources Law and Policy
ENVI 415 Environmental Planning
ENVI 481 Ethics and Policy Seminar (letter may vary)
ENVI 482 Policy Analysis (letter may vary)
JUST 271 Women in Jewish Law
JUST 287L Fundamentals of Jewish Law
PPL 487 Topics in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (of any letter/title)
PSYCH 473B Psychology, Terrorism and Law
SOC 240 Women of Color in the U.S.
SOC 251 Deviant Behavior
SOC 260 Social Problems in the United States
SOC 340 Women and Criminal Justice
SOC 370 Social Inequality
SOC 378 Law and Society

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TRADITIONS OF WESTERN LAW AND GOVERNMENT TRACK

Students must take a total of 12 courses to fulfill the requirements for the major. Four courses must be in Philosophy, from list A (PHIL 201, 146 or 342, 345 and one elective); two courses must be in Latin; and four courses must be in History, from list C. The remaining two courses may be selected from among all the classes listed in lists A-D. At least six of the courses must be 300 level or above.

Philosophy Required:
PHIL 201 Plato and Aristotle
PHIL 146 Law and Justice or 342 Topics in Classical Political Philosophy
PHIL 345 Philosophy of Law
Optional Philosophy:
PHIL 121 Methods of Reasoning
PHIL 122 Elementary Logic
PHIL 146 Law and Justice
PHIL 342 History of Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 332 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 344 Buddhist Ethics
PHIL 403 Topics in Ancient Philosophy (of any letter/title)
PHIL 458 Aristotle's Ethics and Politics (of any letter/title)
Latin Required:
2 semesters of Latin, at the level appropriate to the student's background
History Required:
HIST 101 Foundations of Western Civilization
HIST 300 Ancient Law and Society
HIST 302 European Law from Justinian to Blackstone
Optional History (any one of these is required):
HIST 202 The Greek World
HIST 203 The Rise and Fall of Rome
HIST 204 The Early Middle Ages
HIST 205 The High Middle Ages
HIST 206 Early Renaissance Europe
HIST 207 Reformation and Renaissance Europe
HIST 208 Privilege and Protest in Early Modern Europe
HIST 213 England: Prehistory to the War of the Roses
HIST 310 Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
Cognates (all are optional)
CLAS 382A Ancient Sexuality and Gender
ENG 230 Medieval Literature
ENG 330 Topics in Medieval Literature (of any letter/title)
ENG 331 Old English Literature
ENG 333 Women and Society in Medieval Literature
GRK One course in Greek language at the level appropriate to student's background
JUST 241 Biblical History: Hebrew Origins of the Exile
JUST 242: Jewish History: Second Temple Period
JUST 243: Medieval Jewish History
JUST 244: Modern Jewish History
JUST 271 Women in Jewish Law
JUST 287 Fundamentals of Jewish Law
JUST 381 Topics in Jewish Thought and Society: Biblical to Rabbinic Periods (of any letter/title)
PLSC 375 International Law
PLSC 380V War and World Politics
PPL 487 Topics in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (of any letter/title)
PPL 498A and 499A Honors Tutorial I / Honors Tutorial II

Important Notes Students in both tracks must earn a grade of C- or higher in courses fulfilling the major and courses cannot be taken pass-fail. Substitution of other courses (except courses transferred from other universities) must be approved by the student's PPL advisor. Substitutions of other Binghamton University courses will be granted only in very unusual circumstances, and are considered only in the senior year. Courses taken at other universities may be approved by the student's PPL advisor. Advisors are assigned through the Philosophy Department. Updated: March 15, 2013

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