Legal History

certificate

The Legal History certificate considers how law works in the United States and around the world. Students explore histories of the law’s influence on society and the ways in which society influences law.

About this Program

Certificates must comply with the Certificate Policy.

Department Information

Undergraduate students in the Department of History come to the program as four-year residential students, PaCE students, and as transfers from Florida state colleges and out-of-state institutions. They join a large, diverse, and active community of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Program highlights include a vibrant Honors Program, engaged student organizations, and numerous opportunities for undergraduate research.
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25 KEENE-FLINT HALL
GAINESVILLE FL 32611-7320
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 Curriculum

The certificate is open to non-majors while majors may obtain a specialization in legal history.  Students minoring in History are also eligible for the certificate as long as they do not apply certificate courses towards their minor.

Required Courses

Group A course3
History of Disability in America
Constitutional History of the United States to 1877
Constitutional History of the United States Since 1877
United States Legal History
Violence and Social Conflict in American History
Crime and Punishment in American History
Origins of the US Constitution
Group B course3
Special Topics in Asian History (Imperial Japan)
Special Topics in Asian History (Global Histories of Prostitution)
History of the Holocaust
Nazi Germany
Authoritarian Interwar Europe
Special Topics in European History (Inquisitions)
Special Topics in European History (The Holocaust in the Courtroom )
Special Topics in Latin American History (Crime and Criminality in the Americas )
Special Topics in Latin American History (History of Asylum)
Special Topics in Latin American History (Inquisitions)
History of Human Rights
Special Topics in World History
Group A or Group B course 13
Total Credits9

In addition to these courses, the undergraduate coordinator may authorize substitute courses.

1

Course not previously taken.