Judicial Process

General

Prefix

POL

Course Number

413

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

The structure, process and personnel of American courts with particular emphasis on the role of the US Supreme Court in the American political system.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Demonstrate their knowledge of the nature of the judicial process and some of the many variables that account for the behavior by judges and courts as they resolve disputes and allocate values within our federal and state systems.

Outcome

Apply knowledge of law schools, legal profession, legal practice, courts (trial and appellate, state and federal), and those persons, groups, and institutions that are impacted by the courts.

Outcome

Analyze, via political variables, how the legal process functions as part of the political system to affect who gets what in society.

Outcome

Use the reality of the legal process operation, not "official theory" of how the legal process generally and courts specifically, are supposed to work.

Dependencies

Programs

POL413 is a completion requirement for: