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: