The Economics Department allows a student to pursue a pre-law curriculum within our BA degree.  Students complete four semesters of a foreign language, three cognate courses in writing and quantitative methods, and eleven courses in Economics.  The pre-law specialization takes the form of a structured minor designed in consultation with the pre-law adviser within the Department.  The minor requires eight courses in three to five fields with at least three courses being at the junior level or above.

The pre-law minor can focus on any of several areas, but will be designed with the approval of the pre-law adviser to have an appropriate thematic unity.  For example, a student in consultation with the adviser might design a pre-law minor from courses such as the following:

Finance:

Legal Environment of Business

Commercial Law

Principles of Real Estate

History:

Constitutional History of the United States to 1888

Constitutional History of the United States Since 1888

Philosophy:

Introduction to Ethics

Philosophy of Law

Political Science:

National Government

The American Judiciary

Civil Liberties

Economics is one of the fields of study recommended by the American Bar Association  for preparation for law school.  For more information on pre-law study in Economics at East Carolina University contact:

                                                        Professor Carson W. Bays
                                                        Department of Economics
                                                               Brewster Building
                                                          East Carolina University
                                             Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353

                                                                  252-328-6006
                                                                  baysc@ecu.edu