Overview

The Law, Society, and Policy major from Syracuse University introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of law and society. Drawing on a range of courses across the humanities and social sciences, this ILM grounds students in the study of law, legal institutions, the legal dimensions of social life, and the policy process.

Students gain an understanding of how the law shapes, and is shaped by, society and how policies are devised and implemented to address social problems. Majors complete 27 credits, including 12 credits in required classes and 15 credits in an area of concentration: (1) Law, Crime, and Society in the U.S. or (2) Comparative and International Law. At least 18 credits must be upper-division courses, The ILM cultivates interests in human rights and in the principles and pursuit of justice. It prepares students for a variety of careers and for graduate programmes in law, public policy, or the social sciences.

Key Facts

Students will think critically about the complex roles of law in society, including how law shapes–and is shaped by–social, economic, cultural, and political life.

Students will learn the skills of legal reasoning and be able to apply them to social issues.

Students will improve a range of analytic and communicative skills: their ability to comprehend, contrast, develop and defend arguments; their ability to read and interpret texts from a variety of disciplines, their ability to write analytically; their ability to present orally.

Students will be able to critically reflect on the promise and limitations of law in the actualization of rights and the pursuit of justice.

Students will identify how the politics of race, class, gender, and nationality have shaped legal institutions and outcomes, and how legal institutions disparately impact diverse populations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Law and Legal Communication

The Long Civil Rights Era

Philosophy of Law

Qualitative Methods in Sociology

Practicum in the Study of History

Geographic Information Systems

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Syracuse, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Official secondary school transcript

Senior year grade report

SAT/ACT scores will not be required for students applying for Fall/Spring 2024 or Spring 2025 admission. Students who choose not to submit test scores will not be disadvantaged and will remain eligible for merit scholarships.

Secondary school counselor evaluation

One academic recommendation

Tuition Fees

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66580 USD / year

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Out-of-State

66580 USD / year

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In-State

66580 USD / year

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Living costs

Syracuse

United States

935 - 1370 USD / month

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