Specific information on the Capital Scholars Honors Program is available at www.uis.edu/capitalscholars
During the first two years, the Legal Studies Department recommends that students complete courses that emphasize creative and expository writing, communications skills, logic, critical thinking, American history, and statistics and/or survey research methods. All CAP Scholars intending to become LES majors should take LES 202, The American Political System, prior to taking any other Legal Studies courses.
Legal Studies requires all of its majors to include an Applied Study Term (AST). ASTs are taken after the student has successfully completed both LES 401 and LES 402 or LES 472. Many LES placements for ASTs are paid positions. They must be arranged prior to the semester in which they are to be taken. Specific information on the Applied Study Term Program is available at www.uis.edu/appliedstudy
Details for completing the LES major in conjunction with a semester abroad should be worked out with your LES adviser beginning as early in your academic career as possible.
Course levels are designated by the numerical prefix which precedes them. 500 level courses are for graduate students only. The Department reserves the right to cancel the registration and remove students from courses for which they have not had the necessary prerequisites or which are inappropriate for someone of their academic status. Checking with an academic adviser in the Department prior to registering for courses will prevent inappropriate course registration problems.
