Law and History Certificate
The certificate in law and history provides an
interdisciplinary introduction to the study of law, with a particular focus on
the role of history in examining law and legal culture in their social contexts. The certificate in law and history
consists of five 3-credit courses, passed with a grade of C or better, from the
following list. No more than one course
used to complete a major or minor in another department can be used to fulfill
the requirements of the law and history certificate.
01:506:216 Law and History (required
introductory course)
Four of the following history courses:
01:508:110 Political Islam: Present
and Past
01:506:220 Piracy: A Global History
01:506:236 Poverty in World History
01:506:260 Wars, Wayfarers, and the
Wall: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Border
01:510:345 English Constitutional History to 1688
01:510:394 Human Rights
01:512:215 American Legal History
01:512:216 Famous Trials
01:512:250 Natives and Newcomers:
Immigration and Migration in U.S. History
01:512:308 History and Asylum Law
01:512:317 Murder in American History
01:512:322 Drugs: A Social History
01:512:368 History of Civil Rights, 1900-1980
01:512:383 Women's Rights in America, 1800-1930
01:512:385 Women
Behaving Badly
01:512:402 American Constitutional
History to 1865
01:512:404 American Constitutional
History from 1865
One of the following electives from outside of the Department of History:
Africana Studies
01:014:353 Black Community Law and Social Change
Anthropology01:070:360
Law, Justice, Rights
Criminal Justice(Special permission numbers are required for the following
courses):
01:202:201 Introduction to Criminal Justice (recommended)
01:202:202 Police
01:202:203 Prisons and Prisoners
01:202:204 Crime and Public Policy
01:202:205 Criminal Procedure
Economics01:220:395 Law and Economics
(01:220:102 and 01:220:103 are prerequisites
for 01:220:395, and precalculus math is a prerequisite for 01:220:102 and 01:220:103)
Latino and
Caribbean Studies01:595:370 Law and the Latino Community
Middle Eastern Studies01:685:457 Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Philosophy01:730:345 Philosophy and the Law
01:730:358 Philosophy of Law
01:730:341 Ethics through History
01:730:342 Seventeenth- and
Eighteenth-Century Social and Political Philosophy
Political Science01:790:340 Law and Society
01:790:373
Legal Philosophy, Rights, and Justice
01:790:401 American Constitutional Law I
01:790:404 Politics of Criminal Justice
01:790:406 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
01:790:409 Courts and Public Policy
01:790:426 Gender, Public Policy, and the Law
Religion01:840:425 Seminar on Law and Religion
Sociology01:920:349 Law and Society
01:920:222 Criminology
01:920:304 Sociology of Deviant Behavior
01:920:361 Sociology of Drug Use
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies01:988:307 Women and the Law
Public History Certificate
Public history explores interpretations of the past produced for the
general public in a variety of different settings such as museums, archives,
historical preservation, monuments, etc. The certificate in public history
consists of the following five courses:
1. History Workshop 01:506:299
2. Public History: Theory, Method, and Practice 01:506:301
3. Introduction to Oral History 01:506:302 or Digital History 01:506:303 or a class on digital humanities (01:506:299 and 01:506:301 should be prerequisites for coursework in oral history or digital history)
4. One elective. See history department's website for approved
electives: https://history.rutgers.edu/academics/public-history.
5.
Public History Internship 01:506:451
STEM in Society Certificate
The certificate in STEM and
society examines science, technology and engineering, environment, medicine,
and quantification in their historical contexts from the ancient world to the
21st century. The certificate in STEM and society consists of five
3-credit courses, passed with a grade of C or better, from the following
list:
01:506:226 Contemporary
Challenges in International Health
01:506:227 Health, Culture, and Society
01:506:233 History of the
Future
01:506:247 The Seas Around
Us: Ocean History in Global Perspective
01:506:249 Climate Politics:
A Deep History
01:506:250 Science,
Collecting, and Power
01:506:251 History of Science and Society
01:506:252 History of Technology and Society I
01:506:253 History of Technology and Society II
01:506:254 History of Oil
01:506:255 Science, Nature,
and Empire
01:508:328 History of Health and Healing in Africa
01:512:121 Health and
Environment in America
01:512:210 Food in the United States and the World
01:512:235 Accidents and Disasters in the United States and the World
01:506:321 Disease in History
01:506:322 Black Death to
Obesity Epidemic: History of Public Health in the West
01:506:324 History of AIDS
Pandemic
01:506:325 Living on the
Edge: Human Societies in Extreme Environments
01:508:255 Global
Environmental History
01:508:364 Environmental
History of Latin America
01:510:248 The Last Climate
Crisis: Histories of "The Little Ice Age" c. 1300-1800
01:512:121 Health and
Environment in America
01:512:237 Data: A Social
History
01:512:321 Health Care and
Society in America
01:512:322 Drugs: A Social History
01:512:323,324 History of the
North American Environment
01:512:328 Science in American Culture
01:512:329 Technology and Nature in American History
01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics
01:512:230 History of Medicine in Film
01:508:328 History of Health and Healing in Africa
01:880:210 The Edison Effect: Technological Innovation in American
Culture
01:880:212 Science and Dollars: The Business of Innovation Since the Age
of Edison
