Enrolment in the Major is limited. Students may apply after completing 4.0 credits and must have achieved a minimum CGPA of 2.0. Students who have completed 10.0 or more credits are not eligible.
Submission deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student’s application not being considered. Admission to the Major will be assessed through a consideration of academic performance.
Students must complete 8.0 credits in Public Law as follows:
- Foundations in Public Law (2.5 credits):
POLB30H3 Law, Justice and Rights
POLB56H3 Critical Issues in Canadian Politics
POLB57H3 The Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
SOCB59H3 Sociology of Law
POLC32H3 The Canadian Judicial System - Methods (1.5 credits):
SOCB05H3 Logic of Social Inquiry
POLC35H3 Law and Politics: Contradictions, Approaches and Controversies
and
0.5 credit in Quantitative/statistical methods from the following
[SOCB35H3 Numeracy and Society
or STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences or POLB40H3 Quantitative Reasoning for Political Science and Public Policy - Applications in Public Law (3.0 credits from the following):
POLC30H3 Law, Politics, and Technology
POLC33H3 Politics of International Human Rights
POLC34H3 The Politics of Crime
POLC36H3 Law and Public Policy
POLC38H3 International Law
POLC39H3 Comparative Law and Politics
POLC52H3 Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State
POLC56H3 Indigenous Politics and Law
POLC59H3 Sources of Power: The Crown Parliament and the People
POLD54H3 Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg Nation Governance and Politics
SOCB50H3 Deviance and Normality I
SOCC11H3 Policing and Security
SOCC30H3 Criminal Behaviour
SOCC46H3 Special Topics in the Sociology of Law
SOCC61H3 The Sociology of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Advanced Applications in Public Law (1.0 credit from the following):
POLD30H3 Legal Reasoning
POLD38H3 Law and Global Business
POLD42H3 Advanced Topics in Public Law
POLD44H3 Comparative Law and Social Change
POLD45H3 Constitutionalism
POLD46H3 Public Law and the Canadian Immigration System
POLD31H3 Mooting Seminar
SOCD05H3 Advanced Seminar in Criminology and Sociology of Law
In meeting the applications and advanced applications requirements, students can apply to count up to 1.0 credit from other appropriate courses, including at the UTSC, UTM and St. George campuses, if approved by the Public Law program administrator.
