Liberal Studies - L.S.M.

The Master of Liberal Studies degree provides students with a unique opportunity to study at the graduate level in fields that are of interest and use to them. Under the guidance of the program's director, students select courses from across disciplines in the university to form their own individualized and integrated program of study.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Bring together the different fields in which they have been working.
  2. See the advantages of doing so.
  3. Continue to pursue the knowledge they entered the program to acquire.

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Admissions

For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale
  • Official transcript(s)
  • Goal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions to waive) by earning one of the following:1
    • Minimum 102 TOEFL iBT score
    • Minimum 7.5 IELTS score
    • Minimum 73 PTE score
    • Minimum 130 DET score
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International applicants who do not meet the above test scores will not be considered for admission.

Application Deadlines

  • Fall Semester
    • Rolling admissions
  • Spring Semester
    • Rolling admissions
  • Summer Term
    • Rolling admissions

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Major Requirements

Major Requirements
LSTU 60092INTERNSHIP 3
or LSTU 61098 LIBERAL STUDIES ESSAY
Electives 127
Minimum Total Credit Hours:30
1

Of the 27 credit hours of electives, students must select 12-15 credit hours of courses from a single department/school or program and 12-15 credit hours of courses from at least one other departments/schools or program. In addition to standard classroom courses, a maximum 3 credit hours of internship or practicum and 3 credit hours of research may be selected. Courses may be taken in any college in the university.

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Major GPA Minimum Overall GPA
- 3.000
  • Some graduate courses may require prerequisites.
  • Students will complete a program of study document in which they develop a theme (title) and choose coursework in the major and minor areas. In developing a program of study, students must adhere to several fundamental principles that the program of study must (1) emphasize interdisciplinary perspectives to learning and (2) be integrated.
  • No more than one-half of a graduate student’s coursework may be taken in 50000-level courses.
  • Grades below C are not counted toward completion of requirements for the degree.
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • Fully online
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for Liberal Studies - L.S.M.

Examples of Possible Careers
  • Interdisciplinary careers in social studies, humanities, sciences, arts, health, education, business, technology, etc. 

World Literature and Cultures - Minor

The World Literature and Cultures minor is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary literature, which is representative of a diversity of the world's cultures. Students explore world literature and cultures with the aid of a variety of disciplinary methods of analysis and interpretation in the study of cultural texts and artifacts, as well as the interactions of the political, economic, cultural and social complexities with literature. The study of world literature and cultures is devoted to promoting a central trend among major research universities in the United States to engage in the critical integration of knowledge that cuts across the different disciplines, with sustained focus on the global study of cultures and literature, past and present.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
Minor Electives, choose from the following:6
AFS 20300
BLACK IMAGES
AFS 22200
INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN ARTS
AFS 23310
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
AFS 24407
INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN STUDIES (DIVG)
ANTH 18210
INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS)
ARTH 12001
ART AS A WORLD PHENOMENON (KFA)
ARTH 22006
ART HISTORY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ART (KFA)
ARTH 22007
ART HISTORY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART (KFA)
CLAS 21404
THE GREEK ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM)
CLAS 21405
THE ROMAN ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM)
DAN 27076
DANCE AS AN ART FORM (DIVG) (KFA)
GEOG 17063
WORLD GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS)
GEOG 22061
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS)
HIST 11050
WORLD HISTORY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (DIVG) (KHUM)
HIST 11051
WORLD HISTORY: MODERN (DIVG) (KHUM)
JWST 11001
INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH STUDIES
MCLS 21417
MULTICULTURALISM IN TODAY'S GERMANY (DIVG)
MCLS 28404
THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (DIVG)
MDJ 20001
MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS)
MUS 22111
UNDERSTANDING WESTERN MUSIC (KFA)
MUS 22121
MUSIC AS A WORLD PHENOMENON (DIVG) (KFA)
REL 11020
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM)
REL 21021
MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM)
Minor Upper-Division Electives, choose from the following:12
AFS 32050
AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG)
AFS 34000
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG)
AFS 37020
THE MODEL AFRICAN UNION (ELR)
AFS 37100
AFRICANA WOMEN’S LITERATURE (DIVG)
ANTH 48150
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING
ANTH 48245
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG)
ARAB 21401
ARAB CULTURES
ARTH 42041
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
CLAS 41301
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
CLAS 41304
LITERATURE OF THE ROMAN WORLD (ELR) (WIC)
CLAS 41305
CLASSICAL LITERARY STUDIES
CLAS 41404
ANCIENT CHRISTIANITIES
CLAS 41503
LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS (ELR) (WIC)
COMM 35852
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (DIVG)
COMM 42000
MEDIA, WAR AND PROPAGANDA
COMM 45766
COMMUNICATION IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY
DAN 47063
DANCE HISTORY I
ENG 34011
WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (DIVG)
ENG 34041
FAIRY TALES
GEOG 32080
POLITICS AND PLACE (DIVG)
GEOG 42053
GEOGRAPHIES OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE
HIST 31053
MODERN EUROPE, 1815 TO PRESENT
HIST 31112
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
HIST 31130
HISTORY OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA TO 1880
HIST 31140
MODERN LATIN AMERICA (DIVG)
HIST 31141
EARLY MODERN LATIN AMERICA (C. 1450-1820) (DIVG)
JAPN 45421
JAPANESE CULTURE
MCLS 30420
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE STUDIES
MUS 42111
AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES
MUS 42141
FOLK MUSIC OF EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
MUS 42151
ASIAN MUSICS
MUS 42181
POPULAR WORLD MUSIC (DIVG)
PACS 31003
NONVIOLENCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
PACS 32030
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION (DIVG)
PACS 32040
CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG)
PACS 41010
RECONCILIATION VERSUS REVENGE: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (DIVG) (WIC)
PHIL 31002
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 31011
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 31013
LATE MODERN PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 31060
PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY (ELR)
PSYC 31532
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 40461
PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
REL 31065
COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
RUSS 32501
RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
SOC 42561
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
WMST 30001
ARENAS FOR FEMINIST THOUGHT: TOUCHY SUBJECTS, UNSETTLED MATTERS AND FEMINIST RESPONSE-ABILITY
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Students may not select more than two courses from one subject area.
  • Students must complete any prerequisites required for courses in the elective lists.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Admissions for World Literature and Cultures - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

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Women's Studies - Minor

The Women's Studies minor affords vital inquiry into subjects inevitably more complex than they appear. The program reflects rich mergers of multidisciplinary traditions that arose and keep arising in the wake of women’s centuries-long struggles. At the heart of women’s studies are women’s demands for recognition—as capable scholars hungry to know—about themselves, their untold histories, their currently silenced voices, often invisible lives.

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Program Description

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The Women’s Studies minor offers both diversity and depth of coursework, ranging from feminist humor to feminism as serious theory and world-making practice. Students can immerse themselves in experiential learning via internships and applied work.

Through inventive classes, facilitated engagement in discussion and carefully crafted opportunities for guided independent work, the minor embraces a logic of study initiated from many start-points; grounded in cores of feminist thought, substance and practice; enriched by multiple disciplines and capped by challenge.

The minor's curriculum aims to satisfy students' desire for both a solid foundation in women's studies and a taste of the diverse, complex and often contentious field. The minor's aim is to deliver coursework that speaks to students' very specific scholarly interests as well as to their passions and persuasions, both personal and political.

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Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Acquire and employ new lenses of study into subjects and experiences and very names of "woman" or "women" in contexts wherein such a designation matters.
  2. Employ new approaches to knowledge, new strategies of engagement with "others" as well as peers, new methods of research, new approaches to critical analysis and appraisal and new forms of praxis.
  3. Converse — and become conversant — with multiple feminisms; divergent purposes; and the positions and directions of variant studies, histories and commentaries through aptly selected/combined lenses and filters born of women's studies traditions.
  4. Interrogate and be able to continually interrogate the expansive lexicon of sexed- and gendered-terms to which "woman" as a question and "man" as a given gave rise.
  5. Deepen, expand and invigorate the "thought and theory" that inform the several key fields that continue to inform, challenge and shape the unstaid, unstill universe of women's studies (e.g., sex, gender, feminism, intersectionality, identity politics, sisterhood, womanism).
  6. Understand and build skills to engage in both feminist perspective-taking and actual praxis: the techniques and tools of navigating difference, seeking transversals, meeting demands of fieldwork and attaining goals.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
WMST 20101INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES: TRADITIONS, TRAJECTORIES, TROUBLES 3
WMST 30001ARENAS FOR FEMINIST THOUGHT: TOUCHY SUBJECTS, UNSETTLED MATTERS AND FEMINIST RESPONSE-ABILITY 3
WMST 30002FEMINIST RESEARCH METHODS 3
or WMST 44321 PIVOTAL PRAXIS: EXPERIMENTS IN ACTIONABLE FEMINISM
Facets of Women's Studies: A Commons for Study and Conversation Electives, choose from the following:6
WMST 30002
FEMINIST RESEARCH METHODS
WMST 30091
KEY CONVERSATIONS THROUGH WOMEN'S STUDIES (DIVD)
WMST 30095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
WMST 30100
HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
WMST 30196
WOMEN STUDIES INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION
WMST 30201
WITCHES: THE MONSTROUS FEMININE
WMST 30202
FEMINIST HUMOR: DISARMING LAUGHTER, DISRUPTIVE DISCOURSE
WMST 30301
REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN AND FEMINISM IN POPULAR CULTURE
WMST 30302
GLOBAL FEMINISMS: A WORLD AND CENTURY OF WOMEN'S ACTIVISM
WMST 32323
RAPE CULTURE: RETHINKING DANGER, POWER, SEX AND FEMINIST FRAMINGS
WMST 40992
PRACTICUM IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (ELR)
WMST 41199
CAPSTONE IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (ELR)
WMST 44321
PIVOTAL PRAXIS: EXPERIMENTS IN ACTIONABLE FEMINISM
Cognate Elective: Inroads and Outroads, choose from the following:3
AFS 33110
BLACK WOMEN, CULTURE AND SOCIETY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD)
COMM 35912
GENDER AND COMMUNICATION (DIVD)
CRIM 37411
WOMEN IN CRIME AND JUSTICE (DIVD)
ENG 21002
INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD)
ENG 33013
AFRICANA WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVG)
ENG 34021
WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD)
GSS 40591
SEMINAR IN GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
HDF 44022
FAMILIES, GENDER AND POWER
HED 44025
WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
HIST 31033
WITCHES AND EUROPEAN HISTORY, 1500-1800
JWST 30100
JEWISH WOMEN IN THE MODERN WORLD
PHIL 31040
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (DIVD)
POL 40470
WOMEN, POLITICS AND POLICY (DIVD)
PSYC 40625
DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLE AND IDENTITY (DIVD)
SOC 42315
SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (DIVD)
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • Fully online
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus
    • Stark Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for Women's Studies - Minor

Examples of Possible Careers
  • Support services for kids and families navigating gender and sexuality
  • Support services for survivors of violence
  • Women’s health and well-being
  • Work in any of the following fields: advocacy, art, business and industry, communications, counseling, education and training, film, law, medicine, poetry work, politics, public relations, reporting, social policy, theater, writing

Religion Studies - Minor

The Religion Studies minor provides students the opportunity to study religion by means of a diversity of academic disciplinary approaches in relation to religious thought and practice evident in the diversity of religions and religious phenomena throughout the world. The curriculum prepares students for critical inquiry in religion with advanced coursework drawn from a variety of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
REL 11020INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) 3
or REL 21021 MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM)
Comparative Religion Electives, choose from the following:6
REL 31065
COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
REL 41091
SEMINAR IN ADVANCED COMPARATIVE RELIGION
REL 42091
RELIGION IN THE MODERN WORLD
Disciplinary Approach Elective, choose from the following:3
ANTH 48150
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING
PACS 32030
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION (DIVG)
PACS 32040
CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG)
PACS 41010
RECONCILIATION VERSUS REVENGE: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (DIVG) (WIC)
SOC 42561
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Minor Electives, choose from the following:6
AFS 15200
INTRODUCTION TO WEST AFRICAN CULTURES
AFS 23310
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
AFS 34000
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG)
AFS 43200
MALCOLM AND MARTIN
ANTH 48150
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING 1
ARAB 21401
ARAB CULTURES
ARTH 22006
ART HISTORY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ART (KFA)
ARTH 22007
ART HISTORY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART (KFA)
ARTH 42025
ART OF WEST AFRICA (DIVG)
ARTH 42036
MEDIEVAL ART
ARTH 42041
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
CLAS 21405
THE ROMAN ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM)
CLAS 41301
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
CLAS 41401
GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART
CLAS 41402
ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART
CLAS 41404
ANCIENT CHRISTIANITIES
ENG 34041
FAIRY TALES
ENG 35201
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
GEOG 22040
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL TOURISM (DIVG)
GEOG 22061
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS)
HIST 30030
IDEAS IN ACTION: U.S. INTELLECTUAL HISTORY (DIVD)
HIST 30070
THE HOLOCAUST: THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY, 1938-1945
HIST 31031
REFORMATIONS IN EARLY MODERN CHRISTIANITY
HIST 31112
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
HIST 31130
HISTORY OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA TO 1880
JWST 11001
INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH STUDIES
PACS 32030
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION (DIVG) 1
PACS 32040
CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG) 1
PACS 41010
RECONCILIATION VERSUS REVENGE: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (DIVG) (WIC) 1
PHIL 31002
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 31011
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 41010
PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
PHIL 41491
SEMINAR IN ASIAN PHILOSOPHY (DIVG)
POL 10004
COMPARATIVE POLITICS (DIVG) (KSS)
POL 10500
WORLD POLITICS (DIVG) (KSS)
POL 30520
EUROPEAN POLITICS (DIVG)
POL 30530
ASIAN POLITICS (DIVG)
POL 30540
AFRICAN POLITICS (DIVG)
POL 30550
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (DIVG)
POL 30560
MIDDLE EAST POLITICS (DIVG)
REL 11020
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) 1
REL 12020
INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE
REL 21021
MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) 1
REL 31065
COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 1
REL 31075
RELIGION AND WOMEN
REL 41010
RELIGION, VIOLENCE AND TERROR
REL 41091
SEMINAR IN ADVANCED COMPARATIVE RELIGION 1
REL 42091
RELIGION IN THE MODERN WORLD 1
SOC 42561
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 1
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
1

Courses can only be applied toward minor requirements once. ANTH 48150, PACS 32030, PACS 32040, PACS 41010, REL 11020, REL 21021, REL 31065, REL 41091, REL 42091 and SOC 42561 may not be selected as minor electives if chosen to fulfill a requirement listed above.

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Admissions for Religion Studies - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

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Paralegal Studies - Minor

The Paralegal Studies minor provides you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to support legal professionals in a variety of settings. With experienced faculty, hands-on learning opportunities and a flexible curriculum, you will gain valuable insights into the legal system and develop the critical thinking and communication skills that are essential for success in the field.

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The Paralegal Studies minor provides the foundation for students to pursue the paralegal field. A paralegal is employed by a law office, corporate legal department or public entity to perform substantive legal work under the supervision of a lawyer. Paralegals conduct legal research, maintain and organize files and draft legal documents. Paralegals also work with clients and witnesses in preparing cases for trial.

The program prepares students for the Certified Paralegal exam from the National Association of Legal Assistants. A paralegal is not a lawyer and may not give legal advice, accept cases, argue in court or set fees.

Admissions for Paralegal Studies - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Analyze a legal problem as well as identify and evaluate alternative solutions.
  2. Formulate logical solutions to problems and construct logical arguments in support of specific positions as well as evaluate solutions and arguments.
  3. Determine which areas of law are relevant to a particular situation.
  4. Apply principles of professional ethics to specific factual situations.
  5. Identify interrelationships among cases, statutes, regulations and other legal authorities.
  6. Apply recognized legal authority to a specific factual situation.
  7. Analyze factual situations to determine when it is appropriate to apply exceptions to general legal rules.
  8. Apply exceptions to general legal rules.
  9. Distinguish evidentiary facts from other material and/or controlling facts.
  10. Identify factual omissions and inconsistencies.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
PLST 18000INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGAL STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 3
PLST 28001LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 3
PLST 28004CIVIL PROCEDURE 3
PLST 36792INTERNSHIP IN PARALEGAL (ELR) 3
Minor Elective, choose from the following:3
PLST 28003
FAMILY LAW AND PROCEDURE
PLST 28007
ESTATE AND PROBATE ADMINISTRATION
PLST 35001
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR PARALEGALS
PLST 35003
HEALTH LAW
PLST 35005
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR PARALEGALS
PLST 35007
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
PLST 36001
LAW OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
PLST 38003
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCESS
PLST 38005
TORT LAW
PLST 38006
APPLIED LEGAL RESEARCH AND LITIGATION (WIC)
PLST 40095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PARALEGAL STUDIES
PLST 42701
EVIDENCE AND E-DISCOVERY
PLST 42705
BANKRUPTCY LAW I: BASIC FUNDAMENTALS
PLST 42706
BANKRUPTCY LAW II: CREDITOR-DEBTOR RELATIONS
PLST 42708
REAL ESTATE LAW
PLST 48002
CONTRACT LAW
PLST 48300
LAW OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
PLST 48401
PATENT LAW
PLST 48403
PATENT PROSECUTION
PLST 48404
COPYRIGHT LAW I
PLST 48407
TRADEMARK LAW
PLST 48408
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION
Upper-Division Minor Electives, choose from the following:6
PLST 35001
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR PARALEGALS
PLST 35003
HEALTH LAW
PLST 35005
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR PARALEGALS
PLST 35007
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
PLST 36001
LAW OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
PLST 38003
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCESS
PLST 38005
TORT LAW
PLST 38006
APPLIED LEGAL RESEARCH AND LITIGATION (WIC)
PLST 40095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PARALEGAL STUDIES
PLST 42701
EVIDENCE AND E-DISCOVERY
PLST 42705
BANKRUPTCY LAW I: BASIC FUNDAMENTALS
PLST 42706
BANKRUPTCY LAW II: CREDITOR-DEBTOR RELATIONS
PLST 42708
REAL ESTATE LAW
PLST 48002
CONTRACT LAW
PLST 48300
LAW OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
PLST 48401
PATENT LAW
PLST 48403
PATENT PROSECUTION
PLST 48404
COPYRIGHT LAW I
PLST 48407
TRADEMARK LAW
PLST 48408
TRADEMARK PROSECUTION
Minimum Total Credit Hours:21

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Accreditation for Paralegal Studies - Minor

Accreditation

The Paralegal Studies minor is approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies - Minor

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies minor allows students to explore sexuality and sexual minorities from a variety of perspectives.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Explore modern and historical constructs of gender and sexuality through cultural, biological, legal and social lenses.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of LGBTQ activism across time and place.
  3. Analyze the political, social, cultural and economic systems of power and privilege that affect LGBTQ people.
  4. Apply queer theory, transgender theory and intersectional theory to a variety of LGBTQ-related laws, policies, current events and issues.
  5. Explore the lived experiences of LGBTQ people and the inequalities they face in criminal justice systems, healthcare systems and educational systems.
  6. Assess various methodologies used in LGBTQ research and apply queer theoretical concepts to humanities-based research.

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Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
LGBT 20020INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER STUDIES 3
LGBT 31138LGBTQ RESEARCH METHODS (ELR) 3
LGBT 40202QUEER THEORY 3
Minor Electives, choose from the following:9
AS 30798
GENDER AND SEXUALITY RESEARCH FORUM (ELR)
AS 41099
CAPSTONE IN GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES (ELR)
CRIM 36800
LGBTQ POPULATIONS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM (DIVD)
ENG 21003
INTRODUCTION TO LGBT LITERATURE (DIVD)
ENG 35301
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD)
HED 32544
HUMAN SEXUALITY
or HED 47070
 AIDS: ISSUES, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
LGBT 30095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LGBTQ STUDIES
LGBT 30120
LGBTQ RIGHTS AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
LGBT 30135
LGBTQ REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE
LGBT 30196
INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN LGBTQ STUDIES 1
LGBT 40095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LGBTQ STUDIES
LGBT 40192
PRACTICUM IN LGBTQ STUDIES (ELR) 2
LGBT 40201
TRANSGENDER STUDIES
MSSH 20071
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
MSSH 30171
THEORIES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY
PSYC 40625
DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLE AND IDENTITY (DIVD)
or SOC 42315
 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (DIVD)
SOC 32565
SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES (DIVD)
THEA 41115
LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD)
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
1

Maximum 3 credit hours of LGBT 30196 may apply toward minor electives.

2

Maximum 3 credit hours of LGBT 40192 may apply toward minor electives.

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus
    • Stark Campus

Latin American Studies - Minor

The Latin American Studies minor is interdisciplinary and allows students to explore the region from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It complements a number of programs, including history, geography, Spanish, political science and international relations.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
Minor Electives, choose from the following (three or more subject areas):18
AFS 24407
INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN STUDIES (DIVG)
CRIM 37311
MINORITIES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE (DIVD)
ENG 21001
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES (DIVD)
GEOG 37084
GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AMERICA (DIVG)
GEOG 37085
GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (DIVG)
HIST 31140
MODERN LATIN AMERICA (DIVG)
HIST 31141
EARLY MODERN LATIN AMERICA (C. 1450-1820) (DIVG)
MCLS 28404
THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (DIVG)
POL 30550
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS (DIVG)
SOC 32569
MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (DIVD)
SPAN 38334
EARLY SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE (ELR) (WIC) 1
SPAN 38335
RECENT SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE (ELR) (WIC) 1
SPAN 38424
CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA 1
SPAN 48216
CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC CULTURE 1
SPAN 48376
CONTEMPORARY SPANISH-AMERICAN SHORT STORY 1
SPAN 48378
U.S. LATINA/O WRITERS 1
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
1

Courses are taught in Spanish. Students must meet the prerequisites prior to enrolling.

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Admissions for Latin American Studies - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Jewish Studies - Minor

The Jewish Studies minor enables students enrolled in any major to learn about different aspects of Jewish heritage and culture. Each year, scholarships may be awarded to students pursuing the Jewish Studies minor.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Identify historical events and consequences of the Holocaust.
  2. Demonstrate familiarity with the historiography or sociology of a major global religion.
  3. Recognize the history and lived experience of Jewish communities.

Admissions for Jewish Studies - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
JWST 11001INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH STUDIES 3
Holocaust Elective, choose from the following:3
HIST 30070
THE HOLOCAUST: THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY, 1938-1945
HIST 31024
WORLD WAR II
JWST 30300
CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST: PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS
JWST 30301
HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST
Religion Elective, choose from the following:3
ANTH 48150
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING
ENG 35201
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
JWST 20011
INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE OR OLD TESTAMENT
REL 11020
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM)
REL 21021
MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM)
REL 31065
COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
REL 41091
SEMINAR IN ADVANCED COMPARATIVE RELIGION
REL 42091
RELIGION IN THE MODERN WORLD
SOC 42561
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Minor Electives, choose from the following:9-11
GER 41216
CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CULTURE (ELR) (WIC)
HEBR 12101
ELEMENTARY HEBREW I
HEBR 12102
ELEMENTARY HEBREW II
HIST 30049
MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY, 1914-1945
HIST 30060
HISTORY OF GERMANY, 1871-PRESENT
HIST 31104
MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA, 1607 TO PRESENT (DIVD)
HIST 31126
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
JWST 30092
INTERNSHIP IN JEWISH STUDIES (ELR)
JWST 30100
JEWISH WOMEN IN THE MODERN WORLD
JWST 30200
JEWS, BASEBALL AND AMERICAN SPORTS
JWST 40089
STUDY ABROAD (DIVG) (ELR)
JWST 40090
STUDY AWAY (ELR)
JWST 40095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JEWISH STUDIES
JWST 40096
INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION
MCLS 14421
INTRODUCTION TO YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

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