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- Learn about the program. If you have questions, you can contact us.
- Use the planning worksheet so that you know what prerequisites you would need to be eligible to take the upper-level courses you hope to take to complete your Law and Society Minor.
- If you are in the Faculty of Arts and have completed 27 credits, self-declare a Law and Society Minor in Workday.
- Enroll in LASO 204 Introduction to Law and Society. Registration in LASO 204 is restricted to declared minors.
- A student may self-declare for the Law and Society Minor (LASO) in Workday once they have earned 27 credits, provided they are students in Good Standing.
- Visit the advising office in your faculty to find out the procedure for having an Arts Minor. They will declare your Minor in Workday for you.
- Submit a contact form to inform us of your intent to be a Law and Society Minor. Use the planning worksheet to know what prerequisites you would need to be eligible to take the upper-level courses you hope to take to complete your Law and Society Minor.
- There may be courses in your own Faculty that may be counted toward the LASO Minor. The LASO advisor may double count as many as six of these credits.
- If you have taken the above steps and still cannot register for LASO 204, please contact us.
- Yes. LASO 204 is specifically designed for the Law and Society Minor program and is required for the program, so it is restricted to students who have declared their Minor in Workday.
- You may still take the course in your third or fourth year. About a quarter of the class are upper-level students who, for one reason or another, were unable to take the course in second year.
- LASO 204 - Introduction to Law and Society, is a 3-credit course that serves as the foundational or “core” course for the program, focusing on the ideas, concepts, and frameworks for thinking about the nature of law and legal processes in both Canadian and global context. This course is restricted to Law and Society minors; if you completed 27 credits, you can register for this course as soon as you declare your LASO Minor in Workday.
- Plus, a minimum of 9 credits consisting of a combination of the following:
- approved courses listed in the Calendar
- specific lower-level courses that serve as prerequisites for upper-level courses
- topical courses approved by the LASO Program Chair
- or a completed CAP - Law and Society program
NOTE: Students must ensure they have taken prerequisites for upper-level courses they plan to take for the Minor in the various departments. The prerequisites may count towards the LASO Minor.
- A minimum of 18 and a maximum of 30 upper-level credits drawn from Law and Society Minor courses.
- All LASO courses count toward the Minor.
- No more than 12 credits from upper-level courses may be taken in the same department.
- A maximum of six upper-level credits may double count to meet the minimum requirements of both your major and minor programs.
- The quick answer: contact us to have your program reviewed and any problems corrected.
- The long answer: Appropriate courses may not count in Workday for a variety of reasons:
- If the course is a “topics” course for which only specific sections are appropriate for the LASO Minor or if the course is not yet on the list of approved courses in the UBC Calendar, you will need to contact us to have your Academic Progress report edited.
- There is a mistake in your Academic Progress report, so please contact us.
- Carole Blackburn, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, currently serves as the LASO Program Chair.
- For program enquiries and advising, please contact us.