This track is designed to provide the student with a meaningful academic background that prepares the student for law school. Law schools do not recommend a specific academic major, but instead want prospective students to possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills, to write clearly, to speak effectively, and to understand individual and group behavior. Ohio Valley University also offers students the opportunity to be trained in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a subject matter that few colleges or universities offer at the undergraduate level. To complete this track, students must fulfill all the requirements for a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies, and 56-57 credit hours distributed according to the following area requirements (the credit hours are in addition to those used to fulfill general education requirements):
- Complete 18 credit hours for a minor in alternative dispute resolution, with courses distributed as follows:
12 credit hours of foundational courses:
PSY 352 - Introduction to Counseling (3 credit hours)
SOC 381 - Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 credit hours)
SOC 382 - Conflict Management (3 credit hours)
SOC 383 - Diversity Management (3 credit hours
3 credit hours of ethics, chosen from the following:
BUS 371 - Business Ethics (3 credit hours)
REL 371 - Christian Ethics (3 credit hours)
3 credit hours chosen from the following:
BIB 421 - Church Growth and Leadership Dynamics (3 credit hours)
MGT 334 - Employee Relations (3 credit hours)
PSY 481 - Social Psychology (3 credit hours)
REL 373 - Contemporary Religious Issues (3 credit hours)
SOC 351 - Understanding Multicultural Diversity (3 credit hours)
- Complete 38-39 credit hours distributed as follows; the credit hours are in addition to those used to fulfill general education requirements. (Up to 6 credit hours of a foreign language may be used as a substitute in communications, history, or literature, but no more than 3 credit hours may be substituted in any one area.)
Complete all the following specific courses, worth 26 credit hours
BUS 451 - Business Law 1 (3 credit hours)
BUS 432 - Business Law II (3 credit hours)
COM 332 - Argument and Persuasion (3 credit hours)
ENG 301 - Advanced Grammar and Composition (3 credit hours)
ENG 333 - Professional Writing (3 credit hours)
HUM 451 - Senior Seminar (3 credit hours)
HUM 489 - Humanities Practicum (3 credit hours)
MGT 451 - Employment Law (3 credit hours)
POL 135 - United States government (3 credit hours)
Complete one of the following, for 3 credit hours:
COM 321 - Public Speaking (3 credit hours)
COM 331 - Interpersonal Communication (3 credit hours)
Complete one of the following, for 3-4 credit hours:
ACC 220 - Accounting Excel Laab (1 credit hours) and ACC 221 Accounting I (3 credit hours)
MAT 229 - Introduction to Statistics
Complete the following, for 6 credit hours
HIS - Any upper-level history course (3 credit hours)
LIT - Any upper-level literature course (3 credit hours)
