Program Overview

Accelerated B.A. in History/J.D. Program

The Accelerated B.A. in History/J.D. program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in history and law. The program requires a minimum of 120 total credits, including completion of the General Education Requirements.

Faculty Coordinator

The Faculty Coordinator for the Accelerated B.A. in History/J.D. program is Stephen Pemberton.

Major Requirements

The major requires 36 credits of history courses with a grade of C or higher. These courses may include offerings at NJIT (HIST prefix) and Rutgers (510 and 512 prefixes). The specific requirements are as follows:

• Western Civilization: 6 credits
  • R510 201: Hist Of West Civ (3 credits)
  • R510 202: History Of West. Civ. (3 credits)
• American History: 6 credits
  • Six credits in U.S. History courses (any level)
• Global/Comparative History: 6 credits
  • Six credits in Asian, African, Latin American, World, or Comparative History courses (any level)
• Historical Methodology & Research: 3 credits
  • Select one of the following courses:
    • R510 315: Perspectives in History
    • R510 316: Perpectives in History
• Seminar: 3 credits
  • Select one of the following Seminars: 1, 2, 3
  • HIST 490: Seminar - Research
  • R510 490: Seminar:Research
• Senior Seminar in History: 3 credits
  • HSS 404: Humanities, History and Social Sciences Senior Seminar
• History Electives: 9 credits
  • Nine credits in history (at least six of the nine history elective credits must be taken at the 300 level or higher)

Minor Requirements

The accelerated B.A./J.D. degree includes a Legal Studies minor as a condition of admission to the J.D. program. The legal studies minor requires 15 credits of law-related courses.

• Legal Studies Electives: 15 credits
  • Law and Business or Engineering Course (3 credits)
  • Law and History Course (3 credits)
  • Law and Humanities Course (Non-History) (3 credits)
  • Law and Social Science Course (3 credits)
  • Law-Related Course (Any Discipline) (3 credits)

Plan of Study Grid

The plan of study grid outlines the required courses for each semester.

• First Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • ENGL 101: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing (3 credits)
    • FYS SEM: First-Year Student Seminar (0 credits)
    • Mathematics GER (3 credits)
    • Social Science GER (3 credits)
    • Natural Science GER (3 credits)
    • R510 201: Hist Of West Civ (3 credits)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • ENGL 102: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research (3 credits)
    • MATH 105: Elementary Probability and Statistics (3 credits)
    • CS 100 or CS 103: Roadmap to Computing or Computer Science with Business Problems (3 credits)
    • R510 202: History Of West. Civ. (3 credits)
    • Natural Science with Laboratory GER (4 credits)
• Second Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • American History Elective (3 credits)
    • Global or Comparative History Elective (3 credits)
    • Legal Studies Elective (Law-Related Business or Engineering Course) (3 credits)
    • Legal Studies Elective (Law-Related History Course) (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (1 credit)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • American History Elective (3 credits)
    • Global or Comparative History Elective (3 credits)
    • Legal Studies Elective (Law-Related Humanities Course, Non-History) (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (1 credit)
• Third Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • R510 315 or R510 316: Perspectives in History or Perpectives in History (3 credits)
    • Legal Studies Elective (Law-Related Social Science Course) (3 credits)
    • History Elective (3 credits)
    • History Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • HSS 404: Humanities, History and Social Sciences Senior Seminar (3 credits)
    • R510 490: Seminar:Research (3 credits)
    • Legal Studies Elective (Law-Related Course, Any Discipline) (3 credits)
    • History Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)
    • Free Elective (3 credits)

Total Credits

The total credits required for the program are 120, including 24 transfer credits from the professional program.