Approved Courses for Law, Media and Communication Dual Degree Students

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Law Courses offered by the UNC School of Law

• LAW 200 – Sports Law (3 hours)
• LAW 210 – Copyright Law (3 hours)
• LAW 211 – Trademark Law (3 hours, Fall)
• LAW 211P – Trademark Practice (3 Hours, Spring)  – WE
• LAW 220 – Administrative Law (3 hours, Fall/Spring)
• LAW 228 – Business Associations (4 hours)
• LAW 230 – Comparative Law (3 hours)
• LAW 234F – First Amendment (3 hours)
• LAW 235 – Consumer Law (3 hours)
• LAW 240 – Election Law (aka Law of the Political Process) (3 Hours, Fall)
• LAW 252 – International Law (3 Hours, Spring)
• LAW 259 – Legal History (3 hours)
• LAW 265 – Intellectual Property (3 hours)
• LAW 267 – Advanced Legal Research and Writing (3 hours)
• LAW 269 – Media Law (3 hours)
• LAW 286 – Patent Law (3 Hours, Fall)
• LAW 310 – Constitutional Adjudication (3 Hours)
• LAW 312 – Constitution and the Political Process (3 hours)
• LAW 313 – Law and Economics (3 hours)
• LAW 329 – Congress and the Presidency (3 hours)
• LAW 332 – Legal Issues in Higher Education (3 hours)
• LAW 334 – Privacy Law (3 hours)
• LAW 335 – Advanced Business Torts (3 Hours) – RWE
• LAW 338 – Advanced Commercial Law and Contracts (3 Hours) – RWE
• LAW 342 – Comparative Constitutional Law (3 hours)
• LAW 347 – Law and Literature (3 hours)
• LAW 357C – Cyberspace Law (3 hours)
• LAW 374 – National Security Law (3 Hours, Fall/Spring) – WE
• LAW 380 – International Law of Human Rights (3 Hours, Spring)
• LAW 381 – Law and Social Science (3 hours)
• LAW 384 – Intellectual Property Strategies & Transactions Law (3 Hours) – WE
• LAW 407 – Computer Crime and Abuse Law (3 Hours, Fall)
• LAW 418 – International Intellectual Property Law (3 Hours)
• LAW 468 – Regulation/Deregulation: Concepts and Skills (3 Hours) – WE
• LAW 475 – Media and Internet Law Practicum (3 Hours) – WE
• LAW 484 – Copyright and the Music Industry (3 Hours, Fall) – RWE
• LAW 494 – Privacy Law in Practice (3 Hours, Fall) – WE
• LAW 502 – Intellectual Property Clinic (3 Hours)
• LAW 610 – Art Law (3 Hours, Fall)

MEJO Courses offered by the UNC School of Media and Journalism

• MEJO 701 – Mass Communication Research Methods (3 hours)
• MEJO 704 – Statistics for Mass Communication Research (3 hours)
• MEJO 705 – Theories of Mass Communication (3 hours)
• MEJO 740 – Media Law (3 hours)
• MEJO 742 – Readings in Mass Communication History (3 hours)
• MEJO 743 – Media Management (3 hours)
• MEJO 752 – Leadership in a Time of Change (3 hours)
• MEJO 801 – Seminar in Mass Communication Research Methods (3 hours)
• MEJO 810 – Seminar in the Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction (3 hours)
• MEJO 830 – Seminar in Public Relations (3 hours)
• MEJO 840 – Seminar in Media Law (3 hours)
• MEJO 841 – Issues in Media and Society (3 hours)
• MEJO 842 – Seminar in Mass Communication History (3 hours)
• MEJO 846 – Seminar in International Communication (3 hours)
• MEJO 847 – Communication for Social Justice (3 hours)
• MEJO 870 – Seminar in Social and Economic Problems in Advertising (3 hours)
• MEJO 879 – Seminar in Advertising Research (3 hours)
• MEJO 993 – Master’s Research and Thesis (3 hours) (must be traditional legal research thesis approved by student’s advisers in the School of Law and the School of Media and Journalism) (for J.D./M.A. in Mass Communication dual degree students)
• MEJO 994 – Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3 hours) (must be traditional legal research thesis approved by student’s advisers in the School of Law and the School of Media and Journalism) (for J.D./Ph.D. in Mass Communication dual degree students)

NOTE: J.D./M.A. and J.D/Ph.D. dual degree students in law, media and communication should consult their advisers in the School of Law and the School of Media and Journalism about their course selections.  Degree plans for dual degree students in law and mass communication must be approved by their advisers in advance.  The courses listed above have been approved as courses for dual degree students in law, media and communication to count toward the degree requirements for earning the J.D. and either the M.A. in Media and Communication or the Ph.D. in Media and Communication. Dual degree students in media law and policy may count no more than twelve (12) credit hours of approved LAW courses toward the degree requirements for the M.A. in Media and Communication or the Ph.D. in Media and Communication, or more than twelve (12) hours of approved JOMC courses toward the degree requirements for the J.D.  Dual degree students in law, media and communication may not count first-year required LAW courses toward the degree requirements for the M.A. in Media and Communication or the Ph.D. in Media and Communication.  This list is subject to change.  Other courses may be approved upon request for dual degree students in law, media and communication.

List is current as of January 12, 2018 (but subject to change).