Eligibility Criteria
Students who wish to receive formal recognition for having completed the Social Justice Option, which consists of a notation on their transcript, must complete the following requirements:
a.) complete a compulsory course (3 credits); and
b.) complete optional courses (15 credits) chosen from among courses in either the English Common Law Section or the French Common Law Section (for a list, see below); and
c.) complete a major paper in an approved Social Justice course or an approved Social Justice directed research course. If completed as part of an approved Social Justice course, the paper must be worth at least 50% of the final grade for the course. A major paper completed through a Directed Research course must be on a topic approved by a Co-ordinator of the Social Justice Option, and be assigned the code CML 3251 (4 credits) or CML 3351 (3 credits).
d.) obtain a minimum overall average of 6.0 in the Social Justice Option courses.
As well, students may choose to participate in a moot or clinical course in an area related to social justice.