Law and Compliance
Learn to Navigate the Legal Landscape
St. Thomas is one of few schools in the country that offers a degree in Law and Compliance. After completing our core business curriculum, you’ll take concentration courses that provide a solid foundation in laws crucial to businesses, including contract, intellectual property, corporations and employment law.
You’ll gain a critical framework for analyzing the legal implications of business decisions, the business implications of legal decisions, and the ethical impact of both. Our faculty members have extensive legal experience, and if you’re considering law school, earning this degree is a great way to test your interest in the field. However, this is not a pre-law program. As a student here, you’ll work one-on-one with an advisor—an ethics and legal studies faculty member—who will help guide and support your studies.
Program Overview
As an undergraduate Law and Compliance major, you’re required to take core courses, concentration courses related to your major, and allied courses, which take place outside of the Opus College of Business.
Law and Compliance Program Courses
Year 1
ACCT 100 Principles of Accounting I
BUSN 100 Business for the Common Good
ENTR 100 Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Allied courses in economics, math, and statistics.
Year 2
ACCT 200 Principles of Accounting II
BETH 300 Ethical Principles in Business
BLAW 300 Law for Business Leaders I
BUSN 200 Business Learning Through Service
FINC 310 Core Financial Management
MGMT 200 Working Skillfully in Organizations
MKTG 200 Introduction to Marketing
OPMT 300 Operations and Supply Chain Management
Years 3 & 4
At the end of your sophomore year, you’ll declare a business major. As a junior and senior, you’ll take courses specific to your chosen concentration as well as business electives. And, if you choose to study abroad, you’ll likely do so sometime during year 3 or 4.
In addition to your major courses, you’ll also take courses in the St. Thomas Core Curriculum throughout your four years.
Course Requirements
As an undergraduate Law and Compliance major, you’re required to take core courses, concentration courses related to your major, and allied courses, which take place outside of the Opus College of Business.
Law and Compliance Program Courses
Four-Year Plan
Year 1
ACCT 100 Principles of Accounting I
BUSN 100 Business for the Common Good
ENTR 100 Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Allied courses in economics, math, and statistics.
Year 2
ACCT 200 Principles of Accounting II
BETH 300 Ethical Principles in Business
BLAW 300 Law for Business Leaders I
BUSN 200 Business Learning Through Service
FINC 310 Core Financial Management
MGMT 200 Working Skillfully in Organizations
MKTG 200 Introduction to Marketing
OPMT 300 Operations and Supply Chain Management
Years 3 & 4
At the end of your sophomore year, you’ll declare a business major. As a junior and senior, you’ll take courses specific to your chosen concentration as well as business electives. And, if you choose to study abroad, you’ll likely do so sometime during year 3 or 4.
In addition to your major courses, you’ll also take courses in the St. Thomas Core Curriculum throughout your four years.
Degree Awarded
Tutoring
Internships
Learning Through Service: Business 200
St. Thomas Career Services
- Clarify your strengths and how they relate to majors and career fields
- Map out a career plan
- Create your résumé and prepare for interviews
- Look for internships and jobs
Career Opportunities
- HR Manager
- Compliance Manager
- Benefits Administrator
- Contracts Administrator
- Investment Manager
- Occupational Safety Manager