Request for Graduate Level Course Form

Request for Graduate Level Course in Graduate Arts and Sciences only. A separate form must be filled out for each course request.

NOTE: Communications classes are NOT permitted at this time.

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Student ID: *

Email: *

Course Name: *

Course ID # *

Course Description (Copy and paste from Novasis) *

Course Faculty: *

Please enter the reason you a requesting to take this course. You must substantiate that the course is closely related to your program of legal study.

No more than 6 credits in the College of Graduate Arts & Sciences are permitted throughout your Law studies.

If Yes, how many graduate credits have you taken?

Once approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the Law School, the student must submit the request along with a copy of the student's undergraduate transcript to the Dean of Graduate Studies to demonstrate adequate academic background for the requested course.

Note: Please note that only courses for which grades will be reported prior to the law school’s grade reporting deadline can be approved.

Fall 2024 First Day Assignments

Updated August 20, 2024
New assignments continue to be added

COURSE CATALOG

MASTER SCHEDULE

Textbooks

Textbook List for Fall 2024

Required textbooks for all 1L courses, along with Introduction to Federal Taxation, Business Organizations, Evidence, Constitutional Law II, and Legal Profession are available for two-hour check outs at the Circulation Desk. Access to these textbooks cannot be guaranteed and textbooks will not be available to use during any open book exams.

Students taking courses that use Course Packets will receive ordering instructions from their faculty via email. Packets may be purchased online using NovaBucks.

Note: These lists are not final. Please check back regularly for updates. The list above includes items that are available for free/free to students unlike the individual course listings found on the Villanova Bookstore website

(Under Books > Textbooks and Course Materials, select your term (semester), choose your department as LAW, then select your course number and section)

Information about textbook rental