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Paralegal DegreeGeneral Description | Semester Layout | Course Requirements | Printable Checklist |
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| SEMESTER 1 (Fall) | |||||
| Course | Class | Lab | Credit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG | 101 | English Composition I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 132 | Legal Bibliography | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 135 | Introduction To Law And Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 222 | Constitutional Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY | 201 | General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 0 | 15 | |||
| SEMESTER 2 (Spring) | |||||
| Course | Class | Lab | Credit | ||
| CPT | 170 | Microcomputer Applications | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ENG | 102 | English Composition II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 120 | Torts | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 201 | Civil Litigation I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 230 | Legal Writing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 0 | 15 | |||
| SEMESTER 3 (Summer) | |||||
| Course | Class | Lab | Credit | ||
| LEG | 121 | Business Law I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 231 | Criminal Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 240 |
Claims Investigation
*LEG 201 is Prerequisite for LEG 240. |
3 | 0 | 3 |
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| LEG | 216 | Administrative Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
| SEMESTER 4 (Fall) | |||||
| Course | Class | Lab | Credit | ||
| LEG | 213 | Family Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 214 | Property Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 233 | Wills, Trusts, and Probate | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 236 | Advanced Legal Writing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 242 |
Law Practice Workshop
*Must be a 2nd-year LEG student with a 2.0 GPA |
1 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 15 | |||
| SEMESTER 5 (Spring) | |||||
| Course | Class | Lab | Credit | ||
| LEG | 232 | Law Office Management | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| LEG | 244 |
Special Projects For Paralegals
*Must be a 2nd-year LEG student with a 2.0 GPA |
1 | 8 | 3 |
| MAT | 155 | Contemporary Mathematics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PHI | 110 | Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| XXX | XXX | Elective: Humanities/Fine Arts | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 15 | |||
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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 69 |
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