Course Summary for Legal Assistant (Paralegal) AAS Degree

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1st Year

1st Semester
Prefix Number Course Name Course Type Weekly Lec Hrs Weekly Lab Hrs Ext Hrs Cont Hrs Cred Hrs
ENGL 1301 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
CRIJ 1306 COURT SYSTEMS & PRACTICE ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
CRIJ 1310 or FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL LAW ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1307 Introduction to Law and the Legal Professions WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1303 Legal Research WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1351 Contracts WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
1st Semester Totals 15 0 0 240 15

2nd Semester
Prefix Number Course Name Course Type Weekly Lec Hrs Weekly Lab Hrs Ext Hrs Cont Hrs Cred Hrs
BMGT 2305 Advanced Communications in Management WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
MATH X3XX Any ACADEMIC (ACGM) MATH course (non-developmental or remedial) ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1305 Legal Writing WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1353 Wills, Trusts and Probate Administration WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
2nd Semester Totals 15 0 0 240 15

2nd Year

1st Semester
Prefix Number Course Name Course Type Weekly Lec Hrs Weekly Lab Hrs Ext Hrs Cont Hrs Cred Hrs
XXXX X3XX Social/Behavioral Science Elective ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
BUSI 2301 BUSINESS LAW ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
GOVT 2305 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL) ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
GOVT 2306 or AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (STATE) ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1345 Civil Litigation WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 2303 Torts and Personal Injury Law WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
1st Semester Totals 15 0 0 240 15

2nd Semester
Prefix Number Course Name Course Type Weekly Lec Hrs Weekly Lab Hrs Ext Hrs Cont Hrs Cred Hrs
XXXX X3XX Any Humanities/Fine Arts Elective (If using ENGL - then, 2000 level and above, only.) ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
XXXX X3XX Any Business Computer Information Systems (BCIS) or Computer Science (COSC) course (if course is satisfied by high school competency, then take LGLA 2337) ACGM 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 2337 or Mediation WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 2307 Law Office Management WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 1355 Family Law WECM (SCH) 3 0 0 48 3
LGLA 2388 Internship - Paralegal/Legal Assistant WECM (SCH) 0 0 16 256 3
2nd Semester Totals 12 0 16 448 15
Program Totals 57 0 16 1168 60

Approved June 1, 2008