Degree Requirements

Legal Studies- Paralegal Studies- BA or BS

Course No.
Title
Semester Hours
Core Curriculum
48/49
Major Core Requirements
27
LS 111
Intro to Law & Legal System
3
LS 112
Essentials of Paralegal Practice
3
LS 201
Legal Research
3
LS 202
Legal Writing
3
LS 302
Legal Ethics
3
LS 319
Real Estate Law: History & Substance
3
LS 402
Litigation I
3
LS 424
Internship
6
Allied Requirements
8/9
BUS 302
Business Communications
3
BUS 305 or LS 315
Business Law 1
3
BUS 325 or CIM 310
Advanaced Word/PP
2/3
or
BUS 326
Word Processing
or
CIM 316 or 317
Adv. Excel or Adv. Access
Minor and/or Electives 24/26
 
Concentration (choose one)
I. Business Paralegal  
LS 304
Estates and Trusts
3
LS 307
Consumer Credit / Bankruptcy
3
LS 309
Administrative Law
3
LS 320
Real Estate Law II
3
Allied Requirement  
BUS 306
Business Law II
3
   
15
 
II. Litigatioin Paralegal  
LS 306
Criminal Law / Procedure
3
LS 312
Family Law
3
LS 403
Litigation II
3
Allied Requirement  
POSC 201
American Federal Governm;ent
3
POSC 404
Cases in Constitutional Law
3

15
 
Total Semester Hours
124