Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice: Paralegal Option

FIRST YEAR

First Semester
41.103 Introduction to Paralegal Studies - 3cr.
42.101 College Writing I - 3cr.
44.101 The Criminal Justice System - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
44.301 Computer Applications for the Legal Profession - 3cr.
42.102 College Writing II - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Science* - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

SECOND YEAR

First Semester
--.--- General Education - Mathematics - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Social Sciences (SS) - 3cr.
46.230 Law and the Legal System - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
--.--- General Education - Social Sciences (SS) - 3cr.
--.--- Skills Requirement - 3cr.
44.234 Criminal Law - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

THIRD YEAR

First Semester
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Skills Requirement - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Science* - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
--.--- Skills Requirement - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Arts & Humanities (AH) - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester
41.390 Litigation - 3cr.
41.387 Legal Research Methods - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
--.--- Paralegal Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

FIFTH YEAR

First Semester
41.376 Family Law - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Arts & Humanities (AH) - 3cr.
41.370 Real Estate Law - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
--.--- General Education - Science* - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Social Sciences (SS) - 3cr.
41.363 Corporate and Property Law - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

SIXTH YEAR

First Semester
--.--- Paralegal Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Paralegal Elective - 3cr.
--.--- General Education - Arts & Humanities (AH) - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

Second Semester
--.--- Free Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Paralegal Elective - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 9

SEVENTH YEAR

First Semester
44.497 Paralegal Practicum/Internship - 3cr.
--.--- Collateral Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 6

Second Semester
41.379 Law, Logic, and Ethics - 3cr.
--.--- Free Elective - 3cr.
Total Credits: 6

*Science: three courses, nine credits minimum, with at least two courses that include some form of experimental learning.

Professional Skills Requirement: 12 credits

All students must meet proficiency standards in Foreign Language or Professional Skills:
a. Intermediate proficiency in a modern foreign language, preferably Spanish (12 credits)
OR
b. Professional skills option:

44.301 Computer Applications for the Legal Profession - 3cr.
41.387 Legal Research Methods - 3cr.
41.379 Law, Logic, and Ethics - 3cr.
92.183 Introduction to Statistics - 3cr.

Paralegal Option Requirements:

a. Required Courses:

41.103 Introduction to Paralegal Studies
44.234 Criminal Law
41.261 Introduction to Legal Concepts OR
46.230 Law and the Legal System
41.370 Real Estate Law
41.379 Law, Logic, and Ethics
41.390 Litigation
44.101 The Criminal Justice System
44.301 Computer Applications for the Legal Profession
41.363 Corporate and Property Law
41.376 Family Law
41.387 Legal Research Methods
44.497 Paralegal Practicum/Internship

b. The student may select an additional 12 credits in the major field. These courses can be chosen from the Criminal Justice Curriculum (44 prefix) and/or from the following approved Paralegal Course List:

41.366 International Law
41.368 Employment and Labor Law
41.367 Environmental Law and Regulations
41.371 Legal Issues in Health Care
41.490 Legal Aspects of cyberspace
46.345 Constitutional Law and Politics
46.347 Civil Liberties, Law, and Politics

Collateral Requirements: 18 credits

In addition to the major courses, the student should select six collateral course electives from the following list of courses. Six credits of collateral electives must be at the 300 level or above. Courses used to fulfill the professional skills requirement may be used toward fulfillment of this requirement.

42.382 Crime in Literature
43.216 American Urban History I
43.217 American Urban History II
43.268 History of the Family and Childhood in the U.S.
43.308 History of Crime, Conflict, and Social Control in the U.S.
43.349 English Constitution and Legal History
45.203 Introduction to Ethics
46.105 Introduction to Public Policy
46.265 State and Local Politics
46.270 Legislative Politics
46.347 Civil Liberties, Law, and Politics
46.355 Government Fiscal Policy
46.356 Public Policy Analysis
46.360 European Politics
46.410 Reading Seminar in Judicial Review
47.209 Social Psychology
47.232 Psychology of Personality
47.260 Child and Adolescent Development
47.272 Abnormal Psychology
47.360 Adult Development and Aging(Human Development II)
47.364 Psychology of Crime and Corrections
48.231Sociology of the Family
48.234 Study of Minorities
48.235 Black Experience in American Life
48.255 Social Deviance
48.256 Political Sociology
48.341 Wealth, Status and Power
48.345 Urban Sociology
48.361 Sociology of Law and the Criminal Justice System
48.402 Social Research
92.283 Introduction to Statistics
92.363 Introduction to Data Analysis