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Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice:
Paralegal Option
Suggested Course of Study
-Total Credits: 120
The following course outline, which lists 3 courses each semester, is only a suggested
course load. First-year students should not take more than 1 or 2 courses their first
semester. Subsequent course loads may be determined by the student's own personal
time constraints. Note: A 2.2 cumulative average overall and a 2.5
average in the major are necessary for graduation.
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
46.202 Practical Public Affairs
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 Public Administration
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 Human Development II
47.364 Psychology of Crime and Corrections
48.231 Sociology 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 Social Stratification
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
A 2.2 cumulative average
overall and a 2.5 average in the major are necessary for graduation.
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