Paralegal - Associate of Technical Arts (Fall start) Program Map

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Recommended Course Sequence for: Paralegal - ATA (Fall start)

Created by: Theresa Pouley

Degree Code: 586T

Foundation | Preparation for degree requirements (based on placement) - Students who place below ENGL& 101 and Math 146& begin by taking courses from the lists below

ENGL - English ENGLP - English is your First Language (Accuplacer Test) AENGL - Your First Language is not English (LOEP Test)	MATH
_____ ENGPL or AENGL 087	_____ MATH 047
_____ ENGPL or AENGL 090	_____ MATH 077
_____ ENGLP or AENGL 093	_____ MATH 087
_____ ENGL 099

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_____ CMST 220 with English Support Class (example)

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Courses with no prerequisites available while working on the foundation courses in Math and English

QUARTER 1-Fall

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
ENGL 101	Su,F,W,S	English Composition	Accuplacer or Eng 099	5	2.0
*CMST XXX	Su,F,W,S	*Take one of the following: CMST101,CMST210,CMST220	Placement in English 101	5	2.0
**See Distribution List for Quantitative Analysis	Su,F,W,S	ACCT101,BUS130,MATH107,PHIL120	Each Course has placement or prerequisites. See course for details.	5	2.0
			Total Credits		15

QUARTER 2-Winter

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
LEGAL 200	Su,F,W,S	Introduction to Law and the Legal Process	None	5	2.0
**See Distribution Requirements for Humanities	Su,F,W,Sp	ANTH130,COMM101,CMST210,ENGL102	See course selected for prerequisites	5	2.0
**See Distribution Requirements for Natural Science and Mathmatics	Su,F,W,S	BIO100,CHEM121,ENVS101,GEOL101,MATH107,PHYS11O	See course selected for prerequisites	5	2.0
			Total Credits		15

QUARTER 3-Spring

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
LEGAL 205	Su,F,W,S	Civil Procedure	None	5	2.0
**See Distribution list for Social Science	Su,F,W,S	ANTH100,ANTH206,DIVST100,HIST214,PHIL101,PHIL110,PHIL120,POLS101,POLS201,POLS202,POLS206,PHYS100,SOC101	See course selected for prerequisites	5	2.0
Human Relations Skills	Su,F,W,S	CMST230,MGMT100,COMM101	See course selected for prerequisites	5	2.0
			Total Credits		15

QUARTER 4-Summer

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
LEGAL 228	Su,F,W,S	Law Office Technology	Legal 200 or Instructor Permission	5	2.0
LEGAL 240	Su,F,W,S	Contracts	None	5	2.0
LEGAL XXX	Su	Legal Elective	Legal 200 or Instructor permission	5	2.0



			Total Credits		15

QUARTER 5-Fall

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
LEGAL 210	Su,F,W,S	Legal Research and Writing	Legal 200 or Instructor permission	5	2.0
LEGAL XXX	F	LLLT: LEGAL225, LEGAL230 OTHER:LEGAL 215,236,257,267
LEGAL XXX	F	LEGAL222,LEGAL251,LEGAL291,LEGAL292,LEGAL296A,LEGAL296B (1-3credits combined to total 5)	LEGAL 200 or Instructor permission
			Total Credits		15

QUARTER 6-Winter

Course#	QTRs offered	Course Title	Prerequisites	Credits	Min. Grade
LEGAL XXX	W	LLLT: LEGAL214,LEGAL230 OTHER; LEGAL 282,LEGAL250,LEGAL263	Legal 200 or Instructor Permission	5	2.0
LEGAL XXX	W	LLLT: LEGAL214,LEGAL230 OTHER: LEGAL282,LEGAL250,LEGAL263	Legal 200 or Instructor Permission	5	2.0
LEGAL XXX	W	LEGAL255Civil Rights, LEGAL 255Health Care Law, LEGAL292, LEGAL296A,LEGAL296B(1-3 credits combined to total 5)	Legal 200 or Instructor Permission	5	2.0
			Total Credits	15	15

**ABA requires that students select a minimum of 5 credits from each of the folliwng Distribution areas: Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science and Mathmatics.