The courses listed below are required for completion of the bachelor's degree in paralegal studies. Students must also complete the requirements for the Stevenson core curriculum. Specific pre- and co-requisites for each course are listed in the course descriptions. Typically, students will take lower-level (100- and 200- level) courses in their freshman or sophomore years, and upper-level (300- and 400- level) courses in their junior or senior years.
Some secondary requirements, which are noted by an asterisk (*) in the list below, can also be used to fulfill a core curriculum requirement.
Major Requirements:
LAW 102 |
Introduction to Legal Studies |
LAW 112 |
Torts |
LAW 114 |
Estates and Trusts |
LAW 120 |
Contract Law |
LAW 125 |
Legal Research and Writing I |
LAW 130 |
Business Organizations Law |
LAW 204 |
Constitutional Law |
LAW 210 |
Legal Research and Writing II |
LAW 216 |
Civil Litigation and Pleading |
LAW 225A |
Internship Part I |
LAW 225B |
Internship Part II |
Two lower-level (100- or 200- level) LAW electives |
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Six upper-level (300- or 400- level) LAW electives |
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LAW 480 |
Senior Seminar |
Secondary Requirements:
ACC 215 |
Financial Accounting ~ (Note: This requirement also may be satisfied by taking ACC 121 and ACC 122) |
EC 201 |
Principles of Economics: Introduction to Macroeconomics * |
IS 134 |
MS Windows and Office Applications * |
IS 135 |
Advanced MS Office Applications |
PHIL 215 |
Ethics * |
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or |
PHIL 415 |
Topics in Professional Ethics * |
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or |
PHIL 416 |
Business Ethics *(PHIL 415 or PHIL 416 is recommended to help meet the university's upper-level non-LAW course requirements) |
POSCI 102 |
American Government: Political Institutions & Procedures * |
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