Paralegal Technology Evening| Certificate, Associates - Guilford Technical Community College

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PARALEGAL TECHNOLOGY

Associate of Applied Science, Jamestown, Evening

Advising Code: A25380

DEVELOPMENTAL PRE-REQUISITE COURSES
Reading	Writing	Mathematics
__ 070 RED	__ 070 ENG	__ 060 MAT
__ 080 RED	__ 080 ENG	070 MAT for MAT 110, 115, or 140 (math optional)
__ 090 RED	__ 090 ENG

CURRICULUM COURSES
Fall Semester I
Course			Hrs	Gra
ACA	111	College Student Success	1	___
ENG	111	Expository Writing	3	___
LEX	110	Introduction to Paralegal	2	___
LEX OST	120 136	Legal Research and Writing I Word Processing	3 3	___ ___

Spring Semester I

LEX	121	Legal Research and Writing II	3	___
LEX	130	Civil Injuries	3	___
__(1)	___	Natural Science/Math Elective	3	___

Summer Semester I
CIS	110	Introduction to Computers	3	___
ENG ENG	112 114	Argument-Based Research or Professional Research and Reporting	3 3	___ ___

Fall Semester II
LEX	140	Civil Litigation I	3	___
LEX	240	Family Law	3	___
__(2)	___	Social / Behavior Science Elective	3	___

Spring Semester II
LEX	150	Commercial Law I	3	___
__(5)	___	Paralegal Elective	3	___

Summer Semester II
COM	120	Intro to Interpersonal Comm	3	___

Fall Semester III
LEX	210	Real Property I	3	___
__(5)	___	Paralegal Elective	2	___
__(5)	___	Paralegal Elective	2	___

Spring Semester III
LEX	160	Criminal Law and Procedure	3	___
__(3)	___	Humanities/Fine Arts Elective	3	___
__(5)	___	Paralegal Elective	3	___

Summer Semester III
COE(4)	111	Co-op work Experience	1	___

Fall Semester IV
LEX	250	Wills, Estates, and Trusts	3	___
LEX	270	Law Office Management / Technology	2	___
LEX	280	Ethics and Professionalism	2	___

Total credit hours required for degree: 69-70 This curriculum is subject to change.

(1) Natural Science/Mathematics Elective - choose any course under the Natural Sciences / Mathematics section for courses meeting the General Education Requirements for Technical Degree Programs.

(2) Social/Behavioral Science Elective - choose any course under the Social / Behavioral Sciences section for courses meeting the General Education Requirements for Technical Degree Programs.

(3) Humanities / Fine Arts Elective - choose any course under the Humanities / Fine Arts section for courses meeting the General Education Requirements for Technical Degree Programs.

(4) COE-111 may be substituted with one of the following only: BUS-125, BUS-217, BUS-260 or CJC-231.

(5) Paralegal Technology Electives, take a minimum of 10 credits from: LEX-141 Civil Litigation II, LEX-151 Commercial Law II, LEX-170 Administrative Law, LEX-180 Case Analysis & Reasoning, LEX-211 Real Property II, LEX-214 Investigation and Trial Preparation, LEX-220 Corporate Law, LEX-260 Bankruptcy and Collections, LEX-271 Law Office Writing, LEX-283 Investigation, LEX-285 Workers' Compensation Law, LEX-286 Medical Evidence Analysis, and LEX-288 Elder Law.