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Legal Assisting Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements


Type Legend: KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences

Please read the section in the University Catalog on Kent Core requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  LEGT 18000 Introduction to Paralegal Studies 3
    18001 Legal Research and Writing 3
    18003 Family Law and Procedure 3
    21092 Internship 2
    28004 Principles and Practice of Litigation 3
    28005 Civil Litigation 3
 
28006 Advanced Legal Research and Writing 3
 
28007 Estate and Probate Administration 3
    28008 Professional Development for Paralegals 1
  Choose four courses from the following: technical electives
12
  ACTT 21003 Fundamentals of Tax Preparation (3)
  BMRT 11009 Introduction to Management Technology (3)
    21000 Business Law and Ethics I (3)
    21002 Business Law and Ethics II (3)
  ENG 20002 Introduction to Technical Writing (3)
  JUS 12000 Introduction to Justice Studies (3)
    22100 Basic Interviewing (3)
 
22301 The Investigative Process (3)
  LEGT 18002 Corporate Law (3)
    18004 Tort Claims for Paralegals (3)
    18005 Employment Regulations (3)
  RERT 11000 Real Estate Principles (3)
    11001 Real Estate Law (3)
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (31 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  ACTT 11000 Accounting I-Financial   
4
  BMRT 11000 Introduction to Business 3
 
11006 Business Computations I *
3
KAD
COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communications 3

COMT 11000 Introduction to Computer Systems 3
KSS PSYC

SOC
11762

12050
General Psychology (3)
or
Introduction to Sociology (3)
3
  Kent Core Composition
6
  Choose two from the following: 6
KSS
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)  
KSS
GEOG 10160 Introduction to Geography (3)  
KSS
17063 World Geography (3)  
KSS JUS 26704 Issues in Law and Society (3)  
  POL 10001 Introduction to Political Science (3)  
KSS
10004 Comparative Politics (3)  
KSS   10100 American Politics (3)  
KSS
10301 Diversity in American Public Policy (3)  
KSS
10500 World Politics (3)  
KSS PSYC 20651 Child Psychology (3)  
KSS
21211 Psychology of Adjustment (3)  
KSS SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology (if not chosen above)  
 
32400 Individual and Society (3)  
 
32570 Inequalities in Societies (3)  
      MINIMUM TOTAL
68

* A higher-level math course may be substituted