Kent State University Catalog 2012 - 2013

Legal Assisting Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements Download to print

Legal Assisting Technology semester-by-semester Roadmap

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 sections 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
	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)
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
			MINIMUM TOTAL:	68

* A higher-level math course may be substituted