Degree Program Detail
Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies
The Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies degree completion program consists of a 42 semester hour, 14 course sequence designed for the working professional interested in entering the legal profession with a baccalaureate in paralegal studies. Assignments enable the student to apply substantive and procedural law to legal fact patterns that one would encounter in the legal environment. Paralegals are members of the professional legal staff who are employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who perform specifically delegated legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has consistently listed the paralegal profession among the top professions predicted to continue growing in the 21st century. Students entering this degree completion program must have 50 to 60 transferrable credit hours prior to enrollment.
| PRL207 Fundamentals of Legal Research and Writing |
| PRL221 Legal Ethics in the Law Office |
| PRL305 Criminal Law and Procedure |
| PRL316 Legal Interviewing & Investigation |
| PRL320 Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| PRL325 Administrative & Employment Law |
| PRL455 Probate, Estate & Elder Planning |
