Management with an Emphasis in Paralegal, A.A.S.
This program combines an understanding of legal principles, legal analysis and ethical considerations with practical applications. Courses lead to an American Bar Association (ABA) approved Paralegal certificate. All Paralegal students should consult with a Pathways Advisor. Students wishing to continue in a baccalaureate degree program after completing their associate’s degree should contact an academic advisor at their 4-year institution.
All paralegal students are required to take 10 credit hours of legal specialty courses through traditional classroom instruction. Each student must take 15 hours of paralegal instruction at CCA in order to receive a degree or certificate from this institution.
In order to meet ABA requirements, only certain online Paralegal courses are applicable to this degree. If the class is offered at CCA under the PAR prefix, it will apply to the degree. If you are transferring in paralegal credits, you are responsible for proving the method of delivery.
*A paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience, who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible. Any act performed by a paralegal that requires a legal license to perform, unless otherwise authorized by applicable court rules, constitutes unauthorized practice of law.
Degree Requirements: 61 credits
General Education Requirements: 18 credits
English and Communication
(6 credits)
| ENG 121 | English Composition I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| | |
| COM 115 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| OR | |
| COM 125 | Interpersonal Communication (GT-SS3) | 3 |
Mathematics or Natural and Physical Sciences
(3 credits)
| MAT 120 | Mathematics for Liberal Arts: GT-MA1 | 4 |
AST
| | 3 |
BIO
| | 3 |
CHE
| | 3 |
GEY
| | 3 |
MAT 120 or higher; AST, BIO, CHE, GEY, PHY 105 or higher.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
(9 credits)
| ECO 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| ECO 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
And Choose one course from:
| HIS 121 | US History to Reconstruction (GT-HI1) | 3 |
| HIS 122 | US History Since Civil War (GT-HI1) | 3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology I (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| SOC 102 | Introduction to Sociology II (GT-SS3) | 3 |
Business Core Requirements: 13 credits
Emphasis Requirements: 21 credits
PAR 116, PAR 205: Students may take either Torts or Criminal Law to meet the emphasis requirements, or they may take both courses as one elective.
Electives: 9 credits
Select three courses from the following:
PAR 116, PAR 205: Students may take either Torts or Criminal Law to meet the emphasis requirements, or they may take both courses as one elective.