Degree: B.A.
Specializations: Basic Option, Advanced Option
Department: Administration & Justice Studies
College: Arts and Social Sciences
Semester Hours Required for Degree: 120

Faculty: S.W. Harrell (Director), M.T. Stopp

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM
Two options are available to students seeking the B.A. in Legal Administration: students entering the program with no previous paralegal course work will follow the basic option; students with associate's degrees in a paralegal field, may be offered an advanced option upon consultation and approval of the legal administration advisor.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
In addition to general University requirements and General Studies requirements found in the 1996-97 Catalog, students seeking the B.A. in Legal Administration must meet the requirements listed below.

A grade of "C" is required for all courses listed as core courses, whether taken in the basic option or advanced option. All Legal Administration majors must successfully complete PLA 4111, notwithstanding any prior coursework in legal research and writing.

LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
General Studies (36 sh)

Common Prerequisites

None

Electives (24 sh)

Lower Division Electives

BASIC OPTION

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major (30 sh)

Mandatory Core (18 sh)
	PLA 3691	Law and Society	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4103	Legal Res & Writing	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4111	Adv Legal Res/Writng	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4203	Litigation	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4273	Tort Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4263	Evidence	. . . . .	3
Elective Core (6 sh)
Choose two:
	PLA 3429	Contracts & Bus Entit	. . . . .	3
	PLA 3504	Real Estate Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 3603	Probate & Estate Pln	. . . . .	3
Electives (choose two):
	PLA 3803	Domestic Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4303	Criminal Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4453	Consumer Rights	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4693	Women & The Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4763	Law Office Managemnt	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4941	Legal Adm/Internship	. . . . .	3

*Advisor permission required

Major-Related Courses (21 sh)

	CGS 3570	Micro Comp App Pkgs	. . . . .	3
	COM 4110	Bus & Profess Commun	. . . . .	3
	MAN 3021	Mgt Fundamentals	. . . . .	3
	ACG 2001	Principles of Acc I	. . . . .	3
If ACG 2001 is completed at lower division, choose one of the following:
	BUL 3130	Legal Environ of Bus	. . . . .	3
	GEB 4441	Bus/Ethics & Society	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	PHI 2100	Introduction to Logic	. . . . .	3
	PHI 3600	Ethics	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	CCJ 3200	Judicial Process	. . . . .	3
	POS 3652	1st Amend Freedoms	. . . . .	3
	POS 3623	Civil Rights	. . . . .	3
	POS 3603	American Constitution Law	. . . . .	3
	POS 3424	Legislative Process	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 3020	Crime & CJ System	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 4501	Juvenile Justice	. . . . .	3
	EUH 4503	English Constit Hist	. . . . .	3
One 3000/4000-level course from any of the following
disciplines: Political Science, History, Social Work,
Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology, Geography
(social/cultural), Economics, Anthropology			. . . . .	3

Electives (9 sh)

Upper/Lower Division Electives

ADVANCED OPTION

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major courses (33 sh)
All basic option mandatory core courses and elective core courses not previously completed must be taken as an advanced option mandatory core course. These courses are:

Mandatory Core (27 sh)
	PLA 3691	Law & Society	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4111	Adv Legal Rsearch/Writing	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4273	Tort Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4263	Evidence	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4203	Litigation	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4103	Legal Research/Writing	. . . . .	3
	PLA 3429	Contracts/Bus Entities	. . . . .	3
	PLA 3504	Real Estate Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 3603	Probate/Estate Plan	. . . . .	3
Electives
Choose the remainder of the 33 sh in the major from:
	PLA 3803	Domestic Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4763	Law Office Management	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4303	Criminal Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4453	Consumer Law	. . . . .	3
	PLA 4693	Women and the Law	. . . . .	3
*	PLA 4941	Internship	. . . . .	3
	POS 3625	1st Amentment Freedoms	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 3200	Judicial Process	. . . . .	3
	POS 3652	Civil Rights	. . . . .	3
	POS 3603	American Constitution Law	. . . . .	3
	POS 3424	Legislative Process	. . . . .	3
	INR 4403	International Law	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 4990	Legal Aspects of Law Enf	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 3020	Crime & CJ System	. . . . .	3
	CCJ 4501	Juvenile Justice	. . . . .	3
	EUH 4503	English Const/Legal History	. . . . .	3
	MMC 4201	Constitution & the Press	. . . . .	3

*Advisor permission required

Major-Related (15 sh)

	CGS 3570	Micro Comp App Pkgs	. . . . .	3
	MAN 3023	Mgt Fundamentals	. . . . .	3
	COM 4110	Bus & Profess Commun	. . . . .	3
	ACG 2001	Principles of Acc I	. . . . .	3
If ACG 2001 is completed at lower-division, choose one of the following:
	BUL 3130	Legal Environ of Bus	. . . . .	3
	GEB 4441	Business/Ethics & Society	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	PHI 3600	Ethics	. . . . .	3
	PHI 2100	Logic	. . . . .	3

Electives (12 sh)

Upper/Lower Division Electives

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