Requirements for the Associate of Science in Paralegal Studies Degree

The ASPS degree program requires the successful completion of the following courses.

I. Core Requirements

a. Seminar for Freshmen (4 HRS) (Students with 15+ transfer credits of college or university work are exempt.)

b. Freshman Writing (8 HRS)

ENG 101 and ENG 102
(A student may be assigned to other English courses or may be invited to take ENG 103.)

c. Math or Quantitative Reasoning (4 HRS)

Choose any Math course at level 130 or higher, or choose one course from those listed below:

Biology: BIO 273
Communication: CJN 210
Computer Science: Any CMPSC Course
Economics: EC 431, EC 460
Government: GVT 201
Philosophy: PHIL 212
Psychology: PSYCH 215
Sociology: SOC 212
Statistics: STATS 250

d. Ethical and Philosophical Inquiry (4 HRS)

PHIL 119 or PHIL 123 or PHIL 127

e. Humanities/History (4 HRS)

Choose two courses from those listed below:

American Studies: AMST 111
Black Studies: BLKST 100
Communication: CJN 114, CJN 218, CJN 226, CJN 227, CJN 289, CJN 290, CJN 326, CJN 366, CJN 413, CJN 485
English: ENG 113, 114, 121, 123, 124, 250
History: Any History course
NESAD: ADF 181, ADF 182, ADFA 306, ADFA 344, ADFA 345, ADFA 346, ADI 221, ADI 222, ADG 224
Philosophy: PHIL 113, PHIL 115, PHIL 210, PHIL 211, PHIL 219, PHIL 223, PHIL 225, PHIL 250, PHIL 253, PHIL 255, PHIL 260, PHIL 261
Theatre: THETR 225, THETR 226, THETR 227, THETR 310, THETR 331, THETR 374, THETR 389, THETR 489
Women’s and Gender Studies: WGS 111
World Languages and Cultural Studies: FR 301, FR 302, FR 320, FR 410, GER 301, GER 302, GER 306, GER 412, GER 420, SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 408, SPAN 409, SPAN 412, and any course with a HUM, ARH or MUH designator, with the exception of HUM 120 and HUM 121

f. Social Science (4 HRS)

EHS 362

g. Sciences (8 HRS)

Two courses with laboratories. Courses do not need to be in a sequence.

Biology: BIO 101/L101, BIO 102/L102, BIO 104/L104 (offered only at Madrid Campus)
Chemistry: CHEM 101/L101, CHEM 102/L102, CHEM 111/L111, CHEM 112/L112
Environmental Science: SCI 103/L103, SCI 104/L104, ENVS 111/L111, ENVS 112/L112
Physics: SCI 101/L101, SCI 102/L102, SCI 111/L111, SCI 112/L112, PHYS 111/L111, PHYS 112/L112, PHYS 151/L151, PHYS 152/L152, SCI 172/L172, SCI 173/L173, SCI 183/L183, SCI 184/L184
Science: SCI251/L251,  SCI 301/L301

Notes:

1.  Some Science Division courses may have math or computer science prerequisites. Many have other science prerequisites. See course descriptions in this catalog to select appropriate courses.

2.  Students may take CHEM 101/L101 or CHEM 111/L111, but not both, and they may take CHEM 102/L102 or CHEM 112/L112, but not both. CHEM 111/L111 and CHEM 112/L112 are only open to science and engineering majors.

3.  Students cannot take both SCI 103/L103 and ENVS 111/L111 or both SCI 104/L104 and ENVS 112/L112.

II. Major Requirements (8 HRS)

III. Cultural Diversity Requirement (4 HRS)

Choose one course from Group A or one course from Group B.

Cultural Diversity Group A (4 HRS)
or
Cultural Diversity Group B (4 HRS)

The Cultural Diversity Requirement is fulfilled by taking courses bearing the Cultural Diversity Designation. Courses that satisfy the Cultural Diversity Requirement are identified in the course bulletin after the course description and are listed on the Academic Advising website. Cultural Diversity Courses may simultaneously fulfill Core Requirements, Major Requirements, Complementary Major Requirements, Minor Requirements (see Department Listings) or may be used as electives.

Minimum Total Credits Required for Graduation (64 HRS)

Carefully review the requirements for a degree in your major with your advisor before selecting courses.