NOVA Advising Sheet 2024-2025
Paralegal Studies, A.A.S.
Catalog Year: 2024-2025
Code: 2600
| Two Years | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Approved Elective | 3 | |
| 4 | Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | |
| CST | 110 | Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 |
| ENG | 112 | College Composition II | 3 |
| ITE | 152 | Introduction to Digital and Information Literacy and Computer Applications | 3 |
| LGL | 110 | Introduction to Law and the Paralegal Assistant | 3 |
| LGL | 115 | Real Estate Law | 3 |
| LGL | 117 | Family Law | 3 |
| LGL | 125 | Legal Research | 3 |
| LGL | 126 | Legal Writing | 3 |
| LGL | 215 | Torts | 3 |
| LGL | 217 | Trial Practice and the Law of Evidence | 3 |
| LGL | 218 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| LGL | 225 | Estate Planning and Probate | 3 |
| LGL | 230 | Legal Transactions | 3 |
| LGL | 235 | Legal Aspects of Business Organizations | 3 |
| 2 MTH | 154 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| 1 PHI | 111 | Logic | 3 |
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| PSY | 200 | Principles of Psychology OR | 3 |
| SOC | 200 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SDV | 101 | Orientation to (a Specific Discipline) | 1 |
| Total Credits for Paralegal Studies, A.A.S. = 61 | |||
1 See humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives. Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or faculty advisor.
2 May substitute any higher-level mathematics course or a science course (BIO, CHM, ENV, GOL, NAS, PHY).
3 Students may choose from the following approved electives: LGL 200, LGL 250, LGL 295 Constitutional Law, Seminar & Project Capstone in Paralegal Studies LGL 298, and LGL 290 Coordinated Internship. Students may also consider the following non-program electives: ADJ 105 or ITN 267.
4 See social/behavioral science courses listed under General Education Electives. Elective should be selected with advice of a counselor or faculty advisor.