Paralegal Studies Degree Program via Online / Traditional Classroom at South University, Savannah

Paralegal Studies (Partially Online)

Course List

Associate of Science in Paralegal Studies Degree - 104 Credits Total

Students pursuing the Associate of Science in Paralegal Studies are required to take a total of 26 courses as follows:

13 foundation courses - 52 credits
13 major courses - 52 credits

All courses are 4 quarter credits in length.

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Foundation Curriculum - 52 Credits
Students are required to take 13 foundation courses as follows:

- ITS1000 Computers and the Internet

This course is for students to obtain basic knowledge and skills in using computer office production software and Internet features. A broad range of software applications, such as, word processing, spreadsheets, and database and Internet usage concepts will be covered.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- BUS2023 Business Communications

This course is designed to prepare students to organize and compose effective business correspondence and technical writing. The basic principles of writing and approaches for writing various types of communications are stressed.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- BUS2021 Spreadsheet & Database Applications

This course provides students the opportunity to obtain basic knowledge and skills in using spreadsheet and database software. A broad range of software applications, concepts, and problems will be covered.

Prerequisite(s):
Credits: 4

- BUS1038 Business Law I

Business Law I is a study of the development of American law and procedure covering information, operation, completion of contracts, and consumer protection. This course also includes a study of the Uniform Commercial Code. Both the text and case study methods are utilized.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- BUS2038 Business Law II

This course covers the law of basic business associations, including agencies, partnerships, and corporations. This course will include a discussion of franchise and relevant real property concepts, and a study of negotiable instruments using the Uniform Commercial Code.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- Math Elective - Choose One: 4 Credits

- MAT1001 Intermediate Algebra

Concepts of algebra including linear and quadratic equations, polynomials, exponents, logarithms and functions. Emphasis on graphical representations of functions. This course is designed to build an adequate background for the college-level mathematics, science and business courses.

Prerequisite(s): MAT0099 or Exemption, and ENG1001 Co/Pre-Requisite

- MAT1002 College Mathematics

College Mathematics is an entry-level course for students not wanting to focus their math skills in one area. The fundamentals of several areas are covered including set theory, logic, geometry, probability, and statistics.

Prerequisite(s): MAT0099 or Exemption, ENG1001 Co/Pre-Requisite

- SPC1026 Public Speaking

Students will develop and refine presentation skills focusing on compiling, organizing and outlining the research material in preparation for the assignments.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- ENG1001 Composition I

Students will be introduced to college-level writing processes, including theme, composition, and research. Emphasis will be placed on refining individual skills, writing styles and voices, and on writing procedures. Selected readings in prose, drama, and poetry supplement the course and provide topics for discussion and writing assignments.

Prerequisite(s): ENG0099 or Exemption
Credits: 4

- ENG1002 Composition II / Literature

This course is designed to introduce the student to fiction, poetry, and drama and, through literary analysis and interpretation, to develop the life skills of critical thinking and written expression.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- ENG2001 Composition III

The goal of this course is to refine the student's reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. By analyzing ineffective arguments and constructing effective ones, the student will discover how ambiguity, evasiveness, vagueness, and obscurity weaken his or her credibility as a writer.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- UVC1000 Strategies for Success

This course is designed to help entering students develop a more effective approach to college. On the one hand, students will learn the importance of the relationship between individuals' beliefs and their performance, conditioning, self-image and comfort zones, motivations, affirmations, and goals. On the other, students will learn practical skills, such as time management, notetaking, test-taking, research, and study skills.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- Social Science Elective - Choose One: 4 Credits

- POL2076 American Government

This course is an introduction to American politics and government, focusing on political processes and institutions and on contemporary political issues.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1002 or ENG2001 Co/Pre-Requisite

- PSY1001 General Psychology

The fundamental questions guiding this course are relatively simple. In what ways are we all alike and in what ways are we different? And why? Although these questions may be simple, the answers, as we shall see, are complex, interconnected, and too often invisible to the untrained eye. Different families... different backgrounds...different sexes... different cultures...different ethnic groups...different ways of looking at things...different behaviors...different values - how are we to understand this incredible diversity of human experience so that we can navigate successfully in an increasingly chaotic and shrinking world? The intent of this course is to examine the psychological foundations underlying the identity of the "self," "identity" and "world view" in an effort to understand the differences that exist from culture to culture, from generation to generation, from family to family, from profession to profession, and from individual to individual.

Prerequisite(s): None

- SOC1001 Introduction to Sociology

This course, a scientific study of human social activity, will provide the student with a new way of looking at the world. In learning about the sociological perspective, the student will be challenged to see the general in the particular, the strange in the familiar, and the importance of the global perspective.

Prerequisite(s): None

Major Curriculum - 52 Credits
Students are required to take 11 major courses and 2 major electives. The four courses listed immediately below must be taken in the traditional classroom format:

- LGS1001 Introduction to Paralegalism

This course examines the American legal system with emphasis on the methods and institutions of the law. The rights and responsibilities of paralegals, both professional and ethical, are described. Duties and opportunities for paralegals are discussed. Law office management procedures are introduced to the student.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- LGS1005 Legal Research and Writing I

This course is designed to familiarize the student with primary and secondary sources of law, judicial reports, statutes, citators, digests, annotated law reports, and legal treatises and periodicals. It enables the student to undertake, under the supervision of a lawyer, legal research and preparation of memoranda and briefs.