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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PLG 101, 200, and 241; prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PLG 202. A study of criminal liability, the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, pre-trial discovery, indictments, and pleas.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PLG 101, 200, and 241 or Director.s approval; prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PLG 202. An examination of matrimonial law, adoption, the commercial law aspects of family life, and family law practice.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PLG 101, 200, and 241; prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PLG 202. Survey of environmental laws and cases geared toward helping the paralegal have a working knowledge of environmental law and how environmental law may impact the different aspects of working cases with which a paralegal may come in contact.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PLG 101, 200, and 241; prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PLG 202. Survey of bankruptcy laws and cases with practical experience in completing the forms and obtaining the information from the clients.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Senior standing and must be taken in last semester prior to graduation. This course is practical in nature. Students select an area of specialization and are then placed in a legal setting where they exercise those skills and information developed in the classroom. The evaluation of the student.s ability is done as a combined effort of a paralegal faculty member and a representation of the sponsoring law firm. This course meets the field experience requirements for the paralegal major.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PLG 101, 200, and 241. Course focuses on legal issues involving the rights of students, teachers, parents, and administrators; topics include privacy, employment, freedom of speech and religion, liability, search and seizure, athletics and student organizations, discipline, and student records.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to political structures, processes, and outcomes. Students learn about the political world, from the actions of individuals motivated by their beliefs to the actions of governments motivated by their quest for power. General theories and controversies of politics are featured, as well as an overview of how researchers study politics.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the organization, principles, and operation of the federal system of government in the United States. The national government: terminology, fundamental concepts, the United States Constitution, citizenship, the Congress and legislation, the executive organization and functions, and the judicial system.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the organization, procedures, and purpose of the executive branch of government. Students explore the duties of agencies at the national, state, and local levels. Special emphasis is placed on the challenges facing administrators concerning personnel, budgeting, law, program evaluation, interagency and intergovernmental relations, and public relations. Of particular interest for those who plan to enter public service.
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3.00 Credits
Basic principles of state government. Governments of the fifty states, federal and interstate relations, state constitutions, legislatures, executives and administration, the courts, and city and county government. The rights and obligations of citizens in shaping institutions.
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