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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Capstone experience for the security curriculum. Synthesizes technical material covered in prior courses to monitor, audit, analyze, and revise computer and network security systems to ensure appropriate levels of protection are in place. Recommended prerequisites: ITSY 2400 and ITSY 2401.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of effective legal research through the completion of assigned problems. Topics include law library techniques, computer assisted legal research, briefs, and legal memoranda. Required corequisite: LGLA 1307.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of effective legal writing. Topics include briefs, legal memoranda, case and fact analysis, citation forms, and legal writing styles. Required prerequisite: LGLA 1307 and LGLA 1303 or corequisite LGLA 1303 and LGLA 1307.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the law and the legal professions. Topics include legal concepts, systems, and terminology; ethical obligations and regulations; and professional trends and issues, with particular emphasis on the paralegal. Prerequisite to other legal assistant courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents fundamental concepts and procedures of civil litigation with emphasis on the paralegal's role. Topics include pretrial, trial, and post trial phases of litigation, and include drafting of pleadings, motions, and other documents required in a civil action, and understanding trial and appellate procedures utilizing Texas rules of civil procedure. Required prerequisite: LGLA 1307 and LGLA 1303 or corequisite LGLA 1303 or LGLA 1307.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents fundamental concepts of the law of wills, trusts, and probate administration with emphasis on the paralegal's role. Topics include the more common forms of wills and trusts as well as intestacy; the organization and jurisdiction of the probate court; and an analysis of estate administration and fiduciary accounting. Recommended prerequisites: LGLA 1305 and LGLA 1345.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents fundamental concepts of family law with emphasis on the paralegal's role. Topics include formal and informal marriages, uncontested and contested divorce, annulment, marital property, and the parent-child relationship. Recommended prerequisites: LGLA 1305 and LGLA 1345.
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3.00 Credits
Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. Recommended prerequisites: LGLA 1305 and LGLA 1345 or consent of coordinator.
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2.00 Credits
Career related activities encountered in the student's area of specialization are offered through a cooperative agreement between the College, employer, and student. Under supervision of the College and the employer, the student combines classroom learning with work experience. Directly related to a technical discipline, specific learning objectives guide the student through the paid work experience. Prerequisite: Consent of program coordinator. Subsequent enrollment in LGLA 2288 required to fulfill degree and certificate requirements.
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2.00 Credits
An experience external to the College for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the College and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. Required prerequisites: LGLA 2281 .
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