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Legal Assistant, AAS (part-time)

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Degree & Certificate Requirements

You are strongly encouraged to work with a counselor, advisor, or faculty/department coordinator

See Program Notes

Suggested part-time sequence

Credit Hours Required: 67

Semester 1

BLAW 1080 - Business Law 1 4.00 Credit Hours (Exploratory Course )
BCOM 2050 - Business Communications 4.00 Credit Hours

Semester 2

BLAW 1090 - Business Law 2 4.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2010 - Michigan Legal System & Ethics 2.00 Credit Hours (Exploratory Course )
ITCS 1010 - Computer & Information Processing Principles 4.00 Credit Hours

Semester 3

GEN ED - Group I.A (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours
LEGA 2090 - Legal Procedure 4.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit) )
GEN ED - Group II (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours

Semester 4

LEGA 2030 - Legal Research & Writing 1 3.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit))
BCOM 2060 - Advanced Business Communications 4.00 Credit Hours
LEGA Elective - Select 1 course from the following:
LEGA 2110 - Principles of Family Law 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2130 - Proceedings Under the Federal Bankruptcy Code & Debt Collection 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2160 - Proceedings Under Administrative Agencies 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2170 - Criminal Law & Procedures 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2180 - Business Associations 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2220 - Computerized Litigation Support Concepts (CLSC) 3.00 Credit Hours
HHSC 1700 - Medical Terminology 3.00 Credit Hours
CRER 1510 - Workplace Success Strategies 1.00 Credit Hours
BUSN 1010 - Business Enterprise 3.00 Credit Hours

Semester 5

LEGA 2100 - Mechanics of Real Estate Law 3.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2120 - Administration of Estates 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2040 - Legal Research & Writing 2 3.00 Credit Hours

Semester 6

LEGA 2210 - Electronic Evidence & Discovery 4.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit))
GEN ED - Group I.B (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours (Recommended Course ENGL 1220 )
LEGA Elective - Select 1 course from the following:
LEGA 2110 - Principles of Family Law 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2130 - Proceedings Under the Federal Bankruptcy Code & Debt Collection 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2160 - Proceedings Under Administrative Agencies 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2170 - Criminal Law & Procedures 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2180 - Business Associations 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2220 - Computerized Litigation Support Concepts (CLSC) 3.00 Credit Hours
HHSC 1700 - Medical Terminology 3.00 Credit Hours
CRER 1510 - Workplace Success Strategies 1.00 Credit Hours
BUSN 1010 - Business Enterprise 3.00 Credit Hours

Semester 7

GEN ED - Group IV (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours (Excluding WHES courses) (see note below for a list of preferred courses)
LEGA Elective - Select 1 course from the following:
LEGA 2110 - Principles of Family Law 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2130 - Proceedings Under the Federal Bankruptcy Code & Debt Collection 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2160 - Proceedings Under Administrative Agencies 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2170 - Criminal Law & Procedures 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2180 - Business Associations 2.00 Credit Hours
LEGA 2220 - Computerized Litigation Support Concepts (CLSC) 3.00 Credit Hours
HHSC 1700 - Medical Terminology 3.00 Credit Hours
CRER 1510 - Workplace Success Strategies 1.00 Credit Hours
BUSN 1010 - Business Enterprise 3.00 Credit Hours

Semester 8

ACCT 1070 - Accounting for Entrepreneurs 3.00 Credit Hours
OR ACCT 1080 - Principles of Accounting 1 4.00 Credit Hours
GEN ED - Group III (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours

Program Notes:

A minimum of 18 credit hours of General Education courses (Groups I-IV, excluding WHES courses) are needed for this program.

Under Group IV of the General Education courses required for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree, the following courses are preferred for the Legal Assistant program per the American Bar Association: ARTT 2560 , ARTT 2660 , MUSC 1030 , MUSC 2710 , MUSC 2720 , or other courses from Creative Writing, Foreign Languages, Humanities, Literature and Philosophy are acceptable.