This concentrated certificate program is designed to provide students with a basic foundation of skills and knowledge needed to seek employment as a paralegal. The program's curriculum requires completion of a combination of legal specialty, business, and liberal arts courses. Legal specialty courses emphasize the role of the paralegal in dealing with clients, documents, and procedures, while working under the supervision of an attorney. Credits earned in this program may be applied to the Paralegal Associate in Applied Science degree program.
A certificate is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program.
Courses should be selected in consultation with an advisor.| Course No. | Descriptive Title | Cr. Hrs. | Course No. | Descriptive Title | Cr. Hrs. |
| FIRST SEMESTER | SECOND SEMESTER | ||||
| ENG 101 | Composition 1 | 3 | BUS 101 | Business Mathmatics | 3 |
| BHS 103 | Social Problems In Today's World | 3 | or | ||
| or | BUS 210 | Business Communications | |||
| GOV 222 | State and National Government | Paralegal Electives--select four from: BUS 215, CRJ 263, PAL 210,PAL 220, PAL 230, PAL240, PAL 250 | 12 | ||
| GOV 151 | Introduction To Law | 3 | TOTAL | 15 | |
| OFT 101 | Elementary Professional Keyboarding | 2 | |||
| PAL 100 | Paralegal Introductory Seminar | 1 | |||
| PAL 110 | Fundamentals of Paralegalism | 2 | |||
| PAL 120 | Legal Research | 3 | |||
| TOTAL | 17 |
TOTAL 32 CREDIT HOURS