2017-2018 Credit Catalog

Paralegal (PAD)

2017-2018 Business & Administrative Pathway

Associate in Science, Career & Technical Education and Business Division

Recommended Course Selection Sequence

Course NumberTitleCredits
CMP101Composition 1

3

PLG101Introduction to Law and Paralegal Practice

3

PLG102Legal Research

3

PLG104Basic Criminal Law and Procedure

3

 

GOV104State and Local Government in America

3

OR

SS-ELECTIVE
Social Science Elective

3

 

CMP102-150
Composition 2 Elective

3

CPS100Information Technology and Its Applications

3

PLG106Legal Writing

3

PLG202Litigation

3

 

ACC101Basic Accounting 1

3

OR

ACC104Essentials of Accounting for Business

3

OR

ACC108Financial Accounting

3

 

BUS102Business Law

3

LIT202-216
Advanced Literature Elective

3

PHI116Ethics

3

PLG201Estates and Trusts

3

PLG108Real Estate Law

3

OPN-ELECTIVE
Open Elective

3

PLG203Business Organizations

3

PLG204Family Law

3

PLG206Field Placement for Paralegals

3

 

SPE102Speech

3

OR

SPE104Small Group Communication

3

Total Credit Hours: 60

Program Notes

Campus Information

  • Danvers campus based

Additional Graduation Requirements

Advising Notes

This degree is designed upon completion to prepare students for entry level employment as a paralegal.

Courses are listed in the recommended order you should take them.

Many courses have prerequisite requirements that must be fulfilled to be eligible to enroll in the course.

If you intend to graduate with an associate degree in two years, you should enroll in at least 15 credits if taking only fall/spring courses.

Completing 30 credits each year helps students stay on track to timely graduation.

Taking classes in the winter intersession and summer can accelerate your time to degree completion.

All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based off the official program of study the student is enrolled in.