Office Administration – Paralegal, A.A.S.

Office Administration - Paralegal

This concentration is designed so that office administration graduates may be able to have substantial paralegal background for employment in a law office. File clerks, sometimes referred to as paralegal clerks develop and maintain organized file systems; create, process and maintain file records; file and retrieve documents for attorneys and paralegals; and prepare records for off-site storage. File clerks may also maintain file room logs that track location of files throughout the firm and dispose of files in accordance with established document retention schedules.

Area I - Written Composition: 3 Semester Hours

• ENG 101 - English Composition I 3 Hrs.

Area II- Humanities and Fine Arts: 6 Semester Hours

• SPH 106 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 Hrs. or
• SPH 107 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 Hrs.

Area III - Natural Science or Mathematics: 9-10 Semester Hours

• MTH 100 - Intermediate College Algebra 3 Hrs. or
• MTH 116 - Mathematical Applications 3 Hrs.

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• CIS 146 - Microcomputer Applications 3 Hrs. or demonstrated computer literacy skills or the integration of computer proficiencies within a required discipline-specific course.

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• Computer Science, Math or Natural Science Elective 3-4 Hrs.

Area IV - History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences: 3 Semester Hours

• ECO 232 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hrs. or

Area V - Technical Concentration and Electives: 46 Semester Hours

Can be 43 hours if one of the listed OAD classes is taken as CIS for Area III

• ORI 101 - Orientation To College 1-2 Hrs.
• OAD 101 - Beginning Keyboarding 3 Hrs.
• OAD 103 - Intermediate Keyboarding 3 Hrs.
• OAD 125 - Word Processing 3 Hrs. (also available as CIS 196A)
• OAD 131 - Business English 3 Hrs.
• OAD 133 - Business Communications 3 Hrs.
• OAD 137 - Electronic Financial Record Keeping 3 Hrs.
• OAD 138 - Records and Information Management 3 Hrs.
• OAD 233 - Trends in Office Technology 3 Hrs.
• OAD 242 - Office Internship 3 Hrs.
• OAD 243 - Microsoft Excel 3 Hrs. (or CIS 286 ; also available as CIS 196E )
• PRL 101 - Introduction to Paralegal Study 3 Hrs.
• PRL 102 - Basic Research and Writing 3 Hrs.
• PRL 103 - Advanced Legal Research and Writing 3 Hrs.
• PRL 262 - Civil Law and Procedures 3 Hrs.

Electives: 3 Semester Hours

Recommended Electives
Students must select a minimum of three credit hours from RLS 101 , BUS 263 , or PRL courses.

• WKO 107 - Workplace Skills Preparation 1 Hr.

Total Hours Required for Degree: 64-68