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2012-2013 College Catalog

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Office Administration – Legal Secretary, A.A.S.

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Office Administration - Legal Secretary

A legal secretary prepares legal papers and correspondence of a legal nature, such as wills, summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas using a personal computer. Practitioners review lay journals and other legal publications to identify court decisions pertinent to pending cases and submit articles to the firm’s officials.

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.

Fine Arts or Humanities Electives: 3 Semester Hours

Choose from:

Art and Art History
Dance
Foreign Languages
Humanities
American and English Literature
Music and Music History
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Theater

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

MTH 100 - Intermediate College Algebra 3 Hrs. or
MTH 116 - Mathematical Applications 3 Hrs.
CIS 146 - Microcomputer Applications 3 Hrs.
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.

Choose from:

Anthropology
Economics
Geography
History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

Area V - Technical Concentration and Electives: 46 Semester Hours

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

ORI 101 - Orientation To College 1 Hr.
BUS 215 - Business Communication 3 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 126 - Advanced Word Processing 3 Hrs. (also available as CIS 196B)
OAD 131 - Business English 3 Hrs.
OAD 137 - Electronic Financial Record Keeping 3 Hrs.
OAD 138 - Records and Information Management 3 Hrs.
OAD 218 - Office Procedures 3 Hrs.
OAD 232 - The Electronic Office 3 Hrs. (also available as CIS196D)
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.

Electives: 0-3 Semester Hours

Students must select a minimum of 3 credit hours from RLS, BUS, PRL, OAD, or CIS courses.

WKO 107 - Workplace Skills Preparation 1 Hr.

Total Hours Required for Degree: 64-68