Degree Requirements 2008-2009 Catalog Year
1. FGCU General Education Program (GEP) (36 hrs)Visit the General Education Program web site for more information: http://www.fgcu.edu/general_education/
- Communication (6 hrs)
- Mathematics (6 hrs)
- Humanities (9 hrs)
- Social Sciences (6-9 hrs)
- Natural Sciences (6-9 hrs)
2. Common Prerequisites
None.
3. Required Courses in the Major (39 hrs*)
- CCJ 1020 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)*
- CCJ 1100 Introduction to Law Enforcement (3)*
- CCJ 4215 Constitutional Criminal Law (3)
- CJL 4510 Courts and Legal Issues (3)*
- PLA 1003 Introduction to Law (3)*
- PLA 3203 Courtroom Techniques (3)
- PLA 3700 Ethics for Legal Assistants (3)
- PLA 3763 Law Office Management (3)
- PLA 3800 Family Law Issues (3)
- PLA 4116 Research & Document Drafting (3)
- PLA 4603 Florida Trusts, Estates & Probate (3)
- PLA 4612 Commercial & Residential Real Estate Transactions (3)
- PLA 4850 American Jurisprudence Seminar (3)
*These courses are waived for students with an AS in legal studies or paralegal assisting from a Florida public community college. This waiver reduces the total required hours in this category to 27.
4. Restricted Electives (18 hrs)
A. Select 15 hours from the following:
- PLA 3240 Alternative Dispute Resolution (3)
- PLA 3273 Negligence & Tort Litigation (3)
- PLA 3433 Business Organizations (3)
- PLA 3572 Travel Law (3)
- PLA 3632 Condominium & Association Law (3)
- PLA 3634 Land Use and Ownership (3)
- PLA 3733 Legal Technology (3)
- PLA 4530 Elder Law (3)
- PLA 4614 Real Estate Litigation (3)
- PLA 4565 Certified Legal Assistant Review (3)
- PLA 4570 Globalization and the Rule of Law (3)
- PLA 4608 Probate Litigation (3)
- PLA 4913 Independent Research (1-3)
- PLA 4933 Special Topics (3)
- PLA 4940 Internship (1-6)
- Or other upper division electives approved in advance by the advisor in criminal justice, political science, law, business, or other fields
B. Select 3 hours of communication courses (COM, ENC, SPA, and SPC prefix) at the 3000 level or higher. See an advisor for approval.
5. University Requirements (3 hrs)
- IDS 3920 University Colloquium (3)
6. Additional Electives (variable)
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED 120 HRS
Additional Graduation Requirements
- Students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.
- A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
- At least 48 of the 120 hours must be in the upper division (3000 and higher).
- At least 30 of the last 60 hours must be earned at FGCU.
- Satisfy CLAST, Gordon Rule writing and computation, and foreign language entrance requirements
- Satisfy Service Learning requirement. See www.fgcu.edu/connect/
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