lgS2099 paralegal externship
prerequisites: All required paralegal courses or co-completion thereof In this course, students are given the opportunity to validate their skills through a 120-hour supervised, unpaid externship experience. Students are assigned to private legal offices, government legal departments, or corporate legal departments where they perform the various responsibilities of the paralegal. Students must contact the Legal Studies Program Director the quarter before enrolling in this course regarding approval of site selection and schedule. There will be a mandatory outcome assessment exam given in this course.
4 quarter hours
lgS3009 international law
prerequisites: lgS1001
This course acquaints the student with the principles, laws, and organizations that impact on the management of an international business transaction. Topics include basic principles governing relations between nations, such as human rights, treaties, sovereign immunity, and dispute resolution. At the end of this course, students should be able to analyze the risks involved in international trade and create an import/export business.
4 quarter hours
lgS3040 constitutional law
prerequisites: lgS1001
This course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of constitutional law. The course will provide an overview of the Constitution itself, coupled with the beliefs and purpose of its framers. The ongoing controversies over jurisprudence of original intent versus the evolutionary interpretation of the Constitution will also be examined. Topics covered will include separation of powers in the national government, regulation of commerce, taxing and spending powers, war and national defense, conduct of foreign relations, state and local powers, limitation on the exercise of government powers, and the Bill of Rights.
4 quarter hours
lgS3050 immigration law
prerequisites: lgS1001
This is a practical course on immigration law and procedures and includes the history and administration of U.S. immigration law. Topics include citizenship, admission to the United States, refugees, and political asylum. Students will gain experience in completing numerous immigration forms, including applications for naturalization and applications for employment authorization.
4 quarter hours
lgS3060 contract law for paralegals
prerequisites: lgS1001 and buS1038 This course is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in basic concepts of contract law from formation of contracts (offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, intent and mistake) to more complex issues presented by advancements in technology in business and the law. Students will learn to analyze a variety of contracts, develop defenses to breach of contract claims and handle “bad faith” claims that paralegals face in modern legal or business offices. Upon completion of the course students will be able to draft a contract, identify various defenses and identify ways of voiding a contract.
4 quarter hours
lgS3065 criminal procedure
prerequisites: lgS1001 and lgS2004 This course mixes the study of our constitution and common law in regard to the procedural steps in a criminal prosecution from arrest through trial. Pre-Trial through Post-trial motions and remedies are also covered. The primary focus is based on criminal defense since the cases studied apply equally to the defense and prosecution. Students will review at least one pivotal US Supreme Court case in each chapter and apply the law to hypothetical situations presented in the text. Discussion Questions and Hypothetical Questions are presented in each chapter to sharpen student’s critical thinking skills so they will understand the procedural safeguards that stem from the federal constitution.
4 quarter hours
lgS4005 Advanced legal research and Writing
prerequisites: lgS1001, lgS1006
This course is a comprehensive examination of legal resources and references. It allows the student to apply analytical and logical skills when drafting legal documents such as memoranda of law and an appellate court brief.
4 quarter hours
lgS4008 litigation Support management
prerequisites: lgS1001, lgS2001 LGS4008 is an intensive drafting course where students have the opportunity to concentrate on preparing complex pleadings and motions related to the pretrial, trial, and appeal processes. The focus is on developing practical skills in the legal analysis necessary to identify and pursue an appropriate cause of action in a civil case.
4 quarter hours
lgS4010 evidence
prerequisites: lgS1001, lgS2001
This course is designed to provide a thorough study of the rules of evidence. Emphasis will be placed on application of the rules in preparing and presenting evidence for trial. The role evidence plays in the legal system and the paralegal’s responsibility in finding, collecting, handling, labeling, and preparing evidence for litigation will be examined. Since evidence is one of the most critical parts of civil and criminal legal actions, this course will present the essential skills necessary for students using evidence law, and allow for students to apply and practice what they learn.
4 quarter hours
lgS4020 Advanced real estate law
prerequisites: lgS1001, lgS2005 This course is an advanced study of real property law relating to title examination, foreclosures, and preparation of commercial closing documents. Emphasis will be placed on practical work, including examination of titles by obtaining information from the public records and drafting title insurance forms. 4 quarter hours
lgS4030 employment law
prerequisites: lgS1001
Employment Law is designed to provide students with an overview of the legal relationship between employer and employee. Areas covered include federal and state laws governing discrimination, wrongful termination, and privacy. Students will get practical experience in drafting an employment policy manual that addresses sexual harassment, Americans with Disabilities Act, and other employment issues. Other topics studied include pre- employment concerns, employee benefits, and other ethical issues in employment law. 4 quarter hours
lgS4045 Advanced technology for paralegals
prerequisites: lgS1001, lgS2007 The purpose of this course is to explore electronically stored Information (ESI) with an emphasis on managing ESI. Students will analyze the leading cases, existing and pending rules, and prepare several drafting assignments, including motions and supporting memoranda. Students will learn about emerging technologies of electronic filing of court documents with an understanding of the architecture and usability of popular litigation support and trial presentation software used currently in law offices. Students will be given different client scenarios and generate associated
legal content. 4 quarter hours
lgS4050 environmental law
prerequisites: lgS1001
LGS4050 provides a thorough overview of the government systems that form environmental policy. This course covers the federal statutes on environmental law, including, but not limited to, the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Toxic Substances Control Act, as well as administrative procedures used to enforce the various laws. International environmental law will be explored, also.
4 quarter hours
lgS4051 cyber-law
prerequisites: lgS1001
This course introduces paralegal students to the legal environment of cyber-law in law firms, businesses and governmental agencies. Cyber-law transcends many areas of legal practice. Responsibility for managing digital data is increasingly being delegated to paralegals working under the supervision of licensed attorneys. In the twenty-first century attorneys, businesses, and governmental agencies frequently utilize electronic communications to transmit documents. Online aspects of business include contract formation and signing, intellectual property protections, tort law and invasions of privacy, security and encryption and the proper creation, protection and use of software. This course covers topics that paralegals employed in such firms would benefit from in the digital age.
4 quarter hours
lgS4055 intellectual property
prerequisites: lgS1001
This course explores the areas of patent, trademark, and copyright and how they are bound up with antitrust law and government regulations. Topics include competition among businesses and protection of intellectual property in the global market place. Students will apply substantive legal concepts to protection of intellectual property including poetry, lyrics, advertising, inventions, and product names.
4 quarter hours
lgS4060 legal externship ii
prerequisites: All legal courses or co- completion; or approval by the legal Studies program director
Legal Externship II is a 120-hour supervised practical experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or government entity. It provides students with an opportunity to make the transition from classroom knowledge and theory to practical applications. This course is strongly recommended for students who have never worked in a legal setting.
4 quarter hours
lgS4075 legal topics Seminar
prerequisites: All legal courses or concurrent
This capstone course will be conducted in a seminar format where students can apply their broad knowledge of the paralegal profession through specific projects integrating work related competencies with academic information. Students will review the various skills learned in the legal studies curriculum and take a comprehensive outcome assessment exam. The major objective of this course is successful completion of the capstone project. 4 quarter hours
mAt0099 principles of Algebra
prerequisites: none
The course is designed to develop the basic concepts in algebra that are needed as background for intermediate algebra and college math. The approach emphasizes the relationship between arithmetic and algebra, using graphs and applications to motivate students and provide real-world examples. The course begins with signed numbers, proceeds to solving linear equations, and concludes with the Rectangular Coordinate System and graphs. A minimum grade of C is required to pass this course.
4 quarter hours
mAt1001 intermediate Algebra
prerequisites: mAt0099 or exemption thereof
The course is designed to develop the basic concepts in algebra that are needed as background for College Math, College Algebra, and Calculus, using graphs and applications to motivate students and provide real-world examples. The course covers the solution of systems of linear equations, exponents and polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, functions, and quadratic equations.
4 quarter hours
mAt1005 college Algebra
prerequisites: mAt1001
College Algebra provides students with lecture and extensive practice in the concepts required as background for Pre-Calculus and Calculus. The course emphasizes the graphs and properties of functions in general, with emphasis on linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
4 quarter hours
mAt1500 college mathematics
prerequisites: mAt0099 College Mathematics covers the fundamentals of several areas of mathematics, including set theory, logic, geometry, graph theory, probability, and statistics.
4 credit hours
mAt2000 pre-calculus
prerequisites: mAt1001, mAt1005 Pre-calculus provides students with lecture and extensive practice in the concepts required as background for Calculus. The course begins with trigonometric functions, proceeds to analytic trigonometry and applications, polar coordinates, and ends with conic sections.
4 quarter hours
mAt2101 calculus i
prerequisites: mAt2000
Calculus I provides students with lecture and extensive practice in the basic concepts of differential calculus. The course emphasizes the limit definition of the derivative, the differentiation of polynomial and exponential functions, curve sketching, optimization, exponential growth and decay,
and applications. 4 quarter hours
mAt2102 calculus ii
prerequisites: mAt2101
Calculus II provides students with lecture and extensive practice in the basic concepts of differential and integral calculus. The course emphasizes the area definition of the integral, definite integrals, functions of several variables, the differentiation and integration of trigonometric functions, techniques of integration, and first order
differential equations. 4 quarter hours
mAt2058 Statistics
prerequisites: mAt 1005, or mAt 1001 And mAt 1500
Statistics introduces the student to the terminology and techniques of Statistics including levels of measurement, measures of central tendency and variance, random variables, linear correlation and regression, normal probability distributions, sampling distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, and hypothesis testing.
4 quarter hours
mAt3058 Statistics ii
prerequisites: mAt2058
This course builds upon the concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics covered in the introductory course and provides students with lecture and extensive practice in advanced methods of inferential statistics. The course emphasizes calculation using technology and application. The course begins with inferences about one and two populations using the t-distributions, proceeds to the chi-square test for contingency tables and analysis of variance, and concludes with inferences about the linear correlation coefficient and some nonparametric statistical methods. 4 quarter hours
mAt5001 introductory Statistics for graduate Studies
prerequisites: mAt1001 or equivalent undergraduate course
This course emphasizes practical knowledge and skills of data analysis and predictive modeling for decision making. It begins with examining data and relationships graphically and numerically, proceeds to data collection and stat quality, introduces probability theory and statistical inference, and concludes with proportion inference and two-table inference. Students will utilize statistical software to perform analyses. This course is not available for programmatic credit for students who took MAT2058 or an equivalent undergraduate course.
4 quarter hours
mbA5000 financial and management cost Analysis
prerequisites: graduate Standing An integrated approach to the study of financial and management cost analysis that describes the appropriate usage of reported information to support external and internal stakeholders’ decision-making activities. This is an option only for MBA students who have not completed the required courses in financial and managerial accounting (foundation courses).
4 quarter hours
mbA5001 organization behavior and communication
prerequisites: program prerequisites This course addresses the issues of motivation, leadership, and communications. Included are negotiation, conflict resolution, and teambuilding.
4 quarter hours
mbA5004 managerial economics
prerequisites: program prerequisites This course provides an overview of microeconomic concepts and applications to common business problems. Topics include supply and demand analysis, cost analysis, economics of scale, basic market types and their characteristics, pricing, risk analysis and the role of government in economic affairs. 4 quarter hours
mbA5005 law and ethics for managers
prerequisites: program prerequisites This course provides a framework for managers to understand and assess the ethical and legal responsibilities of managers and the implications of their decisions. The course introduces an ethical framework for managers and explores the constitutional foundation for laws and regulations that affect business, the current legal environment, employment and civil rights law, major regulations, corporate governance, securities and financial transactions and international law.
4 quarter hours
mbA5008 quantitative Analysis and decision making
prerequisites: program prerequisites This course presents students with quantitative tools for effective business analysis and decision-making. In addition to a review of basic inferential statistics, the course includes tools such as chi-squared tests, nonparametric statistics, correlation and regression analysis, time-series analysis and forecasting, and decision analysis. 4 quarter hours
mbA5009 managerial environment
prerequisites: program prerequisites This course develops important quantitative skills needed for graduate business
coursework and for success in the practice of management. Critical thinking and analytical skills will be developed. Business cases will be used to develop oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, analytical skills and team building skills. 4 quarter hours
mbA5710 contemporary issues in global hospitality management
prerequisites: completion of the core courses
This course provides an in-depth understanding of international business practices as it relates to the hospitality industry. Globalization represents an important business practice within the hospitality and tourism industry and is a sustainable economic function for the majority of countries around the world. Critical analyses of the current global business practices will be undertaken during this course. Each student will be expected to study a selected region targeted for global development and report on the challenges and opportunities associated with global expansion as it relates to a selected organization within the hospitality and tourism industry. Special readings from current literature, case studies, and research work will form an integral part of this course. 4 quarter hours
mbA6010 managerial finance
prerequisites: completion of mbA prerequisite courses, (evening mbA) mbA5009 (AmbA)
In this course students learn to apply analytical tools to making strategic financial decisions that add value to the shareholder. Students will learn to use financial statement analysis tools, value long-term securities, relate risk and return, perform financial forecasting, evaluate assets and portfolios, determine the firm’s cost of capital and design an optimal financial structure. 4 quarter hours
mbA6011 Strategic marketing
prerequisites: completion of mbA prerequisite courses, (evening mbA) mbA5009 (AmbA)
This course provides a framework for examining key strategic marketing issues faced by modern organizations and helps students to develop an understanding of the marketing environment, customer and their buying behavior, the marketing research process, new product development, marketing channels, and marketing
communication and advertising. 4 quarter hours
mbA6012 operations and Supply chain management
prerequisites: completion of mbA prerequisite courses, (evening mbA) mbA5009 (AmbA)
This course introduces students to the management activities involved in operating organizations within a global supply chain context. Students will learn how business functions (such as marketing, operations, and finance) interact to support decisions for successful execution of the organization’s strategic plan.
4 quarter hours
mbA6101 global financial management
prerequisites: core courses This course introduces the students to the issues facing financial managers of multinational firms. Major topics include an overview of global capital markets, exchange rate determination, foreign exchange risk and hedging, international tax and legal considerations, and cross border valuation. 4 quarter hours
mbA6102 entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, and ipos
prerequisites: core courses
This course focuses on the major issues confronting the financial manager in an emerging/developing firm. These issues range from raising capital through private sources to structuring an initial public offering. Topics include valuation, short term capital management, risk management, private equity financing, how and when to go public and financial strategies for
selling/dissolution. 4 quarter hours