Office Administration: Legal Office, AAS (A25370L)

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Legal Office is a concentration under the Office Administration program. This concentration includes courses in legal terminology, legal office procedures, and business law. Students will learn administrative and clerical services in a law-related field to prepare for positions in legal or government-related offices.

The Office Administration curriculum prepares individuals for employment as administrative office personnel who use skills in the areas of office management, office finance, legal office, virtual office, customer service, and office software.

Course work includes computer applications, oral and written communication, analysis and coordination of office tasks and procedures, records management, and other topics depending on the subject area selected within this curriculum.

Graduates should qualify for employment opportunities in a variety of office positions in business, government, and industry. Upon graduation, students may be eligible to sit for industry recognized certification exams.

Major Courses

ACC 111 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
BUS 115 - Business Law I Credit Hours: 3
BUS 153 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 260 - Business Communication Credit Hours: 3
OST 131 - Keyboarding Credit Hours: 2
OST 134 - Text Entry & Formatting Credit Hours: 3
OST 136 - Word Processing Credit Hours: 3
OST 137 - Office Applications I Credit Hours: 3
OST 138 - Office Applications II Credit Hours: 3
OST 155 - Legal Terminology Credit Hours: 3
OST 156 - Legal Office Procedures Credit Hours: 3
OST 164 - Office Editing Credit Hours: 3
OST 181 - Office Procedures Credit Hours: 3
OST 184 - Records Management Credit Hours: 3
OST 236 - Adv Word Processing Credit Hours: 3
OST 251 - Legal Doc. Formatting Credit Hours: 3
OST 286 - Professional Development Credit Hours: 3
OST 289 - Office Admin Capstone Credit Hours: 3
Elective Credit Hours: 2 *

Total: 55 Credit Hours

General Education Courses

ENG 111 - Writing and Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
MAT 110 - Math Measurement & Literacy Credit Hours: 3
Communication Credit Hours: 3 *
Humanities/Fine Arts Credit Hours: 3 *
Social/Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 3 *

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Other Required Courses

Other Requirement Credit Hours: 1 *

Total: 1 Credit Hours

Total Credits for AAS Degree: 71

*Recommended Elective & General Education Options

Electives:

Take One:

BUS 137 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 151 - People Skills Credit Hours: 3
OST 171 - Intro. to Virtual Office Credit Hours: 3
WBL 112 - Work-Based Learning I Credit Hours: 2

Communication:

Take One:

COM 120 - Intro Interpersonal Com Credit Hours: 3
COM 231 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Humanities/Fine Arts:

Take One:

HUM 115 - Critical Thinking Credit Hours: 3
HUM 120 - Cultural Studies Credit Hours: 3

Social/Behavioral Sciences:

Take One:

ECO 251 - Prin of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
PSY 150 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 210 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 213 - Sociology of the Family Credit Hours: 3

Other Requirements:

Take One:

ACA 111 - College Student Success Credit Hours: 1
ACA 122 - College Transfer Success Credit Hours: 1

Note:

Students enrolled full-time and making satisfactory progress should complete this program in five semesters. Additional time may be needed to achieve minimum requirements in English, math or science. Graduates of this program must demonstrate competence in math by completion of MAT 003 with a P1 or an appropriate math placement test score.

Contact the program coordinator or department chair for specific requirements.