2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Oct 01, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Map: CSN AAS Paralegal/Law


WHO SHOULD USE THIS ACADEMIC MAP
This academic map should be used by CSN students who are completing the Paralegal/Law, AAS .
 
HOW THIS ACADEMIC MAP IS SET UP
The academic map totals a minimum of 60 credits and assumes no transferred coursework.  It is designed to provide students with the optimal route to earning an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. Students who cannot take the map’s recommended number of credits each semester will take longer to complete the degree and graduate.  Click on a course to see more information about that course including description, prerequisites and credit value. 
 
NEED ASSISTANCE?
Students needing assistance from a CSN Advisor may visit https://www.csn.edu/advising
Students needing assistance from a CSN Counselor may visit https://www.csn.edu/counselingdepartment.

 

Semester #1 - Recommended Courses


  • Total Minimum Credits: 15-17
  • Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.
  • Student MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

 

  • Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3: Options Include: MATH 120  or MATH 120E  or above* (except MATH 122/123)
  • English (General Education) - Credits 3-5: Options Include: ENG 100  or ENG 101  or ENG 107  or ENG 110  or ENG 113   
  • Communication (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits from the Communication list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • Human Relations (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits from the Human Relations list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:   

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Semester #2 - Recommended Courses


  • Total Minimum Credits: 16
  • Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.
  • Student MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

 

  • Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits from the Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (General Education) - Credits 4: Options Include: HIST 100  or PSC 101   
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:  
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:  
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:  

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Semester #3 - Recommended Courses


  • Total Minimum Credits: 16
  • Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.
  • Student MUST MEET with an advisor or counselor BEFORE REGISTERING for their NEXT SEMESTER.

 

  • Natural Science (General Education) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits from the Natural Science list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 3 credits from the Elective list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:   
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:   
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4:   

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Semester #4 - Recommended Courses


  • Total Minimum Credits: 13
  • Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.
  • APPLY FOR GRADUATION by the deadline. Visit www.csn.edu/graduation for more information on applying for graduation.


 

  • Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 6: See a counselor or advisor to choose a course option without prerequisites and is valued at 6 credits from the Elective list on the AAS Paralegal/Law degree sheet.
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3:   
  • Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: