Legal Studies – Pre-Law (LSPLO)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: South Omaha Campus

This degree option provides a broad foundation in the critical thinking, oral and written communication, and general research skills that prepare students who are interested in pre-law or similar courses of study at four-year institutions. Each four-year institution publishes its requirements for admission, general education, and degree major requirements.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	40.5
Option requirements	31.5
Total credit hours required	99.0

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010	English Composition I	4.5 credits
ENGL 1020	English Composition II	4.5 credits

Humanities/social sciences

PHIL 1100	Critical Reasoning	4.5 credits

Quantitative/numeracy skills

FINA 1000	Financial Literacy	4.5 credits
	OR
	MATH 1220 or higher	4.5 credits

Additional

INFO 1001	Information Systems and Literacy	4.5 credits
HMRL 1010	Human Relations Skills	4.5 credits

Major requirements for Legal Studies (40.5 credit hrs.)

BSAD 1100	Business Law I	4.5 credits
LAWS 1101	Introduction to Law	4.5 credits
LAWS 1110	Litigation	4.5 credits
LAWS 1111	Microsoft Word for the Law Office	4.5 credits
LAWS 1230	Legal Research and Writing I	4.5 credits
LAWS 2240	Legal Research and Writing II	4.5 credits
LAWS 2324	Criminal Law and Procedures	4.5 credits
POLS 2050	American National Government	4.5 credits
	OR
POLS 2060	The Constitution	4.5 credits
SPCH 1110	Public Speaking	4.5 credits

Option requirements for Legal Studies – Pre-Law (31.5 credit hrs.)

Select 31.5 credit hours from the following:

ECON 1000	Macroeconomics	4.5 credits
ECON 1100	Microeconomics	4.5 credits
HIST 1010	United States History to 1877	4.5 credits
HIST 1020	United States History from 1865 to Present	4.5 credits
PHIL 1010	Introduction to Philosophy	4.5 credits
PHIL 1030	Professional Ethics	4.5 credits
PHIL 2400	Philosophy and Literature	4.5 credits
PHIL 2600	Contemporary Issues in Philosophy	4.5 credits
PSYC 1010	Introduction to Psychology	4.5 credits

The Pre-Law option is not a program for the education of paralegals.

See Curriculum Plan