Bachelor Degree in Legal Studies

LEGAL STUDIES Major: Legal Studies (options in: Public Law; Business)

This major prepares students for careers as legal assistants or paralegals. As part of the program, students must complete internships with legal firms, banks, or corporations.

For more information, call the Department of Political Science at (765) 285-8780.

ABA Approval: The Legal Studies major is a paralegal education program approved by the American Bar Association. Paralegals, as members of the legal services team, work under the supervision of a lawyer. A paralegal may not provide legal services directly to the public, except as permitted by law.

Transfer students, in addition to other University requirements, must complete at least four of their legal specialty classes of three credits each at Ball State as approved by the Program Director.

MAJOR IN LEGAL STUDIES, 69 hours

Interdisciplinary major requirements
Common core, 36 hours

PREFIX NO. SHORT TITLE CR HRS

ISOM	229	IT for Paralegals	3
BL	367	Estate Plan	3
POLS	130	Amer Nat Gov	3
POLS	141	Intro Parleg	3
POLS	142	Lgl Res Writ	3
POLS	143	Litigation	3
POLS	241	Family Law	3
POLS	244	Adv Lgl Res	3
POLS	369	Prof Exp	3 - 6
POLS	or	Pract Exp	3 - 6
POLS	342	Public Policy	3
POLS	or 431	Legislation	3
POLS	455	Administ Law	3
POL	or 457	Alt Dis Res	3
RE	332	Legal Asp Re	3

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36 hrs

Complete one option
Option 1: Public Law, 33 hours

ACC	201	Prin Acct 1	3
BL	260	Prin Bus Law	3
ECON	116	Survey Ideas	3
ISOM	125	Micro App	3

15 hours from:

POLS	237	State Loc Pol	3
POLS	238	Urban Gov US	3
POLS	340	Law Enforcmt	3
POLS	347	Env Law Poly	3
POLS	435	Intgov Relat	3
POLS	443	Am Const Law	3
POLS	444	Const Libert	3
POLS	455	Administ Law	3
POLS	457	Alt Dis Res	3
CJC	350	Crimnl Evdnc	3
CJC	351	Criminal Law	3
ECON	332	Labr Rel Law	3
JOURN	325	Media Law	3

6 hours from:

POLS	140	Int Lgl Syst	3
POLS	433	Am Judc Sys	3
POL	449	Land Use Reg	3
ACC	202	Prin Acct 2	3
ISOM	461	Mg Inf Tech	3
BL	362	Lw Bus Assoc	3
BL	363	Uni Code Law	3
CJC	101	Crim Jus Sys	3
CJC	102	Intro Crim	3
CJC	230	Intro Policg	3
CJC	250	Intro Courts	3
CJC	341	Comm Corrrect	3
COMM	340	Ldrshp Comm	3
CPSY	490	Issues Coun	1-6
EDPSY	355	Adult Psych	3
FIN	110	Pers Finance	3
RMI	473	Legal Aspcts	3
MGT	200	Mngmt Prin	3
MKG	200	Fundamentals	3
RMI	270	Prin Rmi	3
SOC	431	Gerontology	3

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33 hrs

Option 2: Business, 33 hours

Students interested in pursuing this option must complete the following courses before registering for 300- and 400-level business courses. Students must also complete MATHS 135 before enrollment in ECON 221.

ACC	201	Prin Acct 1	3
ACC	202	Prin Acct 2	3
BL	260	Prin Bus Law	3
ECON	201	Elem Micro	3
ECON	202	Elem Macro	3
ECON	221	Bus Stats	3
ISOM	210	Bus Inf Sys	3

12 hours from:

BL	362	Lw Bus Assoc	3
CJC	101	Crim Jus Sys	3
CJC	102	Intro Crim	3
CJC	230	Intro Policg	3
CJC	250	Intro Courts	3
CJC	341	Comm Correct	3
CJC	350	Crimnl Evdnc	3
CJC	351	Criminal Law	3
COMM	340	Ldrshp Comm	3
CPSY	490	Issues Coun	1-6
ECON	302	Intrmd Macro	3
ECON	332	Labr Rel Law	3
EDPSY	355	Adult Psych	3
FIN	110	Pers Finance	3
ISOM	461	Mg Inf Tech	3
POLS	140	Int Lgl Syst	3
POLS	340	Law Enforcmt	3
POLS	347	Env Law Poly	3
POLS	433	Am Judic Sys	3
POLS	435	Intgov Relat	3
POLS	443	Am Const Law	3
POLS	444	Const Libert	3
POLS	449	Land Use Reg	3
POLS	455	Administ Law	3
POLS	457	Alt Dis Res	3
SOC	431	Gerontology	3

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33 hrs

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69 hrs

In addition to competing POLS 369 or 479 Internship for Paralegals, legal studies students must complete at least one other legal specialty class outside the common core.

To pursue option 2 the student must have sufficient mathematical preparation to meet the prerequisite for ECON 221 (MATHS 135 or its equivalent is the prerequisite for ECON 221). MATHS 135 substitutes for MATHS 125, fulfilling the University Core Curriculum requirement and serving as the prerequisite course.)