Semester 2
Math for Business and Finance
This course will provide the student with a foundation in basic mathematical operations. Topics covered include percentages; discounts; interest; present worth; sinking funds; installment buying; pricing; depreciation; investments; insurance; use of symbols and their applications, equations and formulas; and the importance of statistics.
Objectives:
- Analyze functions of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents
- Show calculations involved in simple interest, compound interest, and time value of money
- Prepare various business math applications involving financial reports, installment buying, and depreciation
- Analyze various financial concepts related to taxes, insurance, financial investments, and basic business
Torts (3 credits)
A tort is essentially any action that causes harm to a person or property. A good deal of law involves torts, so as a paralegal, you’ll be constantly exposed to tort actions. Your textbook provides many interesting real-life examples of cases involving injured parties. Discover how these cases travel through the legal system, beginning with filing a complaint and ending with settlement, arbitration, or trial.
Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of legal analysis and how to prepare a legal memorandum.
- Outline an investigative strategy for a personal injury case.
- Draft a complaint.
- Understand the tests that establish causation.
- Characterize strict liability in tort and the defenses to liability in tort.
Business and Technical Writing (3 credits)
This course provides an introduction to the various methods of organizing material for a professional setting. Students will compose business documents using the ABC method. These include memos, emails, outlines, reports and proposals, descriptions, and organizing materials. Students also work on honing their grammar skills.
Objectives:
- Describe the basics of the writing process and the ABC method of organizing material for a document
- Identify the parts of speech in a sentence
- Demonstrate correct pronoun use
- Choose proper and effective words for writing documents
- Identify the elements of a well-written sentence
- Demonstrate how to use length, directness, emphasis, and variety to craft impactful sentences
- Explain how to construct a coherent paragraph
- Describe how to write an effective cover letter and resume
- Format and write an interoffice memorandum, a routine business letter, and an effective email
- Identify the different ways to write for blogs, the Internet, and social media
- Describe how to create an organized formal outline
- Identify the types of research and methods of documentation used in business and technical writing
- Explain how to create visual interest and clarity in reports with illustrations, tables, graphs, charts, and overall design
- Explain the purpose and importance of various types of informal reports
- Describe the nature of formal reports and identify their components
- Differentiate among external, internal, informal, and formal proposals
- Describe an object or a process and prepare a set of instructions
- Describe the preparation and submission of professional and technical articles and manuals
Economics 1 (3 credits)
Analyze economy-wide phenomena through the study of macroeconomics, including inflation, unemployment, and trade deficits.
Objectives:
- Identify the basic function of economics in our society
- Examine various economic tradeoffs that people face
- Explain the laws of supply and demand
- Use the concept of elasticity to explain changes in a market
- Discuss the pros and cons of trade restrictions
- Calculate and interpret the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate
- Describe the notion of deadweight loss and its relevance to taxes
- Draw and interpret short-run and long-run Phillips curves
- Explain why economists focus on GDP, inflation, and unemployment when assessing economic health
- Describe how comparative advantage and specialization affect international trade
- Describe how differences between world prices and domestic prices prompt exports and imports
- Describe how changes in income affect consumption and saving
Science Elective (3 credits)
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SCI110 - Earth Science
This course will allow you to learn about planet Earth and the various aspects of the environment.
Objectives:
- Describe specific characteristics of Earth.
- Describe different types of rocks and minerals.
SCI120-Introduction to Biology
An introductory course that explains the origin of life and the relationships between all living things. It describes how a significant number of organisms are structured and how they work, in order to enable students to discuss intelligently the various forms of life and their processes.
Objectives:
- Analyze cells and their processes for obtaining energy and reproducing.
- Explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.
- Explain how different species of living things have evolved and are classified.
- Write responses to fundamental biology essay prompts.
- Identify the characteristics and behavior of plants and animals.
- Diagram the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
- Describe the ecology of living things.
Textbook: Essentials of Biology
SCI140-Nutrition
Nutrition is the science that investigates how the body takes in, breaks down, and uses foods. The course will provide you with basic information on how these processes take place, including information about nutrients and how they contribute to the way the body functions. This will help you to have a better understanding of your decisions about food and diet. You’ll also learn about physical activities that can contribute to a healthier lifestyle. Because a central focus of nutrition studies is on health promotion, suggestions for individual nutrition choice will be discussed, as well as tactics for maintaining a healthy weight and keeping food supplies safe.
Objectives:
- Describe how nutrition supports a body's wellness
- Recognize the body's use of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
- Identify the body's use of water, minerals, and micronutrients
- Discuss what nutritional needs are for a healthy weight and for an athletic lifestyle
- Define food safety and the nutritional needs of humans over a lifetime
- Prepare a research paper on a nutritional topic
Digital Textbook: Nutrition for Healthy Living
HUM102 - Art Appreciation
In this course, you will gain an understanding of artistic media, historical periods and artistic movements, the roles of the artist and the viewer, and the principles of art criticism.
Objectives:
- Define the language, visual elements, and principles of design of art
- Identify two-dimensional media
- Identify three-dimensional media
- Explain the evolution of art from ancient Mediterranean cultures through eighteenth century Europe
- Identify features and popular examples of art throughout the history of African, Asian, Pacific, and American cultures
- Compare the genres of the Modern and Postmodern eras of art from around the world
Textbook: Living with Art, 11th Edition
Additional Semester Materials
Learning Aids: Voice and Diction audio files will help you learn to speak clearly and effectively. Download mp3 files from your online student account.
Textbooks:
- Torts Personal Injury Litigation, Fourth Edition, by William P. Statsky
- Business Law with UCC Applications, Twelfth Edition, by Gordon W. Brown and Paul A. Sukys
- Practical Business Math Procedures, Ninth Edition, by Jeffrey Slater
Proctored Examination
You will be required to complete a proctored exam on selected courses each semester. These assessments will evaluate the knowledge and skills that you learned during the semester. You choose the time, the location, and the qualified exam supervisor.
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