Legal Assisting/Paralegal, A.S.
| Communications Area | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| •+*ENC1101, English I | 3 | |
| +*ENC1102, English II | 3 | |
| Humanities Area | ||
| See General Education Requirement | 3 | |
| Mathematics Area | ||
| See General Education Requirement | 3 | |
| Social Sciences Area | ||
| Behavioral Sciences | •*PSY2012 or •*SYG2000 Psychology/Sociology | 3 |
| MAJOR COURSES | ||
| #PLA1423, Contract Law | 3 | |
| #PLA2433, Corporations, Partnerships, & Agency Law | 3 | |
| CJL2100, Criminal Law | 3 | |
| PLA2308, Criminal Procedure | 3 | |
| CJL2130, Evidence | 3 | |
| PLA2800, Family Law | 3 | |
| PLA 2600, Wills, Trusts, and Probate | 3 | |
| PLA2610, Real Property Law I | 3 | |
| PLA2190, Legal Reasoning | 3 | |
| PLA1203, Civil Practice and Procedure I | 3 | |
| +#PLA2223, Civil Practice and Procedure II or #MNA1100, Human Relations in Management | 3 | |
| +PLA1104, Legal Writing and Research I | 3 | |
| +#PLA2114, Legal Writing and Research II or +ENC2210, Technical Writing | 3 | |
| •POS2041, American National Government or +PLA2949, Legal Assisting Co-op | 3 | |
| CGS1570, Microcomputer Applications | 3 | |
| +#QMB1001, College Business Math | 3 | |
| Electives | ||
| Electives | 1 | |
| TOTAL DEGREE HOURS | 64 | |
•General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
# Applies to A.S. degree and certificate programs.
= PSAV course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Gulf Coast’s Division of Business and Technology is located in the Advanced Technology Center on the Panama City, Florida campus. Contact the division office for questions related to your educational goals. For questions regarding program requirements, please contact your advisor. Please direct lab- and class-specific questions to the instructor for your class.
Business and Technology Division
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) 103
5230 West Highway 98
Panama City, FL 32401-1058
850-872-3875
Fax: 850-767-8084
Business and Technology Division Website
Our faculty and staff are ready to answer questions about your program requirements and next steps.
Melanie Boyd (mboyd@gulfcoast.edu)
Chair, Business and Technology
Panama City Campus
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) 102
850-872-3839
Nancy Berdanier (nberdanie@gulfcoast.edu)
Administrative Assistant
Panama City Campus
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) 103
850-872-3875
Business & Technology Faculty
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Adessi | Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 5887 | aadessi@gulfcoast.edu |
| Kim Allan | Assistant Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 4022 | kallan@gulfcoast.edu |
| Paul Ashman | Associate Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 5852 | pashman@gulfcoast.edu |
| Melanie Boyd | Professor | (850) 872-3839 ext. 3839 | mboyd@gulfcoast.edu |
| Denise Crider | Instructor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 2848 | dcrider@gulfcoast.edu |
| Dennis Dillenschneider | (850) 769-1551 ext. 2817 | ddillensc@gulfcoast.edu | |
| Erika Goines | Associate Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 5886 | egoines@gulfcoast.edu |
| Emmanuel Hernandez Agosto | Assistant Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 2845 | ehernand3@gulfcoast.edu |
| Matthew Herndon | Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 2846 | mherndon@gulfcoast.edu |
| David Lee | (850) 769--1551 ext. -1551 | dlee15@gulfcoast.edu | |
| Jose Lopez-Baquero | Assistant Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 4012 | jlopezbaq@gulfcoast.edu |
| Seyed Nazem | ext. | snazem@gulfcoast.edu | |
| Wendy Payne | Professor | (850) 872-3876 ext. 3876 | wpayne@gulfcoast.edu |
| Tonitta Sauls | Associate Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 5090 | tsauls@gulfcoast.edu |
| Tracy Sewell | Associate Professor | (850) 769-1551 ext. 4826 | tsewell@gulfcoast.edu |