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College of Undergraduate StudiesPLS 3025 Business Organizations/CorporationsPLS 3027 Family LawPLS 3029 EvidencePLS 3031 Intellectual PropertyPLS 3033 Public Benefits LawPLS 3035 Immigration LawPLS 3037 Environmental LawPLS 3038 Employment LawPLS 3039 Elder LawPLS 3040 InternshipPrerequisite: PLS 3002PLS 3042 Skills Workshop (1)PLS 3044 E-discovery and E-FilingTotal units for certificateBA in Legal Studies43 unitse Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Legal Studies builds upon thefoundational legal specialty courses that make up the certificatecurriculum, by enhancing the students’ critical thinking, analyticaland theoretical skills. is combination of legal specialty, business,and liberal arts coursework ensures that each student develops anunderstanding of and respect for different ways of knowing and adesire for lifelong learning. is degree offers students an excellentfoundation for graduate school.Admission RequirementsApplicants with a bachelor’s degree, associate degree or theequivalent may be admitted to the degree program. Applicants musthave 54 quarter units (36 semester units) of college transferablecredit which include at least 27 quarter units (18 semester units) ofgeneral education. At least 4.5 quarter units of freshman English orcollege composition must be completed with a C or better prior toadmission.To be considered, applicants must submit a JFK Universityapplication, forward official transcripts from all colleges anduniversities they attended, and complete the specific writing sampleas outlined in the admission packet for the program.Transfer of Legal Specialty CoursesAt the discretion of the Legal Studies program, students may begiven credit for other Legal Specialty Courses (LSC) taken atanother school or university provided the course is also offered inthis program. To be eligible to receive credit for a previously-takenLSC all the following must exist:• e LSC must be equivalent in content, length and nature toJFK University’s course;• e LSC must be from an ABA approved paralegal programand taken within the last seven years;• e student must have earned a C or better in the LSC; and• e LSC must carry upper-division academic credit.Up to eight (8) legal specialty courses may be credited towards theBA in Legal Studies.Linked-Degree OptionJFK University’s College of Undergraduate Studies and College ofGraduate and Professional Studies offer a linked Bachelor of Arts(BA) in Legal Studies and Master in Business Administration (MBA)degree program in the fields of Legal Studies and BusinessManagement. Linked degree programs allow qualified students toapply to graduate-level units toward both the bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees. Students interested in seeking a linked degreemust have been admitted to the undergraduate BA in Legal Studiesprogram and have:• Completed 159 undergraduate units;• Completed all requirements for the bachelor’s of arts program,except for 20 units (five 4-unit courses) in the undergraduatemajor; and• Achieved a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA.Degree RequirementsLOWER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATIONBREADTH REQUIREMENTS (45 units)Students may complete the lower division courseworkrequirements by taking recommended courses from localcommunity colleges, earning credit through the College LevelExamination Program (CLEP), or taking approved College ofUndergraduate Studies’ courses.COMPOSITION Critical inking and Writing (9)HUMANITIES Must have completed at least one 3-unit coursein two areas (12)NATURAL SCIENCE (9)MATHEMATICS (3)SOCIAL SCIENCE Must have at least one 3-unit course in twoareas (12)Note: is Program does not offer LdGE courses. Studentsshould have completed or come close to completing these lowerdivision required units prior to admission.Any student who receives a d or below in a required course willnot receive credit for that course and must re-take the course andearn a C- or better for credit.All courses are 4 quarter units unless otherwise indicated.CORE REQUIREMENTS for Legal Studies (20 units)BUS 3180 Math for Managers (3)COR 3000 Education, Self & Community (2)COR 3100 Critical inking and WritingBUS 3400 Business CommunicationCOR 3146 Information Literacy (2)PLS 3002 Legal ResearchPLS 3011 Capstone (1)MAJOR (58 upper division units)is course must be taken in the first term of enrollment:PLS 3001PLS 3003Introduction to LawLegal WritingPrerequisite: PLS 3002PLS 3004 Ethics (2)PLS 3005 Tort LawPLS 3006 Contract LawPLS 3008 Litigation IPLS 3009 Litigation IIPrerequisite: PLS 3008PLS 3010 Legal Technology ApplicationsPLS 3029 EvidencePLS 3033 Public Benefits LawJOHN F. KENNEdy UNIvERSITy College of Undergraduate Studies 49College ofUndergraduate Studies