Business & Computer Technologies
Articulation Agreement: Legal Assistant/Paralegal Studies
Associate in Applied Science in Paralegal/Legal Assistant at Northampton Community College with
Bachelor of Science in Legal Assistant/Paralegal Studies
Requirements
Pennsylvania College of Technology will accept any A.A.S. Paralegal studies degree graduate into the Bachelor of Science in Legal Assistant/Paralegal Studies (BLA) program. The following pre-BLA courses must be taken in the fifth through eighth semester sequence If not part of the associate degree.
| Northampton Community College | Penn College |
|---|---|
| ENGL 101 – English I | ENL 111 – English Comp I |
| MTH 150 – Introduction to Mathemateics I | |
| CMTH 102 – Speech Communication | SPC 101 – Fundamentals of Speech |
| General Education Elective | ELE (Humanities/Social Science) |
| General Education Elective | ELE (Humanities/Social Science/Foreign Language/English Comp. II/Topics in Mathematics – MTH 153) |
| Science Elective (3/4 credit) | |
| CSC 110 – Intro. to Information Technology | |
| FIT (1 credit) |
Special Considerations
- Courses taken at Northampton Community College beyond the associate degree will be evaluated on an individual basis.
- A course required in the fifth through eighth semester and also in the associate degree sequence will be replaced in the fifth through eight semester by a higher level course in that subject area.
- Of the final sixty (60) semester credit hours, thirty-six (36) semester credit hours must be earned with Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Articulation Agreement implemented: June 30, 2001
